1990 Mr. Olympia Full Contest

Joe Fowler & Frank Zane call the contest - Bernard Sealy, Jean Luc Favre, Ron Love, Mike Quinn, Eddie Robinson, Andreas Munzer, Samir Bannout, Frank Hillebrand, Francis Benfatto, Rich Gaspari, Mike Christian, Shawn Ray, Lee Labrada, Lee Haney. Randomized (?) drug testing knocked a few notables out this year. Bonus reports on Keiser pneumatic resistance training equipment, which I'm pretty sure no longer exists, and Ego Sportswear.

[@skullduggery3377]

Officials in 1990: "Alright, screw this. next year it's back to no testing".

[@frankruledge1733]

😂😂😂😂

[@flaviusjicman2519]

Finde das hervorragend.

[@dublbude]

Lee Haney is the true GOAT. He also probably stayed in the best shape after competitive years as well. He looked stage ready into senior citizen age.

[@athoughtjust1498]

This emphasis on lines and aesthetics should have remained the standard.

[@arpegio88]

YES! Keep the classics coming bro, you're doing some great work on this channel, without a doubt, my favorite era in bodybuilding!💪🏾

[@ShowBizBodybuilder]

Thanks so much! more on the way...

[@yanhuaang]

​@@ShowBizBodybuilderand I u by by see by by by ft

[@jadezee6316]

Shawn Ray..looks best to me

[@jasoncotterill3033]

Frank Zane's predicted trend at 5:50 turned out to be way off within 3 years..

[@YesSirYesSir3bagsFULL]

I don’t think anyone was ready for the likes of Dorian and the mass monsters.

[@LegendMathai]

Zane the best of all time. The trend definitely did happen with Classic division being implemented. It just took a few guts to get there.

[@jimcarson2977]

@@LegendMathai you are really nuts . zane is skinny and very small guy . Do you even lift ? 😆

[@marcushamner5994]

You are the MAN, my brother! This was a great show! The Mr Olympia rocks! I’m still waiting for the Ms International 1993 contest! Keep posting, bro!!😊❤️👊🏾🌹🎸🇺🇸🎙

[@castielvargastv7931]

Some guys would say benfatto was better than labrada that day..

[@jimcarson2977]

Of course He was . just look at that front lat spread 39:15

[@goldenera4ever]

Back when bodybuilding was still about aesthetics and beauty rather than pure mass and oversized shoulders.

[@JuanPablo-zq9gd]

Best Mr. Olympia event in history.

[@vladyns556]

ThnX for posting this awesome Olympia. 👋

[@markhollis7219]

I was at this Mr olympia. All competitors looked much smaller and smoother, due to being tested for steroids. In person the one who I thought looked the best and should have won it, was Mike Christian. He was also the crowd favorite. He was much bigger than haney and even his conditioning was better. Seeing the rest of these guys in person, they did not look that impressive. Jean favre, got screwed he should have gotten 2nd place. He looked much better than haney and the others.

[@lakeeriesailor2852]

Mike's legs were a bit less developed than the other top 6 guys. Based on the boos, some of the crowd also thought Shawn Ray should have placed higher.

[@RecoveringGenius]

Good input man. Thank you for commenting. Not many of us were there in person!

[@castielvargastv7931]

Christian said he found a way to beat the test.

[@mjlives5428]

Thanks for commenting.I have never seen Haney this small,i wondered what happened his arms particularly the left look really small for him and flat!

[@castielvargastv7931]

@@mjlives5428 1990 they did drug testing, thats why he is smaller

[@TheSpritz0]

Lee Labrada looked the best to me, also Mike Christian was better than Haney this contest!!!!

[@deangarratt4965]

Labrada was the best here. How can a guy be two points up after prejudging, as he was, and with his posing ability yet end up second after the evening show?

[@ianlewis8614]

Mike Christian had the worst legs in the competition... An easy win for Haney..

[@eijiroinouye4115]

Could Mike Christian have competed at 245lbs?

