2018 Mr. Olympia Explained

2018 Mr. Olympia
Genre:Professional bodybuilding competition
Country:United States
Prev:2017 Mr. Olympia
People:Mr. Olympia : Shawn Rhoden
212 Olympia: Flex Lewis
Bikini Olympia: Angelica Teixeira
CP Olympia: Breon Ansley
MP Olympia: Brandon Hendrickson
WP Olympia: Shanique Grant
Fitness Olympia: Whitney Jones
Figure Olympia: Cydney Gillon
Next:2019 Mr. Olympia
Organized:IFBB

The 2018 Mr. Olympia contest was a weekend long IFBB professional bodybuilding competition that was held on September 14 to 15, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the 54th Mr. Olympia competition celebrated. The weekend competition is also known as the Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend. While the main event was the competition for the title of Mr. Olympia, several other events were held which includes the Amateur competition and sports expo.

On September 12, 2018, a press conference was held on Orleans Arena.

On September 13, 2018, prejudging and finals for Fitness Olympia, Figure Olympia and Classic Physique were held and livestream via Amazon Prime. Mr. Olympia pre-judging was also held on the same night.

On September 15, 2018, the Men's Physique Olympia and Women's Physique Olympia judging and finals were held in the morning at Las Vegas Convention Center. At night, the Bikini Olympia, 212 Olympia and Mr. Olympia finals were held at Orleans Arena.

On September 17, 2018, an Olympia Superstar Seminar was held.

Shawn Rhoden won his first Mr Olympia title, defeating seven-time defending champion Phil Heath.[1]

Heath was attempting to tie the records for the most Mr. Olympia wins overall and most wins in a row with eight, held jointly by Lee Haney (1984–1991) and Ronnie Coleman (1998–2005).

Rhoden became the oldest bodybuilder to win the Mr. Olympia title, at the age of 43 years, 5 months.

Results

Place[2] Prize[3] NameCountryJudgingFinalsTotal
1$400,000 Shawn Rhoden [4] 7613
2$150,000 Phil Heath8917
3$100,000 Roelly Winklaar121527
4$55,000 William Bonac202040
5$45,000 Brandon Curry302656
6$35,000 Mamdouh Elssbiay292958
7$25,000 Dexter Jackson343670
8$20,000 Nathan De Asha314172
9$18,000 Cedric McMillan454489
10$16,000 Steve Kuclo5050100
11Alexis Rivera5555
12Lukáš Osladil6262
13Charles Griffen6363
14Iain Valliere7272
15Michael Lockett7474

Other results

References

  1. Web site: 2018 Olympia Scorecards IFBB Professional League. ifbbpro.com. en-US. 2018-09-25.
  2. Web site: 2016 Mr. Olympia scorecards. 17 September 2017 . npcnewsonline. 17 September 2017.
  3. Web site: 2017 Mr. Olympia prize money. Bleacher Report. 17 September 2017.
  4. Web site: 2018 Mr. Olympia Results: Open Bodybuilding Results & Prize Money. Miller. Tom. FitnessVolt.com. 16 September 2018 .

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