Rainier Foothills Swim Team

Updated: November 13 2005

· Converting short course yards times to meter times

· These calculators will help you convert your times from yards to meters or meters to yards.

· If you want to convert your times manually, use these formulas.

· Meter time = (yard time in sec.) * 1.1

· Short course yards to long course meters:

· When the yards distance is the same as the meters distance,
meter time = (yard time in sec. * 1.1) + T
(where T = the difference in the number of turns between short course and long course)

50 yard event to 50 meter event: meter time = (yard time in sec. * 1.1) + 1
100 yard event to 100 meter event: meter time = (yard time in sec. * 1.1) + 2
200 yard event to 200 meter event: meter time = (yard time in sec. * 1.1) + 4
400 yard event to 400 meter event: meter time = (yard time in sec. * 1.1) + 8

· 500/1000 yd free to 400/800 meter free: meter time = (yd time in sec. *1.1 * .8) + T
(where T = the difference in the number of turns between short course and long course)

500 yard event to 400 meter event: meter time = (yard time in sec. * 1.1 * .8) + 12
1000 yard event to 800 meter event: meter time =(yard time in sec. * 1.1 * .8) + 24

· 1650 yard free to 1500 meter free: meter time = yard time + 30 seconds