Mr Olympia: The Golden Years

In this historic Olympia DVD presentation, we have gathered together our rare and mostly previously unseen Olympia segments that were shot on super 8 film in the Golden 70s.

As each segment seemed too short to release at the time, nothing happened until we obtained the wonderful and fantastic quality 20 minute film from the 1979 Mr Olympia. This shows Frank Zane in his all time best condition defeating Mike Mentzer to win the Overall 1979 Mr. Olympia crown in Columbus Ohio.

These are not complete Olympias but consist of the only known footage shot on film at these famous contests. All of the 3 1979 contests are exceptional quality.

Although the photos used on the DVD cover are all classic B&W photos, the DVD is 95% Full Colour footage.

Wayne’s 1971 Olympia footage from Paris is short but includes the 2 guest posers Sergio and Franco.

In 1974 see the titanic battle between old rivals Arnold and Lou Ferrigno with Arnold coming out on top.

In 1975 in South Africa it was Arnold once again over Serge Nubret with Franco taking out the lighter class. Arnold retired after this contest. 1979 it was back in Columbus where Frank Zane took the overall title from Heavyweight Class winner Mike Mentzer. An absolute feast of posing for Zane fans.

Some of this old film footage has had the colour deteriorate with time. However the bodies we show portray priceless images of our great champions of the sport. This is a "Legends of the Olympias of the 70s" DVD. Shot on super 8 film and digitally transferred to DVD.

DVD Contents:

 1979 Mr Olympia (20 mins)
 1975 Mr Olympia (13 mins)
 1974 Mr Olympia Prejudging (3.5 mins)
 1974 Mr Olympia Finals (14 mins)
 1971 Mr Olympia - Arnold + Franco Columbu guest posing (2.5 mins)
 1971 Mr Olympia - Sergio Oliva guest posing (1 min)
 1979 World Amateur Championships (20 mins)
 1979 Mr International highlights (2 mins)

Competition Results:

1971 Mr. Olympia
Arnold Schwarzenegger was the only competitor.

1974 Mr. Olympia
Overall Winner: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Heavyweight Class
1. Arnold Schwarzenegger
2. Lou Ferrigno

Lightweight Class
1. Franco Columbu
2. Frank Zane

1975 Mr. Olympia
Overall Winner: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Heavyweight Class
1. Arnold Schwarzenegger
2. Serge Nubret
3. Lou Ferrigno

Lightweight Class
1. Franco Columbu
2. Ed Corney
3. Al Beckles
4. Frank Zane

1979 Mr. Olympia
Overall Winner: Frank Zane

Heavyweight Class
1. Mike Mentzer
2. Dennis Tinerino
3. Roger Walker
4. Roy Callendar
5. Bob Birdsong

Lightweight Class
1. Frank Zane
2. Boyer Coe
3. Robby Robinson
4. Chris Dickerson
5. Danny Padilla
6. Carlos Rodriguez
7. Albert Beckles
8. Tom Platz
9. Ed Corney
10. Steve Davis

1979 IFBB World Bodybuilding Championships

70KG Class
1. Renato Bertagna (Italy)
2. Heinz Sallmayer (Austria)
3. Moh Teck Hin (Singapore)

80KG Class
1. Roy Duvall (England)
2. Richard Baldwin (USA)
3. Anton Holic (Czechoslovakia)

90KG Class
1. Samir Bannout (Lebanon)
2. Ron Teufel (USA)
3. Johnny Fuller (England)

Over 90KG Class
1. Jusup Wilkosz (Germany)
2. Ray Mentzer (USA)
3. Chen Wint (Jamaica)

Best National Team: USA - Special Guest Posers:
Dave Draper
Reg Park