OmniathlonOWS
Lake Michigan — United States

Chicago - Michigan

63.3 km
Distance
Chicago ↔ Michigan
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. 1961
    First crossingTed Erikson36:37
  2. 1961
    First from countryTed Erikson🇺🇸 United States36:37
  3. 1961
    RecordTed EriksonSkin · Solo · 36:37
  4. 1971
    RecordJon EriksonSkin · Solo · 24:30
  5. Aug 23, 2009
    First from countryPaula Stephanson🇨🇦 Canada25:38
  6. Aug 23, 2009
    RecordPaula StephansonWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 25:38
  7. Aug 20, 2013
    RecordSwim Across Lake Michigan TeamWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 23:01

Crossings per decade

121960197020002010

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.