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2024 - Chicago River Swim

Chicago, Illinois, United States View on map
Sep 22, 2024 (America/Chicago local time)
Swimming

2024 distances

Swimming

2-Mile Swim Application

The Chicago River Swim will offer athletes a once-in-a-lifetime experience to swim among Chicago’s famous skyscrapers and under its iconic bridges.

Sep 22, 2024 3.9K 6:45 AM
Free
Closed

1-Mile Swim Application

The Chicago River Swim will offer athletes a once-in-a-lifetime experience to swim among Chicago’s famous skyscrapers and under its iconic bridges.

Sep 22, 2024 1.6K 8:00 AM
Free
Closed

2-Mile Swim

Selected participants of the inaugural 2024 Chicago River Swim will soon swim among Chicago’s famous skyscrapers and under its iconic bridges.

Sep 22, 2024 3.2K 6:45 AM
$70.00
Closed

1-Mile Swim

Selected participants of the inaugural 2024 Chicago River Swim will soon swim among Chicago’s famous skyscrapers and under its iconic bridges.

Sep 22, 2024 1.6K 8:00 AM
$70.00
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on September 22, 2024 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) 19.0° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 23.8°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 19.0° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 23.8°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
28.4
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
23.6mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
80.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 22, 2024 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 22, 2024 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 08m

The sun rises at 6:38 AM and sets at 6:47 PM local time (CDT) in Chicago on September 22, 2024 — 12h 08m of daylight.

Course

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2024 results — Chicago River Swim

161 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 2-Mile Swim

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Leading finishers of the 2024 Chicago River Swim
Place Name Time Pace
1 Becca Mann 44:08 22:04 /mi
2 Blair Stoneburg 44:34 22:17 /mi
3 Mg King 46:15 23:08 /mi
4 Kelly Harrigan 46:18 23:09 /mi
5 Larry Mckeogh 49:19 24:40 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 148 Chicago events

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