1987 IFBB German Grand Prix

Held in Germany, an incredibly brilliant group of 20 top IFBB professionals gathered in Essen at the Gruga-Halle, right next to the famous FIBO Expo Convention Centre. The date was November 1st, 1987 – on the day after the Mr. Olympia held in Sweden. It was almost a re-run of the Olympia contest!

These were the best pros from USA and Europe from the mid to late 80s. What a lineup and what a battle for supremacy between the top 3 in Haney, Gaspari and Labrada.  It was so close with Lee Haney – thanks to the help of his superb “V” shape and overall perfection – just toppling the massive and totally shredded physique of Rich Gaspari. Lee Labrada – “Mr. Symmetry” was also flawless in finishing a very close 3rd. This is rare closeup contest footage of these top champions in their all-time best condition.

The special bonus feature in the video is the PREJUDGING HIGHLIGHTS, in which you see comparisons between groups of 3 athletes, shot in tight closeups, doing compulsories. See great champions in fantastic shape, all shot with brilliant lighting. This is one of the best quality grand prix recordings of the eighties and as such is a video ahead of its time!

For the many Haney fans, it is one of the few videos showing LEE HANEY winning a Grand Prix at his peak. Not to be missed!

Quality Field

Such was the quality of this field, Lee Haney not only won this Grand Prix and many more, he ended up winning 8 Mr. Olympia titles. Gaspari and Labrada both were very worthy second place-getters at the Mr. Olympia in their illustrious careers. The standard was so high that some of the other greats of the 80s did not make top 10, such as Bob Paris, Ed Kawak, Bertil Fox, Peter Hensel etc.  SPECIAL THANKS to Stefan Wichmann for providing me most of the details and content seen on this page.

This GP video presents the PREJUDGING highlights and evening FINALS, plus 5 GUEST POSERS:

Tony Pearson  (Photo Gallery)
Juliette Bergmann  (Photo Gallery)
Anja Langer  (Photo Gallery)
Renate Holland
Ellen van Maris

COMPLETE RESULTS:  1987 IFBB German Grand Prix (Autumn)

1   Lee Haney  (Photo Gallery)
2   Rich Gaspari  (Photo Gallery)
3   Lee Labrada  (Photo Gallery)
4   Mike Christian  (Photo Gallery)
5   Robby Robinson  (Photo Gallery)
6   Albert Beckles  (Photo Gallery)
7   Roy Callendar
8   Paul Jean-Guillaume
9   Berry de Mey  (Photo Gallery)
10  Ron Love
11 Bob Paris  (Photo Gallery)
12 John Hnatyschak
13 Eduardo Kawak  (Photo Gallery)
14 Mike Ashley
15 Bertil Fox  (Photo Gallery)
16 Peter Hensel
17 Josef Grolmus
Hermann Hoffend
Hubert Metz  (Photo Gallery)
Steve Brisbois