OmniathlonOWS
Lake Michigan — United States

Chicago North - Chicago South

34.4 km
Distance
Chicago North ↔ Chicago South
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. Jul 2008
    First crossingChris Layton, David Blanke, Marcia Elaine Cleveland12:49
  2. Jul 2008
    First from countryChris Layton, David Blanke, Marcia Elaine Cleveland🇺🇸 United States12:49
  3. Jul 2008
    RecordChris Layton, David Blanke, Marcia Elaine ClevelandWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 12:49
  4. Aug 10, 2020
    RecordWill DichtelWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 12:27:50

Crossings per decade

1220002020

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.