Lake Tahoe — United States

Camp Richardson - Incline Village

35.5 km
Distance
Camp Richardson beach, South Lake Tahoe (CA) ↔ Incline Village (NV)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
99
Swimmers
96
Countries
14
Women
56%
Median time
12:40:58
Busiest month
August

Crossings per year

Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.

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SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
202666010:02:5012:18:04
202544011:03:4811:50:44
20242322110:28:1712:17
20231716110:48:5113:17
20221010011:55:3412:44:20
2021111019:41:5512:31
202033010:51:3711:54:39
201997111:37:2813:17:50
201873410:55:1312:55:25
201710117:0217:02
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201510114:45:1614:45:16
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201210111:0911:09
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195511019:0619:06

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is August.

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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July4547%
August4952%
September11%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

56%Women
  • Women28 · 28%
  • Men22 · 22%
  • Relays or not stated49 · 49%

Equipment and format

99Crossings
  • Skin · Solo84 · 85%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo14 · 14%
  • Assisted · Solo1 · 1%

Starting side

99Crossings
  • From Camp Richardson beach, South Lake Tahoe (CA)92 · 93%
  • From Incline Village (NV)2 · 2%
  • Direction not declared5 · 5%

Single and multiple

99Crossings
  • One-way98 · 99%
  • Two-way1 · 1%

Where swimmers come from

14Countries
  • 🇺🇸 United States79 · 81%
  • 🇦🇺 Australia2 · 2%
  • 🇨🇴 Colombia2 · 2%
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2 · 2%
  • 🇲🇽 Mexico2 · 2%
  • 🇵🇱 Poland2 · 2%
  • 🇨🇦 Canada1 · 1%
  • 7 other countries7 · 7%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

12<2020–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970+

Youngest: Grant Heck, 31 · Oldest: Boguslaw Stanislaw Ogrodnik🇵🇱, 53

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 13:10:50, median 12:40:58.

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Times year by year

Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.

9:41:0614:1318:44:541960198020002020
Median timeBest

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

9:41:0614:1318:44:54196019701980199020002010
Skin · SoloWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
1987Dave Kenyon🇺🇸9:20−9:46
1955Fred Rogers🇺🇸19:06—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 3, 2012Cliff Crozier🇺🇸11:09−0:57
2004Laura Colette🇺🇸12:06—
Assisted · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 18, 2019Stephane Mouradian🇺🇸13:45:03—

Countries

  • 🇺🇸 United States79
  • 🇦🇺 Australia2
  • 🇨🇴 Colombia2
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2
  • 🇲🇽 Mexico2
  • 🇵🇱 Poland2
  • 🇨🇦 Canada1
  • 🇪🇬 Egypt1
  • 🇫🇷 France1
  • 🇭🇺 Hungary1
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland1
  • 🇮🇳 India1
  • 🇸🇰 Slovakia1
  • 🇹🇷 Türkiye1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇺🇸 United States79259:20Fred Rogers🇺🇸 · 1955
🇦🇺 Australia2014:19Ross Charles Youngman🇦🇺 · Aug 19, 2023
🇨🇴 Colombia2010:42:36Jorge Angel🇨🇴 · Aug 3, 2021
🇬🇧 United Kingdom2115:02:55Sally Minty-Gravett MBE🇬🇧 · Aug 1, 2019
🇲🇽 Mexico2112:58:05Cynthia Aguilar Valdes🇲🇽 · Aug 1, 2021
🇵🇱 Poland2014:12:59Boguslaw Stanislaw Ogrodnik🇵🇱 · Aug 18, 2018
🇨🇦 Canada1117:02Marilyn Korzekwa🇨🇦 · Aug 20, 2017
🇪🇬 Egypt1012:19:11Hassan Ghozlan🇪🇬 · Jul 26, 2026
🇫🇷 France1015:46:58Steve Steivenart🇫🇷 · Aug 22, 2022
🇭🇺 Hungary1013:05:27Attila Mányoki🇭🇺 · Aug 10, 2023
🇮🇪 Ireland1015:57:38Karen Sheehan🇮🇪 · Aug 16, 2025
🇮🇳 India1012:37:35Prabhat Raju Koli🇮🇳 · Jul 31, 2022
🇸🇰 Slovakia1015:33:28Dezider Pek🇸🇰 · Aug 12, 2024
🇹🇷 Türkiye1017:56:43R Vural Tandoğan🇹🇷 · Jul 29, 2022

Where swimmers land

  • Incline Village8
  • north3
  • Incline Village, Nevada2
  • Camp Richardson1
  • Hyatt Beach, Incline village1
  • INCLINE VILLAGE1
  • South1

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.

Source: Lake Tahoe Open Water Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.