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Arnold Schwarzenegger is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Austria. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a verified height of 6'2" (188 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 249 lb (113 kg).

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7x Mr. Olympia, 1970–1980

Arnold Schwarzenegger

CountryAustria
GenderMale
Born1947
Born inAustria
HometownLos Angeles
Social X
StatusRetired
High confidence 19 recorded results, Well-verified source Updated August 14, 2026 Accurate?

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Austria with a competitive record spanning 1966–1980.

Across 19 recorded contest results, Arnold Schwarzenegger has 16 first-place finishes (a 84.2% win rate), including 7× Olympia titles.

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 19 recorded 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.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, a bodybuilder from Austria, stands 6'2" (188 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 249 lb (113 kg). He was born in Austria on July 30, 1947 and is 79 years old.

Career Record

Total Results
19
Wins
16
Win Rate
84.2%
Career
1966–1980
Height
6'2" (188 cm)
Weight
249 lb (113 kg)
Age
79
Country
Austria
Olympia Titles
7
Verified
Sources
12

Every season on record

1966 to 1980 shown · 19 results on record

Peak Year 1969 (4 wins)

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

1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1980
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1966
Olympia Debut
1969
Last Contest
1980
Arnold Schwarzenegger Olympia Career: 7 title(s) (1970 to 1980). First appeared at the Olympia in 1969 and placed 2. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
1969 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1970 1 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1971 1 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1972 1 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1973 1 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1974 1 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1975 1 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1980 1 Men's Open Bodybuilding

Data updated

About

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, politician, and former professional bodybuilder, known for his roles in high-profile action films. He served as the 38th governor of California from 2003 to 2011.

Championship record

Where the titles came from

Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one recorded placing at that series, a title is a first place, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every contest on record for Arnold Schwarzenegger, amateur shows included.

Mr. Olympia

8Appearances
7Titles
8Top 3

All contests on record

19Contests
16Wins
19Top 3
Physique benchmark

How Arnold Schwarzenegger 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.

30.1FFMI
29.6Normalised FFMI
163rdOf 316 measured men

The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Chris Bumstead, at 29.6, the same figure.

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: 73 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 Arnold Schwarzenegger sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.

All results

Every contest result on record for Arnold Schwarzenegger, 19 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 Arnold Schwarzenegger competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1980 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1975 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1974 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1973 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1972 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1971 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1970 Mr World Other Divisions #1 Winner
1970 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1970 Universe - Pro Other Divisions #1 Winner
1969 Mr Europe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1969 Mr International Other Divisions #1 Winner
1969 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Sergio Oliva
1969 Universe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1969 Universe - Pro Other Divisions #1 Winner
1968 Universe Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Frank Zane
1968 Universe - Pro Other Divisions #1 Winner
1967 Mr Universe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1966 Mr Europe (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1966 Mr Universe Other Divisions #2 Chester Yorton

Showing 15 of 19 recorded results. Showing all 19 recorded results.

Showing 15 of 16 recorded results. Showing all 16 recorded results.

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Arnold Schwarzenegger 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.

In 5 meetings, Arnold Schwarzenegger finished ahead of Franco Columbu 5 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.

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