Chris Dickerson did not deserve 1980. Get a fucking clue you lunatic. He looked great, but Arnold was the BEST that night. Arnold was just not prime, but it was enough to crush the others. His legs were basically the weak part of his 1980 physique.
I'm not a lunatic. Just insane.
Arnold didn't look bad at all, especially in his signature poses like the 3/4 shots. In some of the mandatories however, he looked way out of balance. Guys like Dickerson, Zane and Coe all had a more polished and professional look to their physiques.
Chris was incredible - full muscles, detail, poise and all class. Given the way the judging had been the previous few years, what Dickerson presented was well worth an Olympia title.
Zane was a little light but that was his only weakpoint. His balance, conditioning and posing were so far ahead of the others that placing behind Dickerson seemed a fair reward.
Watch Zane's posing routine and then compare it to Arnold's. Arnold is good but he simply repeats the same poses over and over. I'm hard-pressed to recall Zane hitting the same pose more than once in his routine.
When your physique lacks balance, there are only a few poses you can do that make you look good. Zane didn't have that problem and deserved, in my opinion, to place ahead of Arnold.
