Okay, so I'll rephrase, you're saying that the difference in "who competed and what shape they showed up in and other variables" were so different than what got 7th in 94 would have gotten 1st or 2nd in 97?
Actually the picture I posted was from the 1994 NOC where Nasser placed second to Mike Francios NOT seventn , which compares to 1997 where he got you guessed it , second.
Didn't the competition was similar in the 94 NOC as opposed to the 97 Olympia. I guess they shouldnt have had only the top 3 or 4 from the NOC qualifying for the Olympia since a 2nd place a 2nd place NOC physique is actually better than the 2nd place 97 Olympia physique