2001 Mr. Olympia Explained

The 2001 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held October 26–28, 2001^[1] at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

The total prize money awarded was $400,000

Place	Prize	Name	1	2	3	4	Points
1	$110,000	Ronnie Coleman	9	9	5	5	28^[2] ^[3]
2	$60,000	Jay Cutler	6	6	10	10	32
3	$40,000	Kevin Levrone	19	22	15	20	76
4	$35,000	Shawn Ray	21	15	21	23	80
5	$30,000	Chris Cormier	19	22	24	18	83
6	$25,000	Orville Burke	30	35	35	30	130
7	$15,000	Dennis James	36	37	41		114
8	$14,000	Dexter Jackson	43	39	41		123
9	$12,000	Nasser El Sonbaty	41	42	53		136
10	$10,000	Shahriar Kamali	52	48	45		145
11		Melvin Anthony	55	56	59		170
12		Craig Titus	61	58	62		181
13		Vince Taylor	77	65	45		187
14			62	71	71		204
15		Günter Schlierkamp	75	77	76		228
16		Tom Prince	78	83	86		247
17		J.D. Dawodu	89	83	94		266
18		Darrem Charles	92	94	84		270
19		Pavol Jablonický	96	97	94		287
20		Claude Groulx	94	96	98		288
21		Mike Matarazzo	101	96	95		292

Notable events

• Ronnie Coleman won his fourth consecutive Mr. Olympia title
• Jay Cutler and Markus Rühl tested positive for banned diuretics however the results were discarded after it was discovered the drug testing laboratory employed by the IFBB was no longer designated as an official accredited lab by the International Olympic Committee^[4]

See also

• 2001 Ms. Olympia

External links

• Mr. Olympia
• 2001 Olympia Weekend coverage
• The 2001 Mr. Olympia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Merritt . Greg . The 2001 Mr. Olympia . 2023-11-05 . The Barbell . en-US.
2. Web site: Mr. Olympia Contest Results. September 30, 2012. getbig.com.
3. Web site: 2001 Mr Olympia Review by Ron Avidon. getbig.com.
4. Web site: IFBB Press Release Regarding Drug Tests. November 20, 2001. getbig.com.