Bodensee Bodman - Bregenz — Austria · Germany

Bodensee Bodman - Bregenz

63.6 km
Distance
Bodman ↔ Bregenz
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
10
Swimmers
14
Countries
7
Women
29%
Median time
25:00
Busiest month
July

Crossings per year

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

122014201620182020202220242026
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
2026220——
202522020:1423:04:30
202422023:4926:44
202310125:4025:40
2022000——
2021000——
2020000——
2019000——
2018000——
2017000——
201611030:4530:45
2015000——
2014000——
201322020:4122:30:30

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is July.

24JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June110%
July550%
August330%
September110%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

29%Women
  • Women2 · 20%
  • Men5 · 50%
  • Relays or not stated3 · 30%

Equipment and format

10Crossings
  • Skin · Solo7 · 70%
  • Skin · Relay2 · 20%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo1 · 10%

Starting side

10Crossings
  • From Bodman6 · 60%
  • From Bregenz4 · 40%

Where swimmers come from

7Countries
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2 · 25%
  • 🇦🇷 Argentina1 · 13%
  • 🇦🇹 Austria1 · 13%
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland1 · 13%
  • 🇩🇪 Germany1 · 13%
  • 🇹🇷 Türkiye1 · 13%
  • 🇺🇸 United States1 · 13%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 25:07:53, median 25:00.

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Times year by year

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

20:36:4325:29:3030:22:17201420162018202020222024
Median timeBest

The record over time

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

20:24:0722:34:3024:44:53201520202025
Skin · SoloSkin · Relay
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 19, 2025Neil Gilson🇬🇧20:14−0:27
Jul 22, 2013Christof Günter Wandratsch🇩🇪20:41—
Skin · Relay
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 3, 2026Längsquerulanten22:20−2:35
Jul 29, 2026Warmduscher24:55—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Sep 20, 2023Martyn Paul Webster🇬🇧25:40—

Countries

  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2
  • 🇦🇷 Argentina1
  • 🇦🇹 Austria1
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland1
  • 🇩🇪 Germany1
  • 🇹🇷 Türkiye1
  • 🇺🇸 United States1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom2020:14Martyn Paul Webster🇬🇧 · Sep 20, 2023
🇦🇷 Argentina1123:49Ailén Lascano Micaz🇦🇷 · Jun 24, 2024
🇦🇹 Austria1025:55Bernhard Hengl🇦🇹 · Jul 12, 2025
🇨🇭 Switzerland1024:20Bruno Baumgartner🇨🇭 · Aug 30, 2013
🇩🇪 Germany1020:41Christof Günter Wandratsch🇩🇪 · Jul 22, 2013
🇹🇷 Türkiye1030:45Hamza Bakircioglu🇹🇷 · Jul 17, 2016
🇺🇸 United States1129:39Jennifer Dutton🇺🇸 · Jul 18, 2024

Where swimmers land

  • Bregenz6
  • Bodman4

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: Bodenseequerung. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.