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Mike Mentzer was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States. Mike Mentzer has a verified height of 5'8" (173 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 225 lb (102 kg).
8 career wins
Mike Mentzer
CountryUnited States
GenderMale
DivisionMen's Open Bodybuilding
Born1951
DiedJune 10, 2001, aged 49
Born inEphrata, Pennsylvania, United States
StatusRetired
Mike Mentzer was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1970–1980.
Across 20 recorded contest results, Mike Mentzer had 8 first-place finishes (a 40% win rate), including 1× Olympia title.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 20 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.
Mike Mentzer, a bodybuilder from the United States, stands 5'8" (173 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 225 lb (102 kg). He was born in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, United States on November 15, 1951 and died on June 10, 2001, aged 49.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 20
- Wins
- 8
- Win Rate
- 40%
- Career
- 1970–1980
- Height
- 5'8" (173 cm)
- Weight
- 225 lb (102 kg)
- Lifespan
- 1951-2001 (aged 49)
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- United States
- Olympia Titles
- 1
- Verified
- Sources
- 6
Every season on record
Peak Year 1978 (3 wins)
Measured against Mike Mentzer’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 1970
- Peak Year
- 1978
- Olympia Debut
- 1979
- Last Contest
- 1980
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1980 | 5 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
About
Michael John Mentzer was an American IFBB professional bodybuilder, businessman, and author. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mentzer started bodybuilding when he was eleven years old. He won several amateur bodybuilding competitions before turning professional in 1979, including the 1976 Mr. America title and the heavyweight division of the 1978 IFBB Mr. Universe.
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 Mike Mentzer, amateur shows included.
Mr. Olympia
2Appearances
1Titles
1Top 3
All contests on record
20Contests
8Wins
18Top 3
Physique benchmark
How Mike Mentzer 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.
32.1FFMI
32.5Normalised FFMI
99thOf 316 measured men
The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Lee Haney, at 32.1.
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: 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 Mike Mentzer sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
All results
Every contest result on record for Mike Mentzer, 20 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 Mike Mentzer competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1979 | Canada Pro Cup | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Chris Dickerson |
| 1979 | Florida Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1979 | Olympia | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1979 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Robby Robinson |
| 1979 | Pittsburgh Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Robby Robinson |
| 1978 | USA vs the World | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1978 | USA World Qualifier | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1978 | World Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1977 | North American Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1977 | Universe | Other Divisions | #2 | Kalman Szkalak |
| 1976 | Mr America | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1976 | Universe | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Robby Robinson |
| 1975 | Mr America | Other Divisions | #3 | Robby Robinson |
| 1975 | Mr East Coast | Other Divisions | #2 | Len Archambault |
| 1975 | Mr USA | Other Divisions | #2 | Roger Callard |
| 1971 | Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Ed Corney |
| 1971 | Teen Mr America | Other Divisions | #2 | R Scott Pace |
| 1971 | Teen Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | R Scott Pace |
| 1970 | Mr Pennsylvania | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
Showing 15 of 20 recorded results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Mike Mentzer 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.
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Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 6 meetings, Robby Robinson finished ahead of Mike Mentzer 4 times to 2.
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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