Sergio Oliva was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Cuba. Sergio Oliva has a verified height of 5'10" (178 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 225 lb (102 kg).
3x Mr. Olympia, 1967–1969
Sergio Oliva
Sergio Oliva was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Cuba with a competitive record spanning 1964–1985.
Across 32 recorded contest results, Sergio Oliva had 19 first-place finishes (a 59.4% win rate), including 3× Olympia titles.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 32 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.
Sergio Oliva, a bodybuilder from Cuba, stands 5'10" (178 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 225 lb (102 kg). He was born in Guanabacoa, Cuba on July 4, 1941 and died on November 12, 2012, aged 71.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 32
- Wins
- 19
- Win Rate
- 59.4%
- Career
- 1964–1985
- Height
- 5'10" (178 cm)
- Weight
- 225 lb (102 kg)
- Lifespan
- 1941-2012 (aged 71)
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- Cuba
- Olympia Titles
- 3
- Verified
- Sources
- 26
Every season on record
Peak Year 1966 (4 wins)
Measured against Sergio Oliva’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
- Pro Debut
- 1964
- First Win
- 1965
- Olympia Debut
- 1966
- Last Contest
- 1985
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 4 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1967 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1968 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1969 | 1 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1970 | 2 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1972 | 2 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1984 | 8 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1985 | 8 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
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 Sergio Oliva, amateur shows included.
Mr. Olympia
All contests on record
How Sergio Oliva 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.
The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Larry Scott, at 30.4, 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 Sergio Oliva sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
All results
Every contest result on record for Sergio Oliva, 32 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 Sergio Oliva competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Lee Haney |
| 1984 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Lee Haney |
| 1981 | Pro World Cup | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1980 | Pro World Cup | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1980 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1978 | Olympus | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1977 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1976 | Olympus | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1975 | Olympus | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1974 | Mr International | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1973 | Mr International | Other Divisions | Unplaced | Bob Birdsong |
| 1972 | Mr Galaxy | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1972 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1971 | Universe - Pro | Other Divisions | #2 | Bill Pearl |
| 1970 | Mr World | Other Divisions | #2 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1970 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1969 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1968 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1967 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1967 | Universe | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1966 | Junior Mr America | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1966 | Junior Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1966 | Mr America | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1966 | Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Bob Gajda |
| 1966 | Mr World | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1966 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Larry Scott |
| 1965 | Junior Mr America | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1965 | Junior Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Jerry Daniels |
| 1965 | Mr America | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1965 | Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Jerry Daniels |
| 1964 | Mr America | Other Divisions | #3 | Bill Seno |
| 1964 | Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Val Vasilieff |
Showing 15 of 32 recorded results.
Showing 15 of 19 recorded results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Sergio Oliva 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 4 meetings, Arnold Schwarzenegger finished ahead of Sergio Oliva 3 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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