you have to wait about a day or 2
you should wait 30 mins to an hour
You should wait a few hours after shocking pool and filtering. It may sting the eyes, especially for the little ones.
If it's the stuff that HTH makes, the Shock-N-Swim stuff, you can get in right after shocking your pool. I just did it today. It's specially formulated to allow you to be able to swim immediately after shocking with 47% available chlorine.
It used to be 24 hours, but now there is a pool shock on the market that lets you swim within 2 to 4 hours.
After shocking a pool, a person should wait at least 24 hours before going into the pool. This allows the chemicals from the shocking treatment to evaporate, therefore, making it safe for your skin.
In my opinion, there is no Safe Zone after shocking a pool! You must wait at least 24 hours. treatment technologies like Ultraviolet would aleviate the need to ever shock your pool again. Jon
Give it a day or two
Yes you can add shock solution to your swimming pool after or at the same time as a clarifyer. You should not swim in your pool for at 4 hours after shocking it.
If you can put water in it you can swim in it.
You can swim in it when the water is in it and chemicaly balanced.
If by a competitive swim team pool, you mean olympic size swimming pool, it is 50m Long and 25 m wide.