Arnold Classic - Winners and Classifications 1965-2013

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2014 Arnold Classic

March 1 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

1. Dennis Wolf - Arnold Classic 2014 Champion.
2. Shawn Rhoden
3. Cedric McMillan
4. Victor Martinez
5. Evan Centopani
6. Branch Warren
7. Ben Pakulski
8. Brandon Curry
9. Toney Freeman
10. Edward Nunn
11. Fred Smalls

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2013 Arnold Classic

March 1 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	Judges	The final	Total
1	Dexter Jackson	Jacksonville, Florida	5	5	10
2	Ben Pakulski	Ontario, Canada	10	10	20
3	Toney Freeman	Canton, Georgia	15	15	30
4	Johnnie Jackson	Hurst, Texas	25	22	47
5	Hidetada Yamagishi	japan	21	29	50
6	Cedric McMillan	Heath Springs, South Carolina	32	24	56
7	Fred Smalls	Townsend, Delaware	32	33	65
8	Edward Nunn	Anderson, Indiana	42	40	82
9	Darrem Charles	Coral Springs, Florida	47	46	93
10	Fouad Abiad	Ontario, Canada	47	48	95
11	Marcus Haley	Glendale, Arizona	59	58	117
12	Michael Kefalianos	greece	61	60	121
13	Ronny Rockel	germany	62	63	125

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2012 Arnold Classic

March 3 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	Judges	The final	Total
1	Branch Warren	USA	5	5	10
2	Dennis Wolf	germany	10	10	20
3	Evan Centopani	USA	14	13	27
4	Ben Pakulski	Canada	22	21	43
5	Dexter Jackson	USA	23	22	45
6	Lionel Beyeke	france	31	30	61
7	Brandon Curry	USA	41	40	81
8	Shawn Rhoden	USA	46	37	83
9	Michael Kefalianos	Australia	47	38	85
10	Eduardo Correa	brazil	55	50	105
11	Fouad Abiad	Canada	37	70	107
12	Ben White	USA	60	55	115
13	Gustavo Badell	USA	65	58	123
14	Matthias Botthof	germany	70	65	135

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2011 Arnold Classic

March 5 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	Judges	The final	Total
1	Branch Warren	USA	5	5	10
2	Dennis Wolf	germany	10	10	20
3	Victor Martinez	Dominican Republic	15	15	30
4	Evan Centopani	USA	20	20	40
5	Dexter Jackson	USA	25	25	50
6	Ronny Rockel	germany	32	34	66
7	Johnnie Jackson	USA	37	33	70
8	Roelly Winklaar	Netherlands	39	37	76
9	Toney Freeman	USA	43	45	88
10	Ben Pakulski	Canada	50	51	101
11	Sergey Shelestov	Russia	56	56	112
12	Fouad Abiad	Canada	60	60	120
13	Essa Ibrahim Obaid	United Arab Emirates	65	64	129
14	Robert Piotrkowicz	poland	69	68	137

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2010 Arnold Classic

March 6 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	Judges	The final	Total
1	Kai Greene	USA	10	5	15
2	Phil Heath	USA	7	13	20
3	Branch Warren	USA	19	13	32
4	Dexter Jackson	USA	16	20	36
5	Toney Freeman	USA	25	25	50
6	Ronny Rockel	germany	30	30	60
7	Roelly Winklaar	Netherlands	35		35
8	Hidetada Yamagishi	japan	40		40
9	Melvin Anthony	USA	45		45
10	Robert Piotrkwicz	poland	54		54
11	Tarek Elsetouhi	germany	57		57
12	Johhnie Jackson	USA	58		58
13	Sergey Shelestov	Russia	64		64

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In the video Phil Heat, runner-up at the Arnold Classic 2010

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2009 Arnold Classic

March 8 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	1 + 2	3	4	Points
1	Kai Greene	USA	20	5	5	30
2	Victor Martinez	Dominican Republic	16	12	12	40
3	Branch Warren	USA	24	13	13	50
4	Toney Freeman	USA	40	20	21	81
5	Silvio Samuel	spain	50	22	23	95
6	Moe Elmoussawi	New Zealand	60	32	30	122
7	Dennis James	germany	74	36		110
8	Sergey Shelestov	Russia	74	39		113
9	Johnnie Jackson	USA	90	45		135
10	Ronny Rockel	germany	100	49		149
11	Gustavo Badell	Puerto Rico	114	58		172
12	Ahmad Haidar	lebanon	122	60		182
13	Marcus Haley	USA	128	61		189

