2025 - Chicago River Swim
2025 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.
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.
2-Mile Swim
Selected participants of the inaugural 2025 Chicago River Swim will soon swim among Chicago’s famous skyscrapers and under its iconic bridges.
1-Mile Swim
Selected participants of the inaugural 2025 Chicago River Swim will soon swim among Chicago’s famous skyscrapers and under its iconic bridges.
Race-day weather
Conditions on September 21, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 6:37 AM and sets at 6:49 PM local time (CDT) in Chicago on September 21, 2025 — 12h 11m of daylight.
Course
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2025 results — Chicago River Swim
259 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 2-Mile Swim
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Becca Mann | 40:07 | 20:04 /mi |
| 2 | Isaac Eilmes | 40:13 | 20:07 /mi |
| 3 | Luke Maurer | 40:20 | 20:10 /mi |
| 4 | MG King | 44:57 | 22:29 /mi |
| 5 | Liz Spears | 46:37 | 23:19 /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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