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Bodensee-longitudinal crossings:
First Crossing on 22.07.2013 by Christof Wandratsch / D
placement Surname Minutes / kilometer Time Std: Min Actual
swim distance date water temperature
1 Christof Wandratsch / D 18: 36.6 20:41 66.670 kilometers 07/22/2013 The average temperature is 23 ° C.
2 Bruno Baumgartner / CH 21: 27.0 24:20 68,060 kilometers 08/30/2013 Mostly Cloudy.
3 Hamza Bakircioglu / TR 27: 40.1 30:45 66.670 kilometers 07/17/2016 The average temperature is 21 ° C.

Records Dreiländerquerungen

Successful swimmers

Lake Constance Three countries crossings:
First crossing on 28.07.2014 by Mirjam Schall / D
placement Surname Minutes / kilometer Time Std: Min Actual
swim distance date water temperature
1 Christof Wandratsch / D 16: 18.5 8:43 32,070 kilometers 07/24/2016 Averages for July
2 Nathalie Pohl / D 16: 44.2 9:19 33,400 kilometers 07/01/2016 The average temperature is 21 ° C.
3 Hamza Bakircioglu / TR 23: 21.4 12:34 32.480 kilometers 08/27/2016 The average temperature is 23 ° C.
4 Sabine Croci / D 21: 58.2 12:48 34.950 kilometers 07/31/2014 Average 20 ° C.
5 Joseph Heß / D 23: 12.3 12:59 33.570 kilometers 07/22/2017 The average temperature is 23 ° C.
6 Matthias Kaßner / D 25: 06.6 13:38 32.530 kilometers 08/15/2016 Averages for July
7 Ulrich Vormbrock / D 24: 47.4 14:16 34.520 kilometers 08/13/2015 The average temperature is 26 ° C.
8th Mirjam Sound / D 25: 11.4 14:37 34.820 kilometers 07/28/2014 Mostly Cloudy.
9 Carina C. Wießmeier / D 27: 00.9 14:55 33.160 kilometers 08/04/2016 The average temperature is 23 ° C.
10 Michael Schumann / D 26: 26.4 15:32 35.250 kilometers 08/07/2015 Averages for July

Bottom triangle triangles with neoprene:
First crossing on 19.06.2017 by Alard Schroeder / D
placement Surname Minutes / kilometer Time Std: Min Actual
swim distance date water temperature
1 Alard Schroeder / D 17: 07.8 9:14 32.350 kilometers 06/19/2017 The average temperature is 23 ° C.

Intersected Bodensee-Dreiländerquerungen with successful first section from Lindau (D) to Rorschach (CH):
First crossing on 17.07.2017 by Prabhat Koli / IND
placement Surname 1st section Time Std: Min Actual
swim distance date water temperature
1 Prabhat Koli / IND 15,200 kilometers 5:11 16,400 kilometers 07/17/2017 Averages for July

Bodensee-triple width crossing:
First crossing on 30.08.2014 by Katie Benoit / USA
placement Surname Time Std: Min Actual
swim distance date water temperature
1 Katie Benoit / USA 11:40 34.430 kilometers 08/30/2014 Mostly Cloudy.

Bodensee-Double width crossing:
First crossing on 23.08.2016 by Thomas Treutler / D
placement Surname Time Std: Min Actual
swim distance date water temperature
1 Thomas Treutler / D 7:28 22.410 kilometers 08/23/2016 Averages for July
2 Conny Prasser / D 7:29 22.001 kilometers 06/26/2017 Averages for July

