What's the difference between women's racing swimsuit sizes and normal women's swimsuit sizes?

Question

I usually don't wear racing swimsuits, and I went to order one, but the had completly different sizes! What exactly do they go by?

Answer 1

im 15 years old, 5'7'' and 120lbs and wear a size 26 practice suit and 24 race suit.

size 1ish, or 26 european.

they should be tight!!!

Answer 2

OK.  Usually you are going to go down 1 pant size but this will feel snug.  Competitive suits will grow when wet.  They are sized as follows: 24 size 0 pant, 26 size 2 pant, 28 size 4 pant, 30 size 6 pant, 32 size 8 pant, 34 size 10 pant, 36 size 12 pant, 38 size 14 pant and 40 size 16 pant.  The majority of average sized women will wear a 28-32.  Roughly it is supposed to be chest size but not really.  In hs I wore a size 26 weighed 145 lbs and wore a size 4-6pant at 5'9.  In college I wore a 30 165lbs size 8-10 pant.  As a swim instructor I wore a 34 size 14 pant 185lbs.  Dolphin suits run smaller, shorter torso, nike is real skimpy in the rear and narrow in the chest.  Tyr runs more conservative

Answer 3

If by normal swimsuit, you mean bikini, then yes, they are different. What size you are depends on you measurements, mostly height, weight, and bust. Use this chart:

http://www.swimshop.com/norcal/text_2.as...

and figure out your size depending on what brand you are looking at buying.

Note that it should be tight, as the suit stretches in the water!