2002 Mr. Olympia

The 2002 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held October 16–20, 2002 at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

The total prize money awarded was $381,000. A 2003 Cadillac Escalade was presented to the first place winner by Mel Rich and Steve Stern of the Bodyonics Pinnacle company which donated the prize.

Place	Prize	Name	Country	1	2	3	4	Points
1	$110,000	Ronnie Coleman		5	5	11	8	29
2	$75,000	Kevin Levrone		15	11	5	7	38
3	$50,000	Chris Cormier		10	14	18	17	59
4	$40,000	Dexter Jackson		22	20	25	26	93
5	$30,000	Gunter Schlierkamp		51	28	17	17	113
6	$25,000	Lee Priest		42	29	28	28	127
7	$15,000	Flex Wheeler		23	41	45		109
8	$14,000	Markus Ruhl		43	37	36		116
9	$12,000	Orville Burke		37	37	55		129
10	$10,000	Dennis James		37	50	44		131
11		Craig Titus		54	57	54		165
12		Art Atwood		64	64	58		186
13		Ahmad Haidar		68	69	65		202
14		Ernie Taylor		75	63	69		207
15		Nasser El Sonbaty		71	78	73		222
16		Darrem Charles		80	76	80		236
17		King Kamali		69	91	80		240
18		Bob Cicherillo		94	86	80		260
19		George Farah		97	98	80		275
20		Francisco Bautista		99	99	80		278
21		Claude Groulx		101	102	80		283
22		Tommi Thorvildsen		114	109	80		303
23		Jaroslav Horvath		113	116	80		309
24		Gustavo Badell		116	117	80		313
25		Don Youngblood		122	124	80		326

Notable events

• Ronnie Coleman won his fifth consecutive Mr. Olympia title
• Jay Cutler, a previous Mr. Olympia contender and runner-up in the 2001 Mr. Olympia tested positive for banned diuretics and had to sue to have his second place placing reinstated during this Mr. Olympia.

See also

• 2002 Ms. Olympia

External links

• Mr. Olympia
• 2002 Mr. Olympia posedown (video)