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

Lake Zurich Swim
Host cityZurich, Switzerland
Date(s)August
Venue(s)Open water Lake Zurich
Events16.16 miles (26.01 km)
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The participants swim from Rapperswil47°13′40″N 8°48′47″E / 47.227690°N 8.812953°E / 47.227690; 8.812953 to Zurich, with a total course length of 16.16 miles (26.01 km).[2]

Winner's list

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Winner's list, overall non-wetsuit[2][3] (Race record highlighted)

Year 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 Bogusław 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 [4]   Switzerland Karin Bolliger 11:56:10
1994   Egypt Tamer Ibrahim Ali 05:57:40   Australia Susie Maroney 06:00:07
1995   Switzerland Christian Narra 05:53:21   Switzerland Pamela Kalas 06:12:08
1996   Switzerland David Zanfino 07:24:25   Czech Republic Lenka Lockerova 07:48:30
1997
1998   India Sandeep Verma 06:37:20   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   Switzerland Mario Guhl 07:30:47   Sweden Eva Andersson 08:37:59
2005   Switzerland Toni Pavičić-Donkić 06:41:08   Germany Sandra Albrecht 07:26:41
2006   Switzerland Jürg Schmid 07:10:23   United States Tina Neill 08:02:02
2007   Czech Republic David Cech 06:53:50   United Kingdom Nancy Douglas 07:07:05
2008   Switzerland Jürg Schmid 06:53:23   Germany Margit Bohnhoff 08:05:03
2009   United Kingdom Lee Portingale 07:15:07   Germany Christiane Vendel 07:43:29
2010   Australia Barry Sorcha 07:17:05   United States Julie Ann Galloway 06:35:41
2011   Italy Thomas Ladurner 06:54:45   United Kingdom Elizabeth Price 08:25:41
2012   Switzerland Bruno Baumgartner 07:33:45   United Kingdom Alexandra Hardy 07:30:56
2013   Australia Oliver Wilkinson 06:56:36   United States Patti Bauernfeind 07:53:34
2014   Italy Marco Allegretti 06:19:41 [5]   Ireland Rachael Lee 07:02:15 [5]
2015   United States John Zemaitis 07:40:23 [6]   United Kingdom Jo Yetman 08:21:31 [6]
2016   Switzerland Til Mesmer 06:35:35 [7]   Australia Georgina Kovacs 06:59:31 [7]
2017   Romania Paul Eugen Dorin Georgescu 07:11:37 [8][9]   United Kingdom Jenny Zwijnen 07:44:52 [8][9]
2018   South Africa Tyronn Venter 06:36:59 [10]   Germany Sandra Hornig 07:39:04 [10]
2019   Bulgaria Dimitar Videnov 06:31:09[11]   Germany Sandra Hornig 06:51:31[11]
2020
2021   Germany Stefan Runge 08: 08:32[12]   Germany Martina Junger 08:11:50[12]

References

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  1. ^ Munatones, Steven : Human Kinetics Open Water Swimming , p. 48, 163. Human Kinetics 1. 2011. ISBN 9781450429108. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  2. ^ a b srichinmoyraces.org : "Marathon-Swim Rapperswil-Zurich 26.4 km". 2013. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  3. ^ db.marathonswimmers.org : "Marathon Swimmers Database / Lake Zurich Marathon Swim - All Years". Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  4. ^ openwaterswimming.com : "When The Egyptians Came Up Into The Swiss Alps". 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  5. ^ a b openwaterswimming.com : "Marco Allegretti Leads International Field Across Lake Zurich". 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  6. ^ a b openwaterswimming.com : "John Zemaitis, Jo Yetman Go Bioprene Across Lake Zürich In International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmen". 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  7. ^ a b ch.srichinmoyraces.org : "Results 2016" (PDF). 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  8. ^ a b ch.srichinmoyraces.org : "Result Marathon Swim 2017" (PDF). 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  9. ^ a b openwaterswimming.com : "30th Sri Chinmoy Marathon Swim Lake Zurich". 2017-08-19. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  10. ^ a b ch.srichinmoyraces.org : "Result 2018" (PDF). 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  11. ^ a b ch.srichinmoyraces.org : Ergebnisse 2019 2019, retrieved 11 August 2019
  12. ^ a b ch.srichinmoyraces.org : Ergebnisse 2021 2021, retrieved 21 August 2021
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