NPC Nationals Class-ics

Some of bodybuilding's legendary showdowns took place at the NPC Nationals. Here, we pick our favorites.


With the 2008 NPC Nationals slated for this Friday and Saturday in Atlanta Georgia, we look forward to what should prove to be an exciting and competitive show. But we'd also like to take a moment to look back; to what we consider the five greatest class showdowns in Nationals history.

We based our ranking primarily on the number of competitors in each class who would go on to turn pro as well as the quality of the physiques vying for top dog status that year. While we consider ourselves somewhat expert on the subject, we fully admit that greatness is something always open to interpretation. What might make our top five might not rank for you. So let us know your opinions. How would you place them? Are we leaving any out?

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CLASS NO. 5: 1993 Heavyweight Class
FUTURE PROS: 4 (Michael Francois, Dennis Newman, Don Long, Toney Freeman)
WINNER: Michael Francois Overall winner

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CLASS NO. 4: 1987 Light-Heavyweights
Future Pros: 5 - Shawn Ray, Daryl Stafford, J.J. Marsh, Vince Taylor, Ron Coleman
Winner: Shawn Ray

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CLASS NO. 3: 1997 Heavyweight Class
FUTURE PROS: 8 (Tom Prince, Orville Burke, Garrett Downing, Dennis James, Mat DuVall, George Turmon, Jeramy Freeman)
WINNER: Tom Prince (overall winner)

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CLASS NO. 2: 1982 Heavyweight Class
FUTURE PROS: 6 (Haney, Tim Belknap, Bob Paris
, Mike Christian, Mike Quinn, J.J. Marsh)
WINNER: Lee Haney (overall winner)

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CLASS NO. 1: 1991 Heavyweight Class
FUTURE PROS: 7 (Kevin Levrone, Flex Wheeler, Paul Demayo, Ronnie Coleman, Bob Cicherillo, Chris Cormier, Dean Caputo)
WINNER: Kevin Levrone (overall winner)

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Turkish1530 said:

the 91 nationals took place in PITTSBURGH!!!

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