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8x Mr. Olympia, 1984–1991

Lee Haney

GenderMale
Born1959
StatusRetired

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.

Championship record

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

9Appearances
8Titles
9Top 3

All contests on record

16Contests
11Wins
16Top 3

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.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon 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. Showing all 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

1983 to 1991 shown · 16 professional results

Peak Year 1983 (2 wins)

Measured against Lee Haney’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →

1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1983
Last Contest
1991

Lee Haney at the Olympia, year by year

Lee Haney at the Mr. Olympia: 8 titles (1984 to 1991), first appearance 1983. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
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

Physique benchmark

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.

32.3FFMI
32.1Normalised FFMI
111thOf 316 measured men

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
YearContestDivisionPlace
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

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.

Ron Love
7 ahead 0 behind

7 head-to-head meetings

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.

High confidence 16 professional results, Well-verified source Updated September 30, 2026 Accurate?

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