The 2022 Arnold Classic was rescheduled for the first week of March to kick off the bodybuilding season, know the full winner list and prize money
After the 2021 show was cancelled due to the pandemic, there was a full weekend of events planned. Over the course of the weekend, there were seven divisions of competition. Brandon Curry won the Men’s Open to cap off the event!
The Men’s Open lineup has been hit hard, with many names dropping out over the last five weeks. Curry was considered the favourite heading into the weekend due to his unbelievable success in recent years. William Bonac returned to the stage after missing last year’s competition, while Steve Kuclo looked to improve on his third-place finish in September.
Arnold Classic 2022 Bodybuilding Winner Full List, Final Results, Scorecard And Prize Money
The Greater Columbia Convention Center’s Battle Grand Ballroom was buzzing with anticipation for the Saturday night finals of the 2022 Arnold Classic on March 5. It was time to crown champions after rock legend Dee Snider started off the evening.
Pro Wheelchair
After a long and exciting Friday night, Saturday, March 5 began with the Pro Wheelchair division, which Gabriele Andriulli won over four-time Olympia champion and five-time Arnold winner Harold Kelley.
Gabriele Andriulli, $4,000
Harold Kelley, $2,500
Bradley Betts, $1,500
Chad McCrary
Bikini International
Former Olympia champions Ashley Kaltwasser and Elisa Pecini competed, as did 2021 Olympia runner-up Lauralie Chapados.
Maureen Blanquisco, who hopped both Olympia winners to second place, was up against those three. Chapados won her first Bikini International title and is the undisputed number one contender for Olympia champ Jennifer Dorie, who was watching from the sidelines.
Lauralie Chapados, $10,000
Maureen Blanquisco, $6,000
Ashley Kaltwasser, $4,000
Elisa Pecini, $3,000
Jourdanne Lee, $1,500
Alessia Facchin, $1,500
Lucia Malavaze
Lauren Dannenmiller
Phoebe Hagan
Allison Testu
Men’s Physique
Erin Banks, who finished second to champion Brandon Hendrickson at the 2021 Olympia, was the favourite in this division. In the final callout, he was joined in the centre by Emanuel Hunter, who seems to be the best he has ever been.
Erin Banks, $10,000
Emanuel Hunter, $6,000
Diogo Montenegro, $4,000
Antoine Weatherspoon, $3,000
Choi Bong Seok, $1,500
Terrence Teo Kok Hua, $1,500
Wellness International
Because the Wellness International division is so new, the winner of this contest will become the first Wellness International Champion in IFBB Pro League history.
Angela Borges received a lot of applause from the audience, which was amplified when she was compared to Julia Chitarra. The judges were impressed by both competitors. As a result, it was a difficult decision for them. Finally, the judges rule in favour of Nunes, who has become the answer to the trivia question of who won the first Wellness International championship.
Isabelle Nunes, $7,000
Angela Borges , $4,000
Sunny Andrews, $3,000
Julia Chitarra, $2,000
Yarishna Ayala, $1,000
Kassandra Gillis, $1,000
Barbara Cesar
Lorena Ragusa
Devyn Cambre
Casey DeLong
Arnold Classic
Former Mr. Olympia Brandon Curry and two-time Arnold Classic winner William Bonac each had their own callout for the judges to decide the winner. To get the fans even more excited, head judge Steven Weinberger put the previous champions through two rounds of posing.
Curry received an additional $10,000 before the results were announced for winning the Ed Corney Best Posing award. William Bonac received the Franco Columbu Most Muscular award, as well as an additional $10,000.
Brandon Curry, $200,000
William Bonac, $120,000
Steve Kuclo, $70,000
Samson Dauda, $37,500
Justin Rodriguez, $20,000
Brett Wilkin, $12,500
Regan Grimes, $2,000
Maxx Charles, $2,000
Fabio Giga Rezende, $2,000
Friday Night Results
The Battelle Grand Ballroom was hopping on night one of the Arnold Classic, which took place March 4-5. Three divisions were crowned champions, and pre-judging for the historic Men’s Open competition began.
Finally, Terrence “Ruff Diesel” Ruffin became the first Classic Physique competitor in history to win two Arnold Classic titles. And along with it, he earned $60,000, which is $10,000 more than the Olympia prize. (He also received an additional $10,000 for being named Best Poser.)
Figure International
Cydney Gillon, $16,000
Jessica Reyes-Padilla, $10,000
Lola Montez, $8,000
Nicole Zenobia Graham, $5,000
Natalya Soltero, $3,000
Bojana Vasiljevic, $2,000
Latoya Farley
Larhannah Robinson
An Da Jeong
Wendy Fortino
Fitness International
Ariel Kadhr, $25,000
Missy Truscott, $13,000
Jaclyn Baker, $8,000
Kate Errington, $5,000
Tamara Vahn, $3,000
Allison Kramer
Minna Pajulahti
Aurika Tyrgale
Sara Kovack
Amanda Ciani
Classic Physique
Terrence Ruffin, $60,000*
Roman Rocha Queiroz, $30,000
Urs Kalecinski, $20,000
Breon Ansley, $7,000
Michael Daboul, $4,000
Peter Molnar, $2,000
Divine Wilson
Darwin Uribe
Lenny Wicks
Men’s Open Pre-Judging Report
Pre-judging refers to a series of eight mandatory poses that contenders must perform in front of the judges while standing next to each other. The judges rank each competitor in relation to the others and then place them in different groups (“callouts”).
Callout #1
Brett Wilkin
Steve Kuclo
Brandon Curry
William Bonac
Justin Rodriguez
Samson Dauda
Callout #2
Maxx Charles
Brett Wilkin
Samson Dauda
Regan Grimes
Fabio Giga Rezende
Callout #3
Steve Kuclo
William Bonac
Brandon Curry
Justin Rodriguez
Callout #4
Brett Wilkin
Samson Dauda
Callout #5
Justin Rodriguez
William Bonac
Brandon Curry
Steve Kuclo
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