{"id":27566,"date":"2026-08-22T13:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=27566"},"modified":"2026-08-22T13:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:13:14","slug":"1997-arnold-classic-mens-open-bodybuilding-full-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=27566","title":{"rendered":"1997 Arnold Classic Men\u2019s Open Bodybuilding \u2013 Full Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Podium for top 3 (full set only) --><\/p>\n<section class=\"bb-event-preview\" aria-labelledby=\"bb-event-preview-title\">&#13;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bb-event-preview-title\" class=\"bb-event-preview__title\">About this show<\/h2>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFull placings from the 1997 Arnold Classic in Columbus, where 1 division was judged across Men&#8217;s Open Bodybuilding. 14 athletes from 6 countries competed.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n<section class=\"bb-event-podium-wrap\" aria-label=\"Podium\">&#13;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"bb-event-podium-title\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bb-event-podium-eyebrow\">Top 3<\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMen&#8217;s Open Bodybuilding\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Division tab bar (when more than one division) --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Results for each division --><\/p>\n<section class=\"bb-event-results bb-event-ssr__division\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"bb-evt-panel-0\" aria-label=\"Men's Open Bodybuilding results\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bb-table-container\">\n<p class=\"bb-text-muted bb-mt-3 bb-score-unavailable\">Official scores are unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"bb-btn bb-btn--secondary bb-btn--sm\" data-bb-show-all-toggle=\"\" data-bb-toggle-for=\"bb-evt-panel-0\" aria-expanded=\"false\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShow all 14 results&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fitnessvolt.com\/bodybuilding\/arnold\/1997\/mens-open\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; About this show &#13; &#13; &#13; Full placings from the 1997 Arnold Classic in Columbus, where 1 division was judged across Men&#8217;s Open Bodybuilding. 14 athletes from 6 countries competed. &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Top 3&#13; Men&#8217;s Open Bodybuilding &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Official scores are unavailable. &#13; &#13; Show all 14 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1237,"featured_media":26629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mens-open-bodybuilding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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