Tom of Iowa2 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 (edited) Settle a bet for me? How long have the 7ft olympic style bars,with 51 to 53 inches from inside collar to inside collar,with 2 inch loading areas (at the end)been around? I think i read they've pretty much been in use from the mid thirties and on? My friend says they came out with these style of bars in the 50's?? Any of you guys know or have a good idea? Thanks Edited September 9, 2003 by Tom of Iowa2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 At least 70 years. Steinborn introduced them from Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Joe correct me if I am wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom of Iowa2 Posted September 9, 2003 Author Share Posted September 9, 2003 Thanks! That would be approx. 'mid 1930's'....so i guess I'm pretty close.If anyone has a 'link' to info on the development/history of this early lifting bar i would appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 According to Gottfried Schodl in THE LOST PAST, A Story of the International Weightlifting Federation, a man named Veltum by 1910 had 'submitted the drafts and detailed sketches of a new construction for the first time envisaging a revolving bar with bearings.' It was ready by January 1911 and Karl Swoboda managed 185.6 kilos in the clean and jerk. I do not know the dimensions of that bar, but by 1924 at the Paris Congress a distance of 1.25m between the discs was established. Steinborn brought to America a Berg Hantel (Hantel means barbell) and it is said the York people 'borrowed' its dimensions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 The first York Olympic revolving barbell was in 1927. The first such bell made for the public was 1929, the second set was made in 1930, and by 1938 more than 1,000 sets had been made. By December 1939 the cost was still only $60 (sixty dollars). 1934 a 250 lb set was $45, a 300 lb set was $52.50, and a 360 lb set, $75. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom of Iowa2 Posted September 10, 2003 Author Share Posted September 10, 2003 Thank you.AMAZING amount of information. I really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 (edited) Joe, great info except for one minor detail. Swoboda did a continental & jerk not a clean & jerk, with that 185.6 kg (409 lb ). It was on November 4, 1911 in Vienna, at age 29, 5'10, 325, for you trivia buffs. My source: David Willoughby in the "Super Athletes". Great book. Got a couple extra for sale if anyone wants one. Edited September 19, 2003 by oldtimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 OMG... 5'10" and 325#... Needless to say, a strong gust of wind won't be blowing him down anytime soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Oltimer, Just now re-read this thread- thanks for the correction- something I knew but somehow slipped by anyway, as things are seeming to do more and more these days. Anyway, I appreciate your kind correction indicating it was a minor matter, but it was not minor- huge difference between clean and cont. as you well know. That's what I like about posting here, working together we can get these matters straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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