Lake Zurich Swim

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Lake Zurich Swim
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Host city Zurich, Switzerland
Date(s)August
Venue(s)Open water Lake Zurich
Events16.16 miles (26.01 km)
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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.

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The participants swim from Rapperswil 47°13′40″N8°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

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

YearMenWomen
CountrySwimmerTime (hours, minutes, seconds)CountrySwimmerTime (hours, minutes, seconds)
1987Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Lyndon Dunsbee06:15:02Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Bridet Young06:35:20
1988Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mahmond Nail06:38:40Flag of India.svg  India Archana Patel09:51:20
1989Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Bogusław Lizak09:09:48Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Monika Glaner09:42:31
1990Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Christoph Wandratsch 06:15:20Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Tammy van Wisse 06:42:19
1991Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Michal Spacek06:39:45Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Ilona Musalkova07:40:28
1992Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Erik von Dartel06:19:14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Lenka Sterbova07:09:18
1993Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mohammed Maarouf05:51:41 [4] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Karin Bolliger11:56:10
1994Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Tamer Ibrahim Ali05:57:40Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Susie Maroney 06:00:07
1995Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Christian Narra05:53:21Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Pamela Kalas06:12:08
1996Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland David Zanfino07:24:25Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Lenka Lockerova07:48:30
1997
1998Flag of India.svg  India Sandeep Verma06:37:20Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Eva Andersson07:45:29
1999
2000Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Simon Lee07:07:00Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Petti Noelia07:27:37
2001Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Michele Silvan06:06:55Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Nadia Krüger05:59:43
2002Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Simon Lee07:11:52Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Eva Andersson08:25:21
2003Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Santiago Palacios06:50:42Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Amanada Picard06:48:12
2004Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Mario Guhl07:30:47Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Eva Andersson08:37:59
2005Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Toni Pavičić-Donkić06:41:08Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Sandra Albrecht07:26:41
2006Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Jürg Schmid07:10:23Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tina Neill08:02:02
2007Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic David Cech06:53:50Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Nancy Douglas07:07:05
2008Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Jürg Schmid06:53:23Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Margit Bohnhoff08:05:03
2009Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Lee Portingale07:15:07Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Christiane Vendel07:43:29
2010Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Barry Sorcha07:17:05Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Julie Ann Galloway06:35:41
2011Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Thomas Ladurner06:54:45Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Elizabeth Price08:25:41
2012Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Bruno Baumgartner07:33:45Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Alexandra Hardy07:30:56
2013Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Oliver Wilkinson06:56:36Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Patti Bauernfeind07:53:34
2014Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Marco Allegretti06:19:41 [5] Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Rachael Lee07:02:15 [5]
2015Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States John Zemaitis07:40:23 [6] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Jo Yetman08:21:31 [6]
2016Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Til Mesmer06:35:35 [7] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Georgina Kovacs06:59:31 [7]
2017Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Paul Eugen Dorin Georgescu07:11:37 [8] [9] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Jenny Zwijnen07:44:52 [8] [9]
2018Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Tyronn Venter06:36:59 [10] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Sandra Hornig07:39:04 [10]
2019Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Dimitar Videnov06:31:09 [11] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Sandra Hornig06:51:31 [11]
2020
2021Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Stefan Runge08: 08:32 [12] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Martina Junger08:11:50 [12]

References

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  8. 1 2 ch.srichinmoyraces.org : "Result Marathon Swim 2017" (PDF). 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  9. 1 2 openwaterswimming.com : "30th Sri Chinmoy Marathon Swim Lake Zurich". 2017-08-19. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  10. 1 2 ch.srichinmoyraces.org : "Result 2018" (PDF). 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  11. 1 2 ch.srichinmoyraces.org : Ergebnisse 2019 2019, retrieved 11 August 2019
  12. 1 2 ch.srichinmoyraces.org : Ergebnisse 2021 2021, retrieved 21 August 2021