1977 Bar Bend | World's Strongest Man

The uniforms, the grunts, the hair! 👀 Take a look back at the Bar Bend Event during the 1977 #WSM Competition.

Created in 1977, The World's Strongest Man™ has become the premier event in strength athletics. For over 30 years, the strongest men on the planet have come together in a series of unique and amazing tests of strength to determine The World's Strongest Man. The competition has travelled to stunning and varied locations such as Zambia, Iceland, Mauritius, Malaysia, Morocco, China and the USA.

For over three decades The World's Strongest Man has tested the limits of human strength, power, and endurance. The best strongmen on the planet and the most demanding challenges including Fingal's Fingers, Truck Pull, Dead Lift, Giant Farmers Walk, Plane Pull and the Atlas Stones have made the event a highlight in the TV calendar and the show a family favourite with a worldwide audience of over 220 million people.

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[Harry_Bahlzanya]

Franco is a fuckn legend dude had numbers that just shit on people who out weighed him by so much

[masterkabbalii]

Man.. I'm waiting for Lou turning green while bending those bars🤣🤣🤣

[Scorch]

It's interesting how many of these early World's Strongest Man competitors were either: 1) celebrities already, or 2) would become famous. Franco Columbu, Lou Ferrigno, and Olympian/pro wrestler Ken Patera were all at this event. These days, the World's Strongest Man competitors generally are not known outside of the sport and/or they do not transition into other lucrative areas when they retire from the sport, unlike the guys from the early days.

[saktimaankafan]

Love 💟 from india jharkhand jamshedpur jugsalai chaprahiya

[LJBenji]

Awesome to see names I've heard from current strongmen!

[tylerwinkle]

1:26 Lou Ferrigno looked like the Hulk in this!

[Dovahninja]

1:33 the lighting makes it look like Lou is turning green, the man was really meant to be the hulk.

[RDK-]

Would love to see this event to make a comeback

[ukhomegymdisciplinegym]

Franco is pound to pound strongest man in history

[TPainlawguy]

Much respect for Ken Patera, an incredibly strong man.

[jonskitch]

Franco has unbelievable power for his size! he is competing with very big guys.

[SpaceEag]

Did you see how quick Franco bent it? I mean, its steel rod and he bends it rubber.

[angelvalle]

Lou stepped off the sound strange and showed them boys what he had.

[kamuranDeliormanli]

1:03 He reminds me a Green monster who smahses everything.

[walkerenterprise]

The hulk bent metal... In other news water is wet.. haha 😂

[gageloder]

imagine being 5'6 and former 250 lbs, compressed down to 187 lbs bending that 5/8ths inch/2 foot long rebar like a piece of rubber. i'd give Lou Ferrigno a run for the money. while holdeing both ends of the rebar in one hand as i flex my type of pure strength

[fuzzyfuzz]

This is what can happen if you give it 110%.

[cesteres]

For over 40 years it should be in the description.

[nikobellic]

Franco just 2 inches off the Hulk hes the real winner

[JohnDoe-nhvx]

ITS COLUMBO, forward it to 1:29 and listen to the announcer, then again at 2:51