Qs for swimmers & coaches?

Question

What makes one pool "faster " than another & whait s considered the ideal water temperature & are they related?

Answer 1

They were talking about this on CBC during the Olympics. I'm a swimmer but I really don't know the answer so I'll just summerize what CBC said.

1) Temperature: The temperature of the Beijing pool is about 25 degrees.

2) Depth: It's about 7 feet deep. It's just deep enough to where the waves dissipate and the turbulence dissipates down to the bottom.

3) Lane width: It's about 2 meters.

That's all I can remember from what was said on TV.

Below is a good link I just found which is probably more credible.

Hope I helped:)

Answer 2

Just the shape, the way the water flows and the temp should be like 50 or little lower I think.