32 meter pools

RE: 32 meter pools

evmo — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 11:10:49 GMT

Yes, it would be 33 1/3 YARDS, not meters. The main (older) pool at the Olympic Club in downtown SF has this configuration.

RE: 32 meter pools

Kevin in MD — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 10:59:27 GMT

33 1/3 YARD (100 feet) pools were a standard at one time and I bet with some dilligent searching I bet you can find the old american records for pools of that distance. Last one of that length I swam in was at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. Not sure when they quit keeping records for them. My neighborhood pool is 35 yards long. Why? That's how much room there was between the tree line and the hill when hey built it way back when, so that's how long it is. At Camp Lejeune in NC, the marines have a 50 YARD pool, very difficult to figure out what the intervals should be there.

RE: 32 meter pools

knelson — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 01:19:14 GMT

Perhaps to provide a 25 yard or 25 meter course and be able to provide an additional swimming area when a bulkhead is used. Several of the city pools in Seattle are approximately this length and that's what they do.

RE: 32 meter pools

thedocloc — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:48:36 GMT

out "city" pool open to the public is about this size. makes no sense to me either Why not build a 50 meter pool!?!?

RE: 32 meter pools

the17thman — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:55:02 GMT

The pools are 33 1/3 Meters and I've been told those pools were made to be configured for both swimming and water polo. But I could be wrong.