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Is 13,000 lasts as big as an Olympic Swimming Pool?

It's about fifteen times as big as an Olympic Swimming Pool
The size of an Olympic Swimming Pool is about 860 lasts.
(FINA regulation; (minimum capacity)
According to the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), a swimming pool for Olympic and world championship events must measure 50 m by 25 m with a depth of at least 2 m for a total volume of 860 lasts. A pool of this size was to be used in Olympic time trials in New Jersey in early 2008, but its component pieces were stolen from a warehouse, likely to be sold for scrap metal.
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