Ohrid Swimming Marathon

The Ohrid Swimming Marathon (Macedonian: Охридски Пливачки Маратон, Ohridski Plivački Maraton) is an international Open water swimming competition, established in always taking place in the waters of the Ohrid Lake, Republic of North Macedonia. The swimmers are supposed to swim 30 km from Sveti Naum to the Ohrid harbor.

The first marathon race was organized in 1952 and was swum on the relation "Gorica – Ohrid" which is 2,5 km long. Second and third marathons were organized in 1956 and 1957. In 1962 the marathon was held on the relation "Pestani Village – Struga – Ohrid" with length of 36 km. It was then held from 1964 to 1966; in 1963 it was cancelled due to the big earthquake which destroyed Skopje. From 1992 it is organized on the 30 km long swimming path "Klime Savin" which starts at the Monastery of St. Naum and finishes at the city port of Ohrid.^[1]