Bold denotes the finishers who completed the Mega Wall and received a prize money bonus ($10,000, $5,000, or $2,500 based on number of attempts).
Italics denote the Top 5 women who also finished in the overall Top 30 and the Top 2 women who also finished in the overall Top 12. Underline represents the contestant who won the Speed Pass on the Power Tower in qualifying. represents the contestant who won the Safety Pass on the Power Tower in the finals.
Los Angeles Qualifying The Los Angeles qualifiers featured two new obstacles, Walk The Plank and Spring Forward. The course took place on the backlot of Obstacle Academy. The
Los Angeles Clippers cheerleaders along with mascot "Chuck the Condor" who were firing up and handing out t-shirts to the crowd. Former
NBA player
Kareem Rush ran the course as 10-time NBA all-star
Paul Pierce cheered him on. Gymnast
Danell Leyva, a US champion and 3-time Olympic medalist, completed the course.
Finals The Los Angeles finals had one new obstacle, Leaps of Faith. Starting this season, only the Top 12 competitors in each city would move on to the National Finals. In Los Angeles, a total of 15 competitors moved on to the National Finals, as the Top 12 contestants, the Top 2 Women, and Hunter Guerard, the Speed Pass winner in qualifying, advanced. The
Los Angeles Chargers cheerleaders and "Thunderbolt"
Drumline along with
Sean Culkin were in the crowd cheering on the competitors and pro football player Anthony Trucks who ran the course.
Atlanta Qualifying In a tie-in with the 2019 movie
The Secret Life of Pets 2, the course had a theme inspired by the movie. A preview also aired during the episode. Additionally, after his run, lab technician Andrew "Roo" Yori was awarded a $20,000 check from the creators of the film for his nonprofit organization, The Wallace The Pitbull Foundation. The Atlanta qualifiers featured two new obstacles, Off The Hook and the Ferris Wheel. The competition took place outside
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the
Atlanta Falcons; their cheerleaders and mascot
Freddie Falcon were in attendance to cheer on competitors. Celebrity competitors included former
NFL cornerback and two-time
Super Bowl champion
Tyrone Poole who made it to the Ferris Wheel obstacle, and
World Series of Poker player
Tony Miles who only made it to the third obstacle, thus losing the bet his friend put on him to hit the buzzer at 25:1 odds.
Finals The Atlanta Finals will feature 1 new obstacle, Up For Grabs. 15 contestants advanced to the National Finals from this region, as 13 competitors automatically advanced, as Drew Drechsel, who was in the Top 12, won the Speed Pass in qualifying, along with making it up the Mega Wall and now winning the Safety Pass, making
ANW history by completing this trifecta. The Top 2 Women also advanced to the National Finals, as Caitlyn Bergstrom, along with her brother Caleb Bergstrom, also made
ANW history, becoming the first brother/sister duo to both qualify for the National Finals, after making history by becoming the first brother/sister duo to qualify for the city finals in qualifying.
Oklahoma City Qualifying The Oklahoma City qualifiers featured three new obstacles, the Wing Swing, the Diving Boards and the Coconut Climb. In attendance hyping up the crowd was the
Oklahoma City Thunder cheerleaders and drum line, along with mascot
Rumble the Bison. Also, the
Oklahoma State University cheerleaders and school mascot
Pistol Pete helped cheer on the competitors. The ninja course was held just outside the
Oklahoma State Capitol. Former Kansas State legislator
Kevin Jones improved his performance from last year by making it to the second obstacle.
Finals The Oklahoma City finals introduced a new obstacle, Snap Back. In attendance among the crowd was Boomer, one of the mascots from the
University of Oklahoma. A record for the most women to make it up the Warped Wall during a city finals round was set, as four women made it up the 14 1/2-foot Warped Wall, including Karen Wiltin who was the third mom to make it up the Warped Wall in American Ninja Warrior history. Maggi Thorne became the second mom to make it up the wall later that night. Taylor Amann became the second female in their rookie season to automatically qualify for the national finals, following Jesse Labreck, and later Mady Howard, who achieved the feat one week later during the Seattle/Tacoma city finals.
