Lake Ohrid — North Macedonia

Length of Lake Ohrid

29.8 km
Distance
Sveti Naum ↔ Struga
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
20
Swimmers
16
Countries
9
Women
30%
Median time
5:55
Busiest month
August

Crossings per year

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

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SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
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20173005:15:155:15:16
20163005:555:55
2015100——
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20081006:14:516:14:51
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20061005:525:52
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19971006:34:426:34:42
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197611017:55:1817:55:18
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195811011:2811:28

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is August.

510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July214%
August1286%
September00%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

30%Women
  • Women6 · 30%
  • Men14 · 70%

Equipment and format

20Crossings
  • — · Race18 · 90%
  • Skin · Solo2 · 10%

Starting side

20Crossings
  • From Sveti Naum2 · 10%
  • Direction not declared18 · 90%

Where swimmers come from

9Countries
  • 🇮🇹 Italy6 · 32%
  • 🇲🇰 North Macedonia3 · 16%
  • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria2 · 11%
  • 🇪🇬 Egypt2 · 11%
  • 🇫🇷 France2 · 11%
  • 🇦🇷 Argentina1 · 5%
  • 🇧🇷 Brazil1 · 5%
  • 2 other countries2 · 11%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

0.51<2020–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970+

Youngest: Rose Rice🇺🇸, 23 · Oldest: Petar Raychev Stoychev🇧🇬, 40

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 7:45:08, median 5:55.

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Times year by year

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

5:42:3711:35:1717:27:56196019701980199020002010
Median timeBest

The record over time

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

5:18:075:54:596:31:502000200520102015
— · Race
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 19, 2017Evgenij Pop Acev🇲🇰5:15:15−0:36:45
Jul 21, 2006Petar Raychev Stoychev🇧🇬5:52−0:42:42
Aug 23, 1997Rose Rice🇺🇸6:34:42—
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 19, 1958Niko Nestor🇲🇰11:28—

Countries

  • 🇮🇹 Italy6
  • 🇲🇰 North Macedonia3
  • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria2
  • 🇪🇬 Egypt2
  • 🇫🇷 France2
  • 🇦🇷 Argentina1
  • 🇧🇷 Brazil1
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia1
  • 🇺🇸 United States1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇮🇹 Italy645:15:51Martina Grimaldi🇮🇹 · 2013
🇲🇰 North Macedonia305:15:15Niko Nestor🇲🇰 · Aug 19, 1958
🇧🇬 Bulgaria205:52Petar Raychev Stoychev🇧🇬 · Jul 21, 2006
🇪🇬 Egypt20—Nabil ElShazly🇪🇬 · 1962
🇫🇷 France20—Axel Reymond🇫🇷 · Aug 24, 2013
🇦🇷 Argentina10—Pilar Geijo🇦🇷 · Aug 19, 2016
🇧🇷 Brazil10—Ricardo Ratto🇧🇷 · 2011
🇭🇷 Croatia11—Karla Sitic🇭🇷 · Aug 14, 2010
🇺🇸 United States116:34:42Rose Rice🇺🇸 · Aug 23, 1997

Where swimmers land

  • Struga1
  • Struga-Ohrid1

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.