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FR 3 SWIMMING POOLS FOR OLYMPIC GAMES AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Length: 50.0 metres between the Automatic Officiating Equipment touch panels, except for the World Swimming Championships (25m), which shall be 25.0 metres between the Automatic Officiating Equipment touch panels at the starting end and the wall or touch panels at the turning end.
FR 3.1 Dimensional Tolerances as in FR 2.2.1.
FR 3.2 Width: 25.0 metres for Olympic Games and World Championships.
FR 3.3 Depth: 2 metres (minimum); 3 metres recommended.
FR 3.4 Walls: as in FR 2.4.1.
FR 3.5 Pools for Olympic Games and World Championships must be equipped with flush walls at both ends.
FR 3.6 Number of lanes: 8 (eight), for World Championships and Olympic Games: 10 (ten).
FR 3.7 Lanes shall be 2.5 metres wide with 2 spaces 2.5 metres wide outside of lanes 1 – 8. There must be a lane rope separating these spaces from lanes 1 and 8 for Olympic Games and world championships. If 10 lanes, these must be marked from 0 to 9.
FR 3.8 Lane ropes: as in FR 2.6. The floats must have a diameter of 0.15 metres.
FR 3.9 Starting Platforms: as in FR 2.7.
Except the surface area shall be at least 0.5 metres wide X 0.6 metres in length and covered with non-slip material. False start control equipment must be installed.
FR 3.10 Numbering: as in FR 2.8.
FR 3.11 Backstroke turn indicators: as in FR 2.9. Flagged ropes must be 1.8 metres above the water surface. Flags must be fixed to the rope having the following dimensions: 0.20 metres on the rope forming a triangle measuring 0.40 metres on the sides. The distance between each flag must be 0.25 metres. The flags may carry any signage on the flags to be approved in advance by FINA
FR 3.12 False Start Rope: as in FR 2.10.
FR 3.13 Water temperature: as in FR 2.11.
FR 3.14 Lighting: Light intensity over the whole pool shall not be less than 1500 lux.
FR 3.15 Lane markings: as in FR 2.13. The distance between the centre points of each lane shall be 2.5 metres.
FR 3.16 If the swimming pool and the diving well are in the same area the minimum distance separating the pools shall be 5.0 metres.
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