8x Mr. Olympia, 1984–1991
Lee Haney
Lee Haney is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1983–1991.
About
Lee Haney is an American former professional bodybuilder. Haney shares the all-time record for most Mr. Olympia titles at eight with Ronnie Coleman. The winner of the Mr. Olympia title for eight consecutive years, he is widely regarded as among the greatest professional bodybuilders of all time. From 1999 to 2002, he served as chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. In 2014, he was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame.
Where the titles came from
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 Lee Haney.
Mr. Olympia
All contests on record
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Lee Haney, 16 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 Lee Haney competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1990 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1989 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1988 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1987 | Grand Prix Germany (2) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1987 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1986 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1985 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1984 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1983 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Mohamed Makkawy |
| 1983 | Grand Prix Las Vegas | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1983 | Grand Prix Sweden | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Mohamed Makkawy |
| 1983 | Grand Prix Switzerland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Mohamed Makkawy |
| 1983 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Samir Bannout |
| 1983 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1983 | World Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Mohamed Makkawy |
Showing 15 of 16 professional results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Lee Haney 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
Peak Year 1983 (2 wins)
Measured against Lee Haney’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
- Pro Debut
- 1983
- Last Contest
- 1991
Lee Haney at the Olympia, year by year
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 3 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1984 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1985 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1986 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1987 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1988 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1989 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1990 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1991 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
How Lee Haney 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 Lee Haney sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
Amateur and other shows not counted above
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Junior Nationals | Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 1982 | Nationals | Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 1982 | World Amateur Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 1980 | Mr USA | Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #4 |
| 1979 | Mr Coastal USA | Division not recorded (Teen) | #4 |
| 1979 | Teen Mr America | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1978 | Mr Coastal USA | Division not recorded (Teen) | #4 |
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Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 13 meetings, Lee Haney finished ahead of Albert Beckles 13 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 16 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.
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