How Long Is A Regulation Competition Sized Swimming Pool?

What exactly is an 'Olympic sized pool'?

Nosotros have all heard the phrase, 'Olympic sized pool' but what regulations define that pool and why?

FINA

The Federation Internationale de la Natation – FINA for short – is the International Pond Federation who gear up the standards for competition pools throughout the globe. (Natation is a rather literary word for pond.)

Competition pools are either 25 or l metres in length and at least two.0 metres deep.

The pools used for competition are virtually ever indoor heated pools and in that location are likewise regulations regarding the level of lighting and the water temperature.

An Olympic sized pool must meet FINA'southward standards not only for a contest pool but besides the additional standards for the Olympic Games and for world title events.

The 50 meter pool.

The modern, Olympic sized pool was first used in 1924 at the Paris Games and is l meters in length and 25 meters wide.

An Olympic puddle will incorporate 2,500,000 litres of h2o.

The pool is divided into 8 lanes with an additional lane width, that is not used by a swimmer, at either side.

The water must exist kept between 25-28 °C and the level of lighting is likewise measured – that must exceed 1500 lux.

The puddle must be at least two meters in depth. At that place are regulations that govern the colour of the lane rope and the positioning of backstroke marker flags 5 metres from each cease wall.

Touchpads are also mounted on each end wall, which trigger split-2d time recorders.

The reason for all this, of grade, is and so that each tape broken or medal won is done in exactly the same conditions as previous years.

Olympic sized pools in the Great britain.

10 years agone there were very few 50 meter pools in Great britain. Very few universities had these large pools and local authorities were certainly reluctant to make such large investments.

The 2012 Olympics has revived interest in what are known equally 'long course' pools and there are several new pools either planned or under construction.

Building work on the London Aquatic Centre – which will be the venue for the swimming events at the 2012 Olympics began in 2008.

There are besides new 50 meter pools being built in Aberdeen, Birmingham and Bangor.

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