LCM refers to Long Course Meet, as separated from Short Course.
July 19-22
Long Course
If you are referring to competition pools, then your answer is Long Course Meters. This course, used in the Olympics, FINA World Championships, and US Summer Nationals, is 50 meters long. If you are referring to longest swimming competition, it's definitely open water swimming. The longest race held in the Olympics is the 25K.
A short course pool is 25 yards/meters long. A long course pool is double that (50 yards)
There are so many swimming events. The question must be more specific. Which events? Long course pool or short course pool? World records or national records?
The National Motivational Times allows swimmers to gauge how well they are swimming compared to other swimmers of the same age group and sex throughout the country, and shows them at what level they are swimming. Times are listed for Long Course meters, Short Course meters, and short course yards. Times are from the USA Swimming Web Site.
The long course junior nationals were in tuscalosa, alabama. Not sure about short course that year
The Pacific Swimming Far Westerns Championships is held twice a year, once in the long course season, and once in the short course season.
There are two different sizes when it comes to competition swimming pools. There is a short course, and a long course pool. The dimensions for the short course pool is 25 meters by 25 meters. However, the width can change depending on the number of lanes that the pool has. A long course pool has dimensions of 50 meters by 25 meters.
SCY means "short course yards" in swimming terms. Thatmeans that the pool is 25 yards long, compared to 50 meters long (LCM) or 50 yards long (LCY). Hope that helps!
It depends on what season it is. In the winter you almost always swim in short course yards, and in the summer you almost always swim in long course meters. However, the Olympics are always swum in long course meters.