Lake Zurich — Switzerland

Rapperswil - Zurich

24.0 km
Distance
Rapperswil ↔ Zurich
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
70
Swimmers
60
Countries
15
Women
46%
Median time
9:55:25
Busiest month
August

Crossings per year

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

5101990199520002005201020152020
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
202410112:20:1712:20:17
202310113:1013:10
20222009:09:119:41:06
2021000——
2020000——
20196056:59:358:29:42
20185048:50:4010:51:23
20175058:11:099:39:56
201610076:318:30:51
20153039:20:4210:06:55
20143028:39:248:51:01
20133038:34:078:47:39
201210010:39:3510:39:35
20112028:10:508:10:50
20102029:48:0810:41:39
20092006:16:428:37:48
20083019:55:2510:09
200740410:48:1111:16:12
20061008:028:02
2005000——
200410010:18:0110:18:01
200310110:59:0610:59:06
200210110:55:5210:55:52
2001000——
20001018:56:458:56:45
1999000——
19981108:24:458:24:45
1997110——
1996000——
1995000——
1994000——
1993000——
1992000——
199111011:2411:24
1990000——
198910011:42:3811:42:38
198810012:09:5012:09:50
198710010:29:0510:29:05

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is August.

510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July212%
August1482%
September16%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

46%Women
  • Women30 · 43%
  • Men35 · 50%
  • Relays or not stated5 · 7%

Equipment and format

70Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo44 · 63%
  • — · Race22 · 31%
  • Skin · Solo3 · 4%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay1 · 1%

Starting side

70Crossings
  • From Rapperswil62 · 89%
  • From Zurich1 · 1%
  • Direction not declared7 · 10%

Single and multiple

70Crossings
  • One-way69 · 99%
  • Two-way1 · 1%

Where swimmers come from

15Countries
  • 🇩🇪 Germany15 · 23%
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom15 · 23%
  • 🇺🇸 United States10 · 15%
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland6 · 9%
  • 🇦🇺 Australia5 · 8%
  • 🇫🇷 France3 · 5%
  • 🇪🇬 Egypt2 · 3%
  • 8 other countries10 · 15%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

20<2020–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970+

Youngest: Meenakshi Pahuja🇮🇳, 30 · Oldest: Pat Gallant-Charette🇺🇸, 72

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 9:40:18, median 9:55:25.

55:306:307:308:309:3010:3011:3012:30

Times year by year

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

6:31:359:43:2112:55:071990200020102020
Median timeBest

The record over time

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

6:27:468:50:2111:12:56199019952000200520102015
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo— · RaceSkin · Solo
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
2016Till Mesmer🇨🇭6:31−1:39:50
2011Barbara Ann Held🇺🇸8:10:50−0:45:55
2000Dieter Loeliger🇦🇺8:56:45—
— · Race
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Jul 26, 2009Jacques Tuset🇫🇷6:16:42−1:45:18
Aug 6, 2006Tina Neill🇺🇸8:02−2:16:01
2004Ann Richardson🇬🇧10:18:01−0:11:04
1987Heinz Lorenz🇨🇭10:29:05—
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
1998Dieter Loeliger🇦🇺8:24:45−2:59:15
1991Chris Stockdale🇬🇧11:24—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
2016Rahel und Roger6:35—

Countries

  • 🇩🇪 Germany15
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom15
  • 🇺🇸 United States10
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland6
  • 🇦🇺 Australia5
  • 🇫🇷 France3
  • 🇪🇬 Egypt2
  • 🇪🇸 Spain2
  • 🇮🇳 India2
  • 🇨🇦 Canada1
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland1
  • 🇳🇿 New Zealand1
  • 🇵🇱 Poland1
  • 🇸🇪 Sweden1
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇩🇪 Germany15116:43Vasanti Niemz🇩🇪 · Aug 4, 2002
🇬🇧 United Kingdom1588:11:09Chris Stockdale🇬🇧 · 1991
🇺🇸 United States1046:49Tina Neill🇺🇸 · Aug 6, 2006
🇨🇭 Switzerland626:31Heinz Lorenz🇨🇭 · 1987
🇦🇺 Australia526:59Dieter Loeliger🇦🇺 · 1998
🇫🇷 France306:16:42Jacques Tuset🇫🇷 · Jul 26, 2009
🇪🇬 Egypt205:51Mostafa Said Zaki🇪🇬 · Aug 7, 2022
🇪🇸 Spain206:59Daniel Martinez Lobo🇪🇸 · Aug 7, 2016
🇮🇳 India218:30:51Meenakshi Pahuja🇮🇳 · Aug 5, 2007
🇨🇦 Canada108:47:39James Norton🇨🇦 · 2013
🇮🇪 Ireland1010:51:23David Merriman🇮🇪 · 2018
🇳🇿 New Zealand118:34:07Heather Osborne🇳🇿 · 2013
🇵🇱 Poland108:21:25Boguslaw Jan Wozniak🇵🇱 · 2017
🇸🇪 Sweden119:17:07Jürg Amman🇸🇪 · 2016
🇺🇦 Ukraine109:53Stutisheel Oleg Lebedev🇺🇦 · Aug 6, 2017

Where swimmers land

  • Zurich57
  • Zürich4
  • Rapperswil1
  • Zurich, Switzerland1

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.