Mr. Olympia

This article covers the international bodybuilding competition. For the US wrestler Mr. Olympia see AJ Styles .

Winner Dexter Jackson and runner-up Jay Cutler at the 2008 Mr. Olympia

The Mr. Olympia is an international bodybuilding competition organized annually by the International Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (IFBB). The victory is considered to be the highest honor in professional bodybuilding. Joe Weider started the competition in 1965 to provide an incentive for professionals to stay true to the sport.

In contrast to many other competitions, the Mr. Olympia had no weight classes for a long time. From 1974 to 1979 the field of participants was initially divided into two weight classes and then a Mr. Olympia was determined. In 2008 the "202/212 Olympia Showdown" was introduced, which is reserved for bodybuilders weighing up to 202 lbs (91.62 kg). The weight limit was raised to 212 lbs (96.16 kg) in 2012 to allow athletes to gain more mass for competition.

A qualification is normally required to participate, but the organizer will from time to time issue special invitations (so-called wildcards ).

Parallel to the Mr. Olympia and the "212 Olympia Showdown" there is a Ms. Olympia for female bodybuilders - in addition, competitions for the fitness, figure and bikini classes have been introduced.

The newest discipline is the " Physique ". This class has existed since 2013, includes a male and a female field of participants and, according to the regulations, aims at athletics, aesthetics, shape, symmetry, styling and charisma of the athlete. The jurors are expressly advised in the rules to rate extreme muscle mass negatively.

qualification

To participate in the Mr. Olympia, participants must meet one of the following criteria:

• among the top 5 at last year's Mr. Olympia
• among the top 3 of the Arnold Classic of the same year
• among the top 2 New York Men's Professional (formerly called Night of the Champions ) of the same year
• Victory at one of the IFBB professional competitions after last year's Mr. Olympia

In addition, the organizer can issue a so-called wildcard to an athlete. Arnold Schwarzenegger reports that he 'got' US $ 1000 for the title.

Prize money

The prize money has risen continuously since the first Mr. Olympia.

At the moment the prize money for the heavyweight division is as follows:
1st place: $ 400,000
2nd place: $ 150,000
3rd place: $ 100,000
4th place: $ 55,000
5th place: $ 45,000
6th place: $ 35,000
7th place : $ 25,000
8th place: $ 20,000
9th place: $ 18,000
10th place: $ 16,000
11th place: $ 4,000
12th place: $ 4,000
13th place: $ 4,000
14th place: $ 4,000
15th place: 4,000 $
16th - 25th place: $ 2,000

2015: Mr. Olympia: $ 805,000
212 Showdown: $ 75,000
Fitness Olympia: $ 65,000
Figure Olympia: $ 65,000
Bikini Olympia: $ 50,000
Men's Physique Showdown: $ 27,500
Women's Physique Showdown: $ 27,500