[@jackiehumper1538]

😃😂

[@thomasgonzales2728]

How can people say ronnie was the best I'm sorry but Lee haney was far superior

[@kentborges5114]

LOVE THIS....AND ZANE HELPING WITH THE CALL.

[@ShowBizBodybuilder]

Happy to hear it Kent, thank you for watching!

[@DynamicRangeStudios]

FUNNY HOW THAT "NEW ERA" NEVER REALLY BECAME AN ERA

[@TheSpritz0]

THANK YOU for the upload- amazing!!!!! Just subscribed!!

[@ShowBizBodybuilder]

Cool, thanks for subscribing - lots more to come!

[@elboynatural79]

Natural 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💊💉💊💉💊💉💊💉💊💉

[@stevegeorge6880]

Well, it was drug tested, and about a third of the potential contestants failed, so you know it was legitimate. Obviously none of these dudes were career naturals, but they were cycled off pretty heavily. It was the first time they had done this, and they weren't very good at it. I would honestly guess that most of them could attain this size and condition with lifelong natural training and proper peaking, but the way that people talk about this contest means that all that effort would go for naught.

[@FerminTrujilloEspetero]

When you watch this you very quickly understand how shocking it must've been when Dorian Yates showed up only 3 years later looking like he did!!!

[@WZ912]

ROIDED TO THE GILLS! If they drug tested the the 1993 Mr O Dorian Yates would have disappeared his whole physique is based on ROIDS!

[@stevegeorge6880]

Then again, by his own report, he skipped this contest because of the drug testing. A much better comparison would have been 1991 or 1992.

[@KangaJack-ns9gd]

This is the only drug tested Olympia, can tell how flat they are.

[@castielvargastv7931]

One year later! Not 3

[@FerminTrujilloEspetero]

@@castielvargastv7931 1990 to 1993 = 3 years.

[@roncesvalles9760]

Aquí están los pioneros del Men's Physique aún en slips... Qué tiempos aquellos sin GH y sin insulina...!!

[@rockman7427]

Great production. So much better than the garbage we get today streamed from someone’s flip phone sitting in the 11th row.

[@jorgem50]

This comp looks like todays Classic Physique comps

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

When fans from the 80s saw oics of larry scott or harold poole do you think they thought "oh...these guys look like amateurs". What is it about young people of today that they cannot comprehend or appreciate that everyone and everything is a product of their times? 20 years from now fans of this "vlassic physique" will be looking at videos of classic P today and saying oh look how small they were." Gotta appreicate history and its pioneers. Note* This was a drug tested O unlike all the others. Everyone was much smaller even Haney. Hes only 230.

[@enteoz1694]

I hope they bring these rules back for testing, the way it's going now with the drug abuse is just madness. Doesn't represent real training at all imo.

[@k1kk0ssbm13]

Francis disliked the video rightfully so, cuz this was his show

[@tfitness4u]

I know Lee Haney won 8 Olympias. I also know that people respect him because of his family values, good nature and his religious values. I also feel that he is underrated. Over the years I have seen experts praise Coleman, Schwarzenegger, Yates, Zane and show warm respect to Lee Haney. Arnold is the best because he made so many of us fans of bodybuilding. Lee Haney had the best body (small waist) Coleman messed his waist up (too prodigious).

[@ShowBizBodybuilder]

Excellent analysis tfitness4u, well stated! Thanks for watching!

[@WZ912]

Lee Haney. No one was better and for good reason. He just represented what Bodybuilding was about Strength and Beauty Mass with Class. On and off the stage He was the perfect balance The Hank Aaron of BodyBuilding 8X MrOlympia The True G.O.A.T!

[@tfitness4u]

@@WZ912 Absolutely

[@granddaddyofthemall6320]

@@tfitness4u Why should he get respect for his religious beliefs. People are weird.

