Arnold was at 70% and still good enough to beat the competition. Notice Mentzer's tiny chest!
I totally agree with this, Arnold was clearly better than Mentzer that day, even Zane was better than Menzter.
I don't understand why people say Mike should have won.I take this back entirely!! I said it based on 1 photo I looked at.
How naive was I back then, now after closely looking at more pictures of the 1980 Mr. Olympia, a video and taking knowledge of a lot of facts regarding Arnold and Weider, I have to say:
Mike Mentzer was the best conditioned of the show, in my opinion he should have won. I was stupid saying that Zane looked better.
I know a lot of you disagree Mike should have won, but he definitively deserved top 3 and was better than Arnold overall.
I remember I used to be a big Arnold "fan", but not anymore, I saw pictured of the 1972 Olympia, another fixed show in my opinion.
But I don't want to say Arnold sucks or anything like that, he was one of the best and deserved most of his victories.