24-hour swimming (Meiningen)

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Outdoor pool area in the Meiningen leisure center "Rohrer Stirn"

The Meininger 24-hour swim is a major event in latitude and extreme sports and cultural event in the southern Thuringia county town Meiningen . The event takes place every year in June or July in the "Rohrer Stirn" leisure center and, as one of the most important 24-hour swimming in Germany, is part of the "24H ARENA " of the German Swimming Association (DSV). The organizers are the Meiningen swimming club "Wasserfreunde" and Stadtwerke Meiningen .

The Meininger 24-hour swim was launched in 1993 to help maintain and modernize the Meiningen baths. After humble beginnings, it soon developed into a major event with around 600 active swimming participants and 2000 guests for the cultural and sporting supporting programs. There is a 50-meter competition pool outdoors and a 25-meter pool in the indoor swimming pool available for swimmers. The cultural supporting program includes the evening music events, which are carried out by radio stations such as MDR Jump and Antenne Thüringen as well as various organizers. The patronage took over previously known, among other athletes such as Britta Steffen , Marco Koch , André Lange , Dietmar Schauerhammer , Sven Fischer and Mariama Jamanka .

Data and records

In the 24h arena ranking of the DSV, the Meiningen event was able to occupy eight first places in different categories and set several records (status: 2019, selection):

  • World record for the female route , set by Vera Niemeyer from Aachen with 96.3 km on the 24th and 25th. June 2017.
  • German record for male distance , set by Chris Pascal Hoffmann from Bermbach with 82.0 km on 6/7. July 2019.
  • German record for male distance , set by Chris Pascal Hoffmann with 76.0 km on 27/28. June 2015.
  • 1st place in the total distance of 3,295 km on 9/10. June 2011.
  • 1st place in the female course , won by Anne Hembd from Zwickau with 53.7 km on the 27th / 28th . June 2015 and with 53.0 km on June 30th / 1st July 2018.
  • 2nd places based on the number of participants in 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2018.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Swimming Association
  2. ↑ Meininger Tageblatt article: Mariama Jamanka and Thomas Lurz at Hai-No's page , published on June 25, 2018. (pdf; 226 kB)
  3. ↑ German Swimming Association Ranking 2017 (pdf; 552 kB).
  4. ↑ Wochenspiegel Thuringia article: World record set , published on June 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ German Swimming Association Ranking 2019 (pdf; 977 kB).
  6. ↑ Meininger Tageblatt Smooth 82 kilometers: A record without an announcement , published on July 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ a b German Swimming Association Ranking 2015 (pdf; 523 kB).
  8. ↑ German Swimming Association Evaluation 2011 (pdf; 122 kB).