IJsselmeer — Netherlands

Medemblik - Stavoren

16.5 km
Distance
Medemblik ↔ Stavoren
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
7
Swimmers
7
Countries
3
Women
20%
Median time
5:46:16
Busiest month
August

Crossings per year

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

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SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
20231018:258:25
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20101005:46:165:46:16
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When people swim it

The month with most crossings is August.

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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
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April00%
May00%
June00%
July00%
August1100%
September00%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

20%Women
  • Women1 · 14%
  • Men4 · 57%
  • Relays or not stated2 · 29%

Equipment and format

7Crossings
  • — · Race4 · 57%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo2 · 29%
  • Skin · Solo1 · 14%

Starting side

7Crossings
  • From Medemblik1 · 14%
  • From Stavoren6 · 86%

Where swimmers come from

3Countries
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands5 · 71%
  • 🇫🇷 France1 · 14%
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1 · 14%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

0.51<2020–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970+

Youngest: Harry Sutherland🇬🇧, 65 · Oldest: Harry Sutherland🇬🇧, 65

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 5:58:30, median 5:46:16.

0.514:004:305:005:306:006:307:007:308:00

Times year by year

Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.

4:28:556:22:338:16:1120002005201020152020
Median timeBest

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

4:20:344:26:364:32:3819961998200020022004
— · Race
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
2004Maarten van der Weijden🇳🇱4:20:06−0:13
1996Etta van der Weijden🇳🇱4:33:06—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
2009Paul Oudendijk🇳🇱6:48:03—

Countries

  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands5
  • 🇫🇷 France1
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇳🇱 Netherlands514:20:06Jan van Scheijndel🇳🇱 · 1969
🇫🇷 France105:46:16Jacques Tuset🇫🇷 · 2010
🇬🇧 United Kingdom108:25Harry Sutherland🇬🇧 · Aug 2023

Where swimmers land

  • Medemblik6
  • Stavoren1

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.