Total: $ 1,175,000

Mr. Olympia

year	winner	Second	Third	Fourth - sixth	Attendees	Venue
1965	Larry Scott	Harold Poole	Earl Maynard		3	New York City ,
1966	Larry Scott	Harold Poole	Chuck Sipes Sergio Oliva		4th	New York City ,
1967	Sergio Oliva	Chuck Sipes	Harold Poole	4. Dave Draper	4th	New York City ,
1968	Sergio Oliva				1	New York City ,
1969	Sergio Oliva	Arnold Schwarzenegger			2	New York City ,
1970	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Sergio Oliva	Reg Lewis		3	New York City ,
1971	Arnold Schwarzenegger				1	Paris ,
1972	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Sergio Oliva	Serge Nubret	4. Frank Zane 5. Franco Columbu	5	Food ,
1973	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Franco Columbu	Serge Nubret		3	New York City ,
1974	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Lou Ferrigno			5	New York City ,
1975	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Serge Nubret	Lou Ferrigno		7th	Pretoria ,
1976	Franco Columbu				7th	Columbus ,
1977	Frank Zane	Robby Robinson	Ed Corney	4. Boyer Coe 5. Ken Waller 6. Dennis Tinerino	8th	Columbus ,
1978	Frank Zane	Robby Robinson	Roy Callender	4. Boyer Coe 5. Kalman Szkalak 6. Danny Padilla	9	Columbus ,
1979	Frank Zane				15th	Columbus ,
1980	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Chris Dickerson	Frank Zane	4. Boyer Coe 4. Mike Mentzer 6. Roger Walker	16	Sydney ,
1981	Franco Columbu	Chris Dickerson	Tom place	4. Roy Callender 5. Danny Padilla 6. Jusup Wilkosz	17th	Columbus ,
1982	Chris Dickerson	Frank Zane	Casey Viator	4. Samir Bannout 5. Albert Beckles 6. Tom place	16	London ,
1983	Samir Bannout	Mohamed El Makkawy	Lee Haney	4. Frank Zane 5. Bertil Fox 6. Jusup Wilkosz	15th	Munich ,
1984	Lee Haney	Mohamed El Makkawy	Jusup Wilkosz	4. Albert Beckles 5. Roy Callender 6. Samir Bannout	20th	New York City ,
1985	Lee Haney	Albert Beckles	Rich Gaspari	4. Mohamed El Makkawy 5. Mike Christian 6. Berry DeMey	24	Brussels ,
1986	Lee Haney	Rich Gaspari	Mike Christian	4. Albert Beckles 5. Berry DeMey 6. Peter Hensel	15th	Columbus ,
1987	Lee Haney	Rich Gaspari	Lee Labrada	4. Mike Christian 5. Robby Robinson 6. Berry DeMey	18th	Gothenburg ,
1988	Lee Haney	Rich Gaspari	Berry DeMey	4. Lee Labrada 5. Gary Strydom 6. Mike Quinn	20th	Los Angeles ,
1989	Lee Haney	Lee Labrada	Vince Taylor	4. Rich Gaspari 5. Mohammed Benaziza 6. Mike Christian	21st	Rimini ,
1990	Lee Haney	Lee Labrada	Shawn Ray	4. Mike Christian 5. Rich Gaspari 6. Francis Benfatto	14th	Chicago ,
1991	Lee Haney	Dorian Yates	Vince Taylor	4. Lee Labrada 5. Shawn Ray 6. Sonny Schmidt	26th	Orlando ,
1992	Dorian Yates	Kevin Levrone	Lee Labrada	4. Shawn Ray 5. Mohammed Benaziza 6. Vince Taylor	22nd	Helsinki ,
1993	Dorian Yates	Flex wheeler	Shawn Ray	4. Lee Labrada 5. Kevin Levrone 6. Paul Dillett	22nd	Atlanta ,
1994	Dorian Yates	Shawn Ray	Kevin Levrone	4. Paul Dillett 5. Porter Cottrell 6. Chris Cormier	23	Atlanta ,
1995	Dorian Yates	Kevin Levrone	Wet El Sonbaty	4. Shawn Ray 5. Vince Taylor 6. Chris Cormier	16	Atlanta ,
1996	Dorian Yates	Shawn Ray	Kevin Levrone	4. Flex Wheeler 5. Paul Dillett 6. Ronnie Coleman	13	Chicago ,
1997	Dorian Yates	Wet El Sonbaty	Shawn Ray	4. Kevin Levrone 5. Paul Dillett 6. Lee Priest	13	Long Beach ,
1998	Ronnie Coleman	Flex wheeler	Wet El Sonbaty	4. Kevin Levrone 5. Shawn Ray 6. Chris Cormier	17th	New York City ,
1999	Ronnie Coleman	Flex wheeler	Chris Cormier	4. Kevin Levrone 5. Shawn Ray 6. Nasser El Sonbaty	15th	Las Vegas ,
2000	Ronnie Coleman	Kevin Levrone	Flex wheeler	4. Shawn Ray 5. Nasser El Sonbaty 6. Lee Priest	13	Las Vegas ,
2001	Ronnie Coleman	Jay Cutler	Kevin Levrone	4. Shawn Ray 5. Chris Cormier 6. Orville Burke	21st	Las Vegas ,
2002	Ronnie Coleman	Kevin Levrone	Chris Cormier	4. Dexter Jackson 5. Günter Schlierkamp 6. Lee Priest	25th	Las Vegas ,
2003	Ronnie Coleman	Jay Cutler	Dexter Jackson	4. Dennis James 5. Günter Schlierkamp 6. Kevin Levrone	16	Las Vegas ,
2004	Ronnie Coleman	Jay Cutler	Gustavo Badell	4. Dexter Jackson 5. Markus Rühl 6. Günter Schlierkamp	19th	Las Vegas ,
2005	Ronnie Coleman	Jay Cutler	Gustavo Badell	4. Günter Schlierkamp 5. Victor Martinez 6. Dennis James	21st	Las Vegas ,
2006	Jay Cutler	Ronnie Coleman	Victor Martinez	4. Dexter Jackson 5. Melvin Anthony 6. Gustavo Badell	22nd	Las Vegas ,
2007	Jay Cutler	Victor Martinez	Dexter Jackson	4. Ronnie Coleman 5. Dennis Wolf 6. Melvin Anthony	24	Las Vegas ,
2008	Dexter Jackson	Jay Cutler	Phil Heath	4. Dennis Wolf 5. Toney Freeman 6. Melvin Anthony	24	Las Vegas ,
2009	Jay Cutler	Branch Warren	Dexter Jackson	4. Kai Greene 5. Phil Heath 6. Victor Martinez	24	Las Vegas ,
2010	Jay Cutler	Phil Heath	Branch Warren	4. Dexter Jackson 5. Dennis Wolf 6. Ronny Rockel	24	Las Vegas ,
2011	Phil Heath	Jay Cutler	Kai Greene	4. Victor Martinez 5. Dennis Wolf 6. Dexter Jackson	24	Las Vegas ,
2012	Phil Heath	Kai Greene	Shawn Rhoden	4. Dexter Jackson 5. Branch Warren 6. Dennis Wolf	19th	Las Vegas ,
2013	Phil Heath	Kai Greene	Dennis Wolf	4. Shawn Rhoden 5. Dexter Jackson 6. Jay Cutler	20th	Las Vegas ,
2014	Phil Heath	Kai Greene	Shawn Rhoden	4. Dennis Wolf 5. Dexter Jackson 6. Branch Warren	20th	Las Vegas ,
2015	Phil Heath	Dexter Jackson	Shawn Rhoden	4. Dennis Wolf 5. Mamdouh Elssbiay 6. Branch Warren	24	Las Vegas ,
2016	Phil Heath	Shawn Rhoden	Dexter Jackson	4. Mamdouh Elssbiay 5. William Bonac 6. Roelly Winklaar	16	Las Vegas ,
2017	Phil Heath	Mamdouh Elssbiay	William Bonac	4. Dexter Jackson 5. Shawn Rhoden 6. Roelly Winklaar	20th	Las Vegas ,
2018	Shawn Rhoden	Phil Heath	Roelly Winklaar	4. William Bonac 5. Brandon Curry 6. Mamdouh Elssbiay	19th	Las Vegas ,
2019	Brandon Curry	William Bonac	Hadi Choopan	4. Dexter Jackson 5. Roelly Winklaar 6. Steve Kuclo	16	Las Vegas ,

