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

Crossings marked «documented» are historical: reconstructed from chronicles, newspapers, archives and race results, with no governing body to ratify them. In the rankings they stand with the ratified ones. Source New York Open Water.

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
    4:33:44 · Sep 23, 2023 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  2. 2
    Joe Zemaitis🇺🇸
    4:39:31 · Sep 8, 2022 · 2 in Skin · Solo
  3. 2
    4:39:31 · Sep 8, 2022 · 2 in Skin · Solo

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Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Natali Fustillos MarinSep 23, 20234:33:44
2Joe ZemaitisSep 8, 20224:39:31
2John Andrew ZemaitisSep 8, 20224:39:31
4Ross Charles YoungmanSep 17, 20244:58:11
5Hannah BorgesonOct 6, 20214:59
5Abigail A. FairmanOct 6, 20214:59
7Kimberly A. PlewaAug 26, 20195:00:54
8Jennifer BaumanAug 26, 20195:02:54
9Sara PalaciosSep 8, 20225:04:53
10Jason GlassSep 17, 20245:05:17
11Kari AndreasenSep 26, 20225:26:16
12Ross G SimmonsSep 23, 20235:27:54
13William HodgessSep 28, 20195:28:43
14Flavio PardoAug 20, 20215:40
14Lauren ByronAug 20, 20215:40
16Michael JohmannOct 6, 20185:44:51
17Laura PicardoAug 28, 20165:48:48
18James ChiudioniOct 6, 20185:50:32
19Phyllis HoOct 6, 20186:01:05
20Michelle GoodwinSep 17, 20246:03:08
21Kimberly A. PlewaAug 16, 20226:42:19
22Gertrude Ederle19257:00documented
23Lauren ByronJul 27, 20207:21
23Andrew WallaceJul 27, 20207:21

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.