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One length is one lap. Webster's II New College Dictionary gives this definition in regard to Swimming Pools: "2.b. One complete length of a straight course, as in a swimming pool."
I think the confusion comes from a swimmer being "lapped", which is a different term and has a different definition. As a competitive swimmer in summer, high school, and college, we counted 1 length as 1 lap no matter how long the pool, and never talked about "lengths of the pool" at all. My lap counters always counted down from 20 for the 500 and from 64 for the mile (in 25m pools). In the Olympics the 50m is one lap. But, the definition of a lap is not linked to any particular measurement; when you turn around, you are swimming a new lap.
Perhaps we can do away with the confusion by just talking about yardage/meters instead which is how most competitive swimmers talk about how far they swam.
Some people think that 2 lengths of the pool is a lap -- that is from start to the end of the pool and back (seems to make sense, right?), however, according to the rules of the Olympic games, a lap is one length of a pool. This is how competitive high school and college swimmers count laps, as well. In track a lap is one complete distance of the length of track. It's the same in swimming; one length of the pool is one lap.
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How many laps in a 50m pool for a100m swim?
1 lap, down and back.
A girl swims 3 laps in a pool the 1st lap took 8 minutes the second lap took 8.4 minutes the 3rd lap took 7.3 minutes how long did it take her to swim all 3 laps?
3 laps: 1st lap= 8min 2nd= 8.4min 3rd= 7.3min Total time= (8+8.4+7.3) = 23.7min It took the girl 23.7min to swim 3 laps
Why are swimmers tall?
One reason is that tall swimmers swim a shorte distane on eah lap in a pool. A six inch difference in totalbreah with arms extended means a two foot advantage in a four lap race. Tall swimmers swim a shorter distance!
If you swim a 25 meter pool how many laps do you do to equal 12 mile?
There are 1,609.344 meters in a mile. When 1 length = 1 lap, you would need to complete 64.3 laps to swim a mile.
How do you swim laps?
well when u are in a pool u go down and that's pretty much a lap
How may laps do you need to swim to make .5 a mile?
Depends on the length of the lap pool in question.
How many swim laps 1300 meters?
52 laps in a 25-meter per lap 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
How many laps do swimmers usually swim in a swim meet?
It depends what event you do i a swim meet. Like 1oo free, 200 free, etc. But 100,25, 50 doesn't man 50 laps or whatever,it means yards or meters. See, each lap is a 25 yard or meter lap. So 100 is 4 laps. Thanks :)
Is two lengths equal to one lap in a pool?
Some people feel that a lap and a length are the same thing. They will use the terms interchangeably. Competitive swimmers do not often talk about lengths, but when they do they usually mean one complete length of the pool. As such, a lap generally refers to two lengths. For example in a 25 yard pool, a mile is ~35 laps, or ~70 lengths.Webster's II New College Dictionary uses the following definition for lap in regard to pools: "2.b. One complete length of a straight course, as in a swimming pool."
Could you tell me what's the difference between I like swimming and I like to swim?
Usually I like swimming means like lap swim or competetivly while i like to swim is usually just like fun with a friend playing around
Can a Bichon Poo swim?
All dogs can swim. But the bichon frise prefers to avoid water. They are more of the lap dog type.
