Arnold's 1980 Win Was Legit!

[The RedMeatKid]

I have performed an exhaustive review of the photos and videos, interviews and critiques, and my professional opinion is that Arnold indeed won the 1980 Olympia and quite handily I might add.  He was bigger, better defined and a better poser than anyone else in that arena.  End of story.

[240 is Back]

Thanks Mr Mentzer~

[regmac]

Your hands hold a lot of time.

[#1 Klaus fan]

Arnold had lacking rhomboids. Mentzer won easily.

[The RedMeatKid]

Arnold had lacking rhomboids. Mentzer won easily.

Mentzer got trounced by Arnold.

[regmac]

Thanks Mr Mentzer~

Mentzer  aka Flanders

[nycbull]

I have performed an exhaustive review of the photos and videos, interviews and critiques, and my professional opinion is that Arnold indeed won the 1980 Olympia and quite handily I might add.  He was bigger, better defined and a better poser than anyone else in that arena.  End of story.

I hope you didnt leave an jism on the toilet seat

[just_a_pilgrim]

Gayer than your handle being 'The Red Meat Kid'

[hazbin]

finally after 30 years of speculation we now know.

[bodybuilder1234]

In my view it doesn't matter if he wasn't good enough to beat those guys, because at his very best Arnold crushed them.
Thats what counts

[Lurker79]

I've just done extensive analysis on the Craig Titus case, and I've come to the conclusion that he didn't kill that girl, dump her into the back of a Jaguar, drive out into the middle of the desert and torch the car 

[disco_stu]

I have performed an exhaustive review of the photos and videos, interviews and critiques, and my professional opinion is that Arnold indeed won the 1980 Olympia and quite handily I might add.  He was bigger, better defined and a better poser than anyone else in that arena.  End of story.

well done.

fwiw i agree, but it wasnt a handy win at all.

but he won it.

[MORTALCOIL]

I have performed an exhaustive review of all the stupid threads I've started lately and my professional opinion is that I'm by far the dumbest poster on GetBig.  I'm a compulsive Arnold guy, a broken record and an absolute retard.  End of story.

Fixed

[Pet shop boys]

I have performed an exhaustive review of the photos and videos, interviews and critiques, and my professional opinion is that Arnold indeed won the 1980 Olympia and quite handily I might add.  He was bigger, better defined and a better poser than anyone else in that arena.  End of story.

Post pics, or never happened.


WOOOOSSSHHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHS

[jprc10]

I have performed an exhaustive review of the photos and videos, interviews and critiques, and my professional opinion is that Arnold indeed won the 1980 Olympia and quite handily I might add.  He was bigger, better defined and a better poser than anyone else in that arena.  End of story.

I think Arnold was indeed bigger than anyone else that night, but better defined? I don't think so. Better poser? Maybe.
You are leaving out a lot of other factors that should have determined the winner, such as conditioning, proportion, symmetry, density, hardness, etc. I don't think Arnold had the complete physique and wasn't well balanced.
Again, I only saw photos and videos from the contest, just like you. So we really don't have the complete picture, only people who were there that night could have the complete picture. I have read somewhere that about half or more than half the people present that night were upset by the results and actually booed Arnold.

[jprc10]

Now, would have Arnold smoked every competitor that night at his best? Absolutely.

[Immortal_Technique]

Flanders came 5th, maybe it wasa dodgey fix, but he sure lacked for overall thickness. Great shape and more proportionate upper legs, but this is bodybuilding, the bigger guy is allowed to win sometimes.

[jaejonna]

Do we have to wait another 30 years for your evaluation on the 81 Mr. O as well ?

[Pet shop boys]

Do we have to wait another 30 years for your evaluation on the 81 Mr. O as well ?

1-Platz
2-Padilla
3-Coulmbu


note : (I wont say woooossshhhh for the remaining of day).

[nukkaready]

corrected:

1. Platz
2. Padilla
3. Callender

[Topskin69]

Yes Arnold deserved the 80 "O," but hardly by a wide margin.

[The RedMeatKid]

Fixed

You've been a member for a couple of months and have 600 posts?  Does your mother know you're blowing off your homework for this?  Or is she too busy getting passed around at the biker bar?  You've got two names: Douche and Bag.

[regmac]

I've just done extensive analysis on the Craig Titus case, and I've come to the conclusion that he didn't kill that girl, dump her into the back of a Jaguar, drive out into the middle of the desert and torch the car 

Wasn't kfc involved?   

[Swedish Viking]

Buddy, Arnold wasn't close to bigger than everyone else that night. He was as light as he had been since what....'69?  Mentzer was shorter, about a mile thicker, with cross striations on his triceps and legs 2x the size of Arnold's.  Arnold wasn't as proportional as Zane, Dickerson, or Mentzer.  He wasn't as big as half the lineup, and he was probably only on par with their conditioning.  All this combined with the fact that he was Arnold and the judging panel was made up not only of his friends, but former roommates, and role models=biased judging.

[Topskin69]

Buddy, Arnold wasn't close to bigger than everyone else that night. He was as light as he had been since what....'69?  Mentzer was shorter, about a mile thicker, with cross striations on his triceps and legs 2x the size of Arnold's.  Arnold wasn't as proportional as Zane, Dickerson, or Mentzer.  He wasn't as big as half the lineup, and he was probably only on par with their conditioning.  All this combined with the fact that he was Arnold and the judging panel was made up not only of his friends, but former roommates, and role models=biased judging.

His chest and arms dwarfed everyone else. I could see an argument for Dickerson, based on symmetry, but that would be a stretch. Mentzer, had great triceps, and decent legs, but the weakest chest in the entire lineup.