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The length of 50 metres (164 ft) must be between the touch pads at the end of each lane, if they are used. [3] If starting blocks are used, then there must be a minimum depth of 1.35 metres (4.4 ft) from between 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) from the end of the pool to at least 6 metres (19 ft 8 in) from the end of the pool.
Long-distance swims, however, may take place in pools, such as the 1st official 24 hours World Championship in 1976 won by Peppo Biscarini with a record of 83.7 km (24 hour swims in a 50 m-long pool) or the current 25 meter pool world record of 2008 Olympic gold medalist Maarten van der Weijden. [1]
Second 50 m pool was added for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. 50 m 15 m (6) Leeds: John Charles Centre for Sport: 50 m 25 m (10) 2007 Formerly South Leeds Stadium. London: London Aquatics Centre: 50 m 25 m (10) 2011 Venue for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Includes 25 x 25 m diving pool adjacent to main competition pool. 50 m 20 m (8) Plymouth
The term is also often included in meet names when conducted in a short course pool. "Short course" is the second type of pool configuration currently recognized by World Aquatics and other swimming bodies for pool competition; the other/primary pool length being "long course", where the pool is 50 meters in
The prevailing opinion among the athletes, though, seems to be that this entire conversation about a “slow” pool is a bit silly. “I mean, the pool's 50 meters, and it's 10 lanes,” Canada ...
Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools. World Aquatics recognizes world records in the following events for both men and women, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] except for the mixed relays, where teams consist of two men and two women, in any order.
The 1,500-meter freestyle is the most grueling event in swimming, 30 muscle-burning, lung-busting laps of a 50-meter pool that tests an athlete’s physical stamina and mental toughness.
West Wood Club, Clontarf, Dublin – 50 metres, 6 lanes, [4] members only pool opened in 2000 (the first modern indoor 50 metre pool in Ireland) References