How much does an olympic barbell (bar only) weigh?
Olympic barbell (bar only) weighs about 20 kg (44 lb).
🛞 That's about the weight of 2 car tires — or 3 bowling balls 🎳, or 16 laptops 💻.
At 20 kg, it ranks #26 of 26 in Sports (lightest to heaviest) — heavier than Curling stone (19 kg).
This is one of the catalog's biggest surprises — and since it's a standardized product, the number above is exact, not an average.
The empty bar alone is 20 kg — before a single plate goes on.
Category: Sports
| Grams | 20,000 g |
|---|---|
| Kilograms | 20 kg |
| Ounces | 705.5 oz |
| Pounds | 44.09 lb |
Source: IWF men's competition bar: exactly 20 kg without plates.