Olympic Pools

What does it mean to be an 'Olympic sized' pool?

An Olympic Pool must be 25m wide with a depth of 2.0m (min) at all parts of the course and must be 50m in length - between touch panels if they are used.


The 25m width is to allow for 8 lanes to be 2.5m wide minimum with 2 spaces of 2.5m wide outside lane 1 and 8.

What is a touch panel?

A touch panel is used to measure the lap time and number of turns of a swimmer. It is effectively a switch fixed to the pool wall, whose signal is transmitted to an electronic circuit. A display board can be mounted at the bottom of a pool for the swimmer to continuously see their lap times.

Olympic Games 2012

Despite how you may feel about the logo (yuk) the games are happening in London in 2012. So as not to insult your good taste the original Olympic logo is used to link to the games' site below