Lake Ohrid — North Macedonia

Ohrid - Sveti Naum

23.2 km
Distance
Ohrid ↔ Sveti Naum
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
26
Swimmers
13
Countries
9
Women
5%
Median time
5:35:46
Busiest month
August

Crossings per year

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

12196019701980199020002010
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
20131005:09:545:09:54
20121005:19:305:19:30
20111005:35:135:35:13
20101005:37:395:37:39
20091005:25:375:25:37
20081006:14:516:14:51
2007100——
20061005:36:195:36:19
20051005:23:585:23:58
2004100——
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2002100——
2001100——
20001005:19:495:19:49
1999100——
1998100——
19972005:53:145:53:14
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19891108:328:32
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19591106:456:45

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is August.

0.51JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July00%
August1100%
September00%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

5%Women
  • Women1 · 4%
  • Men19 · 73%
  • Relays or not stated6 · 23%

Equipment and format

26Crossings
  • — · Race23 · 88%
  • Skin · Solo2 · 8%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo1 · 4%

Where swimmers come from

9Countries
  • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria11 · 42%
  • 🇪🇸 Spain3 · 12%
  • 🇫🇷 France3 · 12%
  • 🇲🇰 North Macedonia3 · 12%
  • 🇦🇷 Argentina2 · 8%
  • 🇭🇺 Hungary1 · 4%
  • 🇷🇺 Russia1 · 4%
  • 2 other countries2 · 8%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

0.51<2020–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970+

Youngest: Marko Pejcinovski🇲🇰, 12 · Oldest: Marko Pejcinovski🇲🇰, 12

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 5:54:25, median 5:35:46.

245:005:306:006:307:007:308:008:30

Times year by year

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

5:17:116:50:578:24:43196019701980199020002010
Median timeBest

The record over time

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

5:11:285:31:345:51:40200020052010
— · Race
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
2013Axel Reymond🇫🇷5:09:54−0:09:36
2012Petar Raychev Stoychev🇧🇬5:19:30−0:00:19
2000Igor Majcen🇸🇮5:19:49−0:33:25
Aug 23, 1997Anne Chagnaud🇫🇷5:53:14—
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
1959Niko Nestor🇲🇰6:45—

Countries

  • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria11
  • 🇪🇸 Spain3
  • 🇫🇷 France3
  • 🇲🇰 North Macedonia3
  • 🇦🇷 Argentina2
  • 🇭🇺 Hungary1
  • 🇷🇺 Russia1
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia1
  • 🇸🇰 Slovakia1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇧🇬 Bulgaria1105:19:30Petar Raychev Stoychev🇧🇬 · 2001
🇪🇸 Spain30—David Meca Medina🇪🇸 · 1996
🇫🇷 France315:09:54Anne Chagnaud🇫🇷 · Aug 23, 1997
🇲🇰 North Macedonia306:45Niko Nestor🇲🇰 · 1959
🇦🇷 Argentina20—Julio Fernandez🇦🇷 · 1994
🇭🇺 Hungary10—Zoltan Kade🇭🇺 · 1993
🇷🇺 Russia10—Aleksey Akatyev🇷🇺 · 1999
🇸🇮 Slovenia105:19:49Igor Majcen🇸🇮 · 2000
🇸🇰 Slovakia10—Pavel Ramdisek🇸🇰 · 1992

Where swimmers land

  • Ohrid harbor22
  • Ohrid2
  • Ohrid Harbor1
  • Ohrid-Grašnica1

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.