OmniathlonOWS
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
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Crossings
146
Swimmers
104
Countries
11
Women
47%
Median time
5:48:10
Busiest month
August

Crossings per year

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

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SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearEquipment not declaredOther
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearEquipment not declaredBestMedian time
202443104:585:01:44
202322004:33:445:00:49
202265104:39:315:04:27
202144004:595:19:30
202032107:217:21
201933005:00:545:02:54
201833005:44:515:50:32
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201611005:48:485:48:48
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2014160404:51:286:02:03
2013160004:40:015:33:37
2012160044:38:385:17:25
2011270544:016:02:26
2010120205:105:30:15
200930006:146:18
200810015:205:20
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When people swim it

The month with most crossings is August.

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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June43%
July118%
August5844%
September1511%
October4534%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

47%Women
  • Women62 · 42%
  • Men70 · 48%
  • Relays or not stated14 · 10%

Equipment and format

146Crossings
  • — · Race82 · 56%
  • Skin · Solo24 · 16%
  • Equipment not declared · Solo20 · 14%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo20 · 14%

Starting side

146Crossings
  • From The Battery, Manhattan115 · 79%
  • From Sandy Hook, New Jersey31 · 21%

Single and multiple

146Crossings
  • One-way144 · 99%
  • Two-way2 · 1%

Where swimmers come from

11Countries
  • 🇺🇸 United States118 · 83%
  • 🇦🇺 Australia9 · 6%
  • 🇨🇦 Canada3 · 2%
  • 🇪🇨 Ecuador3 · 2%
  • 🇲🇽 Mexico3 · 2%
  • 🇮🇳 India2 · 1%
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland1 · 1%
  • 4 other countries4 · 3%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

20<2020–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970+

Youngest: Bernice Zittenfeld🇺🇸, 14 · Oldest: Ellery McGowan🇦🇺, 65

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 6:06:42, median 5:48:10.

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Times year by year

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

4:18:328:04:3011:50:28192019401960198020002020
Median timeBest

The record over time

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

4:21:468:49:3013:17:14192019401960198020002020
— · RaceSkin · SoloEquipment not declared · SoloWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
— · Race
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 18, 2013Reade Otto-Moudry🇺🇸4:40:01−0:02:47
Aug 18, 2012Thomas Schwartz🇺🇸4:42:48−0:27:12
Oct 23, 2010Lance E. Ogren🇺🇸5:10−0:29:33
Oct 6, 2007Sebastian Neumayer🇺🇸5:39:33−0:13:39
Oct 21, 2006Nancy Steadman-Martin🇺🇸5:53:12−1:24:48
Jul 19, 1914George Meehan🇺🇸7:18—
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Sep 23, 2023Natali Fustillos Marin🇪🇨4:33:44−0:05:47
Sep 8, 2022Joe Zemaitis🇺🇸4:39:31−0:19:29
Oct 6, 2021Hannah Borgeson🇺🇸4:59−0:01:54
Aug 26, 2019Kimberly A. Plewa🇺🇸5:00:54−0:43:57
Oct 6, 2018Michael Johmann🇺🇸5:44:51−0:03:57
Aug 28, 2016Laura Picardo🇺🇸5:48:48−1:11:12
1925Gertrude Ederle🇺🇸7:00—
Equipment not declared · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 31, 2011Lance E. Ogren🇺🇸4:01:07−0:57:55
Jun 14, 2011Elizabeth Anne Fry🇺🇸4:59:02−0:07:46
Jul 21, 2006Tammy Van Wisse🇦🇺5:06:48−0:50:12
1926Charlotte Schoemmell🇺🇸5:57−1:14
Jun 15, 1925Gertrude Ederle🇺🇸7:11−1:01
Sep 13, 1913Samuel Richards🇺🇸8:12−5:26
Aug 28, 1913Alfred Brown🇺🇸13:38—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 2011Lance E. Ogren🇺🇸4:01−1:05
Jul 21, 2006Tammy Van Wisse🇦🇺5:06—

Countries

  • 🇺🇸 United States118
  • 🇦🇺 Australia9
  • 🇨🇦 Canada3
  • 🇪🇨 Ecuador3
  • 🇲🇽 Mexico3
  • 🇮🇳 India2
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland1
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1
  • 🇯🇵 Japan1
  • 🇸🇪 Sweden1
  • 🇿🇦 South Africa1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇺🇸 United States118514:01Alfred Brown🇺🇸 · Aug 28, 1913
🇦🇺 Australia944:51:28Nell Kenney🇦🇺 · Sep 20, 1914
🇨🇦 Canada315:54Genevieve Mackwood🇨🇦 · Oct 2, 2011
🇪🇨 Ecuador324:33:44Sara María Palacios Rodríguez🇪🇨 · Sep 2022
🇲🇽 Mexico325:50:06Mariel Hawley Dávilas🇲🇽 · Aug 18, 2013
🇮🇳 India22—Meenakshi Pahuja🇮🇳 · Aug 2012
🇨🇭 Switzerland105:28:32Markus Marty🇨🇭 · Aug 18, 2013
🇬🇧 United Kingdom105:33James Boucher🇬🇧 · Aug 18, 2012
🇯🇵 Japan105:21Yuta Tsuboi🇯🇵 · Aug 18, 2012
🇸🇪 Sweden105:13Lennart Larsson🇸🇪 · Aug 18, 2012
🇿🇦 South Africa105:11:32Roger Arthur Finch🇿🇦 · Aug 18, 2013

Where swimmers land

  • Sandy Hook99
  • Battery25
  • Sandy Hook, New Jersey7
  • New Jersey3
  • New York3
  • Manhattan2
  • Sandy Hook in New Jersey2
  • Battery Park, New York City1
  • downtown Manhattan Island1
  • Keansburg1
  • New Jersey, USA1
  • Sandyhook, New Jersey1

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.