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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]
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
Additionally, it lists other long course facilities that do not quite come up to the full standard of 50 × 25 metres, 10 (middle 8 used) lanes. Olympic standard pools [ edit ]
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.
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.
Wezenberg Olympic Swimming Center, Antwerp, built in 1973 with a 50-meter pool and an 20 by 17 metres (66 ft × 56 ft) instruction pool. A second 50-meter pool, too narrow for competitions, was completed in 2015. Nemo 33, Brussels, 34.5 metres (113 ft) deep, the deepest indoor swimming pool from 2004 to 2014.