Lake Zurich Swim

The Lake Zurich Swim belong to the world's longest swimming marathon races.[1] It is held annually in August and is organized by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team.

The participants swim from RapperswilCoordinates: 47°13′40″N 8°48′47″E / 47.227690°N 8.812953°E to Zurich, with a total course length of 16.4 miles (26.4 km).[2]

Winner's list

Winner's list[2] (Race best time highlighted)
Date Men Women
Country Swimmer Time (hours, minutes, seconds) Country Swimmer Time (hours, minutes, seconds)
1987  United Kingdom Lyndon Dunsbee 06:15:02   Switzerland Bridet Young 06:35:20
1988  Egypt Mahmond Nail 06:38:40  India Archana Patel 09:51:20
1989  Poland Bogustaw Lizak 09:09:48   Switzerland Monika Glaner 09:42:31
1990  Germany Christoph Wandratsch 06:15:20  Australia Tammy van Wisse 06:42:19
1991  Czech Republic Michal Spacek 06:39:45  Czech Republic Ilona Musalkova 07:40:28
1992  Netherlands Erik von Dartel 06:19:14  Czech Republic Lenka Sterbova 07:09:18
1993  Egypt Mohammed Maarouf 05:51:41 [3]   Switzerland Karin Bolliger 11:56:10
1994  Egypt Tamer Ibrahim Ali 05:57:40  Australia Susie Mareney 06:00:07
1995   Switzerland Christian Narra 05:53:21   Switzerland Pamela Kalas 06:12:08
1996   Switzerland David Zanfino 07:24:25  Sweden Eva Anderson 07:56:13
1997 — — — — — —
1998  United Kingdom Simon Lee 07:06:15  Sweden Eva Andersson 07:45:29
1999 — — — — — —
2000  United Kingdom Simon Lee 07:07:00  Argentina Petti Noelia 07:27:37
2001   Switzerland Michele Silvan 06:06:55   Switzerland Nadia Krüger 05:59:43
2002  United Kingdom Simon Lee 07:11:52  Sweden Eva Andersson 08:25:21
2003  Ecuador Santiago Palacios 06:50:42  South Africa Amanada Picard 06:48:12
2004  Italy Paolo Chiarino 08:12:24  United Kingdom Julia Aston 10:23:50
2005   Switzerland Toni Pavičić-Donkić 06:41:08  Germany Sandra Albrecht 07:26:41
2006  United States Steve Haley 07:40:53  India Bhakti Sharma 10:41:41
2007  Czech Republic David Cech 06:53:50  United Kingdom Nancy Douglas 07:07:05
2008  New Zealand Alistair Cottle 07:27:07  Australia Helen Conway 08:49:20
2009  United Kingdom Lee Portingale 07:15:07  Germany Christiane Vendel 07:43:29
2010  Australia Andrew Keegan 07:36:18  United States Julie Ann Galloway 06:35:41
2011  Italy Thomas Ladurner 06:54:45  United Kingdom Elizabeth Price 08:25:41
2012  Brazil Andriano Passini 07:42:03  United Kingdom Alexandra Hardy 07:30:56
2013  Australia Oliver Wilkinson 06:56:36  Ireland Susan Dillon 08:38:40
2014  Italy Marco Allegretti 06:19:41 [4]  Ireland Rachael Lee 07:02:15 [4]

References

  1. ↑ Munatones, Steven : Human Kinetics Open Water Swimming , p. 48, 163. 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 srichinmoyraces.org : "Marathon-Swim Rapperswil-Zurich 26.4 km". 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  3. ↑ openwaterswimming.com : "When The Egyptians Came Up Into The Swiss Alps". 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 openwaterswimming.com : "Marco Allegretti Leads International Field Across Lake Zurich". 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-20.

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