{"id":30113,"date":"2026-09-27T10:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T10:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=30113"},"modified":"2026-09-27T10:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T10:05:08","slug":"mr-olympia-2026-results-and-final-info-for-nick-walker-samson-dauda-top-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=30113","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Olympia 2026 Results and Final Info for Nick Walker, Samson Dauda, Top Stars\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/0\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Nick Walker has won Mr. Olympia for the first time, earning the Sandow Trophy and defeating three former champions along the way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/2\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Walker was also named the People&#8217;s Champion as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/5\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">As noted by <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/barbend.com\/news\/nick-walker-recovery-plan-for-torn-hamstring\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terry Ramos<\/a> of Bar Bend, Walker suffered a torn hamstring and injured calf while training for Mr. Olympia in 2023. He&#8217;s gone through a long road just to get back to Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/6\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;After a year in which he faced doubts over whether he would even make it back to the Olympia stage, Nick Walker didn&#8217;t just show up, he delivered the defining moment of his career,&#8221; <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/generationiron.com\/2026-mr-olympia-results-all-divisions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rick Saleeby<\/a> of Generation Iron wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/8\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;Following Thursday&#8217;s Olympia press conference, Walker said he had learned to shut out the critics, doubters, and online negativity that followed him throughout his road back to the stage. On Saturday night, he did more than shut them out. He silenced them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/9\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Here&#8217;s a look at the top five along with their prize money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/10\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\"><strong class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit mui-8p7r4r\">1st Place (Nick Walker<\/strong>)<strong class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit mui-8p7r4r\">:<\/strong> $600,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/11\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\"><strong class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit mui-8p7r4r\">2nd Place (Samson Dauda<\/strong>)<strong class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit mui-8p7r4r\">:<\/strong> $300,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/12\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\"><strong class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit mui-8p7r4r\">3rd Place (Derek Lunsford):<\/strong> $100,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/13\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\"><strong class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit mui-8p7r4r\">4th Place (Andrew Jacked):<\/strong> $40,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/14\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\"><strong class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit mui-8p7r4r\">5th Place (Tonio Burton):<\/strong> $30,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/16\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The other finalists in the 10-man group were Michal Krizanek, Regan Grimes, James Hollingshead, Brandon Curry and Behrooz Tabani Abarghani.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/17\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Curry won Mr. Olympia in 2019. Lunsford is a two-time champion (2023 and 2025), and Dauda took home the honors in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/18\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The 32-year-old Walker took third in 2022, but he&#8217;s now the gold medal winner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5503388\/element\/19\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Mr. Olympia highlights Joe Weider&#8217;s Olympia fitness and bodybuilding weekend, which takes place in Las Vegas. Full results for all events can be found via <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/generationiron.com\/2026-mr-olympia-results-all-divisions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Generation Iron<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25503388-mr-olympia-2026-results-and-final-info-nick-walker-samson-dauda-top-stars\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Walker has won Mr. Olympia for the first time, earning the Sandow Trophy and defeating three former champions along the way. Walker was also named the People&#8217;s Champion as well. As noted by Terry Ramos of Bar Bend, Walker suffered a torn hamstring and injured calf while training for Mr. Olympia in 2023. 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