Fact 22: How long are Olympic swimming pool?

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Fact 22: How long are Olympic swimming pool?


The answer 50 metres and 2 centimetres.
There is an additional 1cm at each end.
The swimmer still travels 50 metres. The reason why they have an extra 1 cm at each end of the pool is because of the jumping in board (the launch pad were they jump in to the water) and the touch pad are 1 centimetre over the edge of water so they added 2cm to the pool.


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