OmniathlonOWS
Lake Taupo — New Zealand

north - south

22.9 km
Distance
north ↔ south
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

These crossings are documented: reconstructed from chronicles, newspapers, archives and race results, with no governing body to ratify them. In the rankings they stand with the ratified ones.

Traditional knitted textile swimsuit, cap and goggles: no wetsuit and no tech suit; no contact with the boat and no drafting behind it.

Podium · Skin · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    John Coutts🇳🇿
    10:47 · Feb 25, 1978 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  2. 2
    Sheryl McLay🇳🇿
    11:58 · Feb 12, 1983 · 2 in Skin · Solo
  3. 3
    John Coutts🇳🇿
    12:55 · Feb 16, 1980 · 3 in Skin · Solo

4 of 4

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1John CouttsFeb 25, 197810:47
2Sheryl McLayFeb 12, 198311:58
3John CouttsFeb 16, 198012:55
4Belinda ShieldsMar 8, 198015:58

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.