For Hulkster , and please do some damn research next time this way you don't look stupid posting guesstimates
Flex Magazine Jan 1999 on the Mr Olympia 1998
1998 Mr Olympia constituted a come-from-behind victory for Ronnie Coleman, because. after the first ( standing relaxed ) round , he was lying in third
So much for your lame theory that Ronnie was overlooked from the begining , he was top three after the very first round and NOT 'fifth ' .
a great example of how magazine quotes mean squat. A quote can be misleading if you take it at face value.
here is the scorecard:
1 Ronnie Coleman USA 17 5 5 5 32
2 Flex Wheeler USA 5 10 10 10 35
3 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia 11 16 17 16 60
4 Kevin Levrone USA 23 21 20 20 84
5 Shawn Ray USA 18 22 24 25 89
6 Chris Cormier USA 40 30 30 30 13
Notice: there was a ONE POINT difference between Ronnie's third and Shawn's fouth.
so, in reality ronnie was
fighting between third and fourth at the conclusion of round one.
He barely made third, and could have ended up at fourth place in round two had shawn pulled ahead of him.
Fifth was my mistake.
but it just goes to show you that when the judges overlook ronnie,
there was a
one point difference between ronnie and shawn.
when they wake up and realize how good he was,
there was a
17 to 20 point difference.Ronnie was overlooked initially in 98.
Had this not occured he proabably would have recieved a 5 in every round.