[@castielvargastv7931]

Haney had no arms and bad calves , hams coleman was much much better overall and his waist was super small when he won his first olympia at a much bigger size than haney

[@ralega2011]

The Joe Weider bodybuilding lifestyle was for everyone, not just for the mass monsters

[@13elementbey]

Honestly, if this was a drug-free year - these guys are definitely in great shape 👍

[@shred9475]

it was NOT drug free lol

[@justnii2056]

😂😂

[@EliHank]

💀💀💀💀

[@whiteknight7227]

My favorite Olympia ever

[@great456789]

When bodybuilding was bodybuilding!!

[@riccardomoschitti3033]

Benfatto top

[@brocktonma.1816]

Mike Quinn is from Brockton Ma. Not Santa Monica🤣Come on Mike.

[@davidhodder9939]

Drug tested Mr olympia

[@StFidjnr]

Precursor to INBA and PNBA

[@Rock-gi9fn]

😂

[@toddleslien1]

amazing Jean Luc Favre

[@paulcolville5972]

Wow Labrada was pissed, just walked off. Benfatto should've been higher, asthetic physique. It was downhill after this when the mass monsters would rule.

[@kenroutt5821]

Lee Labrada changed the least from the prior year, then Ray, then Haney. Haney's arms were way to small without the roids especially his triceps and his midsection was all washed out. Haney is my favorite Mr. O of all time but fair is fair and for this year, it should have been 1) Labrada 2) Ray 3) Haney

[@terrancelee6030]

Mike Christian got screwed over really bad at this show...if you ask me he should have won...that's my take on it..

[@granddaddyofthemall6320]

Nope legs were too weak because he was too tall. Lee Labrada was the real winner he was up on the score cards and "somehow" he lost.

[@hssilva63]

* Some Flat tires there 1. Lee Haney 2. Mike Christian 3. Shawn Ray 4. Francis Benfatto 5. Mike Quinn 6. Lee Labrada 7. Rich Gaspari 8. Frank Hillebrand

[@scyven1]

1990 drug tested… then Yates appeared 😂

[@speedvr829]

The good old days.

[@SultanKhan66]

That announcer (Not Zane) eats everything you cook for him on infomercials.

[@paulmavric887]

Lee Haney. What a physique 👍👍

[@mikeroberts4192]

Man I'd love to get a few of those old keyser machines for my gym.

[@scyven1]

Y not get the new ones? I love them 💁‍♂️

[@bellantonioabraham6920]

Lee Haney wins 7th Mr. Olympia title!! Do get Mixed Pairs U.S.A. competition from 1986 & 1988 championships??

[@ShowBizBodybuilder]

Thanks Bell, I'm still looking for more 80s contests to post...

[@vadimt9204]

Shawn Ray should have been Mr.O

[@nicholasolivas317]

wasn't he juicing in this contest? If memory serves me right this is the first and only contest that they drug tested for per the Bill that was passed banning such substances.

[@JerkVegas86]

@@nicholasolivas317 They were all juicing lol He just got caught!

[@Chocolatesauce._]

@@JerkVegas86that was at the Arnold classic that happened earlier that year but here he passed the test and looked phenomenal he arguably should’ve won

[@Solo-5050]

Man at 17 seconds u really see the imbalance in Arnold's arms.....

[@shred9475]

it is the angle lol

[@CiroMastino]

First and only drug tested olympia

[@JorgeGarcia-jc9ld]

Danny padilla better that franco

[@YesSirYesSir3bagsFULL]

That was 1981…..

[@mdd1963]

00:55 waiting on Old Skool Arnold Simp to chime in that Arnold's win in 1980 was not controversial! LOL! (He's an effin' classic!)

[@GregNFresh]

Yes, Benfatto was short but his symmetry was incredible for his size. With 10 cm more, he could easily aim for the top 3.

[@wrigleyx]

Vous avez gagné Monsieur Benfatto, nous le savons tous. Frank Zane aussi vote pour vous :)

[@erasercool]

Love Haney , but Christian and Ray were the best

[@ivang3574]

Ray, Christian and Benfatto were all in amazing shape.

[@nathannewman799]

this was my look when i won a natty title back in 2002.

