horizontal bars

Parallel gymnastic equipment

Horizontal bars is a gymnastics apparatus consisting of a single steel bar mounted horizontally between two uprights, used for swinging, releasing, and catching maneuvers.

The event itself is called horizontal bar (singular) or high bar: He won gold on the horizontal bar.

In the plural, horizontal bars may also refer to parallel bars or to the general category of bar-based gymnastic events.

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Opposites
apparatus orientation

horizontal barsparallel bars

Twin gymnastic rails

uneven bars · climbing rope

gymnastics apparatus type

horizontal barsfloor exercise

Apparatus-free gymnastics event

floor routine · vault · tumbling · pommel horse · balance beam

elevation and suspension

horizontal barsfloor exercise

Apparatus-free gymnastics event

floor routine · tumbling

Family

horizontal, horizontally, bars, barred, horizon, horizons

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G