Controversial Mr. Olympia winners list
The Mr. Olympia is the Holy Grail of bodybuilding competitions. Every bodybuilder dreams of lifting the Sandow trophy.
In the past 52 Mr. Olympia competitions, only 13 competitors have had the honor to lift this trophy. Some winning just one, some six and ultimately eight, the most ever won.
The Mr. Olympia is not without controversy as other competitions. The sport depends on the judges sitting in from of the competitors to make the final decision. Most of the time, the winner is the right person, but there have been a number of occasions when the winner should have not been the one selected.
Evolutionofbodybuilding.net is going to do something a little bit controversial. We are going to list what we think the list would have looked like if the controversial victory was reversed.
As you will see, there would have been more than 13 winners in the last 52 years. We believe Victor Martinez, Kai Greene, Kevin Levrone, Shawn Ray, Nasser El Sonbaty and Danny Padilla all should have been winners. We also picked Chris Dickerson for winning the controversial 1980 Mr. Olympia and Danny Padilla to win the other controversial 1981 Mr. Olympia.
Chris Dickerson and Kevin Levrone would have been a double winners.
Coleman would have been a five-time winner as Jay Cuter would have been a three-time winner losing one of the Sandow trophies to Victor Martinez.
Kai Greene should have taken one away from Phil Heath… It is a shame this rivalry ended.
Lee Haney would have been the only eight-time winner… even though Lee Labrada came close to dethroning him in Italy, Lee Haney’s greater size was the winning edge in that competition.
1965: Larry Scott
1966: Larry Scott
1967: Sergio Oliva
1968: Sergio Oliva
1969: Sergio Oliva
1970: Arnold Schwarzenegger
1971: Arnold Schwarzenegger
1972: Arnold Schwarzenegger
1973: Arnold Schwarzenegger
1974: Arnold Schwarzenegger
1975: Arnold Schwarzenegger
1976: Franco Columbu
1977: Frank Zane
1978: Frank Zane
1979: Frank Zane
1980: Chris Dickerson
1981: Danny Padilla
1982: Chris Dickerson
1983: Samir Bannout
1984: Lee Haney
1985: Lee Haney
1986: Lee Haney
1987: Lee Haney
1988: Lee Haney
1989: Lee Haney
1990: Lee Haney
1991: Lee Haney
1992: Dorian Yates
1993: Dorian Yates
1994: Dorian Yates
1995: Dorian Yates
1996: Shawn Ray
1997: Nasser El Sonbaty
1998: Ronnie Coleman
1999: Ronnie Coleman
2000: Kevin Levrone
2001: Jay Cutler
2002: Kevin Levrone
2003: Ronnie Coleman
2004: Ronnie Coleman
2005: Ronnie Coleman
2006: Jay Cutler
2007: Victor Martinez
2008: Dexter Jackson
2009: Jay Cutler
2010: Jay Cutler
2011: Phil Heath
2012: Phil Heath
2013: Phil Heath
2014: Kai Greene
2015: Phil Heath
2016: Phil Heath
