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Ed Corney was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States. Ed Corney has a verified height of 5'7" (170 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 190 lb (86 kg).

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16 career wins

Ed Corney

GenderMale
Born1933
DiedJanuary 1, 2019, aged 85
StatusRetired
High confidence 55 recorded results, Well-verified source Updated August 14, 2026 Accurate?

Ed Corney was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1968–1998.

Across 55 recorded contest results, Ed Corney had 16 first-place finishes (a 29.1% win rate).

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 55 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.

Ed Corney, a bodybuilder from the United States, stands 5'7" (170 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 190 lb (86 kg). He was born on November 9, 1933 and died on January 1, 2019, aged 85.

Career Record

Total Results
55
Wins
16
Win Rate
29.1%
Career
1968–1998
Height
5'7" (170 cm)
Weight
190 lb (86 kg)
Lifespan
1933-2019 (aged 85)
Country
United States
Verified
Sources
8

Every season on record

1968 to 1998 shown · 55 results on record

Peak Year 1971 (5 wins)

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

1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1983
1989
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1968
Peak Year
1971
Olympia Debut
1974
Last Contest
1998
Ed Corney Olympia Career: 0 title(s). First appeared at the Olympia in 1974 and placed 4. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
1974 4 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1975 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1976 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1977 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1978 4 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1979 9 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1980 11 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1981 13 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1983 14 Men's Open Bodybuilding

Data updated

About

Edward Charles Corney (November 9, 1933 – January 1, 2019) was an American professional bodybuilder. He won many prizes in his 30s, including Mr. Universe in 1972, and was featured in the 1977 bodybuilding docudrama Pumping Iron. Known for his excellent posing routines, he continued competitive bodybuilding into his 60s, winning the 60+ division of the Masters Olympia twice. Corney was inducted in the International Federation of Bodybuilding Hall of Fame in 2004.

Championship record

Championship appearances

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 Ed Corney, amateur shows included.

Mr. Olympia

18Appearances
2Titles
7Top 3

Arnold Classic

1Appearances
0Titles
0Top 3

All contests on record

55Contests
16Wins
25Top 3
Physique benchmark

How Ed Corney 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.

28.0FFMI
28.6Normalised FFMI
187thOf 316 measured men

The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Breon Ansley, at 28.6, 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 Ed Corney sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.

All results

Every contest result on record for Ed Corney, 55 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 Ed Corney competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1998 Arnold Classic Other Divisions #10 Vince Taylor
1997 Olympia Other Divisions #2 Honore Cironte
1996 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 Vince Taylor
1995 Olympia Other Divisions #1 Winner
1995 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 Sonny Schmidt
1994 Olympia Other Divisions #1 Winner
1994 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #10 Robby Robinson
1989 Superbowl of Bodybuilding Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Jon Jordan
1983 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #14 Samir Bannout
1981 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #13 Franco Columbu
1980 Grand Prix Miami Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Chris Dickerson
1980 Grand Prix Pennsylvania Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Casey Viator
1980 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 Arnold Schwarzenegger
1980 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Chris Dickerson
1980 Pittsburgh Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Casey Viator
1980 Universe - Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Jusup Wilkosz
1980 World Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Jusup Wilkosz
1979 Canada Pro Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Chris Dickerson
1979 Florida Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Mike Mentzer
1979 Grand Prix Pennsylvania Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced
1979 Olympia Other Divisions #9
1979 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Robby Robinson
1979 Pittsburgh Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Robby Robinson
1979 Universe - Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Bertil Fox
1979 World Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Roy Callendar
1978 Olympia Other Divisions #4
1978 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Frank Zane
1978 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Robby Robinson
1977 Olympia Other Divisions #2
1977 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Frank Zane
1976 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Franco Columbu
1975 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Arnold Schwarzenegger
1975 Olympia Other Divisions #2 Franco Columbu
1975 Universe - Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Bob Birdsong
1975 World Pro Championships Other Divisions #2
1974 Mr International Other Divisions #1 Winner
1974 Mr World Other Divisions #1 Winner
1974 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Arnold Schwarzenegger
1973 Mr World Other Divisions #1 Winner
1972 Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1972 Mr International Other Divisions #1 Winner
1972 Universe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1971 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1971 Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1971 Mr California Other Divisions #1 Winner
1971 Mr California Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1971 Mr USA Other Divisions #1 Winner
1971 Universe Other Divisions #3 Albert Beckles
1970 Iron Man Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1970 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 Chris Dickerson
1970 Mr California Other Divisions #2 Jim Morris
1970 Mr California Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Leon Brown
1969 Mr Western America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1968 Mr California Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Charles Collras
1968 Mr Northern California Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner

Showing 15 of 55 recorded results. Showing all 55 recorded results.

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

Showing 15 of 18 recorded results. Showing all 18 recorded results.

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Ed Corney 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 6 meetings, Frank Zane finished ahead of Ed Corney 5 times to 1.

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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