EN 914:2008
(Main)Gymnastic equipment - Parallel bars and combination asymmetric/parallel bars - Requirements and test methods including safety
General Information
- Abstract
This European Standard specifies functional requirements (see Clause 3) and specific safety requirements in addition to the general safety requirements in EN 913 (see Clause 4).
This European Standard is applicable to 2 types of parallel bars (see Table 1).
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Publication Date
- 04-Nov-2008
- Withdrawal Date
- 22-Sep-2026
- Technical Committee
- CEN/TC 136 - Sports, playground and other recreational equipment
- Drafting Committee
- CEN/TC 136/WG 22 - Gymnastic and playing field equipment
- Current Stage
- 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
- Start Date
- 20-May-2020
- Completion Date
- 23-Sep-2026
- Directive
- Harmonized Standard2001/95/EC - General product safetyOJ Ref: C, C 220 OJ Date: 11-Jul-2014
Not Harmonized92/59/EEC - General product safety
Relations
- Effective Date
- 22-Dec-2008
- Effective Date
- 27-May-2020
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
Frequently Asked Questions
EN 914:2008 is a standard published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Gymnastic equipment - Parallel bars and combination asymmetric/parallel bars - Requirements and test methods including safety". This standard covers: This European Standard specifies functional requirements (see Clause 3) and specific safety requirements in addition to the general safety requirements in EN 913 (see Clause 4). This European Standard is applicable to 2 types of parallel bars (see Table 1).
This European Standard specifies functional requirements (see Clause 3) and specific safety requirements in addition to the general safety requirements in EN 913 (see Clause 4). This European Standard is applicable to 2 types of parallel bars (see Table 1).
EN 914:2008 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 97.220.30 - Indoor sports equipment. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN 914:2008 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 914:1996, EN 914:2020, EN 913:2018+A1:2021. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 914:2008 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2001/95/EC, 92/59/EEC; Standardization Mandates: M/507. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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Standards Content (Sample)
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Gymnastic equipment - Parallel bars and combination asymmetric/parallel bars -
Requirements and test methods including safety
Turngeräte - Barren und kombinierte Stufenbarren/Barren - Anforderungen und
Prüfverfahren einschließlich Sicherheit
Matériel de gymnastique - Barres paralleles et barres paralleles et asymétriques
combinées - Exigences et méthodes d'essai y compris la sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 914:2008
ICS:
97.220.30 Oprema za dvoranske športe Indoor sports equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 914
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2008
ICS 97.220.30 Supersedes EN 914:1996
English Version
Gymnastic equipment - Parallel bars and combination
asymmetric/parallel bars - Requirements and test methods
including safety
Matériel de gymnastique - Barres parallèles et barres Turngeräte - Barren und kombinierte Stufenbarren/Barren -
parallèles/asymétriques combinées - Exigences et Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren einschließlich Sicherheit
méthodes d'essai y compris la sécurité
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 27 September 2008.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
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This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
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Contents Page
Foreword.3
1 Scope.4
2 Normative references.4
3 Requirements.4
3.1 Classification.4
3.2 Dimensions.4
4 Safety requirements.6
4.1 General requirements.6
4.2 Clear path between uprights .6
4.3 Entrapment.6
4.4 Stability.6
4.5 Vertical stiffness and residual deflection.6
4.6 Strength.7
4.7 Rigidity of framework .7
5 Test methods.7
5.1 General.7
5.2 Determination of the clear path between uprights.7
5.2.1 Principle.7
5.2.2 Apparatus.7
5.2.3 Procedure.7
5.2.4 Expression of results.7
5.3 Determination of stability and rigidity .8
5.3.1 Principle.8
5.3.2 Apparatus.8
5.3.3 Test temperature.8
5.3.4 Procedure.8
5.3.5 Expression of results.8
5.4 Determination of stiffness and residual deflection.8
5.4.1 Principle.8
5.4.2 Apparatus.9
5.4.3 Test temperature.9
5.4.4 Procedure.9
5.4.5 Expression of results.9
5.5 Determination of strength.9
5.5.1 Principle.9
5.5.2 Apparatus.9
5.5.3 Test temperature.9
5.5.4 Procedure.9
5.5.5 Expression of results.9
6 Instructions for use .10
7 Marking.10
Annex A (informative) Example of a cross section of equipment.11
Foreword
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