1997 Mr Universe - NABBA
| Overall Winner Grant Thomas | |
Tall | |
| 1 | Gary Lister (United Kingdom) |
| 2 | Sergei Ogorodnikov (Russia) |
| 3 | Dayo Audi (United Kingdom) |
| 4 | Kin Mitchell (Netherlands) |
| 5 | Chris Sneddon (United Kingdom) |
| 6 | Gary Guinn (United States) |
| 7 | Lee Apperson (United States) |
| 8 | Randy Vogelzang (Netherlands) |
| - | Trevor Crouch (United Kingdom) |
| - | Wim Jooren (Netherlands) |
| - | Gerhard Pretorius (South Africa) |
| - | Eric Schembri (Malta) |
| - | Pierre Van Der Westhuizen (South Africa) |
Medium-Tall | |
| 1 | Dirk Karrengarn (Germany) |
| 2 | Simon Cohen (United Kingdom) |
| 3 | Eric Tilman (Netherlands) |
| 4 | Paolo Tamarri (Italy) |
| 5 | Thomas Balingen (Netherlands) |
| 6 | Justin Wessels (Australia) |
| 7 | René Meier (Germany) |
| 8 | John Verstegen (Netherlands) |
| 9 | Eugene Buys (Netherlands) |
| 10 | Tony Modral (United Kingdom) |
| - | Wayne Bainton (South Africa) |
| - | Patrick Coppens (Belgium) |
| - | Buddy Dreimann (United States) |
| - | Nove Hadzistajanov (Macedonia) |
| - | Graham Madderson (United Kingdom) |
| - | Javier Martinez Izquierdo (Spain) |
| - | Theunis Olckers (South Africa) |
| - | Pierre Perrier (France) |
| - | Dominic Schieda (Malta) |
| - | Kostas Spiropoulos (Greece) |
| - | Wayne Tancock (United Kingdom) |
| - | Steve Tylee (United Kingdom) |
| - | Vincent Wedderburn (United Kingdom) |
| - | Tony Zerafa (Malta) |
Medium | |
| 1 | Grant Thomas (United Kingdom) |
| 2 | Carlo Sic (Germany) |
| 3 | Steve Creighton (United Kingdom) |
| 4 | Graham Black (United Kingdom) |
| 5 | Pascal Delhoume (France) |
| 6 | Ramsford Smith (United Kingdom) |
| 7 | Derek Saunders (United Kingdom) |
| 8 | Jamie Manuel (United Kingdom) |
| 9 | Gary Vandenberg (Australia) |
| 10 | Paul House (United Kingdom) |
| 11 | Rui Mu (Australia) |
| - | Kenneth Clarke (United Kingdom) |
| - | Sergei Diorodnov (Russia) |
| - | Clinton Fleischack (South Africa) |
| - | Fabien Gil (France) |
| - | Peco Kotevski (Macedonia) |
| - | Greg Leighton (United States) |
| - | Stephen Lloyd (United Kingdom) |
| - | Antonio Jose Neto Sousa (Spain) |
| - | Alex Stukanov (Israel) |
Short | |
| 1 | Frank Vassil (United States) |
| 2 | Oliver Ripert (France) |
| 3 | Roy Menig (Netherlands) |
| 4 | Nick Jones (Australia) |
| 5 | Massimo Travan (Italy) |
| 6 | Ian Lloyd (United Kingdom) |
| 7 | Sammy Ayochok (Philippines) |
| 8 | Steve Wright (United Kingdom) |
Masters | |
| 1 | John Citrone (United Kingdom) |
| 2 | Bernd Prause (Germany) |
| 3 | Kym Johncock (Australia) |
| 4 | Jean Francois Lacroix (France) |
| 5 | Don Mahoney (Australia) |
| 6 | Aivars Visockis (Latvia) |
| 7 | Patrick Collard (United Kingdom) |
| 8 | Graham Lakey (United Kingdom) |
| 9 | Earl Madoera (Netherlands) |
| 10 | Jan Brink (Netherlands) |
| - | Willi Bendel (Germany) |
| - | John Brooks (New Zealand) |
| - | Henry Caulker (Canada) |
| - | Wim Looyen (Netherlands) |
| - | Vidmantas Malakauskas (Lithuania) |
| - | Massimo Scafoletti (Italy) |
| - | Zvi Soika (Israel) |