1996 Ms. Olympia

1996 Ms. Olympia
1996 Ms. Olympia
Information
Promotion	IFBB
Date	September 20, 1996
City	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Event chronology

The 1996 Ms. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition was held on September 20, 1996, in Chicago, Illinois. It was the 17th Ms. Olympia competition held.

Results[]

Place	Prize	Name
1	$50,000	Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls
2	$20,000	Lenda Murray
3	$10,000
4	$7,000	Laura Creavalle
5	$6,000	Vickie Gates
6	$3,500	Nancy Lewis
7	$3,000
8	$2,500	Andrulla Blanchette
9	$2,000	Melissa Coates
10	$1,000
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Notable Events[]

This Ms. Olympia, along with the 1995 Ms. Olympia, had the highest total prize money at a Ms. Olympia, with $115,000, with $50,000 for the winner.^[1]
This competition had only 12 competitors competing, the fewest competitors competing in Ms. Olympia ever. Only the 2000 Ms. Olympia would match this to have 12 competitors competing.^[1]
The song played during the posedown was Unbelievable by EMF.