Swimming competitions are generally held in 50m pools. Many colleges or well equipped facilities have pools that are 50 meters.
A lap can be either 25 meters or 50 meters. In the Olympics and major National events they swim 'long course' events which means the pool is 50 meters in length. However, there are still short course swim meets like 'Fina' and the pool is only 25 meters.
In America there are also lots of yard pools both in 25 yard length (short course) and 50 yard length (long course) varieties
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∙ 2010-12-20 22:23:28A lap is not a standard unit of length and so the question cannot be answered. For example, a lap ina swimming pool will be quite different to one on a track field.A lap is not a standard unit of length and so the question cannot be answered. For example, a lap ina swimming pool will be quite different to one on a track field.A lap is not a standard unit of length and so the question cannot be answered. For example, a lap ina swimming pool will be quite different to one on a track field.A lap is not a standard unit of length and so the question cannot be answered. For example, a lap ina swimming pool will be quite different to one on a track field.
No. A lap is two lengths and two widths of a swimming pool. You have to go around the swimming pool to complete one lap.
A rectangular pool shape is longer than it is wide. A lap would be comprised of swimming the length of the pool.
When I was swimming competitively, a lap was down and back. A "length" was just once down the pool.
One lap of the pool is usually 25 meters or yards. An Olympic pool is 50 meters long.
The standard for a pool depends on the season of swimming. Long course season, which you see in the Olympics, takes place in a pool 50 meters in length. Short course season, which takes place in the winter, takes place in a 25 yard pool. Most neighborhood pools are 25 yards.
The answer depends on the length of a lap: a lap of a running track will be considerably larger than a lap of a swimming pool!
I have heard that it is once only across the length of the pool not up and back.
Swimming from one end to the other is considered to be one lap or length
No, that's a length. A lap is when you've swam to the other end and back.
A lap in an Olympic size pool is down and back, it's just farther than doing a lap in a 25 meter pool. A lap in an Olympic pool is 100 M whereas a lap in a regular pool is 50 M.
In a standard pool for competitive swimming, it would only be one lap. In an Olympic sized pool, it would be half of one lap.