OmniathlonOWS
Gulf of Gabès — Tunisia

Kerkennah Islands - Sfax

21.3 km
Distance
Kerkennah Islands ↔ Sfax
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. 1991
    First crossingNejib Belhedi7:24
  2. 1991
    First from countryNejib Belhedi🇹🇳 Tunisia7:24
  3. 1991
    RecordNejib BelhediSkin · Solo · 7:24
  4. 2009
    RecordIsmail DergaaWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 4:26
  5. Oct 7, 2009
    First from countryMiguel Horta Arrobas🇵🇹 Portugal4:41

Crossings per decade

12319902000

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.