olympic pool

Fifty-meter venue

An olympic pool is a swimming pool built to the specifications required for Olympic competition—50 meters long, 25 meters wide, and at least 2 meters deep.

The term serves as a standard unit of volume in casual measurement: The leak released enough oil to fill three olympic pools.

Also written Olympic pool or Olympic-sized pool.

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G