The longest distance race in a pool is the 1500-meter freestyle event. This race is typically held in competitive swimming and consists of 30 laps in a standard Olympic-sized pool. It tests the endurance, pacing, and strategy of the swimmers as they compete for the fastest time over the extended distance. In some competitions, such as open water events, longer distances may be swum, but within a pool setting, the 1500 meters is the longest standard race.
The Marathon
# a relay race in which each contestant must cover a different distance # a swimming race in which a different stroke must be used for each length of the pool
In the pool. 1,500 metres for men and 800 metres for women (freestyle) 200 metres in all the other strokes (Back, breast and fly) 400 metres In the IM (Individual medley, 100m each of fly,back,breast and free in that order) Open water 10 kilometres ( the swimming equivalent of running a marathon )
The longest race is the 50 Km walk. The longest running race is the Marathon.
the way it is designed, it has to be able to cut through the air/
The MarathonThe longest running race is the marathon at 42.195KM (26miles 385yards)The longest foot race is the mens 50K walkThe longest race is the triathalon - 1500M swim + 40KM cycle + 10KM run
Tour de France, with a total distance of up to 3.500 kilometers/2.200 miles.
The longest distance swam in a swimming pool race is 1500metres 60 lengths in 25 metre pool or 30 in a 50 metre pool By Matthew Burton it is 10k if you are swimming in open water, which is, in fact, swam in the olympics. -Claire G.
The Coca-Cola 600 is currently the longest sanctioned Nascar race.
The longest annual endurance race is the Self-Transcendence 3,100-Miler. In this race the participants have 52 days to cover the distance. (That's an average of over 59 miles per day.)
The longest endurance race is the Sri Chinmoy 1300-Miler. In this race the participants have 51 days to cover the distance. (Thats an average of over 60 miles per day). long distance running or cross courntry
The longest distance which is swum competitively in a swimming pool is 1500m (60 lengths of a 25m swimming pool or 30 lengths of an Olympic-sized 50m swimming pool).However, athletes which train at a high level (the likes of Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Melissa Franklin and Ian Thorpe to name just a few) can easily get through 50,000 - 80,000m per week.In open water swimming, the longest distance swum is 25km (25,000m), but again the athletes training for these events will do many metres more in training - around 50,000 - 100,000 metres per week.