The 2004
Mr. Olympia
Mr. Olympia is the title awarded to the winner of the professional men's bodybuilding contest at Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend—an international bodybuilding competition that is held annually by the International Federation ...
contest was an
IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and the feature event of Joe Weider's 2004 Olympia Weekend held October 30–31, 2004 at the
Mandalay Bay Arena in
Las Vegas
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,
Nevada
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.
Results
This Mr. Olympia contest introduced a new Challenge Round to determine the final standings. The top six competitors scores were discarded after round three, and only the final challenge round standings were used to decide the winner.
The total prize money for the men's Mr. Olympia was $400,000.
Notable events
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Ronnie Coleman
Ronald "Ronnie" Dean Coleman (born May 13, 1964) is an American retired professional bodybuilder. The winner of the Mr. Olympia title for eight consecutive years, he is widely regarded as either the greatest bodybuilder of all time or one of th ...
won his seventh consecutive Mr. Olympia title
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Jay Cutler, for a third time, placed runner-up
*Although he placed third in traditional scoring,
Dexter Jackson lost to
Gustavo Badell in the final challenge round, for a prize difference of $10,000
See also
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2004 Ms. Olympia
The 2004 Ms. Olympia contest
is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2004 that was held on October 29, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 25th ...
References
External links
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