Francis Benfatto is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from France with a competitive record spanning 1988–2006.
Championship appearances
Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one contest entered (in the years the Olympia also judged weight classes, one appearance can carry two placings), an Olympia title is the overall win in that division, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every professional contest on record for Francis Benfatto.
Mr. Olympia
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Francis Benfatto, 20 in all. The table opens on the first 15 and expands in place from there. Nothing sits on a separate page. Won by names the winner of the division Francis Benfatto competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Grand Prix Australia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Ronny Rockel |
| 1993 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Flex Wheeler |
| 1993 | Grand Prix France | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Flex Wheeler |
| 1993 | Grand Prix Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Flex Wheeler |
| 1992 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Vince Taylor |
| 1992 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #15 | Dorian Yates |
| 1992 | Pittsburgh Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Vince Taylor |
| 1991 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Shawn Ray |
| 1991 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | J J Marsh |
| 1991 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Lee Haney |
| 1990 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Lee Haney |
| 1990 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Mohammed Benaziza |
| 1989 | Grand Prix France | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Gary Strydom |
| 1989 | Grand Prix Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Mike Christian |
| 1989 | Grand Prix Spain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Mike Christian |
| 1989 | Grand Prix Spain (2) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Mike Christian |
| 1989 | Grand Prix Sweden | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Gary Strydom |
| 1989 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #12 | Lee Haney |
| 1988 | Grand Prix France | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Rich Gaspari |
| 1988 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Phil Hill |
Showing 15 of 20 professional results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Francis Benfatto that source is MuscleMemory. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. That archive no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name here and not offered as a link.
Every professional season
- Pro Debut
- 1988
- Olympia Debut
- 1989
- Last Contest
- 2006
Francis Benfatto at the Olympia, year by year
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 12 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1990 | 6 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1991 | 7 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1992 | 15 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
How Francis Benfatto measures up
Fat-free mass index turns the height and weight on this profile into one number for how much muscle a frame carries, so a shorter competitor is not flattered by a bodyweight comparison. The normalised figure adjusts it again to a standard height, which is the version worth ranking. Both assume the 6% body fat a competitor steps on stage at, because that is the only condition the recorded weight was taken in.
The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Erin Banks, at 31.1.
What this rank is not. This database holds a height and a weight for just 463 athletes, and they are overwhelmingly the ones somebody bothered to measure: 74 of them hold an Olympia title. Almost every competitor on record carries no measurement at all. The pool also mixes every division and era together, from the lightweight women's classes to the open heavyweights, so it ranks size and nothing else. It says where Francis Benfatto sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
Amateur and other shows not counted above
4 results from amateur shows and other contests this archive does not class as professional. Every total on this page covers the professional career only, so these are listed here but never counted, and they have no contest page.
Show the list
| Year | Contest | Division | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | World Amateur Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Middleweight) | #2 |
| 1986 | European Amateur Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Middleweight) | #3 |
| 1986 | World Amateur Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Middleweight) | #3 |
| 1985 | World Amateur Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Middleweight) | #5 |
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Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 3 meetings, Lee Haney finished ahead of Francis Benfatto 3 times to 0.
Opponents are ranked by how often they shared a stage and how big the stage was, not by reputation. A meeting is one contest where both competed in the same division and both were placed.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 20 professional contest results. It is published only where a career holds at least five, because below that a single placing moves the figure by twenty points or more.

