Lake Titicaca — Bolivia · Peru

Copacabana - Temple of the Sun

14.5 km
Distance
Copacabana (BO) ↔ Templo del Sol, Isla del Sol (BO)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
12
Swimmers
10
Countries
3
Women
75%
Median time
5:54:48
Busiest month
March

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is March.

510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March12100%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July00%
August00%
September00%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

75%Women
  • Women9 · 75%
  • Men3 · 25%

Equipment and format

12Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo10 · 83%
  • Equipment not declared · Solo2 · 17%

Single and multiple

12Crossings
  • One-way11 · 92%
  • Two-way1 · 8%

Where swimmers come from

3Countries
  • 🇺🇸 United States8 · 67%
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia2 · 17%
  • 🇷🇺 Russia2 · 17%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

123<2020–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970+

Youngest: Dina Levacic🇭🇷, 29 · Oldest: Corey Lynn Jenkins Murphey🇺🇸, 35

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 6:34:14, median 5:54:48.

1234:305:306:307:308:309:3010:3011:30

The record over time

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

4:43:204:52:535:02:2520262027
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Mar 17, 2026Sarah Suzanne Thomas🇺🇸4:42:36−0:20:33
Mar 16, 2026Dina Levacic🇭🇷5:03:09—
Equipment not declared · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Mar 16, 2026Dina Levacic🇭🇷5:03:09—

Countries

  • 🇺🇸 United States8
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia2
  • 🇷🇺 Russia2
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇺🇸 United States864:42:36Sarah Roberts🇺🇸 · Mar 16, 2026
🇭🇷 Croatia225:03:09Dina Levacic🇭🇷 · Mar 16, 2026
🇷🇺 Russia216:07:15Yulia Ovodkova🇷🇺 · Mar 16, 2026

Where swimmers land

  • foot of the ruins of the 15th century Temple of the Sun6
  • Temple of the Sun4
  • sotto il Templo del Sol, Isla del Sol1

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: Rassegna stampa. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.