Arnold Classic

The IFBB Arnold Classic, also known as the Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic, is an annual professional men's bodybuilding competition run by the International Federation of BodyBuilders. The contest is held annually as part of the Arnold Sports Festival, and was first held in 1989. Flex Wheeler has won the title, four times, while Dexter Jackson beat his record in 2015, by winning his fifth title.

Winners

Year	Overall	Best Poser	Most Muscular	Fan's Choice Award	Most Entertaining Routine	Venue
1989	Rich Gaspari					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
1990	Mike Ashley					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
1991	Shawn Ray					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
1992	Vince Taylor					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
1993	Flex Wheeler					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
1994	Kevin Levrone					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
1995	Mike Francois					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
1996	Kevin Levrone					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
1997	Flex Wheeler					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
1998	Flex Wheeler					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
1999	Nasser El Sonbaty					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2000	Flex Wheeler					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2001	Ronnie Coleman					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2002	Jay Cutler					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2003	Jay Cutler					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2004	Jay Cutler					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2005	Dexter Jackson					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2006	Dexter Jackson					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2007	Victor Martinez					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2008	Dexter Jackson					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2009	Kai Greene	Kai Greene	Branch Warren			Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2010	Kai Greene	Kai Greene	Branch Warren			Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2011	Branch Warren	Dennis Wolf	Branch Warren	Branch Warren		Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2012	Branch Warren	Best Poser category not held.	Branch Warren	Fan's Choice Award category not held.	Branch Warren	Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2013	Dexter Jackson		Most Muscular category not held.		Most Entertaining Routine category not held.	Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2014	Dennis Wolf					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2015	Dexter Jackson					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
2016	Kai Greene					Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Veterans Memorial, Columbus, Ohio

Ranking	Arnold Classic champion	Year(s)	Number of wins
			Overall	Best Poser	Most Muscular	Fan's Choice Award	Most Entertaining Routine
1st	Dexter Jackson	2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, and 2015	5	0	0	0	0
2nd	Flex Wheeler	1993, 1997, 1998, and 2000	4	0	0	0	0
3rd	Kai Greene	2009 (overall and best poser), 2010 (overall and best poser) and 2016	3	2	0	0	0
4rd	Jason Cutler	2002, 2003, and 2004	3	0	0	0	0
5th	Branch Warren	2011 (overall, most muscular, and fan's choice award) and 2012 (overall, most muscular, and most entertaining routine)	2	0	2	1	1
6th	Kevin Levrone	1994 and 1996	2	0	0	0	0
7th	Dennis Wolf	2011 (best poser) and 2014	1	1	0	0	0
8th	Rich Gaspari	1989	1	0	0	0	0
8th	Mike Ashley	1990	1	0	0	0	0
8th	Shawn Ray	1991	1	0	0	0	0
8th	Vince Taylor	1992	1	0	0	0	0
8th	Mike Francois	1995	1	0	0	0	0
8th	Nasser Sonbaty	1999	1	0	0	0	0
8th	Ronnie Coleman	2001	1	0	0	0	0
8th	Víctor Martínez	2007	1	0	0	0	0

Ranking	Arnold Classic champion	Year(s)	Number of consecutive wins
			Overall	Best Poser	Most Muscular	Fan's Choice Award	Most Entertaining Routine
1st	Jason Cutler	2002, 2003, and 2004	3	0	0	0	0
2nd	Kai Greene	2009 (overall and best poser) and 2010 (overall and best poser)	2	2	0	0	0
2nd	Branch Warren	2011 (overall and most muscular) and 2012 (overall and most muscular)	2	0	2	0	0
3rd	Kevin Levrone	1994 and 1996	2	0	0	0	0
3rd	Kenneth Wheeler	1997 and 1998	2	0	0	0	0
3rd	Dexter Jackson	2005 and 2006	2	0	0	0	0

Arnold Classic Australia

In 2015 and 2016 there will be an Arnold Classic Australia and Arnold Strongman Australia.

See also

• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Ms. International
• Arnold Sports Festival