I just looked at results of Open Water World Cup 2005 in Argentina and have a hard time comprehending how you can swim that fast for that long.Anyways, as an example the first place in a 21 km. swim was won in 2:00.30.40, which roughly translates to about 10km per hour or 34.43 SECONDS per 100 meters.How in the world is that possible?Can the current really help you out that much and out of curiousity what would you think that speed would translate into in the pool?In other words how fast would a swimmer like that swim 1500m. in a pool?
Yes, current does make a big difference. Consider the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim where the record is 6:32:41 (the fastest individual swim is a little faster than 6 hours). The record swim by Tobie Smith in 1999 averaged just less than 40 seconds per 100 yards. While her winning NCAA mile championship time in 1994 was 16:07 (closer to 58 sec/100).
The top men’s marathon swimmers are around 15:30 1500 Meter swimmers.
Yes, current does make a big difference. Consider the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim where the record is 6:32:41 (the fastest individual swim is a little faster than 6 hours). The record swim by Tobie Smith in 1999 averaged just less than 40 seconds per 100 yards. While her winning NCAA mile championship time in 1994 was 16:07 (closer to 58 sec/100).
The top men’s marathon swimmers are around 15:30 1500 Meter swimmers.
