World Swimming Majors
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noun - World Swimming Majors is an online ranking system for marathon swimmers developed by Steven Munatones. The system takes results from 30 swims around the world and aggregates them using a proprietary formula. The following swims are included:
- Cadiz Freedom Swim, Cape Town, South Africa (7.5K or 4.7 miles)
- Catalina Channel, California, U.S.A. (34K or 21 miles)
- Clean Half Marathon Swim, Hong Kong (15K or 9.3 miles)
- Cook Strait, New Zealand (26K or 16.2 miles)
- Ederle Swim, New York-to-New Jersey, U.S.A. (28.2K or 17.5 miles)
- English Channel, England-to-France (34K or 21 miles)
- Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim, Serbia (18.7K or 11.6 miles)
- Faros Marathon Swim, Croatia (16K or 9.9 miles)
- Ijsselmeerzwemmarathon, Netherlands (21K or 13 miles)
- International Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim, Lake Zurich, Switzerland(26.4K or 16.4 miles)
- Round Jersey Solo Circumnavigation, Jersey (70K or 43.5 miles)
- Jersey-to-France Channel (29K or 18 miles)
- Kalamata-Koroni Marathon, Messiniakos Gulf, Greece (30K/16.5 miles)
- Lake Ontario, Niagara-on-the-Lake to Toronto (minimum 50K or 31-mile course)
- Lake Tahoe, California lengthwise (35.4K or 22 miles)
- Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, New York, U.S.A. (45.9K or 28.5 miles)
- Maui Channel, Hawaii, U.S.A. (15.3K or 9.5 miles)
- Molokai Channel, Hawaii, U.S.A. (41.8K or 26 miles)
- North Channel, Ireland-Scotland (30K or 18.6 miles)
- Pennock Island Challenge, Alaska, U.S.A. (13.2K or 8.2 miles)
- Rottnest Channel Swim, Perth, Australia (19.7K or 12.2 miles)
- Santa Barbara Channel, California, U.S.A. (minimum 30K or 19-mile course)
- Strait of Gibraltar, Spain-Morocco (minimum 18.5K or 11.5-mile course)
- Swim Across The Sound, Connecticut, U.S.A. (25K or 15.5 miles)
- Swim Around Key West, Florida, U.S.A. (20.1K or 12.5 miles)
- Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, Florida, U.S.A. (38.6K or 24 miles)
- Traversee Internationale du Lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada (32K or 20 miles)
- Tsugaru Channel, Japan (20K/12.4 miles)
- World 25K Championships (site determined each year) (25K/15.5 miles)
- Boston Light Swim, Boston, U.S.A. (12.8K or 8 miles)