[@castielvargastv7931]

The drug testing did very bad things to haney and others that year. Christian and labrada both should hve beaten him

[@megasorearse7032]

I see 0 bubble gut

[@ss-cw6he]

All are beautiful physique

[@jbondinnorway510]

Haney and Growth Hormones along with steroids makes a winner

[@mr.sept.5790]

Modern day men's physique competitors

[@m_recon5092]

There was a couple of guys that really looked better than Lee Haney!

[@nattybuilder1681]

I kinda wish they took the natural route.

[@notta3d]

Guys weighed a lot less back then but then again they didn't carry all that weight in the stomach like they do now.

[@stevegeorge6880]

If you want to know how much of an impact the protocols had, look at lee haney between this year and the next. Or better yet, just look at rich gaspari in this contest. Dude had the reputation of being the most conditioned athlete in bodybuilding, and this is what he showed up with. 16:45

[@scoobywoowoo5275]

Where can I watch mr olympia shows especially the old ones

[@judowrestlerka]

You are a CREDIT, A SCHOLAR AND A TRUE DOCUMENTARIAN of Bodybuilding!!!!! Thank you.

[@ShowBizBodybuilder]

Wow! Thank you!

[@GregNFresh]

Benfatto used very little steroids and it shows in the winner.

[@castielvargastv7931]

Many of this guys would be in the classic division nowadays sizewise

[@lucasguimaraesreal]

❤❤

[@justjacqueline2004]

Amazing physiques and huge men.

[@jimsmith9981]

Difficult to beat a larger man but I would’ve given it to Ray, Labrada then Haney...

[@juliohernandez3323]

Size differential was just too much for those guys to overcome Lee.

[@ivang3574]

I would have Mike Christian 1-st (he was 245 lbs. vs Haney's 230 lbs. and in much better condition than Haney), Shawn Ray 2-nd, Benfatto 3-rd (he was razor sharp), Labrada 4-th and Haney 5-th. But of course, they would've never put the reigning champion in 5-th.

[@jimsmith9981]

@@ivang3574 Christian legs has always been his problem plus his attitude towards his placings has marked him by the IFBB

[@ivang3574]

@@jimsmith9981 His legs at this particular contest were better than Haney's. His attitude was the result of unfair placings not the other way around. Either way you should not be marked down for attitude.

[@ianlewis8614]

Christian had no legs and Ray had no width to his back... Easy win for Haney..

[@monaitcharif4560]

Am I able to use some of this footage without getting a copyright claim?

[@vinceyoung5912]

Frank Zane so wrong in his assessment of the future of bodybuilding

[@domls1317]

They almost have a Jack Lalane quality to their physiques when they get off the gear

[@don8244]

True genetic gifts. Many of these guys off cycle, but looking like Greek gods. Natty or nots on social media are a complete waste of time; Just train hard, eat good and pray your parents gave you the right genes 🙏🏼

[@garybarnes2017]

I remember this one well.Should be 1st Christian,(his alltime best),2nd Labrada,3rd Haney,4th Benfatto

[@theviewisspew1295]

I agree, I remember looking at the mag saying "Why didn't Mike win?" Huge, cut, thanks to Dan!

[@MidnightNeonLabs]

1990 no bubble gut bonanza

[@vivificateurveridique1420]

Lee Labrada small and smooth and he wanted to win. He is lucky to be in this time and was under the belt of Joe Weider. Now he couldnn't enve make it to national. Lucky man.

[@Owiramon123]

Hahahahah very true I don't understand how he got second here.

[@YesSirYesSir3bagsFULL]

You’re joking. This footage doesn’t do the quality of Labrada justice. Labrada always brought a great package to the show- size, symmetry and conditioning. This was before the mass monster big fat tire gut stomachs. This was still pure bodybuilding and art. If you took Labrada and made him as tall as Lee Haney he would be as equal or even better. Height was the only determining factor here

[@josemonserrat8581]

Shut up

[@RobertShyanNorwalt]

The IFBB disqualification of anyone for steroid’s is completely hypocritical.