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2008 Arnold Classic

March 2 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	1 + 2	3	4	Points
1	Dexter Jackson	USA	10	8	5	23
2	Phil Heath	USA	20	10	10	40
3	Kai Greene	USA	30	15	17	62
4	Branch Warren	USA	40	20	18	78
5	Silvio Samuel	spain	58	27	25	110
6	Gustavo Badell	Puerto Rico	52	29	30	111
7	Toney Freeman	USA	70	36		106
8	Melvin Anthony	USA	96	40		136
9	Johnnie Jackson	USA	90	47		137
10	Desmond Miller	USA	ninety two	47		139
11	Moe Elmoussawi	New Zealand	108	53		161
12	David Henry	USA	126	60		186
13	Ronny Rockel	germany	124	65		189
14	DeShaun Grimez	USA	140	70		210
15	Adorthus Cherry	USA	150	75		225

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2007 Arnold Classic

March 3 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	1 + 2	3	4	Points
1	Victor Martinez	Dominican Republic	10	5	5	20
2	Dexter Jackson	USA	20	10	10	40
3	Toney Freeman	USA	32	20	21	73
4	Gustavo Badell	Puerto Rico	40	18	17	75
5	Phil Heath	USA	50	23	23	96
6	Silvio Samuel	spain	66	37	30	133
7	Branch Warren	USA	74	30		104
8	Ronnie Rockell	germany	70	40		110
9	Markus Ruhl	germany	90	47		137
10	Vince Taylor	USA	100	50		150
11	Mark Dugdale	USA	110	56		166
12	Marcus Haley	USA	122	54		176
13	Hidetada Yamagishi	japan	132	68		200
14	David Henry	USA	134	68		202
15	Sergey Shelestov	Russia	148	74		222
16	Luke Wood	Australia	160	80		240

In the video, Phil Heath, a promising young bodybuilder, ranked fifth at the Arnold Classic

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2006 Arnold Classic

March 4 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	1 & 2	3	4	Points
1	Dexter Jackson	USA	10	5	5	20
2	Branch Warren	USA	20	11	13	44
3	Victor Martinez	USA	30	15	12	57
4	Gustavo Badell	Puerto Rico	38	20	20	78
5	Melvin Anthony	USA	52	25	25	102
6	Lee Priest	Australia	70	32	30	132
7	Mustafa Mohammad	Austria	68	38		106
8	Darrem Charles	Trinidad	74	35		109
9	Toney Freeman	USA	96	45		141
10	Troy Alves	USA	100	51		151
11	David Henry II	USA	112	57		169
12	Ahmad Haidar	lebanon	118	58		176
13	Johnnie Jackson	USA	126	63		189
14	Kris Dim	USA	144	73		217
15	Chris Cook	USA	146	72		218

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2005 Arnold Classic

March 5 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	Points
1	Dexter Jackson	USA	5	5	5	5	20
2	Chris Cormier	USA	10	10	10	10	40
3	Gustavo Badell	Puerto Rico	15	14	16	15	60
4	Lee Priest	Australia	23	23	27	22	99
5	Melvin Anthony	USA	27	25	21	29	102
6	Darrem Charles	Trinidad	28	29	27	24	108
7	Victor Martinez	USA	33	36	39		108
8	Troy Alves	USA	46	38	39		123
9	Mark Dugdale	USA	46	45	46		137
10	Tony Freeman	USA	46	50	53		149
11	King Kamali	USA	57	52	53		162
12	David Henry	USA	60	63	62		185
13	Frank Roberson	USA	66	67	64		197
14	Art Atwood	USA	68	66	68		202
15	Idrise Ward-El	USA	73	74	73		220

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2004 Arnold Classic March 6 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	Points
1	Jay Cutler	USA	7	5	10	8	30
2	Chris Cormier	USA	8	10	6	7	31
3	Dexter Jackson	USA	15	15	18	15	63
4	Gunter Schlierkamp	germany	20	24	20	21	85
5	Markus Ruhl	germany	30	22	24	24	100
6	Craig Titus	USA	27	30	28	30	115
7	Gustavo Badell	Puerto Rico	37	36	43		116
8	King Kamali	USA	43	46	35		124
9	Ahmad Haidar	lebanon	36	43	50		129
10	Ernie Taylor	England	49	47	42		138
11	Bob Cicherillo	USA	55	58	57		170
12	Mustafa Mohammad	lebanon	59	55	57		171
13	Greg Kovacs	Canada	65	65	65		195

