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How much does a bowling ball weigh?
7.26 kg16 lbWhich one: heaviest legal ball
A bowling ball weighs about 7.26 kg (16 lb).
Sizes and weights of sports equipment are set by rulebooks, so these are some of the most exact numbers in the game. Where a rule allows a range, Tilt uses the middle of it. Source for this figure: USBC Equipment Specifications Manual.
How heavy is that?
- A bowling ball weighs about as much as 7.3 liters of water.
- A bowling ball weighs about as much as 120 eggs.
- A bowling ball weighs about as much as 7,300 paperclips.
- It takes about 8.5 bowling balls to balance a person.
- It takes about 830 bowling balls to balance an elephant.
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