Weight classes (1974–1979)

year	Weight class	First	Second	Third	Fourth-sixth	Number of d. Attendees
1974	> 200 lbs	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Lou Ferrigno	Serge Nubret		3
	<200 lbs	Franco Columbu	Frank Zane			2
1975	> 200 lbs	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Serge Nubret	Lou Ferrigno		3
	<200 lbs	Franco Columbu	Ed Corney	Albert Beckles	4. Frank Zane	4th
1976	> 200 lbs	Ken Waller	Mike Katz			2
	<200 lbs	Franco Columbu	Frank Zane	Ed Corney	4. Bill Grant 5. Boyer Coe	5
1977	> 200 lbs	Robby Robinson	Ken Waller	Dennis Tinerino	4. Roger Walker	4th
	<200 lbs	Frank Zane	Ed Corney	Boyer Coe	4. Albert Beckles 5. Bill Grant	5
1978	> 200 lbs	Robby Robinson	Roy Callender	Kalman Szkalak	4. Dennis Tinerino 5. Roger Walker	5
	<200 lbs	Frank Zane	Boyer Coe	Danny Padilla	4. Ed Corney 5. Tony Emmott 6. Mohamed Makkawy	8th
1979	> 200 lbs	Mike Mentzer	Dennis Tinerino	Roger Walker	4. Roy Callender 5. Bob Birdsong	5
	<200 lbs	Frank Zane	Boyer Coe	Robby Robinson	4. Chris Dickerson 5. Danny Padilla 6. Carlos Rodríguez	10

