Lake Tahoe — United States
True Width of Lake Tahoe
- 19.1 km
- Distance
- Homewood (CA) ↔ Glenbrook (NV)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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- Crossings
- 217
- Swimmers
- 223
- Countries
- 13
- Women
- 61%
- Median time
- 6:25:17
- Busiest month
- July
Crossings per year
Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
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| Year | Crossings | Skin | Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear | Best | Median time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 4:51:50 | 6:23:35 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 4:28:55 | 6:32:52 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4:49:53 | 6:13:08 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 5:03:52 | 6:04:37 |
| 2022 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 4:56:05 | 6:48:28 |
| 2021 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 4:56:10 | 6:08:43 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6:18:47 | 6:53:58 |
| 2019 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 4:43:10 | 6:35:57 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4:48:38 | 7:24:36 |
When people swim it
The month with most crossings is July.
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| Month | Crossings | % |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0% |
| February | 0 | 0% |
| March | 0 | 0% |
| April | 0 | 0% |
| May | 0 | 0% |
| June | 0 | 0% |
| July | 119 | 55% |
| August | 98 | 45% |
| September | 0 | 0% |
| October | 0 | 0% |
| November | 0 | 0% |
| December | 0 | 0% |
Women and men
61%Women
- Women20 · 9%
- Men13 · 6%
- Relays or not stated184 · 85%
Equipment and format
217Crossings
- Skin · Solo206 · 95%
- Assisted · Solo5 · 2%
- Skin · Relay4 · 2%
- Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo2 · 1%
Starting side
217Crossings
- From Homewood (CA)212 · 98%
- Direction not declared5 · 2%
Where swimmers come from
13Countries
- 🇺🇸 United States194 · 90%
- 🇨🇦 Canada3 · 1%
- 🇮🇪 Ireland3 · 1%
- 🇲🇽 Mexico3 · 1%
- 🇨🇴 Colombia2 · 1%
- 🇫🇷 France2 · 1%
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2 · 1%
- 6 other countries7 · 3%
Time distribution
Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 6:44:45, median 6:25:17.
Times year by year
Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.
Median timeBest
The record over time
Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.
Skin · SoloAssisted · SoloSkin · RelayWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
Skin · Solo
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2025 | Alex Kostich🇺🇸 | 4:28:55 | −0:14:15 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Jorge Angel🇨🇴 | 4:43:10 | −0:05:28 |
| Aug 27, 2018 | Anna Newman🇺🇸 | 4:48:38 | −1:07:34 |
| Aug 19, 2018 | Nicholas Kelley🇺🇸 | 5:56:12 | −0:33:04 |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Erika Shanahan Gliebe🇺🇸 | 6:29:16 | −0:55:20 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | David Norman Rich🇺🇸 | 7:24:36 | — |
Assisted · Solo
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2021 | Todd Chappell🇺🇸 | 5:37:53 | −0:01:09 |
| Jul 11, 2021 | Nathan Schott🇺🇸 | 5:39:02 | −0:56:55 |
| Jul 17, 2019 | Steve Berger🇬🇧 | 6:35:57 | — |
Skin · Relay
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2021 | Kathryn Duder🇺🇸, Abbey Brau🇺🇸, Brian Shumaker🇺🇸 | 6:40:37 | −0:58:07 |
| Jul 23, 2018 | Estelle Pitard🇺🇸, Sarah Weimer🇺🇸, Zoé Bezpalko🇺🇸 | 7:38:44 | — |
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2022 | Lauren Grous🇺🇸 | 6:00 | −0:29:16 |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Erika Shanahan Gliebe🇺🇸 | 6:29:16 | — |
Countries
- 🇺🇸 United States194
- 🇨🇦 Canada3
- 🇮🇪 Ireland3
- 🇲🇽 Mexico3
- 🇨🇴 Colombia2
- 🇫🇷 France2
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2
- 🇸🇪 Sweden2
- 🇦🇺 Australia1
- 🇪🇸 Spain1
- 🇮🇳 India1
- 🇵🇭 Philippines1
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye1
Show the data as a table
| Country | Crossings | Women | Best | First from the country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 United States | 194 | 18 | 4:28:55 | David Norman Rich🇺🇸 · Jul 13, 2018 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 3 | 1 | 6:15:11 | Adrienne Lappan🇨🇦 · Aug 18, 2018 |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 3 | 0 | 5:46:09 | Karen Sheehan🇮🇪 · Jul 16, 2022 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | 3 | 1 | 5:22:41 | Astolfo Feregrino🇲🇽 · Aug 17, 2022 |
| 🇨🇴 Colombia | 2 | 0 | 4:43:10 | Jorge Angel🇨🇴 · Aug 2, 2019 |
| 🇫🇷 France | 2 | 0 | 6:24:20 | Nicolas Douillet🇫🇷 · Jul 12, 2024 |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2 | 0 | 5:58:59 | Steve Berger🇬🇧 · Jul 17, 2019 |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2 | 0 | 6:36:04 | Josefine Ohlsson🇸🇪 · Jul 22, 2022 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 1 | 0 | 7:41:47 | Kim Cook🇦🇺 · Jul 25, 2024 |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 1 | 0 | 6:13:53 | Ben Askew-Renaut🇪🇸 · Jul 11, 2024 |
| 🇮🇳 India | 1 | 0 | 6:52:07 | Abhijeet Kulkarni🇮🇳 · Aug 10, 2023 |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 1 | 0 | 6:42:02 | Fatima Maestro🇵🇭 · Jul 14, 2022 |
| 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 1 | 0 | 7:36:49 | Ragip Vural Tandogan🇹🇷 · Jul 15, 2022 |
Where swimmers land
- Glenbrook1
- Glenbrook, Nevada1