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2003 Arnold Classic March 1 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	Points
1	Jay Cutler	USA	5	5	5	5	20
2	Chris Cormier	USA	10	10	10	10	40
3	Markus Ruhl	germany	26	15	19	15	75
4	Dexter Jackson	USA	20	20	16	20	76
5	Kevin Levrone	USA	15	25	25	25	90
6	Darrem Charles	USA	33	35	28	30	126
7	Ahmad Haider	lebanon	40	35	38		113
8	Melvin Anthony	USA	37	40	37		114
9	Quincy Taylor	USA	39	44	44		127
10	Troy Alves	USA	50	50	50		150
11	JD Dawodu	England	55	5	65		175
12	Tommi Thorvildsen	norway	62	63	57		182
13	Eddie Abbew	England	64	61	62		187
14	Stan McCrary	USA	67	70	65		202

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2002 Arnold Classic February 23 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	Points
1	Jay Cutler	USA	5	5	5	5	20
2	Chris Cormier	USA	10	10	10	10	40
3	Dexter Jackson	USA	15	15	16	16	61
4	Lee Priest	Australia	26	20	19	20	85
5	Kevin Levrone	USA	20	25	25	26	96
6	Ahmad Haider	lebanon	31	34	30	29	124
7	Dennis James	USA	34	31	35		100
8	Ernie Taylor	England	42	45	42		129
9	Quincy Taylor	USA	50	40	43		133
10	Nasser El Sonbaty	Yugoslavia	41	49	50		140
11	Tommi Torvildsen	norway	66	61	56		183
12	Jeff Long	USA	55	66	64		185
13	Victor Martinez	USA	72	59	62		193
14	Garrett Downing	USA	65	70	69		204
15	Stan McCrary	USA	67	68	75		210

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2001 Arnold Classic March 3 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	Points
1	Ronnie Coleman	USA	5	5	5	5	20
2	Chris Cormier	USA	10	10	10	10	40
3	Dennis James	USA	15	15	19	15	64
4	Shari 'King' Kamali	USA	31	24	16	20	91
5	Dexter Jackson	USA	24	21	31	25	101
6	Craig Titus	USA	24	31	33	30	118
7	Melvin Anthony	USA	30	35	25		90
8	Darrem Charles	Trinidad	46	45	42		127
9	JD Dawodu	England	47	40	49		136
10	Garrett Downing	USA	48	50	47		145
11	Oleg Zhur	ukraine	59	55	50		164
12	Aaron Maddron	USA	57	60	60		177
13	Jason Arntz	USA	70	67	65		202
14	Stan McCrary	USA	70	67	70		208
15	Jeff Long	USA	69	75	74		218

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2000 Arnold Classic February 26 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	Points
1	Ken 'Flex' Wheeler	USA	5	5	5	5	20
2	Chris Cormier	USA	10	10	10	10	40
3	Kevin Levrone	USA	15	15	15	15	60
4	Dennis James	USA	20	25	20	20	85
5	Dexter Jackson	USA	25	22	30	25	102
6	Gunter Schlierkamp	germany	36	30	28	30	124
7	Darrem Charles	Trinidad	33	39	34		106
* 8 *	Jason Arntz	USA	43	41	42		126
9	JD Dawodu	England	45	40	45		130
* 10 *	Craig Titus	USA	52	52	54		158
* 11 *	Tom Prince	USA	54	54	57		165
* 12 *	Ahmed Haidar	lebanon	64	60	61		185
13	Claude Groulx	Canada	60	65	67		192
14	Flavio Baccanini	italy	79	75	62		216
15	Jeff Long	USA	74	71	74		219
* 16 *	Patrick Lynn	USA	73	82	83		238
* 17 *	Jimmy Mentis	USA	82	82	81		245

* '* athletes subsequently disqualified as found positive for diuretics

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1999 Arnold Classic March 6 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Nasser El Sonbaty	Yugoslavia	5	10	6	5	26
2	Kevin Levrone	USA	11	5	9	10	35
3	Chris Cormier	USA	14	15	14	15	58
4	Jay Cutler	USA	22	21	27	22	ninety two
5	Milos Sarcev	Yugoslavia	24	25	27	23	99
6	Vince Taylor	USA	30	30	23	30	113
7	Dexter Jackson	USA	42	35	39		116
8	Darrem Charles	Trinidad	40	44	36		120
9	Gunter Schlierkamp	germany	40	40	45		125
10	Alq Gurley	USA	47	50	50		147
11	Patrick Lynn	USA	55	56	58		169
12	Don Long	USA	60	60	60		180
13	Renel Janvier	USA	65	67	65		197
14	Jeffrey Long	USA	71	69	70		210
15	Roland Kickinger	Austria	74	75	73		222
withdrew	Lee Priest	Australia

