Pool Facts
Swimming Superstars
Strokes
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An Olympic size pool is this many meters.

What is 50 meters?

100

Who is the most decorated swimmer of all time?

Who is Michael Phelps?
100

How must you touch the wall in breaststroke and butterfly?

What is a 2 handed touch?

200
If a pool has 10 lanes, how are those lanes numbered?

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

200

What even did Michael Phelps receive his first Olympic gold for?

What is 400 IM?

200

How many kicks are you allowed to do in your underwater pullout?

2! 1 breaststroke kick and 1 dolphin kick.

300

What colour was the pool water at the Rio Olympics?

What is bright green?


There were some issues with pool chemicals at the 2016 Rio Olympics that causes the diving tank to be bright green!

300

Sarah Sjöström holds 6 World records, in which events?

50m freestyle LC
100m freestyle LC
50m butterfly LC
100m butterfly LC
200m freestyle SC
100m butterfly SC

300

This is the stroke that polar bears use to swim.

What is the doggy paddle? (Polar bear paddle??)

400

How many litres of water does the Kinsmen competition pool hold?

Between 2,500,000 and 3,217,600.02 litres



This is an estimation based on minimum measurements of Olympic sized pools.

400

How fast does a polar bear swim?

What is 10 km/h?


400

In a competition what must come out of the water before the 15 m mark?

What is your head?

500

This is the minimum depth for an Olympic or World Champion size pool.

What is 2m?

500

This is the fastest swimming mammal. 

What is a dolphin?

They can swim up to 60 km/h!

500

Give your best impression of the false start noise.

Best noise wins.

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