The 7 km Backwaterman has been the most traditional long distance race in Austria for 14 years. The unique fjord landscape in the Ottenstein reservoir offers open water swimmers a pure experience of nature. The reservoir is only accessible in a few places and therefore invites you to discover it by boat, canoe and SUP. The journey with the MS Ottenstein to the starting point in Mitterreith is special.

Attention: The capacity of the ship is limited to 100 participants and will be allocated after registration.

The total limit of the 7 km distance is 100 participants.

Accompanying with a canoe is prohibited for safety and competition reasons.

We recommend a buoy system for non-club swimmers.

The 7 km Backwaterman are part of the Austrian Open Water Majors, the 3000 m part of the Volks Cup and the junior competitions are part of the Junior Open Water Cup.

Program Sequence

Friday June 30th., 2023

Exhibition stand 16.00-19.00 (My Swimhop.de)

Race briefing will take place via Facebook livestream on Friday 4 p.m., questions can be posted. The live streaming is then available as a video at any time.

Saturday July 1. 2022

Open Water Fair from 7.30 a.m.

Registration: 8.00 - 9.15

Boat departure: 9.30

Start: around 10.15 am Mitterreith bathing area

Finish closing time 13.30

Award ceremony: approx. 1.30 pm terrace boat operation

Registration fee !

  until 31.12.    until 15.3.      until 31.5.    until the event
   55 euros       60 euros       65 euros      70 euros

Combination ticket Sat / Sun (one competition each) -10 €

included:

high quality swimming cap made of silicone
Starter bag
Finisher's Cup
T-shirt
water rescue
Timing
food at finishline

Attention: the popular Backwaterman towel can be ordered at the special price of 15 € (value 35 €) via the registration system.