| 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 Rapperswil47°13′40″N 8°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] |