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Originally Posted by SwimTeamSpeedo
In the USA, many pools, especially older ones, are 75 feet (25 yards) or 150 feet (50 yards). 36 laps is the "accepted" amount of laps for a mile in a 75 foot pool. The actual required distance is 35.2 laps. A 25 meter pool is 82.02 feet. It requires 32.2 laps. The "accepted" distance is 32.
Hope this helps.
STS
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I know that the pool is 75 feet or 25 yards and that it is not meters. What I'm thinking is that someone made an error in the number of lengths for a pool of 25 meters rather than yards. Still off a bit, but that's probably what happened.
Thanks everyone for you replies.
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