Courtesy of Vidösternsimmet, Lake Vidöstern, Småland, Sweden.
Vidösternsimmet is a three-race event with a 0.5 km, 6 km and signature 21 km marathon swim across in Lake Vidöstern in Småland, Sweden.
As the race organizers state, “The Lake Vidöstern is a very tough lake to master, swimming. The wind often blows with a strength of 4-7 m/s and fog is quite common.”
The 21 km marathon swim is Sweden’s longest open water swimming competition where the course is divided into five legs between 2.8 km and 5.5 km in distance. The legs are as follows: 3.7 km Osudden-Funtabo, 3.9 km Funtabo-Tånnö, 5.5 km Tånnö-E4:ans Camping, 3.4 km E4:an Camping-Ekens Camping, and 5.0 km Ekens Camping-Sundet.
Swimmers can stop for hydration and refueling. Wetsuits are optional with tow floats used.
2016 Vidösternsimmet Male Finishers:
1 Stefan Andersson 6:31:27
2 Adrian Bengtson 6:54:41
3 Ulf-Göran Borgström 7:02:40
4 Tommie Nilsson 7:13:29
5 Gunnar Kihlberg 7:23:47
6 Hans Henrik H. Heming 7:32:24
7 Lars Bernhøft 7:35:04
8 Henrik Gustavsson 7:57:56
9 Kai Kronfeldt 8:10:41
10 Carl-Mikael Siljedahl 8:14:03
11 Nils-Christian Olsson 8:25:40
12 Johan Andrén 8:39:10
13 Peter Björnholt 8:43:17
14 Andreas Rilven 8:51:14
15 Johan Jongen 8:53:15
16 Erik Stomrud 8:54:25
17 Nick Papageorge 8:55:04
18 Tobias Ottenvall 8:57:06
19 Robert Bengtsson 9:10:11
20 Anders Lundqvist 9:23:02
21 Bjørn Jensen 9:29:17
22 Björn Broqvist 9:49:47
23 Rasmus Huuva 9:50:07
24 Erik Petersson 9:50:12
25 Conny Brinck 9:59:46
26 Mikael Jansson 10:09:15
27 Mattias Jonasson 10:39:34
28 Hannes Persson 10:50:09
2016 Vidösternsimmet Female Finishers:
1 Sofie Pettersson 7:14:33
2 Thilda Larsson 7:30:17
3 Lene Axelsen 7:52:27
4 Helle Sögaard 8:05:00
5 Nadja Joy Tønnesen 8:40:18
6 Ingrid Lindelöw Berntson 8:47:56
7 Margareta Rainer 9:28:45
8 Anneli Holmen 9:37:45
9 Cassandra Eliasson 9:57:07
The 2017 race will be held on August 12th. For more information, visit here.
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