English Channel — United Kingdom

Dover - Folkestone

10.7 km
Distance
Dover ↔ Folkestone
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
4
Swimmers
4
Countries
3
Women
0%
Median time
2:22:30
Busiest month
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Crossings per year

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

0.511975198019851990
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
1994100——
1993000——
19921102:542:54
1991000——
1990000——
1989000——
1988000——
1987000——
1986000——
1985000——
1984000——
1983000——
1982110——
1981000——
1980000——
1979000——
1978000——
1977000——
1976000——
1975000——
1974000——
1973000——
19721101:511:51

Women and men

0%Women
  • Women0 · 0%
  • Men4 · 100%

Equipment and format

4Crossings
  • Skin · Solo3 · 75%
  • — · Race1 · 25%

Starting side

4Crossings
  • From Dover2 · 50%
  • Direction not declared2 · 50%

Single and multiple

4Crossings
  • One-way3 · 75%
  • Two-way1 · 25%

Where swimmers come from

3Countries
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2 · 50%
  • 🇦🇺 Australia1 · 25%
  • 🇩🇪 Germany1 · 25%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 2:22:30, median 2:22:30.

0.511:302:002:30

Countries

  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2
  • 🇦🇺 Australia1
  • 🇩🇪 Germany1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom201:51Kevin Murphy🇬🇧 · 1972
🇦🇺 Australia10—John Van Wisse🇦🇺 · 1994
🇩🇪 Germany10—Ulrich Haevecker🇩🇪 · 1982

Where swimmers land

  • Dover1
  • Folkestone1
  • Folkstone1

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.