Number of victories

Victories	Surname	year
8th	Lee Haney	1984-1991
	Ronnie Coleman	1998-2005
7th	Arnold Schwarzenegger	1970-1975, 1980
	Phil Heath	2011-2017
6th	Dorian Yates	1992-1997
4th	Jay Cutler	2006-2007, 2009-2010
3	Sergio Oliva	1967-1969
	Frank Zane	1977-1979
2	Larry Scott	1965-1966
	Franco Columbu	1976, 1981
1	Chris Dickerson	1982
	Samir Bannout	1983
	Dexter Jackson	2008
	Shawn Rhoden	2018
	Brandon Curry	2019

202/212 Olympic Showdown (since 2008)

year	Weight class	First	Second	Third	Fourth-sixth	Number of d. Attendees
2008	<202 lbs	David Henry	Kevin English	Flex Lewis	4. Jason Arntz 5. George Farah 6. Rashid "Roc" Shabazz	14th
2009	<202 lbs	Kevin English	David Henry	Eduardo Correa da Silva	4. Mark Dugdale 5. Flex Lewis 6. Jose Raymond	15th
2010	<202 lbs	Kevin English	David Henry	Eduardo Correa da Silva	4. Jose Raymond 5. Jason Arntz 6. Jaroslav Horvath	15th
2011	<202 lbs	Kevin English	Flex Lewis	Jose Raymond	4. Jaroslav Horvath 5. Shaun Joseph Tavernier 6. Jason Arntz	19th
2012	<212 lbs	Flex Lewis	David Henry	Eduardo Correa da Silva	4. Jose Raymond 5. Al Auguste 6. Tricky Jackson	16
2013	<212 lbs	Flex Lewis	David Henry	Kevin English	4. Jose Raymond 5. Eduardo Correa da Silva 6. Sami Alhaddad	12
2014	<212 lbs	Flex Lewis	Eduardo Correa da Silva	Jose Raymond	4. Hidetada Yamagishi 5. Baito Abbaspour 6. Aaron Clark	15th
2015	<212 lbs	Flex Lewis	Jose Raymond	Hidetada Yamagishi	4. David Henry 5. Eduardo Correa da Silva 6. Guy Cisternino	15th
2016	<212 lbs	Flex Lewis	Ahmad Ashkanani	Jose Raymond	4. Eduardo Correa da Silva 5. David Henry 6. Hidetada Yamagishi	15th
2017	<212 lbs	Flex Lewis	Ahmad Ashkanani	Jose Raymond	4. David Henry 5. Derek Lunsford 6. Milan Sadek	15th
2018	<212 lbs	Flex Lewis	Derek Lunsford	Kamal Elgargni	4. Ahmad Ashkanani 5. Jose Raymond 6. David Henry	15th
2019	<212 lbs	Kamal Elgargni	Derek Lunsford	Shaun Clarida	4. John Jewett 5. Ahmad Ashkanani 6. Sami Alhaddad	17th

Number of victories

Victories	Surname	year
7th	Flex Lewis	2012-2018
3	Kevin English	2009-2011
1	David Henry	2008
	Kamal Elgarni	2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IFBB MEN'S ATHLETIC PHYSIQUE CATEGORY regulations ( memento of the original from February 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ FOCUS Online: His first seven jobs: That was what Schwarzenegger did before he became a Terminator - video. Retrieved September 13, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Source ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ [1]

Web links

• 'Mr. Olympia 'complete results since 1965 (Engl.)
• '202/212 Olympia Showdown' complete results since 2008 (Engl.)
• IFBB Hall of Fame (Engl.)