Ohrid Swimming Marathon


The Ohrid Swimming Marathon is an international Open water swimming competition, established in always taking place in the waters of the Ohrid Lake, Republic of North Macedonia. The swimmers are supposed to swim 30 km from Sveti Naum to the Ohrid harbor.

The 2008 Marathon

The 2008 competition was the 22nd edition of the Ohrid Swimming Marathon. Prior to the event the Swimming Federation o of Macedonia announced that in 2008 there will be about 25 competitors, of which six are from the Republic of Macedonia itself and several other swimmers from other countries including Argentina, Bulgaria or Slovenia. The winner of the marathon was Bulgarian swimmer Petar Stoychev.

Past winners

DateWinner-MenNationalityTime Winner-WomenNationalityTime
1992Pavel RamdisekTeodora Raptis
1993Zoltan KadeRita Kovács
1994Julio Fernandez
1995Julio Fernandez
1996David Meca MedinaRita Kovács
1997David Meca Medina
1998David Meca Medina
1999Aleksey Akatyev
2000Igor Majcen5:19:49
2001Petar Stoychev
2002Petar Stoychev
2003Petar Stoychev
2004Petar Stoychev
2005Gilles Rondy5:23:58
2006Petar Stoychev5:36:19
2007Petar Stoychev5:52:00Esther Nuñez Morera6:26:15
2008Petar Stoychev6:14:51
2009Petar Stoychev5:25:37
2010Petar Stoychev5:37:39Karla Šitić5:47:18
2011Petar Stoychev5:35:13Karla Šitić5:52:55
2012Petar Stoychev5:19:30Olga Koziul5:33:41
2013Axel Reymond5:09:54Martina Grimaldi5:24:07
2014Brian Ryckeman5:41:47
2015Evgeniy Pop Atsev5:39:42Alice Franco5:44:03