World Championships 1987
World Championships 1987 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Joe DeAngelis.
- Year
- 1987
- Date
- Nov 15, 1987
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NABBA
- Divisions
- 7
- Competitors
- 41
Results by Division
| Division | Winners | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior | Joe DeAngelis | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium | Olev Annus | Eddy Zagar |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Pro | Thierry Pastel , Alfred Krautgartner | Jeff King |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short | Justin Jospitre , Jerry Scalesse | Dino Casurdo |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall | Basil Francis , Daniel Mario Rogier | James Durvel |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Short | Connie McCloskey | – |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Tall | Mary Hovey-Walk | – |
World Championships 1987
World Championships 1987 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Joe DeAngelis.
Defending Open champion Marie Mahabir, who won in 1986, did not return.
World Championships 1987 contested 7 divisions across 41 athletes, competitors from 6 countries. Joe DeAngelis took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior. 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 - Junior
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Joe DeAngelis | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Olev Annus | Estonia |
| 2nd | Eddy Zagar | United States |
| 2nd | Joe Meeko | United States |
| 3rd | Steven Strunk | United States |
| 3rd | Sauro Calistri | United States |
| 4th | Peter Andreas | Netherlands |
| 4th | Marco Falcone | United States |
| 5th | Gunter Osweiler | United States |
| 6th | Robert Ruffie | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Pro
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Thierry Pastel | Netherlands |
| 1st | Alfred Krautgartner | - |
| 2nd | Jeff King | United States |
| 3rd | Eugene Laviscount | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Pierro Venturato | United States |
| 5th | Roberto Zardinoni | - |
| 6th | Christian Cauchon | United States |
| 7th | Christian Gomba | United States |
| 8th | Massimo Venturato | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Justin Jospitre | United States |
| 1st | Jerry Scalesse | United States |
| 2nd | Dino Casurdo | United States |
| 2nd | Peter Bosch | Netherlands |
| 3rd | Terry Phillips | United Kingdom |
| 3rd | Joel Destin | France |
| 4th | Floyd Samuels | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Larry Bernstein | United States |
| 5th | Eric Coste | United States |
| 6th | Christian Benathan | France |
Official scores are unavailable.
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Basil Francis | United Kingdom |
| 1st | Daniel Mario Rogier | United States |
| 2nd | Gary Lewer | Australia |
| 2nd | James Durvel | France |
| 3rd | Owen Neil | United Kingdom |
| 3rd | Roberto Coizzi | United States |
| 4th | Peter Moen | United States |
| 4th | Patrick Boyer | United States |
| 5th | Norbert Hüllen | United States |
| 6th | Ercole Carlemagno | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Short
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Connie McCloskey | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Tall
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mary Hovey-Walk | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated June 10, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 41
- Divisions
- 7
- Size rank
- 33 of 43
The biggest field since 1986.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Danni Teresa | Bodybuilding |
| 1991 | Rosana Marrone | Figure |
| 1988 | Beate Plank | Figure |
| 1986 | Marie Mahabir | Open |
| 1984 | Thierry Pastel | Open |
| 1978 | Bridget Pasquill | 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.