Lake Geneva Chillon - Geneva — Switzerland · France
Length of Lake Geneva
- 63.5 km
- Distance
- Chillon Castle ↔ Bains des Pâquis, Geneva
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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- Crossings
- 89
- Swimmers
- 49
- Countries
- 10
- Women
- 66%
- Median time
- 28:36
- Busiest month
- August
Crossings per year
Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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| Year | Crossings | Skin | Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear | Best | Median time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24:33:03 | 26:34:07 |
| 2024 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 22:09:38 | 22:48:30 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 28:12:55 | 35:58 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 26:39:19 | 29:24:53 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19:53 | 33:23 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25:45:02 | 25:45:02 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 2017 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25:37:03 | 25:37:03 |
| 2016 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 28:36 | 32:46:33 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 32:52 | 32:52:14 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42:45 | 42:45 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1986 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22:42:30 | 22:42:30 |
When people swim it
The month with most crossings is August.
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| Month | Crossings | % |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0% |
| February | 0 | 0% |
| March | 0 | 0% |
| April | 0 | 0% |
| May | 0 | 0% |
| June | 2 | 3% |
| July | 20 | 26% |
| August | 33 | 43% |
| September | 21 | 28% |
| October | 0 | 0% |
| November | 0 | 0% |
| December | 0 | 0% |
Women and men
66%Women
- Women29 · 33%
- Men15 · 17%
- Relays or not stated45 · 51%
Equipment and format
89Crossings
- Skin · Relay34 · 38%
- Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo22 · 25%
- Skin · Solo20 · 22%
- Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay13 · 15%
Starting side
89Crossings
- From Chillon Castle65 · 73%
- From Bains des Pâquis, Geneva3 · 3%
- Direction not declared21 · 24%
Single and multiple
89Crossings
- One-way88 · 99%
- Two-way1 · 1%
Where swimmers come from
10Countries
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom22 · 42%
- 🇺🇸 United States11 · 21%
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland7 · 13%
- 🇦🇺 Australia4 · 8%
- 🇫🇷 France3 · 6%
- 🇮🇪 Ireland3 · 6%
- 🇩🇰 Denmark1 · 2%
- 1 other countries1 · 2%
Age at the crossing
Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.
Youngest: Noam Yaron🇨🇭, 24 · Oldest: Jennifer Dutton🇺🇸, 52
Time distribution
Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 29:16:37, median 28:36.
Times year by year
Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.
Median timeBest
The record over time
Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.
Skin · RelayWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · SoloSkin · SoloWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay
Skin · Relay
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2023 | Czech Masters Across Lac Léman! | 20:08:27 | −1:55:17 |
| Jul 12, 2018 | Viva Geneva | 22:03:44 | −0:00:51 |
| Jul 3, 2018 | Château to Gâteau | 22:04:35 | −1:23:55 |
| Sep 25, 2016 | ChaCha Team | 23:28:30 | −4:10:36 |
| Jul 26, 2016 | Geneva by 3 | 27:39:06 | −2:48:50 |
| Aug 11, 2015 | Water Worshippers | 30:27:56 | — |
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Alexandre Bosson🇨🇭 | 19:53 | −5:44:03 |
| Aug 6, 2017 | Helen Conway🇦🇺 | 25:37:03 | −2:58:57 |
| Aug 31, 2016 | Jaimie Marie Monahan🇺🇸 | 28:36 | −4:16 |
| Aug 2015 | Jaimie Marie Monahan🇺🇸 | 32:52 | — |
Skin · Solo
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2024 | Neil Gilson🇬🇧 | 22:09:38 | −0:32:52 |
| Aug 1986 | Alain Charmey🇨🇭 | 22:42:30 | — |
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Michael Jennings🇬🇧, Nichola Murch🇬🇧, Dr. Nick Murch, Dawn Palmer🇬🇧 | 22:04 | −6:08:56 |
| Aug 11, 2015 | Kate Mason🇦🇺, Julia Aston🇬🇧 | 28:12:56 | — |
Countries
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom22
- 🇺🇸 United States11
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland7
- 🇦🇺 Australia4
- 🇫🇷 France3
- 🇮🇪 Ireland3
- 🇩🇰 Denmark1
- 🇲🇽 Mexico1
Show the data as a table
| Country | Crossings | Women | Best | First from the country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 22 | 8 | 22:09 | Mark Sheridan🇬🇧 · Jul 2016 |
| 🇺🇸 United States | 11 | 11 | 24:33:03 | Jaimie Marie Monahan🇺🇸 · Aug 2015 |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 7 | 2 | 19:53 | Alain Charmey🇨🇭 · Aug 1986 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 4 | 4 | 25:37:03 | Kate Mason🇦🇺, Julia Aston🇬🇧 · Aug 11, 2015 |
| 🇫🇷 France | 3 | 0 | 26:39:19 | Loïs Aldebert🇫🇷 · Sep 12, 2022 |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 3 | 3 | 25:45:02 | Rachel Doyle🇮🇪 · Aug 2017 |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1 | 0 | 28:35:10 | Emily Stausboll🇩🇰 · Jul 22, 2025 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1 | 1 | 31:41:37 | Arleen Gonzalez Pérez🇲🇽 · Jun 12, 2024 |
Where swimmers land
- Bains des Pâquis57
- Chillon Castle4
- Bains des Pâquis in Geneva, Switzerland2
- Le Bain des Pacques2
- Bains de Pâquis1
- Bains des Pâquis in Geneva1
- Geneva1