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A Short List Of Long Swims

Channel swims like the English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, North (Irish)
Channel and Tsugaru Channel, solo marathon swims like the Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar,
Lake Tahoe and Loch Ness, and relay marathons like the Rottnest Channel Swim and the
Maui Channel Swim are marathon swimming events, but what are the longest solo, non-
wetsuit, competitive open water swims in the world?

Below is a short list of marathon swims over 16K that are held annually around the world. If
you know of additional records or new records that have been set anywhere in the world,
please email the name, distance and location of the event to Open Water Source.

88K (54.6 miles): Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Paraná in Argentina

81K (50.3): India National Open Long Distance Swimming Championship in West
Bengal, India
57K (35.4 miles): Santa Fe-Coronda Marathon Swim in Argentina
45.8K (28.5 miles): Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in New York City, USA
36K (22.3 miles): Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy
38.6K (24 miles): Tampa Bay Marathon Swim in Florida, USA
34K (21.2 miles): Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Québec, Canada
33.7K (21 miles): British Long Distance Swimming Association Two-way Windermere
in Lake Windermere, England
32K (19.8 miles): Traversée Internationale du lac St-Jean in Québec, Canada
30K (18.6 miles): Ohrid Swimming Marathon in Macedonia
30K (miles): International Swimming Marathon of Messiniakos Gulf in South
Peloponnesus, Greece
30.5K (19 miles): All India Sea Swimming Competition
28.1K (17.5 miles): Ederle Swim from New York to New Jersey, USA
26.5K (16.4 miles): International Self-Transcendence Marathon in Lake Zürich,
Switzerland
25K (15.5 miles): U.S. Masters Swimming 25K National Championships in USA
25K (15.5 miles): Cruce del Puerto Rosario in Argentina
25K (15.5 miles): St. Vincent's Foundation Swim Across the Sound from Connecticut to
New York, USA
25K (15.5 miles): Villa Urquiza – Paraná in Argentina

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25K (15.5 miles): FINA World Swimming Championships in various countries

25K (15.5 miles): LEN European Championships in various countries
24K (14.9 miles): St. Petersburg to Kotlin Island in Russia
22K (13.6 miles): Ijseelmeerzwemmarathon in the Netherlands
22K (16.1 miles): Toroneos Gulf Crossing in Nikiti, Greece
21K (13 miles): International Marathon Swimming Beltquerung from Denmark to
Germany
21K (13 miles): Travesia En Aguas Abiertas Por la Ruta de Olaya in Lima, Peru
20.2K (12.6 miles): Distance Swim Challenge in Santa Monica, California, USA
20.1K (12.5 miles): Swim Around Key West in Key West, Florida, USA
20.1K (12.5 miles): FKCC Swim Around Key West in Key West, Florida, USA
19.7K (12.2 miles): Rottnest Channel Swim (Rotto Solo) in Perth, Australia
19K (11.8 miles): Medunarodni Plivački Maraton (Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim) in
Serbia
19K (11.8 miles): Sofitel Fiji Resort & Spa to Beachcomber Island Solo Swim and Relay
from Denarau Island to Beachcomber Island, Fiji
16.2K (10 miles): La Jolla Cove Swim Club 10-miler in La Jolla, California, USA
16.2K (10 miles): Kingdom Swim in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, USA
16.2K (10 miles): Deer Creek Lake Swim in Charleston, Utah, USA
16.2K (10 miles): Swim The Suck in Tennessee River Gorge, Tennessee, USA
16K (9.9 miles): Faros Marathon Swim in Croatia
16K (9.9 miles): Lake Trichonida Crossing in Greece
16K (9.9 miles): Swimming Peace Marathon from Greece to Turkey

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