The 2018 Mr. Olympia contest was a weekend long IFBB professional bodybuilding competition that was held on September 14 to 15, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the 54th Mr. Olympia competition celebrated. The weekend competition is also known as the

Joe Weider Joseph Weider (; November 29, 1919 – March 23, 2013) was a Canadian bodybuilder and entrepreneur who co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) alongside his brother Ben Weider. He was also the creator of Mr. Olympia, Ms. O ...

's Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend. While the main event was the competition for the title of

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 ...

, several other events were held which includes the Amateur competition and sports expo. On September 12, 2018, a press conference was held on Orleans Arena. On September 13, 2018, prejudging and finals for Fitness Olympia, Figure Olympia and Classic Physique were held and livestream via Amazon Prime. Mr. Olympia pre-judging was also held on the same night. On September 15, 2018, the Men's Physique Olympia and Women's Physique Olympia judging and finals were held in the morning at Las Vegas Convention Center. At night, the Bikini Olympia, 212 Olympia and Mr. Olympia finals were held at Orleans Arena. On September 17, 2018, an Olympia Superstar Seminar was held.

Shawn Rhoden Shawn Rhoden (April 2, 1975 – November 6, 2021) was a Jamaican-American IFBB professional bodybuilder and past Mr. Olympia. He won the 2018 Mr. Olympia contest by defeating seven-time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath. Early life Born in Kingston, Ja ...

won his first Mr Olympia title, defeating seven-time defending champion

Phil Heath Phillip Jerrod Heath (born December 18, 1979) is an American International Federation of BodyBuilders, IFBB professional Bodybuilding, bodybuilder. He is a seven-time Mr. Olympia winner, having won the competition every year from 2011 to 201 ...

. Heath was attempting to tie the records for the most Mr. Olympia wins overall and most wins in a row with eight, held jointly by

Lee Haney Lee Haney (born November 11, 1959) is an American former IFBB professional bodybuilder. Haney shares the all-time record for most Mr. Olympia titles at eight with Ronnie Coleman and is regarded as one of the greatest bodybuilders to ever grace th ...

(1984–1991) and

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 ...

(1998–2005). Rhoden became the oldest bodybuilder to win the Mr. Olympia title, at the age of 43 years, 5 months.

Results

Other results

Flex Lewis James "Flex" Lewis (born 15 November 1983) is a former Welsh bodybuilder and has won 7 consecutive 212 Mr. Olympia titles. On 12 May 2022 he announced his retirement from competitive bodybuilding. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. Early life Lew ...

won his 7th consecutive 212 Olympia title, then announced he will no longer compete in the 212 division. * Angelica Teixeira is the 2018 Bikini Olympia Champion. * Brandon Hendrickson won the Men's Physique Olympia title. * Shanique Grant won the Women's Physique Olympia title. * Breon Ansley won the Classic Physique title for the second consecutive time. * Whitney Jones won Fitness Olympia title. * Cydney Gillon won the 2018 Figure Olympia title for the second consecutive time.

References

External links

Official website
Mr. Olympia 2018 in bodybuilding

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