also, how fast should someone swim to swim 400 yards in good time to complete this goal under 8 minuts I heard that this is 16 lenghts in a 25 meter pool.
2007-02-23 04:14:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
16 lengths in a 25m pool is 400m, which is a little over 400 yards. Swimming 400 yards in 8 minutes is COOKIN.' If you could go 16 laps in under 12 minutes you'd be doing very well...
2007-02-23 04:22:49 · answer #1 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a swimmer and about 16 laps in a 25 meter pool is 400 yards. If I were to do 400 yards as hard as I could go it would take me about 3 minutes and 45 seconds so depending on how good you are at swimming you probably don't have to swim that fast.
2007-02-23 04:33:50 · answer #2 · answered by dillionfools 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when peeps say meter they mean the same as yards i know dont listen 2 the other dude ive swam since i wuz 3 i know k but a 400 is 16 laps
dude # 2 dont know what the hell hes talking about im 11 amd my 500 free is 6:56 under 12 mintutes aint good 4 a 400 free
2007-02-26 09:47:55 · answer #3 · answered by crittergirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is about 15 1/2 lengths. A meter is a little more than a yard.
2007-02-23 04:21:49 · answer #4 · answered by Nelson_DeVon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its probably closer to 15 laps then 16.. but its just a guess...
how fast you should swim it depends on what your doing the 400 for!
if ur on a swim team.. then 8 min. is slow
if ur just looking for a goal time to reach while ur just swimming laps at the local YMCA then 8 min. is ok!
2007-02-23 04:41:29 · answer #5 · answered by Jennifer L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is 16 lengths and yea getting it under 8 min sounds good to me.
2007-02-24 06:14:16 · answer #6 · answered by Shelby N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A meter is approximately 3.1 yards. In order to swim 400 yards in a 25 meter pool, you would have to stop somewhere in the middle of the pool. To avoid this problem, there are conversion formulas to approximate your time in meters to a time in yards and vice versa.
Converting short course yards times to meter times
Short course yards to short course meters:
Meter time = (yard time in sec.) * 1.1
Short course yards to long course meters:
When yard distance = meter distance, meter time = (yard time in sec. * 1.1) + T
( where T = the difference in the number of turns between short course and long course)
* 50 yard event to 50 meter event: meter time = (yard time in sec. * 1.1) +1
* 100 yard event to 100 meter event: meter time = (yard time in sec. * 1.1) + 2
* 200 yard event to 200 meter event: meter time = (yard time in sec. * 1.1) + 4
* 400 yard event to 400 meter event: meter time = (yard time in sec. *1.1) + 8
500/1000 yd free to 400/800 meter free: meter time = (yd time in sec. * 1.1 * .8 ) + T
( where T = the difference in the number of turns between short course and long course)
* 500 yard event to 400 meter event: meter time = (yard time in sec. * 1.1 * .8) + 12
* 1000 yard event to 800 meter event: meter time = (yard time in sec. *1.1 * .8) +24
2007-02-23 04:24:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