1996 Ms. Olympia

1996 Ms. Olympia
Information
Promotion IFBB
Date September 20, 1996
City United States Chicago, Illinois, United States
Event chronology

1995 Ms. Olympia 1996 Ms. Olympia 1997 Ms. Olympia

The 1996 Ms. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition was held on September 20, 1996, in Chicago, Illinois. It was the 17th Ms. Olympia competition held.

Results

Place Prize Name
1 $50,000 United States Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls
2 $20,000 United States Lenda Murray
3 $10,000 Lithuania Natalia Murnikoviene
4 $7,000 United States Laura Creavalle
5 $6,000 United States Vickie Gates
6 $3,500 United States Nancy Lewis
7 $3,000 Czech Republic Eva Sukupova
8 $2,500 United Kingdom Andrulla Blanchette
9 $2,000 Canada Melissa Coates
10 $1,000 United States Sue Meyers
11 United Kingdom Joanne Lee
12 Germany Beatrix Gluck

Notable Events

  • This Ms. Olympia, along with the 1995 Ms. Olympia, had the highest total prize money at a Ms. Olympia, with $115,000, with $50,000 for the winner.[1]
  • This competition had only 12 competitors competing, the fewest number of competitors competing in Ms. Olympia ever. Only the 2000 Ms. Olympia would match this to have 12 competitors competing.[1]
  • The song played during the posedown was Unbelievable by EMF.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ms. Olympia by the numbers
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