[sswezey]

What do you mean the level was perfectly flat vs elliptical? The surface of the pool? I'm confused

[djtango]

I had the memory that race pools were deeper in the middle but I think that may have changed especially as I haven't competed since 2008

Here is a source from 2012 which shows pool depths weren't always uniform but it seems more modern pools are

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/olympic-pools-whe...