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1998 Arnold Classic March 7 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Placement	First name	Nationality	Won
1	Flex Wheeler	USA	$ 100, 000
2	Nasser El Sonbaty	Yugoslavia	$ 45, 000
3	Vince Taylor	USA	$ 25, 000
4	Jean-Pierre Fux	switzerland	$ 15, 000
5	Chris Cormier	USA	$ 10, 000
6	Darrem Charles	Trinidad	$ 5, 000
7	Aaron Baker	USA	$ 1, 000
8	Don Long	USA	$ 1, 000
9	Ian Harrison	England	$ 1, 000
10	Roland Czuirlok	germany	$ 1, 000
11	Jeff Long	USA	$ 1, 000
12	Grant Clemesha	Australia	$ 1, 000

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1997 Arnold Classic March 1 Columbus, Ohio

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Placement	First name	Nationality
1	Flex Wheeler	USA
2	Nasser El Sonbaty	Yugoslavia
3	Michael Francois	USA
4	Ronnie Coleman	USA
5	Vince Taylor	USA
6	Paul Dillett	Canada
7	Lee Priest	Australia
8	Kevin Levrone	USA
9	Aaron Baker	USA
10	Alq Gurley	USA
11	Ian Harrison	England
12	Don Long	USA
13	Eddie Robinson	USA
14	Agathoklis Akithikone

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1996 Arnold Classic March 2 Columbus, Ohio

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Placement	First name	Nationality
1	Kevin Levrone	USA
2	Flex Wheeler	USA
3	Paul Dillett	Canada
4	Vince Taylor	USA
5	Shawn Ray	USA
6	Andreas Munzer	Austria
7	Roland Cziurlok	germany
8	Porter Cottrell	USA
9	Jean Pierre Fux	switzerland
10	Darrem Charles	Trinidad
11	Gunter Schlierkamp	germany
12	Roland Kickinger	Austria

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1995 Arnold Classic March 4 Columbus, Ohio

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Place	Name	Country
1	Mike Francois	USA
2	Flex Wheeler	USA
3	Charles Clairmonte	England
4	Andreas Munzer	Austria
5	Lee Labrada	USA
6	Aaron Baker	USA
7	Ian Harrison	England
8	Darrem Charles	Trinidad
9	Lee Priest	Australia
10	Henderson Thorne	Canada
11	Dave Fisher	Canada
12	David Dearth	USA
13	Leif Langbacka	finland
14	Michel Devitis	france

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1994 Arnold Classic March 5 Columbus, Ohio

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Place	Name
1	Kevin Levrone
2	Vince Taylor
3	Porter Cottrell
4	Chris Cormier
5	Andreas Munzer
6	Aaron Baker
7	Lee Priest
8	Achim Albrecht
9	Mike Matarazzo
10	Sonny Schmidt
11	Thierry Pastel
12	Pavol Jablonicky
13	Flavio Baccianini
14	Mike Quinn
15	Berry DeMay

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1993 Arnold Classic

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Place	Name
1	Flex Wheeler
2	Lee Labrada
3	Vince Taylor
4	Paul Dillett
5	JJ Marsh
6	Mike Matarazzo
7	Andreas Munzer
8	Sonny Schmidt
8	Alq Gurley
10	Achim Albrecht
11	Rone Love
12	Frank Hillebrand
13	Thierry Pastel
13	Mike Ashley
13	Samir Bannout
13	Francis Benfatto

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1989 Arnold Classic

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Place	First name
1	Rich Gaspari
2	Robby Robinson
3	Gary Strydom
4	Samir Bannout
5	Bob Paris
6	Bertil Fox
7	Albert Beckles
8	Ron Love
9	Lance Dreher
10	Alfred Krautgartner
11	Ronald Matz
12	Frank Richard
13	John Terilli
14	Gary Leonard
15	Daniel Smith

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Arnold Classic winners

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Year	Winner
1989	Rich Gaspari
1990	Mike Ashley
1991	Shawn Ray
1992	Vince Taylor
1993	Flex Wheeler
1994	Kevin Levrone
1995	Mike Francois
1996	Kevin Levrone
1997	Flex Wheeler
1998	Flex Wheeler
1999	Nasser El Sonbaty
2000	Flex Wheeler
2001	Ronnie Coleman
2002	Jay Cutler
2003	Jay Cutler
2004	Jay Cutler
2005	Dexter Jackson
2006	Dexter Jackson
2007	Victor Martinez
2008	Kai green