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6 career wins

Mohamed Makkawy

GenderMale
Born1953
StatusRetired

Mohamed Makkawy is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1978–1999.

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 Mohamed Makkawy.

Mr. Olympia

5Appearances
0Titles
2Top 3

Arnold Classic

1Appearance
0Titles
0Top 3

All contests on record

31Contests
6Wins
8Top 3

Professional results

Every professional contest result on record for Mohamed Makkawy, 31 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 Mohamed Makkawy competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1999 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Paul Dillett
1998 Arnold Classic Division not recorded (Masters) #7 Vince Taylor
1998 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #17 Flex Wheeler
1997 Canada Pro Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Miloš Šarčev
1997 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Flex Wheeler
1997 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Chris Cormier
1985 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Lee Haney
1984 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Lee Haney
1983 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1983 Grand Prix Las Vegas Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Lee Haney
1983 Grand Prix Sweden Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1983 Grand Prix Switzerland Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1983 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Samir Bannout
1983 World Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1982 Grand Prix Belgium Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1982 Grand Prix Sweden Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1982 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Chris Dickerson
1982 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Albert Beckles
1982 World Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Albert Beckles
1981 Canada Pro Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #10 Boyer Coe
1981 Grand Prix Belgium Men's Open Bodybuilding #10 Boyer Coe
1981 Grand Prix Wales Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Boyer Coe
1980 Canada Pro Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 Chris Dickerson
1980 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Chris Dickerson
1980 Universe - Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Jusup Wilkosz
1980 World Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Jusup Wilkosz
1979 Canada Diamond Pro Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Roy Callendar
1979 Grand Prix Pennsylvania Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced –
1979 Grand Prix Vancouver Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Roy Callendar
1978 Mr. Olympia Men's Bodybuilding (Lightweight) #6 –
1978 Professional World Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Robby Robinson

Showing 15 of 31 professional results. Showing all 31 professional results.

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

1978 to 1999 shown · 31 professional results

Peak Year 1983 (4 wins)

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

1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1997
1998
1999
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1978
First Win
1982
Peak Year
1983
Last Contest
1999

Mohamed Makkawy at the Olympia, year by year

Mohamed Makkawy at the Mr. Olympia: no title, first appearance 1978. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
1978 6 Men's Open Bodybuilding (lightweight class)
1982 7 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1983 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1984 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1985 4 Men's Open Bodybuilding

Data updated

Physique benchmark

How Mohamed Makkawy 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.

26.7FFMI
27.9Normalised FFMI
213thOf 316 measured men

The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Brandon Hendrickson, at 27.7.

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 Mohamed Makkawy sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.

Amateur and other shows not counted above

8 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
1978 USA vs the World Men's Bodybuilding (Lightweight) #4
1977 Mr International Men's Bodybuilding (Lightweight) #1
1977 Universe Men's Bodybuilding (Lightweight) #2
1976 Universe Men's Bodybuilding (Lightweight) #1
1975 Mr International Division not recorded (Short) #1
1974 Universe Division not recorded (Short) #2
1972 Mediterranean Amateur Championships Division not recorded (Short) #1
1972 Universe Division not recorded (Short) #3

In 8 meetings, Mohamed Makkawy finished ahead of Lee Haney 5 times to 3.

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 31 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 31 professional results, Well-verified source Updated September 30, 2026 Accurate?

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