1982 Mr Universe - NABBA
| Overall Winner John Brown | |
Tall | |
| 1 | John Brown (United States) |
| 2 | Rufus Howard (United States) |
| 3 | Bob Esprit (Netherlands) |
| 4 | Phil Rohde (United States) |
| 5 | Patrick Nicholls (Barbados) |
| 6 | Livingston Jeffers (Canada) |
Medium | |
| 1 | John Terilli (Australia) |
| 2 | Ian Dowe (United Kingdom) |
| 3 | Vince Brown (United Kingdom) |
| 4 | Mike Sable (United States) |
| 5 | Georges Daucles (France) |
| 6 | Jesse Gautreaux (United States) |
Short | |
| 1 | Terry Phillips (United Kingdom) |
| 2 | Francois Chung (United Kingdom) |
| 3 | Eric Pieters (Belgium) |
| 4 | Manuel Velasco (Spain) |
| 5 | Eddie Giuliani (United States) |
| 6 | Rohmat Juraimi (Singapore) |