2007-06-14 04:01:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
In a 50 meter pool: 16.1 laps (1609.34 meters)
The FINA specifications for an Olympic swimming pool are as follows:
Length: 50 m
Width: 25 m
Number of lanes: 8
Lane width: 2.5 m
So based on FINA regulations, there ya go. If your pool is yards it will be slightly more but most standard Oly sized pools are meters.
In a 50 yard pool: 17.6 laps (1760 yards)
2007-06-14 04:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by Kristy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends.
The term "Olympic sized pool" gets abused by marketing people who don't understand the concept. Most pools that are said to be "Olympic pool" aren't.
That being said, according the FINA rules, the pools used in the Olympics are 50m. That's about a 11.5 inches short of 55 yards.
Sixteen (16) laps is 1 749+ yards. That's about 11 yards short of a mile.
2007-06-14 14:54:36 · answer #2 · answered by rt11guru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In an olympic sized pool (25yards) it takes 67 laps. Im a mile swimmer in competitive swimming. A mile swimming is
1650 yards. Hope this helped
2007-06-14 12:38:56 · answer #3 · answered by bluedolfinswimmer13 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
people dont swim the mile in the olympics it is in kilometers
2007-06-14 14:04:13 · answer #4 · answered by waterboy15625 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