Imre Barabás and Máté Hartmann were announced winners having completed the swim in a tie- 1 hour, 1 minute, 54 seconds.
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00:00One of the most important events in the Hungarian summer time is Balaton Crossing.
00:08This year's 42nd Balaton Crossing started at 7am on Sunday morning. Participants had
00:15to start the 5.2km race in Revvulop, finishing at the other side in Balaton Boglar.
00:22More than 11,000 people registered for this year's event.
00:26The event was originally supposed to take place on Saturday, but was postponed for a
00:31day due to uncertain weather. The temperature outside was 20 degrees Celsius in the morning,
00:37but in the water it was between 25 and 27 degrees.
00:43Although the event is a race, most people take part for fun or to race with themselves.
00:49Those who completed the distance received a medal in Balaton Boglar.
00:56The fastest two men completed the distance within the same second, at one hour, one minute
01:02and 54 seconds.