OmniathlonOWS
Atlantic Ocean — United States

Block Island - Narragansett

21.1 km
Distance
Block Island ↔ Narragansett
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Timeline

Computed from the recorded crossings: the first, the first by sex, the first from each country and every record broken.

  1. 1968
    First crossingGeorge Park
  2. 1968
    First from countryGeorge Park🇨🇦 Canada
  3. Aug 24, 1968
    First from countryAbdel-Latif Abou-Heif🇪🇬 Egypt8:11
  4. Aug 24, 1968
    First from countryHoracio Iglesias🇦🇷 Argentina8:11
  5. Aug 24, 1968
    First from countryAntonio Scamardella🇮🇹 Italy10:28
  6. Aug 24, 1968
    RecordAbdel-Latif Abou-Heif · Race · 8:11
  7. Aug 28, 1968
    First womanLinda McGill
  8. Aug 28, 1968
    First from countryLinda McGill🇦🇺 Australia
  9. 2005
    First from countryJim Bayles🇺🇸 United States5:04
  10. 2005
    RecordJim BaylesWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 5:04

Crossings per decade

2461960200020102020

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.