Atlantic Ocean — United States

Manhattan - Sandy Hook

26.8 km
Distance
The Battery, Manhattan ↔ Sandy Hook, New Jersey
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 crossingAlfred Brown13:38
  2. First from countryAlfred Brown🇺🇸 United States13:38
  3. RecordAlfred BrownEquipment not declared · Solo · 13:38
  4. RecordSamuel RichardsEquipment not declared · Solo · 8:12
  5. RecordGeorge Meehan · Race · 7:18
  6. First womanNell Kenney9:35
  7. First from countryNell Kenney🇦🇺 Australia9:35
  8. RecordGertrude EderleSkin · Solo · 7:00
  9. RecordGertrude EderleEquipment not declared · Solo · 7:11
  10. RecordCharlotte SchoemmellEquipment not declared · Solo · 5:57
  11. RecordTammy Van WisseEquipment not declared · Solo · 5:06:48
  12. RecordTammy Van WisseWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 5:06
  13. RecordNancy Steadman-Martin · Race · 5:53:12
  14. RecordSebastian Neumayer · Race · 5:39:33
  15. RecordLance E. Ogren · Race · 5:10
  16. RecordElizabeth Anne FryEquipment not declared · Solo · 4:59:02
  17. RecordLance E. OgrenWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 4:01
  18. RecordLance E. OgrenEquipment not declared · Solo · 4:01:07
  19. First from countryGenevieve Mackwood🇨🇦 Canada6:32:07
  20. First from countryMeenakshi Pahuja🇮🇳 India
  21. First from countryLennart Larsson🇸🇪 Sweden5:13
  22. First from countryYuta Tsuboi🇯🇵 Japan5:21
  23. First from countryJames Boucher🇬🇧 United Kingdom5:33
  24. RecordThomas Schwartz · Race · 4:42:48
  25. First from countryRoger Arthur Finch🇿🇦 South Africa5:11:32
  26. First from countryMarkus Marty🇨🇭 Switzerland5:28:32
  27. First from countryMariel Hawley Dávilas🇲🇽 Mexico5:50:06
  28. RecordReade Otto-Moudry · Race · 4:40:01
  29. RecordLaura PicardoSkin · Solo · 5:48:48
  30. RecordMichael JohmannSkin · Solo · 5:44:51
  31. RecordKimberly A. PlewaSkin · Solo · 5:00:54
  32. RecordHannah BorgesonSkin · Solo · 4:59
  33. First from countrySara María Palacios Rodríguez🇪🇨 Ecuador5:04
  34. RecordJoe ZemaitisSkin · Solo · 4:39:31
  35. RecordNatali Fustillos MarinSkin · Solo · 4:33:44

Crossings per decade

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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: New York Open Water. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.