Swimming...

[meggspeggs 0]

How many laps in a mile? It's a standard sized pool in a gym.

[Tif 2.0 141]

If it's 25 yards, then it's approximately 65 laps. If it's a 50 yard pool, then 1/2 that.

[Pookeyism 1,143]

The dims for the pool should be posted somewhere - I bet the gym will even have a chart.

Good luck.

[Rootman 1,101]

As Tif said it depends on what the length of the pool is - and in what country. Being that most people on the board are from the USA then if it's a "standard" pool it's like she said 25 yards.

There is also an issue about what you consider a LAP - is it ONCE down the length of the pool or TWICE, that is DOWN AND BACK to make a circuit. Logically it ought to be down and back, but MOST people consider a LAP to be ONE LENGTH of a pool. So if you're choosing to interpret it as down and back then cut all the counts in half.

It also depends on what you mean by a mile. Statute mile (regular old mile length like what you drive in a car), nautical mile or "swimming mile".

A regular statute mile is 1760 yards long and in a 25 yard pool would make it 70.4 lengths. This is what I use.

A nautical mile isn't used in swimming much but some do, especially for long distance outdoor events. It is longer at 6076.1 feet or 2025.37 yards making it about 82 laps.

A SWIMMING mile is 1650 yards so it is 66 laps. i have no idea why in the heck this "mile" even exists. It is the closest length to a common race length I guess. It represents nothing but swimming.

So pick your poison, a lap is 1 length or 2 (down and back). A mile is statute at 70.4 lengths or 35.2 down and back laps, nautical at 82 lengths or 41 down and back laps or a swimming mile at 66 lengths or 33 down and back laps.

No wonder the USA is so screwed up

[Swimmer 199]

I swim in a 25 yard pool it's about 35 laps or 70 lengths. When I competed we did a 1650. So I count a mile every 35 laps.