Bodensee-width crossings:
First crossing on 24.05.2012 by Bruno Dobelmann / D
placement Surname Time Std: Min date water temperature direction
1 Christof Wandratsch / D 2:28 Crawling 06/21/2015 Mostly Cloudy. Romanshorn -> FN
2 Axel Ehrhardt / D 2:48 Crawling 07/04/2015 The average temperature is 26 ° C. FN -> Romanshorn
3 Nathalie Pohl / D 2:50 Crawling 06/25/2014 The average temperature is 21 ° C. FN -> Romanshorn
4 Corrections 2:58 Crawling 07/29/2016 Averages for July FN -> Romanshorn
5 Anna DeLozier / USA 3:05 Crawling 06/23/2016 The average temperature is 21 ° C. FN -> Romanshorn
6 Lilligerth / D 3:20 Crawling 08/14/2016 Averages for July Romanshorn -> FN
Mäx Beer / A 3:20 Crawling 08/30/2014 Very high temperatures at 17 ° C. FN -> Romanshorn
8th Katie Benoit / USA 3:23 Crawling 08/30/2014 Mostly Cloudy. FN -> Romanshorn
9 Thomas Treutler / D 3:28 Crawling 08/23/2016 Averages for July FN -> Romanshorn
Stefan Jung / D 3:28 Crawling 08/24/2016 Averages for July Romanshorn -> FN
11 Conny Prasser / D 3:34 Crawling 06/26/2017 Averages for July Romanshorn -> FN
12 Jürgen Rechenberger / D 3:35 Crawling 08/22/2015 Averages for July FN -> Romanshorn
13 Hamza Bakircioglu / TR 3:37 Crawling 06/10/2016 Light showers. FN -> Romanshorn
14 Katie Benoit / USA 3:52 Crawling 08/30/2014 Mostly Cloudy. Romanshorn -> FN
15 Conna Prasser / D 3:53 Crawling 06/26/2017 Averages for July FN -> Romanshorn
16 Thomas Treutler / D 3:56 Craw 08/23/2016 Averages for July Romanshorn -> FN
17 Stefan Jung / D 4:14 Crawling 07/19/2014 The average temperature is 23 ° C. FN -> Romanshorn
18 Katie Benoit / USA 4:22 Crawling 08/30/2014 Mostly Cloudy. FN -> Romanshorn
19 Mirjam Sound / D 4:30 Crawling 07/04/2015 The average temperature is 27 ° C. Romanshorn -> FN
Stefan Jung / D 4:30 Crawling 06/28/2015 The average temperature is 21 ° C. FN -> Romanshorn
21 Michael Metz / D 4:31 Crawling 08/28/2016 Averages for July Romanshorn -> FN
22 Jacqueline Kempfer / D 4:32 Crawling 25/08/2014 Mostly Cloudy. Romanshorn -> FN
23 Meik Kottwitz / D 4:35 Crawling 07/17/2014 Averages for July FN -> Romanshorn
24 Patrick Raguse / D 4:36 Free. 08/12/2014 The average temperature is 23 ° C. Romanshorn -> FN
25 Patrick Hotz / D 4:48 Freist. 09/06/2015 Average 20 ° C. Romanshorn -> FN
26 Peggy Henning / D 4:52 Crawling 09/12/2015 Average 20 “C. FN -> Romanshorn
27 Bruno “ORCA” Dobelmann / D 4:58 Freist. 05/24/2012 Light showers. FN -> Romanshorn
28 Mirjam Leichsnering / D 4:59 Crawling 09/07/2016 The average temperature is 21 ° C. FN -> Romanshorn
29 Harald Weyh / D 5:05 Freist. 08/12/2016 Average 20 ° C. Romanshorn -> FN
30 Wigald Boning / D 7:24 Free. 07/16/2014 The average temperature is 21 ° C. FN -> Romanshorn

Lake Constance – Neighboring Neoprene Suit:
First crossing on 11.09.2012 by Ralf Kalkbrenner / CH
placement Surname Time Std: Min date water temperature direction
1 Severin Hummer / CH 2:51 Crawling 06/24/2013 Light showers. FN -> Romanshorn
2 Ulrich Vormbrock / D 3:12 Crawling 08/12/2014 The average temperature is 23 ° C. Romanshorn -> FN
3 Jürgen Lederer / D 4:10 Crawling 09/17/2014 Light showers. FN -> Romanshorn
4 Ralf Kalkbrenner / CH 4:39 Free. 11/09/2012 The average temperature is 21 ° C. Romanshorn -> FN
5 Klaus Matthes / D 5:15 Free. 08/21/2015 The average temperature is 21 ° C. FN -> Romanshorn
6 Michael Löchle / D 5:26 Free. 07/31/2017 The average temperature is 23 ° C. FN -> Romanshorn
7 Bernhard Nuss / D 5:35 Free. 07/04/2016 The average temperature is 21 ° C. FN -> Romanshorn
8th Svenja Holzinger / D 7:09 Breast 05/24/2015 Light showers. Of which 5:29 h without neo FN -> Romanshorn

Bodensee-Double width cross-Season:
First crossing on 04.07.2015 by Mirjam Schall & Axel Ehrhardt / D
placement Surname Time Std: Min Actual
swim distance date water temperature
1 M. Schall and A. Ehrhardt / D 7:20 22.480 kilometers 07/04/2015 The average temperature is 27 ° C.

