Ivanko Chrome OMC Vintage Weight Plates

Name: Ivanko Chrome OMC Vintage Weight Plates
Brand: Ivanko
Rating: 4.83 (4 reviews)

The Ivanko Chrome OMC is a three-spoke, chrome-plated Olympic plate that became one of the best-known chrome weight sets on the West Coast during the 1980s. Its medium deep-dish profile runs across the entire weight range, including the smallest change plates, and the recessed lip makes loading, unloading, and carrying easier than a flat-faced plate. Rising production costs and the industry’s broader shift toward rubber-encased weights eventually ended the line, and Ivanko no longer lists OMC in its current Olympic-plate catalog – today it circulates mainly as a sought-after collector’s item, prized for its mirror chrome finish when well preserved. A very limited quantity of genuine “new old stock” pairs still surfaces directly from Ivanko’s own warehouse clearance from time to time, but otherwise the plates are found only on the secondary market, where chrome condition – and therefore price – varies widely from set to set.

Buying guide

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Era	1980s production; discontinued, no longer part of Ivanko's current Olympic-plate catalog
Bore	2" Olympic bore, ~50.2-50.8mm, consistent with Ivanko's Olympic-machined (OM-series) line design
Design	Three-spoke, chrome-plated Olympic plate; medium deep-dish profile extends to the smallest change plates
Material	Cast iron with chrome-plated finish
Availability	Discontinued -- occasional genuine "new old stock" pairs direct from Ivanko's warehouse clearance; otherwise secondary/collectors' market only, with condition varying widely by set
Manufacturer	Ivanko Barbell Company
Weight tolerance	Historically within -0%/+2% on Ivanko's Olympic-machined line; individual vintage sets may run outside this depending on wear
Available weights	Full Olympic range historically produced (small change plates through 100 lb); Ivanko's last old-stock pairs are OMC-2.5 and OMC-100

What is a Weight Plate?

What weight plates are

Weight plates load your barbell — but “plate” covers two very different tools. Bumper plates are rubber discs around a steel hub, all the same ~450mm diameter, built to be dropped from overhead without damaging your floor or bar; they’re the default for Olympic lifting and CrossFit. Iron/steel plates are denser and thinner per pound, cheaper, and quieter to load, but most aren’t made to be dropped — better for slow, controlled powerlifting-style work.

What actually matters

Bumper vs. iron. Buy bumpers if the bar might hit the floor; iron (or rubber-coated iron) for controlled lifts and compact loading.
Weight tolerance. How far a plate strays from its stated weight (±1% is tight, ±3% loose). It barely matters for general training but adds up if you chase a specific total — which is why serious lifters add small change / fractional plates.
Collar fit & bounce. The center hole should fit your bar’s sleeve snugly; rubber durometer (around 88 Shore A) controls how “dead” a dropped plate lands.
Coating & set composition. Virgin rubber holds up and smells less than recycled crumb rubber; plan a starting set (usually a pair each of 45/25/10/5 lb plus change plates) around the lifts you actually do.

Who it’s for

Every barbell gym needs plates. Most home lifters should start with a bumper set, then add iron, change, or specialty plates as a second purchase once they know what their training is missing.

How it compares

	Ivanko Chrome OMC Vintage Weight Plates	Savage Bumper Plates	York Vintage Bumper Plates	Olympic Size Fractional Weight Plates Pair of 1.25LB Plates
GymRadar rating	4.83/5	4.83/5	4.83/5	4.84/5
Price	$65.00	$94.00		$24.99
Era	1980s production; discontinued, no longer part of Ivanko's current Olympic-plate catalog
Bore	2" Olympic bore, ~50.2-50.8mm, consistent with Ivanko's Olympic-machined (OM-series) line design
Design	Three-spoke, chrome-plated Olympic plate; medium deep-dish profile extends to the smallest change plates
Material	Cast iron with chrome-plated finish	100% virgin rubber, low-odor; tiger-stripe color-through pattern with raised (not painted) lettering	Solid rubber bonded to a milled steel/iron hub	Sintered metal
Availability	Discontinued -- occasional genuine "new old stock" pairs direct from Ivanko's warehouse clearance; otherwise secondary/collectors' market only, with condition varying widely by set		Discontinued -- not sold new by York; only available on the used/collector market (eBay, Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace). York's current colored rubber bumper plate line is a differently manufactured current-production product, not this vintage SKU
Manufacturer	Ivanko Barbell Company
Weight tolerance	Historically within -0%/+2% on Ivanko's Olympic-machined line; individual vintage sets may run outside this depending on wear
Available weights	Full Olympic range historically produced (small change plates through 100 lb); Ivanko's last old-stock pairs are OMC-2.5 and OMC-100

4.8/5 · 4 GymRadar reviews

Reviews by source

Expert	4.83/5	4 reviews
Reddit	4.5/5	1 reviews

A well-regarded entry point into vintage chrome plate collecting: owners consistently praise the three-spoke design and mirror finish, and the medium deep-dish profile extends across the whole weight range down to the smallest change plates. The standout dimension is functionality – the deep-dish lip makes loading, unloading, and carrying easy even on the smallest plates. The weakest is build quality consistency: chrome finish varies noticeably by production run, and because production ended decades ago, condition on any given secondhand set ranges from showroom mirror finish to surface rust depending on how it was stored.

+Functionality: medium deep-dish lip design extends to the smallest change plates, easing loading and carrying (GymRadar)
+Build quality: three-spoke chrome design with a sought-after mirror finish when well preserved (GymRadar, r/homegym)
+Versatility: doubles as a display/collector's piece as well as training iron, per owner accounts of rare full sets (GymRadar)
+Value: used sets have traded around $1.38-$1.50/lb in good condition on the secondary market (r/homegym)

−Build quality: chrome quality varies noticeably by production run, so finish is not uniform across sets (Massenomics)
−Durability: chrome that has rusted or degraded is difficult to restore to original condition (r/homegym)
−Availability: production ceased decades ago amid the shift to rubber-encased weights, so new supply only exists on the secondary market (GymRadar)
−Value: the 4.83/5 GymRadar rating is based on only 4 owner reviews, a thin sample for confidence at scale

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