OmniathlonOWS
IJsselmeer — Netherlands

Medemblik - Stavoren

16.5 km
Distance
Medemblik ↔ Stavoren
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. 1969
    First crossingJan van Scheijndel
  2. 1969
    First from countryJan van Scheijndel🇳🇱 Netherlands
  3. 1996
    RecordEtta van der Weijden · Race · 4:33:06
  4. 2004
    RecordMaarten van der Weijden · Race · 4:20:06
  5. 2009
    RecordPaul OudendijkWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 6:48:03
  6. 2010
    First from countryJacques Tuset🇫🇷 France5:46:16
  7. Aug 2023
    First from countryHarry Sutherland🇬🇧 United Kingdom8:25

Crossings per decade

1219601990200020102020

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.