I recall once reading something about the wake created from the swimmers in the middle of the pool moving towards the edges and causing a slight drag that may slow down the swimmers in the outside lanes, but I have no idea if that is remotely true or not.
I recall once reading something about the wake created from the swimmers in the middle of the pool moving towards the edges and causing a slight drag that may slow down the swimmers in the outside lanes, but I have no idea if that is remotely true or not.
You might be right on the physical effects of being on the outside. Just another thought, wouldn't every swimmer have some wake coming from the swimmer next to them? But maybe not as much as those on the outside?
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If I remember right, it's very similar to track events (getting placed on the inside). Your placement in particular lanes depends on your qualifying times. So often, the swimmers in the middle (and track guys in events longer than 200 meters) were the one's with the best qualifying times. That means the better swimmers are generally in the middle.
But yes, both physics and psychology play into it. Particularly the wake issue. With the wall so close, your wake immediately reverberates back into you, thus causing drag.
I recall once reading something about the wake created from the swimmers in the middle of the pool moving towards the edges and causing a slight drag that may slow down the swimmers in the outside lanes, but I have no idea if that is remotely true or not.
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If I remember right, it's very similar to track events (getting placed on the inside). Your placement in particular lanes depends on your qualifying times. So often, the swimmers in the middle (and track guys in events longer than 200 meters) were the one's with the best qualifying times. That means the better swimmers are generally in the middle.
But yes, both physics and psychology play into it. Particularly the wake issue. With the wall so close, your wake immediately reverberates back into you, thus causing drag.
whereyatbrah addressed the when I asked about during the Olympic Trials in June.
The seeding for lanes doesn't just happen this way for the Olympics.
It's done this way for competitive swimming in college, high school and age group swimmers all the down to 8 year olds.
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