1999 Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic
March 6 at Columbus, Ohio at Veterans Memorial Auditorium
1 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia 5 10 6 5 26
1998 Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic
March 7 at Columbus, Ohio at Veterans Memorial Auditorium
1 Flex Wheeler USA $100,000
2 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia $45,000
1998 Mr. Olympia Results
October 10, 1998 at New York, New York
1 Ronnie Coleman USA 17 5 5 5 32
2 Flex Wheeler USA 5 10 10 10 35
3 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia 11 16 17 16 60
1998 Grand Prix Germany Results
October 17, 1998 at Duisburg
1 Ronnie Coleman USA
2 Kevin Levrone USA
3 Nassar El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1997 Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic
March 1 at Columbus, Ohio
1 Flex Wheeler USA
2 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1997 Mr. Olympia Results
September 20, 1997 at Long Beach, California
1 Dorian Yates England
2 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1997 Grand Prix Germany Results
September 27, 1997 at Offenbach
1 Kevin Levrone USA
2 Nassar El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1997 Grand Prix Spain Results
September 26, 1997 at Madrid
1 Kevin Levrone USA
2 Nassar El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1997 Grand Prix England Standings
September 28, 1997 at Nottingham
1 Kevin Levrone USA
2 Chris Cormier USA
3 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1997 Grand Prix Finland Results
October 4, 1997 at Helsinki, Finland
1 Kevin Levrone USA
2 Chris Cormier USA
3 Ronnie Coleman USA
4 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1997 Grand Prix Russia Standings
October 5, 1997 at Moscow
1 Ronnie Coleman USA
2 Kevin Levrone USA
3 Nassar El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1996 Mr. Olympia Results
September 21, 1996 at Chicago, Illinois
1 Dorian Yates England
2 Shawn Ray USA
3 Kevin Levrone USA
4 Flex Wheeler USA
5 Paul Dillett Canada
6 Ronnie Coleman USA
7 Chris Cormier USA
8 Jean Pierre Fux Switzerland
9 Charles Clairmonte Barbados
10 Mike Francois USA
11 Aaron Baker USA
12 Roland Cziurlok Germany
13 Mike Matarazzo USA
Disq Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1996 Grand Prix Spain Standings
September 27, 1996 at Madrid
1 Dorian Yates England
2 Paul Dillett Canada
3 Nassar El Sonbaty Yogoslavia
1996 Grand Prix Germany Standings
September 28, 1996 at Darmstadt 1 Dorian Yates England
2 Nassar El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1996 Grand Prix England Standings
September 29, 1996 at Nottingham 1 Dorian Yates England
2 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1996 Grand Prix Czech Republic Standings
October 3, 1996 at Prague
1 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1996 Grand Prix Switzerland Standings
October 4, 1996 at Zurich
1 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1996 Grand Prix Russia Standings
October 6, 1996 at St. Petersburg
1 Nassar El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1995 Houston Pro Invitational - Contest ResultsApril 29th, 1995; Houston, USA. Place Athlete
1st Nasser El Sonbaty
1995 Night of Champions XVII Results
1 Nasser El Sonbaty
1995 Mr. Olympia Standings
September 10, 1995 at Atlanta, Georgia
1 Dorian Yates England
2 Kevin Levrone USA
3 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
September 17th, 1995 at Nottingham Place Athlete
1st Vince Taylor
2nd Kevin Levrone
3rd Charles Clairmonte
4th Nasser El Sonbaty
1995 Grand Prix France - Contest Results
September 23rd, 1995; Paris, France Place Athlete Country
1st Vince Taylor USA
2nd Charles Clairmonte Barbados
3rd Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
1995 Grand Prix Germany - Contest Results
September 16th, 1995; Duisburg Place Athlete
1st Kevin Levrone
2nd Vince Taylor
3rd Nassar El Sonbaty
Even in his prime (1995 - mid 1999) Nasser was defeated countless times by Levrone (9), Dillet, Wheeler (4), Coleman (4), Cormier (2), Taylor (3), Clairmonte (2), Ray (1). Note none of these guys have the last name Yates. These defeats occured during Nasser's peak. At what you claim is his best.
if Dorian Yates doesn't exist, Nasser still only wins 1 Olympia, 1997. In 1996, Ray beats him but Nasser has the unfair advantage of taking illegal diuretics much closer to the show then anyone else. He's DQ'd and places last. In 1995, Levrone beats him. In 1999, it was between Ronnie and Flex. Nasser was a distant 3rd.
If he is at least 3x Mr. Olympia (you feel 4x+), then in these years he should be dominating. He's the best in the world right? Clearly he isn't. Now of course you'll say it's politics. Why do the guys who lose always claim politics? Would Nasser, a graduate of university in several disciplines, and fluent in multiple languages better represent bodybuilding then Yates, a skinhead guy who did time in his youth, and a cronic pothead (even now).
If anything, Yates made Nasser. Bodybuilding is all about comparisons and Nasser compared extremely well against Yates who was the multiple Mr. O. In other contests which Yates didn't enter, Nasser's blocky type mass unless absolutely ripped would place him consistently behind Levrone, Wheeler, and Coleman (Coleman didn't peak until after Nasser prime). The judges didn't know whether to go with the mass or the class (Ronnie combined both for a while).
Look at Nasser's record against Levrone for example. He did best against levrone at the Olympia but mostly lost to him at other venues. After Yates left, Nasser himself said he felt his physique would not be in vogue as the judging trend would go with the Wheeler, Levrone, and Coleman type of less blocky, more shapely symmetry. He was right. Coleman became the man, and Nasser compares badly against him. He looks like a block next to Ronnie before Ronnie got super huge and pregnant.