Universe 1997
Universe 1997 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall title went to Ingrid Distler.
- Year
- 1997
- Date
- Nov 15, 1997
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NABBA
- Divisions
- 6
- Competitors
- 53
Results by Division
Universe 1997
Universe 1997 was held in USA.
Defending Figure Short champion Pina Theodoridis, who won in 1996, did not return.
Universe 1997 contested 6 divisions across 53 athletes, competitors from 8 countries. Ingrid Distler took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall. 4 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Judy Lawford | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ingrid Distler First recorded win | United States |
| 4th | Olga Tikhonova | United States |
| participated | Tereska Browning | United Kingdom |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patricia Veldman First Universe title | Netherlands |
| 2nd | Christine Envall | Australia |
| 4th | Lyudmila Tuboltseva | Russia |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Verena Loffler | United States |
| 3rd | Anja Timmer | United States |
| 5th | Gil Feathers | United Kingdom |
| 6th | Denise Lally | United States |
| 7th | Drienkie Van Wyk | South Africa |
| participated | Julia Abel | United Kingdom |
| participated | Sharon Austin | United Kingdom |
| participated | Sigita Lodaite | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brigitte Crepieux First recorded win | France |
| 2nd | Juani Martinez | United States |
| 3rd | Lisa Masson | New Zealand |
| 4th | Terri Roberts | United States |
| 5th | Heike Kilb | United States |
| 6th | Thomassine Catalano | France |
| 7th | Maribel Montalvo | United States |
| 8th | Louise Krause | South Africa |
| 9th | Petra Morlok | United States |
| 10th | Yvonne Kelly | United Kingdom |
| participated | Viviana Torres | United States |
| participated | Chantelle Smith | United States |
| participated | Tatyana Alexeeva | United States |
| participated | Ingeberg Babel | United States |
| participated | Laura Butler | United States |
| participated | Heather Cowley | United States |
| participated | Giselle Jones | United States |
| participated | Vivi Kakatsida | United States |
| participated | Joanne Klein | New Zealand |
| participated | Sigalit Meir-Kahana | United States |
| participated | Debbie Taylor | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Claudia Muhlhaus First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Lynn Perrott | United Kingdom |
| 3rd | Susanna Palma | United States |
| 4th | Marina Puchkova | United States |
| 5th | Ekaterina Karaban | Russia |
| 6th | Paula Reynolds | United Kingdom |
| 7th | Trijntje Medema | Netherlands |
| 8th | Helga Tieben | Netherlands |
| 9th | Sabine Weeke | United States |
| participated | Liz Dando | United States |
| participated | Tracey Abbott | United Kingdom |
| participated | Patty Van Dalen | United States |
| participated | Anita Van Hof | United States |
| participated | Joanne Davies | United States |
| participated | Eileen Todd | United States |
| participated | Michelle Reid | United States |
| participated | Susan Fleming | New Zealand |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 53
- Divisions
- 6
- Size rank
- 24 of 55
The biggest field since 1988.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Samantha Feenburg | Physique |
| 2016 | Cemile Tarim | Bodybuilding |
| 2015 | Franca Cal | Bodybuilding |
| 2014 | Enza Cordio | Bodybuilding |
| 2000 | Olga Tikhonova | Bodybuilding |
| 1999 | Taylor Young | Bodybuilding |
| 1998 | Julia Abel | Open |
| 1989 | Tatjana Scholl | Bodybuilding |
| 1988 | Lisa Campbell | Bodybuilding |
| 1987 | Connie McCloskey | Bodybuilding |
| 1986 | Monika Steiner | Bodybuilding |
| 1979 | Karen Griffiths | Open |
| 1978 | Sandra Kong | Open |
| 1968 | Frank Zane | Open |
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.
- Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
- Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
- Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.