| Lake Zurich Swim | |
|---|---|
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| Host city | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Date(s) | August |
| Venue(s) | Open water Lake Zurich |
| Events | 16.16 miles (26.01 km) |
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.
The participants swim from Rapperswil 47°13′40″N8°48′47″E / 47.227690°N 8.812953°E to Zurich, with a total course length of 16.16 miles (26.01 km). [2]
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] |
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