Olympic swimming pool
50 m (164 ft)
Length between the touch panels
A long-course competition pool, seen from above. 50 m long between the touch panels, 25 m wide.
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How big is that?
50 m is 1.8 times a blue whale and 46% of an NFL field.
Olympic swimming pool is the 10th largest of the 39 Classic objects, and the 43rd largest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Space Shuttle orbiter (Without the fuel tank) (Cosmic Scale), 37.2 m long and Falcon 9 (SpaceX) (Cosmic Scale), 70 m tall.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Olympic swimming pool in orange beside the Classic objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Olympic swimming pool |
|---|---|---|
| Christ the Redeemer (Statue only)The statue above Rio de Janeiro, not counting its 8 m pedestal. | 30 m tall | 60% of the size |
| Statue of Liberty (Statue only)The copper statue in New York Harbor, from the top of its base to the torch. | 46.05 m tall | 92% of the size |
| Olympic swimming pool | 50 m long | – |
| Leaning Tower of PisaThe bell tower that started tilting while it was being built, measured from the ground. | 56 m tall | 1.1× bigger |
| Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben)The clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London. | 96.3 m tall | 1.9× bigger |
In other units
| Centimetres | 5,000 |
|---|---|
| Metres | 50 |
| Feet | 164 |
| Yards | 54.68 |
How it's measured
Length between the touch panels. World Aquatics Competition Regulations, rule 15.1.1.1.
Sources
- resources.fina.org: World Aquatics Competition Regulations (Feb 2026), 15.1.1.1: the required distance of 50.000 metres between the two panels.
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Olympic swimming pool is one of the objects in Classic, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.