OmniathlonOWS
Mediterranean Sea — Syria

Jablah - Latakia

29.8 km
Distance
Jablah ↔ Latakia
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 crossingRosemary George12:30
  2. 1963
    First womanRosemary George12:30
  3. 1963
    First from countryRosemary George🇬🇧 United Kingdom12:30
  4. 1963
    RecordRosemary GeorgeSkin · Solo · 12:30
  5. 1969
    First manMarwan Saleh7:25
  6. 1969
    First from countryMarwan Saleh🇸🇾 Syria7:25
  7. 1969
    RecordMarwan Saleh · Race · 7:25
  8. 1970
    RecordMarwan Saleh · Race · 6:00:23
  9. 1976
    First from countryTina Bischoff🇺🇸 United States
  10. 2000
    First from countryVojislav Mijic🇷🇸 Serbia6:47

Crossings per decade

24196019702000

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.