For this event, Chris Cormier got injured four weeks before the competition. The other two contestants that could not attend to this event because of injuries were: Paul Dillet and Milos Sarcev. This meant that this year Mr. Olympia was a race to the finish. Kevin Levrone looked awesome, as well as Flex Wheeler who could not believe it when he was named third place. This event is the best of all in which, rewards its athletes for developing and maintanining the best build bodies worldwide. Place Name Country 1 2 3 4 Pnts 1 Ronnie Coleman USA 5 5 5 5 20 2 Kevin Levrone USA 12 10 10 10 42 3 Flex Wheeler USA 13 16 16 15 62 4 Shawn Ray USA 20 19 17 20 76 5 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia 27 25 31 28 111 6 Lee Priest Australia 41 35 29 27 132 7 Markus Ruhl Germany 38 32 36 106 8 Jay Cutler USA 39 44 47 130 9 Dexter Jackson USA 39 48 50 137 10 Orville Burke USA 53 48 46 147 11 Dennis James USA 48 50 50 148 12 Gunter Schlierkamp Germany 56 60 58 174 13 Oleg Zhur Ukraine 65 65 65 195 Copyright © 2000, Constantino Lemus, All Rights Reserved