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Arnold Schwarzenegger won his seventh Mr. Olympia and officially retired from professional bodybuilding.; Unlike the 1975-1979 Mr. Olympia contests which had two weight divisions (above and below 200lbs), this contest had no weight divisions, returning to the 1965-1973 format where large and small bodybuilders competed directly against one another.
Mr. Olympia is the title awarded to the winner of the professional men's bodybuilding contest in the open division at Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend—an international bodybuilding competition that is held annually and is sanctioned by the IFBB Professional League. [3]
Schwarzenegger came out of retirement, however, to compete in the 1980 Mr. Olympia. [18] Schwarzenegger was training for his role in Conan, and he got into such good shape because of the running, horseback riding and sword training, that he decided he wanted to win the Mr. Olympia contest one last time. He kept this plan a secret in the event ...
As a seven-time Mr. Olympia champion, Arnold Schwarzenegger sculpted one of the most famous physiques in the world—and during his peak bodybuilding era, his compound lifts were in pretty ...
In late 1979, Mentzer won the heavyweight class of the Mr. Olympia, again with a perfect 300 score, but he lost in the overall to Frank Zane (who was awarded his third title) that year. In the 1980 Mr. Olympia he placed fourth in a tie with Boyer Coe behind Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris Dickerson, and Frank Zane. [10]
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Fans quickly noticed the pictures resembled the ones his father took back in the 1970s after Schwarzenegger won the Mr. Olympia title for the sixth time. In the caption, the 26-year-old wrote ...
The Comeback is a 1980 Australian documentary film directed by Kit Laughlin and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It follows Schwarzenegger as he returns to professional bodybuilding to compete in the 1980 Mr Olympia to regain the title for the 7th time.