1997 World Games Bodybuilding (Men's)
August 8, 1997 in Lahti, Finland


Since the first World Games in 1981, this event comes around only every four years. This time, the president of the International Olympic Commottee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, attended the event, along with IFBB President Ben Weider.

ClassPlaceNameCountry
Heavyweights1Walter LettnerAustria
(over 198 pounds)2Peter KeranenFinland
3Istvan HorvathHungary
4Olegas ZurasLithuania
5Tomas KollerGermany
6Maluafita FataNorfolk Island
7El BoukhariMorocco
8Christian BillingerSwitzerland
Light-Heavyweights1Milton HollowayUSA
(under 198 pounds)2Ingo FischerGermany
3Janos LantosHungary
4Marko HeikkinenFinland
Middleweights1Kester PaschkeGermany
(under 176 pounds)2Johnny StewartUSA
3Yrjo JokelaFinland
4Jin Ho LeeSouth Korea
5Ivan BucherSwitzerland
Welterweights1Jun Ho KimSouth Korea
(under 165 pounds)2Juha HakalaFinland
3Ahmed El-SayedEgypt
4Joseph DuenasGuam
Lightweights1Toshiko HirotaJapan
(under 154 pounds)2Chris FaildoUSA
Bantamweights1Anwar El-AmmawiEgypt
(under 143 pounds)2Mohammed AzizEgypt
3Jose SantosBrazil
4Sazali SamadMalaysia
5Dino FumagalliItaly
6Jevgenijus GorelikasLithuania