Derwent River — Australia

New Norfolk Bridge - Tasman Bridge

25.6 km
Distance
New Norfolk Bridge ↔ Tasman Bridge, Hobart
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 crossingPark Beach SLSC7:43
  2. RecordPark Beach SLSCSkin · Relay · 7:43
  3. First manDes Renford10:54
  4. First from countryDes Renford🇦🇺 Australia10:54
  5. RecordDes RenfordSkin · Solo · 10:54
  6. First womanJenny Anderson9:44
  7. RecordDick CampionSkin · Solo · 9:19
  8. First from countryDaniel Scott Curtis🇺🇸 United States15:57
  9. RecordDaniel Scott CurtisWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 15:57
  10. RecordEmma RadfordSkin · Solo · 7:46:37
  11. RecordEmma RadfordWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 7:46
  12. RecordBrenda NormanSkin · Solo · 7:04
  13. RecordBrenda NormanWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 7:04
  14. First from countryVal Kalmikovs🇱🇻 Latvia7:58
  15. RecordJohn Van WisseSkin · Solo · 6:49
  16. RecordJohn Van WisseWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 6:49
  17. RecordJames Clothier · Race · 8:47
  18. RecordJoy Symons · Race · 7:42
  19. First from countryJoep Buijs🇳🇱 Netherlands8:25
  20. RecordBrianna Isabelle ThompsonSkin · Solo · 6:40
  21. RecordKatie Marx, Duncan HallWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 9:08:01
  22. First from countryMark Robson🇬🇧 United Kingdom10:31:17
  23. RecordAndrew Alan DonaldsonSkin · Solo · 5:35:21
  24. RecordAndrew Alan Donaldson · Race · 5:35:21
  25. First from countryVictor Martin Pineiro🇦🇷 Argentina8:10:33
  26. First from countryMichael Pranckl🇦🇹 Austria7:53
  27. First from countryJohn Charles Curley🇮🇪 Ireland8:52:56
  28. First from countryChen Wei Ng🇸🇬 Singapore7:02:45
  29. First from countryGraham Huband🇳🇿 New Zealand7:56:26
  30. First from countryAlessandra Rossi Cima🇧🇷 Brazil7:12:48
  31. First from countryMiu Tanaka🇯🇵 Japan8:15:20
  32. First from countryNathalie Luisa Pohl🇩🇪 Germany6:55:48
  33. First from countryDina Levacic🇭🇷 Croatia7:27:52
  34. First from countryRichards Zaacks🇮🇱 Israel8:35:24

Crossings per decade

100200197020102020

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.

Source: Derwent River Big Swim. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.