How big is an Olympic pool?

50 m long · 164 ft

Fifty meters of racing lanes.

Bowling lane 18.3 m

Olympic pool 50 m

Olympic pool next to bowling lane, drawn to scale.

Compared with things you know

An Olympic pool is about 9.1× the height of a giraffe Giraffe: 5.5 m
An Olympic pool is about 4.2× the length of a city bus City bus: 12 m
An Olympic pool is about 2.7× the length of a bowling lane Bowling lane: 18.3 m
An Olympic pool is about 2.1× the length of a tennis court Tennis court: 23.8 m

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