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1998 Mr. Olympia

Bodybuilding competition

Summary

Bodybuilding competition

The 1998 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held on October 10, 1998, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

Results

The total prize money awarded was $300,000.

Place	Prize	Name	1	2	3	4	Points
1	$110,000	USA Ronnie Coleman	17	5	5	5	32
2	$50,000	USA Flex Wheeler	5	10	10	10	35
3	$35,000	Serbia and Montenegro Nasser El Sonbaty	11	16	17	16	60
4	$25,000	USA Kevin Levrone	23	21	20	20	84
5	$20,000	USA Shawn Ray	18	22	24	25	89
6	$14,000	USA Chris Cormier	40	30	30	30	130
7	$13,000	Australia Lee Priest	30	35	35		100
8	$12,000	United Kingdom Ernie Taylor	53	40	42		135
9	$11,000	USA Mike Matarazzo	54	48	52		154
10	$10,000	Switzerland Jean-Pierre Fux	53	51	53		157
11		FR Yugoslavia Miloš Šarčev	61	56	61		178
12		USA Johnny Moya	60	62	62		184
13		Trinidad Darrem Charles	69	63	61		193
14		USA Aaron Baker	73	67	56		196
15		Germany Günter Schlierkamp	77	73	69		219
16		Lebanon Ahmad Haidar	84	80	83		247
17		Canada Claude Groulx	88	82	82		252
		Canada Paul Dillett	35

Notable events

Dorian Yates, who sustained a severe triceps injury before winning the 1997 Mr. Olympia, announced his retirement leaving way for a new champion
Ronnie Coleman surprised the field by winning the title over the more established favorites, Flex Wheeler, Nasser El Sonbaty, Kevin Levrone and Shawn Ray. He leapt a record eight places from his 9th place finish the year before.
Paul Dillett was suffering from severe dehydration and passed out after just 10 minutes of pre-judging, and dropped out of the competition

References

McGough, Peter. "The 1998 Mr. Olympia".
(September 30, 2012). "Mr. Olympia Contest Results". getbig.com.
"The Mr. Olympia Record Book".

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