OmniathlonOWS
Lake Michigan — United States

Chicago - St. Joseph

98.1 km
Distance
Chicago ↔ St. Joseph
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. 1963
    First crossingTed Erikson37:25
  2. 1963
    First from countryTed Erikson🇺🇸 United States37:25
  3. 1963
    RecordTed EriksonSkin · Solo · 37:25
  4. 1965
    First from countryAbilio Alvaro da Costa Couto🇧🇷 Brazil42:20
  5. 1965
    RecordAbilio Alvaro da Costa Couto · Race · 42:20

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.