The Santa Fe–Coronda Marathon (formal name ''Coronda River Aquatic Marathon''; in es, Maratón Acuatíco Río Coronda) is a 57-kilometer

open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when Lord Byron swam s ...

race that takes place on the

Coronda Coronda is a small city in the . It is located in the San Jerónimo Department, 43 km south from the provincial capital ( Santa Fe). It has a population of about 18,000 inhabitants (). The town was founded in 1867 by Governor Nicasio Oroño, ...

and Salado rivers (both tributaries of the Paraná River) in

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.www.santafecoronda.com
(official website); retrieved 2010-07-13. The race joins the cities of Santa Fe, Santo Tomé and

, in Argentina's

Santa Fe Province The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco (divided by the 28th parallel south), Corrientes, Entre R� ...

. The race has a total length of about 57 km and an expected run time of about 8 hours. It is held yearly in the summer (January or February). The most recent edition of the race was held on Sunday, January 31, 2010; it was the 37th edition. The first competition took place on 22 January 1961 under the name of "Fluvial Marathon of the Argentine Littoral". The marathon was not held, due to economic problems and/or varied political troubles, in 1968, 1969, 1971–1973, 1980–1986, and 1989. Since the 1990s (and ) it has been celebrated annually without interruption. The race has been included as part of

FINA FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...

's Marathon circuit (prior to 2007), and its appropriate successor: the FINA Open Water Grand Prix series.FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2010 - Santa Fe (ARG)
, published by

. Retrieved 2010-07-13.

References

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