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Swim your canal (in Paris)!

Date On from 12:00 to 18:00
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The FSGT93 organizes 5 races of 250 to 5000 meters and other distances in freestyle swimming “Nage ton Canal!” in the Canal de l'Ourcq at Place de la Pointe - 3 place Cécile Brunschvicg in Pantin.

Nage ton Canal races

2024 - Registration for Nage ton Canal is €10.60 and is open to all swimmers aged 12 and over, with or without a license, and with a medical certificate.

Registration for Nage ton Canal 2024

  • Buoy race - free registration
  • Freestyle swimming: 250 m, 500 m, 1,500 m, 3,000 m and 5,000 m
  • Aquathlons (running and swimming), one long 1500m + 10 km, one short 500m + 3.3 km

Swimmers can pick up their participation kits on site from 9:30am to 1pm at the welcome desk. They can pay in advance online or on site on the day (by cheque payable to FSGT93 or in cash). Copy of license and/or medical certificate required.

Times will be measured using an electronic stopwatch with chips (maximum precision of time measurement). Before the race, the canal water will be tested for bacteriological contamination by a duly authorized laboratory. Lifeguards will be present on the banks and on canoes.

Nage ton canal events

Free sports activities and games will be on offer on the Place de la Pointe in Pantin from 2pm to 6pm.

Sports activities

  • The not-to-be-missed buoy race
  • The Big Jump
  • Introduction to swimming skills supervised by lifeguards in a swimming area.
  • Sports activities organized by the Caravane sportive et solidaire of FSGT 93

Wellness activities

  • Stand to raise awareness of eco-responsibility with SIAAP
  • Health center
  • Massage stand with Cool and Fit and chiropractors from the École de Chiropraxie d'Ivry

Festive activities

  • Fanfare
  • DJ set by Crown musique

To register, visit the FSGT93 website.

Other races on offer in the Canal de l'Ourcq and Bassin de La Villette include the Garmin Triathlon and Open Swin Stars.

Other races are proposed in the Ourcq canal and the La Villette Basin like the Garmin Triathlon, the Open Swim Stars or Run&Fun which is also a running and cycling race.

You can also check what to do in summer in Paris around the water.

Nage ton canal 2022 - video

Départ du Port de Pantin
3 place Cécile Brunschvicg

93500 PANTIN
48.8950285 , 2.4180314999999837
tel tel : 01 48 31 12 59
Getting there Getting there
Metro : Ligne 5, Église de Pantin ou Bobigny - Pantin Raymond Queneau
Vélib' : Ancien Canal - Hélène Brion (6m)
Vélib' : Benjamin Delessert - Jean Lolive (12m)
Vélib' : Charles de Gaulle - Jean Lolive (44m)
Vélib' : Place de l'Eglise - Pantin (48m)
Départ du Port de Pantin, 3 place Cécile Brunschvicg, 93500 PANTIN
Rates Tarif de base - Adulte plein tarif  : 10 €
A partir de 12 ans
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