[@wiqrtzeditz1619]

Lee haney what a physique 🗿🙌🏼

[@sinthoras1917]

Frank Zane just mirin' about Shawn Ray is the funniest thing.

[@YesSirYesSir3bagsFULL]

Why? Shawn was no doubt a solid contender. While his opinions and what he says may be questionable, he was actually pretty solid and could hang with the likes of Lee, Dorian and other greats of that era

[@josemonserrat8581]

This is bodybuilding

[@zecamd]

great!

[@ajjay5967]

great

[@tfitness4u]

My eyes must be deceiving me over and over again. I watched this contest every single decade. I saw the pictures. Lee Haney looked harder than Labrada. Haney had better, cuts in his abs, bigger arms, bigger chest, way more detail in back muscles and bigger legs. Btw. The were in love with Eddie Robinson.

[@rufust.firefly6810]

Sept. 2023: Mike Quinn 2023, Andreas Münzer 1996, Frank Hillebrand 2011: diseased. How many contestants of last decade Mr. O. will be alive 30+ years later? I doubt, men's classic physique will change a lot on the obvious matter.

[@ElviraSampaio-oi5in]

Shaw Ray o mais impressionante

[@LegendMathai]

Real aesthetics

[@Dr.ScatKohlenblo-nj2cv]

Nobody in the contest was drug free. Are you kidding me? No idea how they went about deciding who passed and who didn't. A raffle maybe? I like how Zane favors the small guys. Truth though...if Lee Labrada brought that exact same physique at even 5 foot 8...he would've won multiple times. It's just tough at the posedown when you're 5' 4".

[@primusvsunicron1]

no WBF announcement?

[@anatolich_retroman]

Jean Favre-TOP LOOK

[@LA4HINGIS]

Reality..I wore baggy pants to hide my skinny legs

[@dududu5189]

I wore baggy pants to hide my schlong

[@compo36]

3:09 Jean-Luc Favre.

[@richspizzaparty]

They should've stuck with the testing. Would've forced folks to train and diet differently and it would've kept bodybuilding from becoming a bubble gut freak show .

[@Mani_Matter]

some of the best natural bodybuilder

[@arikrotem9750]

Natural my ass

[@harvey5038]

@@arikrotem9750 this year was tested

[@arikrotem9750]

@@harvey5038 you are naive if you think a drug tested comp is a drug free one.

[@harvey5038]

@@arikrotem9750 well they will all have had to stop taking the drugs temporarily before the test. A couple weeks before the test to get them out of their system and probably hop back on straight after

[@daddemack88r13]

What show is Frank Zane watching, because he is missing a good event in this one

[@stevegeorge6880]

It's a good matchup with a lot of talent, but unfortunately this was the first ever drug tested mr. Olympia, and the drop-off in size and condition for this one year was enough to convince the ifbb to just pretend it's athletes weren't using drugs, with the exception of two years in 1996 and 2001 that they tested for diuretics.

[@daddemack88r13]

@@stevegeorge6880they should do what the 1980s All Blacks team did when asked to get drug tested. They sent the shinniest guy in the team to do it.

[@omarpryor7465]

People are smoking crack crack 😂 lol if they think 🤔 Lee labrada should had won Mr Olympia 1990. He does have a good physique.

[@neiljohnson7914]

14:26 LOL. Boy was he wrong. The bodybuilders of the 90s took far more steroids, not less. What clamp down on steroids?

[@powerk2615]

Gaspari looks beautiful

[@nathanchambers985]

Lee Haney wouldn't have placed top 10 during Ronnie and Jay era.

[@luflores5209]

Labrada wasn't top three. He hasn't the level for being there.

[@granddaddyofthemall6320]

Lee Labrada was the real winner.

[@keendeesjarlais3636]

5:52 sorry frank its actually the opposite-- ppl were getting bigger

[@smilsmff]

Shawn ray had better shape But lacking rear delt develpment