Seattle/Tacoma Qualifying The Seattle/Tacoma qualifiers featured two new obstacles the Lunatic Ledges and Barrel Roll. Taking place inside the
Tacoma Dome, this was
ANW first-ever indoor course. In the audience was "The 12s",
Seattle Seahawks fan club, along with the
Mariner Moose from the
Seattle Mariners. Musician
Ryan Phillips from rock band
Story of the Year ran the course, making it to the fifth obstacle.
Sprint car driver McKenna Haase also competed, getting to the third obstacle. U.S. Olympic
decathlete Jeremy Taiwo gave the course a try, but failed on the Lightning Bolts. U.S. Olympic halfpipe skier
Alex Ferreira also tried his luck on the course, only making it to the second obstacle. Former baseball player for the Mariners
Ryan Rowland-Smith became the first MLB pitcher to compete, getting to the second obstacle. Also, Geoff Britten, who conquered Stage 4 in Season 7, made his return to the course. But his comeback was short-lived as he failed on the Broken Bridge, marking the first time he fell in qualifying. PE teacher Sandy Zimmerman, a National
Judo Champion, former
Gonzaga University basketball player, and mother of three, became the first mom to finish the course in the show's history. She was also the first and oldest woman (age 42) to complete the course this season, soon followed by stuntwoman
Jessie Graff who returned to
ANW after a year absence.
Finals The city finals on this course introduced a new obstacle, Northwest Passage. Sean Bryan, who won the Speed Pass in qualifying, automatically qualified for the National Finals. This marked the first time in the show's history that no competitor completed the ninth obstacle on a city finals course and the third time in American Ninja Warrior history that a city finals course was uncompleted as the Lightning Bolts and Floating Monkey Bars took out over 80% of the competitors, leaving very few competitors who made it to the ninth obstacle. Present to entertain the audience was
Blue Thunder, the Seattle Seahawks'
drumline.
Baltimore Qualifying The Baltimore qualifiers featured two new obstacles, the Dangerous Curves and the Hazard Cones. The course took place on Baltimore's
Inner Harbor. Among the audience cheering on the competitors was the
Baltimore Orioles' mascot, "The Oriole Bird", along with the
University of Maryland cheerleaders and the
Maryland Terrapins mascot, Testudo. Former
WNBA player
Tamika Catchings of the
Indiana Fever competed on the course, making it to the Dangerous Curves, the third obstacle.
Finals The Baltimore Finals featured one new obstacle, Angry Birds (which was done in promotion for
The Angry Birds Movie 2). It took out 22 competitors, and nobody cleared it. This marked the first time in American Ninja Warrior history that no competitor made it past the eighth obstacle on a city finals course. This was also the first time in history that two city finals courses in one season concluded without any finishers and the fourth time that a city finals course was unfinished. Dave Cavanagh became only the second competitor to win both the Speed Pass and the Safety Pass. Along with the Oriole Bird, the cheering section included the
Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders and the team's mascot,
Poe.
Cincinnati Qualifying The Cincinnati Qualifiers featured one new obstacle, the Slingshot. Among the crowd was
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback
Andy Dalton along with the team's cheerleading squad, the
Cincinnati Ben–Gals, and the team's mascot, Who Dey. Also in the crowd were the
Cincinnati Reds mascots,
Mr. Red, Mr. Redlegs, and Rosie Red.
Drew Lachey of the boy band
98 Degrees was among the celebrities who attempted this course.
Finals The Cincinnati finals featured one new obstacle, Slam Dunk. In addition to the three Cincinnati Reds mascots, the
University of Cincinnati cheerleaders, marching band, and university mascot
Bearcat were on hand in the cheering section. This episode also featured a special guest appearance by legendary funk musician and Cincinnati native
Bootsy Collins, who accompanied Grant McCartney to the starting line. For the first time since the Dallas Finals in
season 6, a woman completed the entire city finals course. The feat was accomplished by two women: Michelle Warnky and Jesse "Flex" Labreck. ==City Qualifying Leaderboard==