Hall of Fame

Listed are the swimmers with the most kilometers traveled at an official Lake Constance, irrespective of whether the crossing was successful (as of 31.07.2017).

placement Surname Time Std: Min Kilometre crossings
1 Hamza Bakircioglu (Turkey) 277.43 km on 6 attempts
2 Christof Wandratsch (Germany) 109.58 km on 3 attempts
3 Mirjam Schall / D 45:10 101.320 Length * / Triple / Width
4 Bruno Baumgartner / (Switzerland) 68.06 km in 1 attempt
5 Martin Fessl (Austria) 64 km in 1 attempt
6 Bruno Dobelmann / D 31:00 59,000 2 x longitudinal * – / 1x width traverse
7 Nathalie Pohl / D 13:39 49,600 Triple / 2 x width *
8th Ulrich Vormbrock / D 17:28 46.580 Triple-width / width-crossing
9 Michael Schumann / D 15:32 35.250 Three countries crossing
10 Sabine Croci / D 12:48 34.950 Three countries crossing
11 Katie Benoit / USA 11:40 34.430 Triple-width crossing
12 Stefan Jung / D 12:13 34,200 3 x width crossing
13 Joseph Heß / D 12:59 33.570 Three countries crossing
14 Carina Carmen Wießmeier / D 14:55 33.160 Three countries crossing
15 Maximilian Meljarki / D 16:00 33,000 Longitudinal crossing *
16 Matthias Kaßner / D 13:38 32.530 Three countries crossing
17 Alard Schroeder / D 9:14 32.350 Three countries crossing
18 Adrian Alejandro Wittwer / CH 17:00 27: 000 Longitudinal crossing *
19 Patrick Hotz / D 9:48 26.010 1 x longitudinal * – / 1 x width cross-section
20 Thomas Treutler / D 7:28 22.410 Double-width crossing
21 Conny Prasser 7:29 22.010 Double-width crossing
22 Prabhat Koli / IND 6:00 16,400 Three countries crossing *
23 Wigald Boning / D 7:24 12.690 width crossing
24 Svenja Holzinger / D 7:09 12.350 width crossing
25 Ralf Kalkbrenner / CH 4:39 12,000 width crossing
26 Patrick Raguse / D 4:36 12,000 width crossing
27 Jürgen Lederer / D 4:10 11.870 width crossing
28 Michael Löchle / D 5:26 11,790 width crossing
29 Bernhard Nuss / D 5:35 11,630 width crossing
30 Severin Hummer / CH 2:51 11,620 width crossing
31 Harald Weyh / D 5:05 11,550 width crossing
32 Meik Kottwitz / D 4:35 11.270 width crossing
33 Jacqueline Kempfer / D 4:32 11.120 width crossing
34 Anna DeLozier / USA 3:05 11,090 width crossing
35 Mirjam Leichsnering / D 4:59 11,040 width crossing
36 Klaus Matthes / D 5:15 11.010 width crossing
37 Axel Ehrhardt / D 2:48 10,990 width crossing
38 Lilligerth / D 3:20 10,950 width crossing
39 Peggy Henning / D 4:52 10.940 width crossing
40 Corrections 2:58 10.910 width crossing
41 Jürgen Rechenberger / D 3:35 10.890 width crossing
42 Michael Metz / D 4:31 10.880 width crossing
Mäx Beer / A 3:20 10.880 width crossing
44 Jürgen Fussi / A 6:01 10,780 Longitudinal crossing *
total All previous swimming at the Bodenseequerung 571: 26 1420.180 Length / triangle / width

While the organization documents the successful lengthwise crossings of the Bodensee by Christof Wandratsch (66.67 km in 20 hours 41 minutes on July 22nd 2013), Bruno Baumgartner (68.06 km in 24 hours 20 minutes on August 30th 2013), and Hamza Bakircioglu (66.67 km in 30 hours 45 minutes on July 17th 2016), it also documents and archives the unsuccessful attempts:

* Jürgen Fussi on August 27th 2015 stopped after about 6 hours and 11 km due to severe bladder pain
* Mirjam Schall on August 3rd 2015 stopped after about 27 hours and 55 km due to a storm and waves
* Hamza Bakircioglu on July 20th 2015 stopped after about 26.5 hours and 51 km due to shoulder pain
* Martin Fessl on July 12th 2015 stopped after about 21 hours and 64 km due to pneumonia
* Patrick Hotz on August 18th 2014 stopped after about 5 hours and 15 km due to the water temperature, storm, and waves
* Hamza Bakircioglu on August 4th 2014 stopped after about 27 hours and 60 km due to an oncoming current and storm
* Hamza Bakircioglu on August 2nd 2013 stopped after about 26.5 hours and 56 km due to a hunderstorm
* Adrian Alejandro Wittwer on July 5th 2013 stopped after about 17 hours and 27 km due to an oncoming current and time
* Maximilian Melyarki on August 21st 2012 stopped after about 16 hours and 33 km due to severe muscle spasm
* Bruno Dobelmann on July 11th 2012 stopped after about 14 hours and 20 km
*Bruno Dobelmann on May 21st 2012 stopped after about 12 hours and 27 km due to back pain
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