Lake Ohrid — North Macedonia

Length of Lake Ohrid

29.8 km
Distance
Sveti Naum ↔ Struga
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. First crossingNiko Nestor11:28
  2. First from countryNiko Nestor🇲🇰 North Macedonia11:28
  3. RecordNiko NestorSkin · Solo · 11:28
  4. First from countryNabil ElShazly🇪🇬 Egypt
  5. First womanRose Rice6:34:42
  6. First from countryRose Rice🇺🇸 United States6:34:42
  7. RecordRose Rice · Race · 6:34:42
  8. First from countryPetar Raychev Stoychev🇧🇬 Bulgaria5:52
  9. RecordPetar Raychev Stoychev · Race · 5:52
  10. First from countryKarla Sitic🇭🇷 Croatia
  11. First from countryRicardo Ratto🇧🇷 Brazil
  12. First from countryMartina Grimaldi🇮🇹 Italy
  13. First from countryAxel Reymond🇫🇷 France
  14. First from countryPilar Geijo🇦🇷 Argentina
  15. RecordEvgenij Pop Acev · Race · 5:15:15

Crossings per decade

5101950196019701990200020102020

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.