Ohrid Swimming Marathon
The Ohrid Swimming Marathon 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.
The 2008 Marathon
The 2008 competition was the 22nd edition of the Ohrid Swimming Marathon. Prior to the event the Swimming Federation o of Macedonia announced that in 2008 there will be about 25 competitors, of which six are from the Republic of Macedonia itself and several other swimmers from other countries including Argentina, Bulgaria or Slovenia. The winner of the marathon was Bulgarian swimmer Petar Stoychev.Past winners
| Date | Winner-Men | Nationality | Time | Winner-Women | Nationality | Time |
| 1992 | Pavel Ramdisek | Teodora Raptis | ||||
| 1993 | Zoltan Kade | Rita Kovács | ||||
| 1994 | Julio Fernandez | 5:10:04 | Natasa Tomanovic | 5:38:56 | ||
| 1995 | Julio Fernandez | 6:14:00 | Natasa Tomanovic | 6:46:18 | ||
| 1996 | David Meca Medina | 5:43:24 | Rita Kovács | 6:14:59 | ||
| 1997 | David Meca Medina | 5:31:43 | Anne Chagnaud | 5:53:14 | ||
| 1998 | David Meca Medina | 5:57:25 | Peggy Büchse | 6:28:04 | ||
| 1999 | Aleksey Akatyev | 6:08:28 | Peggy Büchse | 6:11:23 | ||
| 2000 | Igor Majcen | 5:19:49 | Edith van Dijk | 5:27:39 | ||
| 2001 | Petar Stoychev | 6:00:17 | Edith van Dijk | 6:02:09 | ||
| 2002 | Petar Stoychev | 5:56:23 | Edith van Dijk | 6:06:04 | ||
| 2003 | Petar Stoychev | 5:36:19 | Angela Maurer | 5:57:43 | ||
| 2004 | Petar Stoychev | 5:31:11 | Angela Maurer | 5:43:23 | ||
| 2005 | Gilles Rondy | 5:23:58 | Edith van Dijk | 5:26:06 | ||
| 2006 | Petar Stoychev | 5:36:19 | Darja Pop | 6:52:44 | ||
| 2007 | Petar Stoychev | 5:52:00 | Esther Nuñez Morera | 6:26:15 | ||
| 2008 | Petar Stoychev | 6:14:51 | Stefanie Biller | 6:15:58 | ||
| 2009 | Petar Stoychev | 5:25:37 | Camilla Frediani | 5:50:37 | ||
| 2010 | Petar Stoychev | 5:37:39 | Karla Šitić | 5:47:18 | ||
| 2011 | Petar Stoychev | 5:35:13 | Karla Šitić | 5:52:55 | ||
| 2012 | Petar Stoychev | 5:19:30 | Olga Koziul | 5:33:41 | ||
| 2013 | Axel Reymond | 5:09:54 | Martina Grimaldi | 5:24:07 | ||
| 2014 | Brian Ryckeman | 5:41:47 | Silvie Rybářová | 6:09:34 | ||
| 2015 | Evgeniy Pop Atsev | 5:39:42 | Alice Franco | 5:44:03 | ||
| 2016 | Tomi Stefanovski | 5:55:18 | Olga Kozydub | 5:55:25 | ||
| 2017 | Alexander Studzinski | 5:15:14 | Barbara Pozzobon | 5:15:51 | ||
| 2018 | Francesco Ghettini | 5:13:59 | Barbara Pozzobon | 5:22:59 |