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just_a_teen: 10 months ago | Last edited at 7:36PM on 7/28/2012

How deep is the Olympic swimming pool?

not an Olympic sized, but the one in the 2012 London Olympics:)

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mrsharrystyles: 10 months ago

About 10 feet wide and about 6 feet deep

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williwalt: 10 months ago

that's a small swimming pool

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Mojobodnik: 10 months ago

No! probably 12-15'. Especially if they're going off of the diving platform! The pool for the swimming could be 10' ?? But I'm going to look it up on the Olympic.org website or Wiki

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alyvia1221: 10 months ago

probably like 5ft

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Partypop: 10 months ago

No not 5 ft cause they were all treading water before they started

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McLovin_512: 10 months ago via iPhone

6 foot

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RexViatores: 10 months ago

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_measurements_and_dimensions_of_an_Olympic_pool

Here you go

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EricAnthony0317: 10 months ago

what makes people think an olympic size pool is 6 ft deep?! 30 something feet

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nachoman41: 10 months ago

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Partypop: 10 months ago

yeah i know it's pretty deep

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nachoman41: 9 months ago

I did that cause of how ridiculous that answer was!

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Partypop: 9 months ago

heh yup it's probably like 7-8 ft deep

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Stags: 10 months ago

6.5 feet deep by 108 x32

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omgsheratchet: 10 months ago

has to be at least 10 feet bc thet dive in

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Trustalyssa: 10 months ago

Okay , most of the Olympic contestants are around 6 feet ? So I would say 10 feet deep . And Whoever said 10 feet wide ? What the hell ? Lolol . Its around 20 feet long and 20 feet wide , obviously so they can swim far. it's A CONTEST ! [;

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sobenna: 10 months ago | Last edited at 4:47PM on 7/29/2012

6 feet

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RyanKane: 10 months ago

Length: 50 m (164 ft)
Width: 25 m (82 ft)
Number of lanes: 10
Lane width: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Depth: minimum 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in.)

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WedgeMartin2: 10 months ago

I was gonna say.. wouldn't it be in metric units? :)

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Komoni: 10 months ago

6

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jennywong123: 10 months ago

10 ft or deeper

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mattbean90: 10 months ago

maybe 6 fleets

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brandonstanley281: 10 months ago

5 fleets

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mcdermottchristine74: 10 months ago

6.6

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XLink93: 10 months ago

maybe 6feet

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nanapen: 10 months ago

9.8 or 11.8 feet

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WallyChoi: 10 months ago

5ft

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MichaelGarrett: 10 months ago

its 50m long and 25m wide and about 10.5 feet deep to you morons who think it is less than 6 feet deep remember that the 6 foot plus swimmers are diving in to the pool if it were 6 feet deep it would be the special olympics because all the swimmers would be paraplegic!!!

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huskergirl78: 10 months ago

Amen to that

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DogearreBoards: 9 months ago

No, you mean the Paralympics, for people with physical limitations. Special Olympics is for people who have mental retardation.

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awesomejt: 9 months ago

Actually professional swimmers know how to properly dive into a shallow pool. It also depends on the type of dive -- most of the racing events use shallow entry dives. Olympic pools can vary in depth as long as they are at least 2 meters deep (approx. 6 feet, 7 inches)

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erzug: 9 months ago

There is another pool for the diving events that is probably around 15 feet deep - don't forget the 10 meter platform diving. Actually Ryan Lochte used the diving pool to warm down after his 200 meter backstroke final.

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imanisswag: 10 months ago

like 10ft

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fallingage20: 10 months ago

About 6.3 ft

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threewisemen: 10 months ago

6'.7"...164' long..82' wide............ the diving pool is different

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imgay: 10 months ago

12

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WedgeMartin2: 10 months ago

Soooo deep...

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HunterMartin: 10 months ago

20

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DogearreBoards: 9 months ago

The diving pool IS different. Much deeper, I'm thinking upwards of 20 feet...

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Wickedpumpkin: 9 months ago

Ok are you people serious??? READ the specs on the London Olympic Aquatic Center.... the pool floor is able to be moved up or down deepening or shallowing the pool depending on the event. 6ft is the min. that a property can claim they have an "Olympic" size pool

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erzug: 9 months ago

This summer's Olympic swimming events will take place at the newly built London Aquatics Center, which houses a specially designed "fast pool." The pool's gutters, lane markers and proportions are all engineered to minimize water turbulence. The pool's depth is adjustable and for the Olympics, it'll be set to 3 meters (about 10 feet), which is enough to dissipate the downward waves created by swimmers' kicks before the waves hit the pool's bottom.

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