50 meters
Olympic pool's length
Fifty meters is a standard distance in competitive swimming, equal to one length of an Olympic-sized pool.
The 50-meter freestyle is the shortest and fastest Olympic swimming event: She won gold in the 50 meters.
Outside swimming, fifty meters describes any span of that length: The finish line was about 50 meters away.
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- raceCompetition of speed
- poolCollective fund or basin
- short courseAbbreviated educational program
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- race distancesmarathon, half marathon, mile, 100m, 200m
- Sprintingsprint, dash, sprinter, sprinters, Usain Bolt
- speed sportssprint, dash, drag racing, speed skating, downhill skiing