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That does sound like a primarily distance-based thing, thanks :) Pool swimmers rarely exceed a few hundred meters. I think the longest individual race might b
by Kon-Peki 4y ago
That does sound like a primarily distance-based thing, thanks :)
Pool swimmers rarely exceed a few hundred meters. I think the longest individual race might be 1800 meters, and few swimmers compete at that. The negatives are going to completely dominate when you are only swimming those kind of distances.
- dredmorbius 4y agoFor regularly-scheduled events, 400m (500y) is considered a longer event, and is included in most meets, whilst 1500m / 1650 y (1.5 km / about a mile) are held infrequently, and often scheduled on a separate day from other events. There's also an 800m listed in the US records: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_records_in_swimming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_records_...> Time to run a heat is roughly 7 minutes for a 500y, and 15--25 minutes for a 1650y. Open-water swimming typically begins at about 500m / 500y (mini-triathlon) and goes up from there, with multi-mile events being fairly common. Ironman Triathlon swimming distance is 2.4 miles. Among longer events are the Catalina Channel (20 mi), for which the men's record is 7h15m. Or if that's not enough, there's the two-way, 40 miles, 16h42m record. <https://longswims.com/events/catalina-channel/ https://longswims.com/events/catalina-channel/> The English Channel is comparable in length at 21 miles, with 2,778 swims recorded to date: <https://www.channelswimmingassociation.com/ https://www.channelswimmingassociation.com/>