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The length of a pool is a measurement from one end to the other; not from one end to the other and back again! One length is is therefore once down.
When I was swimming competitively, a lap was down and back. A "length" was just once down the pool.
Yep! It's one way across the pool, but depending on the kind of pool your in it can still be a 50 or a 25
No, that's a length. A lap is when you've swam to the other end and back.
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Is a lap one length of a pool?
no a lap is down and back
How many laps in a 50m pool for a100m swim?
1 lap, down and back.
Is a lap in an olympic size swimming pool just one length of the pool?
An Olympic pool is 50 meters in length so 50 meters would be one length of the pool .
What equals a lap?
Many people have different views on this. Most refer to a lap as one length of the pool. Others say is it down AND back.
How many laps in a 25 yard pool equal 750 meters?
If you count a straight lap as a full lap, then 30. If you count a there-and-back lap as a full lap, then 15.
How many laps to swim 1.5 km in a 25 meter pool?
One lap is usually seen as there-and-back, so a lap is twice the length of the pool. So a lap in a 25 m pool is 50 m. 1.5 km is 1500 meters. 1500 / 50 = 30 It takes 30 laps in a 25 m pool to swim 1.5 km
How do you measure a lap in a pool?
A lap in a pool is measured by the long side of the pool. The longest length of the pool is often used for races by swimmers.
Do you have to go from one end to the other end of the pool for one lap?
From one side to the other is one lap 25 meters or yards depending on the pool
How many laps in a 25 meter pool to swim 1.5 km?
One lap is usually seen as there-and-back, so a lap is twice the length of the pool. So a lap in a 25 m pool is 50 m. 1.5 km is 1500 meters. 1500 / 50 = 30 It takes 30 laps in a 25 m pool to swim 1.5 km
Is a lap down and back?
yes in junior guards tests it isn't though a lap is typically 50 yd. ther and back
How many laps is 2.4 miles in a meter pool?
It's amazing how many people don't know the difference between a lap and a length.A length is down one way: 25 meters.A lap is down and back: 50 meters.1609.3 meters in a mile.1609.3/50=32.186 laps of a 25m pool makes a mile.2.4*32.186=77.25laps in 2.4 miles.The answer is 77.25 laps of a 25 meter pool.
What is a lap in a rectangular pool?
A rectangular pool shape is longer than it is wide. A lap would be comprised of swimming the length of the pool.
