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Mr. Olympia 1982

Mr. Olympia 1982 was held in London, United Kingdom. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Chris Dickerson.

Year
1982
Date
Sep 1, 1982
Federation
IFBB
Divisions
1
Competitors
16

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Mr. Olympia 1982

Chris Dickerson Champion

1982 London, United Kingdom Aug 31, 1982

Mr. Olympia 1982 was held in London, United Kingdom. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Chris Dickerson.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 8, 2026 Accurate?

4-time winner Franco Columbu, who won in 1981, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Chris Dickerson
Chris Dickerson
United States
2nd
Frank Zane
Frank Zane
United States
3rd
Casey Viator
Casey Viator
United States

Mr. Olympia 1982 contested 1 division across 16 athletes, competitors from 7 countries. Chris Dickerson took Men's Open Bodybuilding. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Best represented United States (9) - United Kingdom (2) - Lebanon (1)

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Complete Results updated July 10, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
16
Divisions
1
Size rank
41 of 61

The biggest field since 1981.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2025 Derek Lunsford Men's Bodybuilding
2024 Samson Dauda Men's Bodybuilding
2023 Derek Lunsford Men's Bodybuilding
2022 Hadi Choopan Men's Bodybuilding
2021 Mamdouh Elssbiay Men's Bodybuilding
2020 Mamdouh Elssbiay Men's Bodybuilding
2019 Brandon Curry Men's Bodybuilding
2018 Shawn Rhoden Men's Bodybuilding
2017 Phil Heath Men's Bodybuilding
2016 Phil Heath Men's Bodybuilding
2015 Phil Heath Men's Bodybuilding
2014 Phil Heath Men's Bodybuilding
2013 Phil Heath Men's Bodybuilding
2012 Phil Heath Men's Bodybuilding

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What this page holds

The placings as recorded, and nothing past them

This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.

  • Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
  • Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
  • Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
  • A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.