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Ed Corney

GenderMale
Born1933
DiedJanuary 1, 2019, aged 85
StatusRetired

Ed Corney was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1974–1998.

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 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 Ed Corney.

Mr. Olympia

9Appearances
0Titles
2Top 3

Arnold Classic

1Appearance
0Titles
0Top 3

All contests on record

35Contests
2Wins
9Top 3

Professional results

Every professional contest result on record for Ed Corney, 35 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 Division not recorded (Masters) #10 Vince Taylor
1997 Olympia - Masters Division not recorded (Masters 60+) #2 Honore Cironte
1996 Olympia - Masters Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 Vince Taylor
1995 Olympia - Masters Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 Sonny Schmidt
1995 Olympia - Masters Division not recorded (Masters 60+) #1 Winner
1994 Olympia - Masters Men's Open Bodybuilding #10 Robby Robinson
1994 Olympia - Masters Division not recorded (Masters 60+) #1 Winner
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 Tony Pearson
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 Mr. Olympia Men's Bodybuilding (Lightweight) #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 Roy Callendar
1979 World Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Roy Callendar
1978 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Frank Zane
1978 Mr. Olympia Men's Bodybuilding (Lightweight) #4 –
1978 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Robby Robinson
1977 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Frank Zane
1977 Mr. Olympia Men's Bodybuilding (Lightweight) #2 –
1976 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Franco Columbu
1975 Mr. Olympia Men's Bodybuilding (Lightweight) #2 Franco Columbu
1975 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Arnold Schwarzenegger
1975 Universe - Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Boyer Coe
1975 World Pro Championships Men's Bodybuilding (Lightweight) #2 –
1974 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Arnold Schwarzenegger

Showing 15 of 35 professional results. Showing all 35 professional 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.

Every professional season

1974 to 1998 shown · 35 professional results
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1983
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1974
First Win
1994
Last Contest
1998

Ed Corney at the Olympia, year by year

Ed Corney at the Mr. Olympia: no title, first appearance 1974. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
1974 4 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1975 5 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1976 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1977 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1978 7 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1979 9 Men's Open Bodybuilding (lightweight class)
1980 11 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1981 13 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1983 14 Men's Open Bodybuilding

Data updated

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: 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 Ed Corney sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.

Amateur and other shows not counted above

20 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
1989 Superbowl of Bodybuilding Men's Open Bodybuilding #4
1974 Mr International Division not recorded (Short) #1
1974 Mr World Division not recorded (Short) #1
1973 Mr World Division not recorded (Medium) #1
1972 Mr America Division not recorded (Short) #1
1972 Mr International Division not recorded (Short) #1
1972 Universe Division not recorded (Medium) #1
1971 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1971 Mr America Division not recorded (Short) #1
1971 Mr California Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1971 Mr California Division not recorded (Most Muscular) #1
1971 Mr USA Division not recorded (Short) #1
1971 Universe Division not recorded (Medium) #3
1970 Iron Man Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1970 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #11
1970 Mr California Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced
1970 Mr California Division not recorded (Most Muscular) #2
1969 Mr Western America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1968 Mr California Men's Open Bodybuilding #5
1968 Mr Northern California Men's Open Bodybuilding #1

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.

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 35 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 35 professional results, Well-verified source Updated September 30, 2026 Accurate?

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