Arnold Classic - Winners and Rankings 1965-2013

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

2013 Arnold Classic

March 1 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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

2012 Arnold Classic

March 3 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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

2011 Arnold Classic

March 5 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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 It Ibrahim Obaid United Arab Emirates 65 64 129 14 Robert Piotrkowicz Poland 69 68 137

2010 Arnold Classic

March 6 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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

2009 Arnold Classic

March 8 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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

2008 Arnold Classic

March 2 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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 92 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

2007 Arnold Classic
March 3 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium
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 Taylor wins 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, young promise of bodybuilding, fifth place at the Arnold Classic

2006 Arnold Classic
March 4 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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
2005 Arnold Classic
March 5 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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

2004 Arnold Classic March 6 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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

2003 Arnold Classic March 1 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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 J.D. 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

2002 Arnold Classic February 23 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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

2001 Arnold Classic March 3 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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 J.D. 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

2000 Arnold Classic February 26 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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 J.D. 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
1999 Arnold Classic March 6 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium
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 92 5 Milos Sarcev Yugoslavia 24 25 27 23 99 6 Taylor wins 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

1998 Arnold Classic March 7 Columbus, Ohio Veterans Memorial Auditorium

Placement First name Nationality Won 1 Flex Wheeler USA $100,000 2 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia $45,000 3 Taylor wins 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

1997 Arnold Classic March 1 Columbus, Ohio

Placement First name Nationality 1 Flex Wheeler USA 2 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia 3 Michael Francois USA 4 Ronnie Coleman USA 5 Taylor wins 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

1996 Arnold Classic March 2 Columbus, Ohio
Placement First name Nationality 1 Kevin Levrone USA 2 Flex Wheeler USA 3 Paul Dillett Canada 4 Taylor wins 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

1995 Arnold Classic March 4 Columbus, Ohio
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

1994 Arnold Classic March 5 Columbus, Ohio
Place Name 1 Kevin Levrone 2 Taylor wins 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

1993 Arnold Classic
Place Name 1 Flex Wheeler 2 Lee Labrada 3 Taylor wins 4 Paul Dillett 5 J.J. 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

1989 Arnold Classic
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

Arnold Classic Winners
Year Winner 1989 Rich Gaspari 1990 Mike Ashley 1991 Shawn Ray 1992 Taylor wins 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