New this year: Access gps tracking of the swim here.
Note it will only work after the race has started, 7:30 AM Pacific on Sunday, July 13.
This is voluntary, meaning not all swimmers are participating. Try it out!
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2024 RESULTS
The 2024 Portland Bridge Swim was held on July 14, 2024. It was a great day of swimming and amazing work by all our volunteers. Ilsa Feierabend took first place with a final time of 4:10:35.
Congratulations to all you Bridge Swimmers! Results are below
Race Statistics
Have you ever wondered how finish times are impacted by river conditions?
Lord Root Beer*, the Portland Bridge Swim statistician, decided to explore that question for a school assignment. He found a strong correlation between finish times and the amount of time that swimmers faced an incoming tide. The data for solo swimmers without wetsuits are:
2011
Fastest time 4:19:10
Average time 5:26:06
Duration of incoming tide 3 hours, 42 minutes
2012
Fastest time 3:49:14
Average time 4:53:47
Duration of incoming tide 37 minutes
2013
Fastest time 4:11:09
Average time 5:05:31
Duration of incoming tide 1 hours, 32 minutes
2014 No finishers, race canceled
2015
Fastest time 3:37:20 (Eddie Switaj, current race record)
Average time 5:01:51
Duration of incoming tide 2 hours, 14 minutes
2016
Fastest time 4:16:44
Average time 5:13:42
Duration of incoming tide 3 hours, 7 minutes
2017
Fastest time 3:48:33
Average time 4:59:00
Duration of incoming tide 0 hours, 0 minutes
2018
Fastest time 3:58:04
Average time 5:29:13
Duration of incoming tide 3 hours, 26 minutes
Lord Root Beer predicts that this year, with 2 hours 49 minutes against the tide, the average race time should be around 5 hours, 11 minutes. Let’s see how we do!
*Not his real name
