2009 Mr. Olympia

The 2009 Mr. Olympia contest was an

IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and the feature event of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2009 held September 24–27, 2009 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

Results

Place	Prize	Name	1+2	3	4	Points
1	$200,000	Jay Cutler	5	5	5	15^[1]
2	$100,000	Branch Warren	16	16	14	46
3	$75,000	Dexter Jackson	10	18	19	47
4	$50,000	Kai Greene	13	19	22	54
5	$40,000	Phil Heath	24	17	14	55
6	$30,000	Víctor Martínez	30	30	30	90
7	$18,000	Ronny Rockel	35	43		78
8	$17,000	Toney Freeman	38	42		80
9	$16,000	Hidetada Yamagishi	45	57		102
10	$14,000	Moe El Moussawi	51	52		103
11	$4,000	Melvin Anthony	60	44		104
11	$4,000	Silvio Samuel	49	55		104
13	$4,000	Gustavo Badell	53	59		112
14	$4,000	Dennis James	61	71		132
15	$4,000	Markus Rühl	63	72		136
16	$2,000	Troy Alves	80			80
16	$2,000	Darrem Charles	80			80
16	$2,000	Ahmad Haidar	80			80
16	$2,000	Michael Kefalianos	80			80
16	$2,000	Martin Kjellström	80			80
16	$2,000	Joel Stubbs	80			80
16	$2,000	Bill Wilmore	80			80
16	$2,000	Dennis Wolf	80			80

Jay Cutler became the first bodybuilder in Mr. Olympia history to reclaim his title after losing to Dexter Jackson in 2008.
Dexter Jackson, defending his 2008 championship, came in 3rd losing by one point to a vastly improved Branch Warren
Cutler first performed his famous quad stomp (before his abs and thigh pose) in a prejudging comparison with Jackson.^[2]