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World Marathon Swimming Records (in OCEANIA)

The list below is only a short list of the marathon swimming records over 10 kilometers – all
done without wetsuits and according to traditional English Channel swimming rules. With over
70% of the Earth covered in water, the number of records and locations to swim are
numerous and potentially endless.

If you know of additional records or new records that have been set in Oceania, please email
the name of the world record holder, their country, date (month, day and year), location,
distance and official time to Open Water Source.

Cook Strait (16 nautical miles between North and South Islands in New Zealand)
First Man: Barry Devonport (New Zealand), 1963, 11:20
First Woman: Lynne Cox (USA), 1975, 12:07
First Male Double Crossing: Philip Rush (New Zealand), 1984, 16:16
Fastest Male Double Crossing: Philip Rush (New Zealand), 1984, 16:16
First Female Double Crossing: Meda McKenzie (New Zealand), 1984, 23:06
Fastest Single Crossing: Casey Glover (New Zealand), 2008, 4:37
Fastest Crossing South Island – North Island: Denise Anderson (New Zealand), 1986, 5:04
Fastest Female Crossing North Island – South Island: Tammy van Wisse (Australia), 10
March 1999, 6:49
Oldest Female Crossing: 55-year-old Pam Dickson (New Zealand), 2009, 9:23:10
Oldest Male Crossing: 53-year-old Scott Coleman (USA), 2007, 10:27:32
Youngest Female Crossing: 13-year-old Stephanie Bennington (New Zealand), 2007, 8:10:35
Youngest Male Crossing: 11-year-old Aditya Raut (India), 2005, 9:09

Lake Taupo (42K, New Zealand)

First Crossing: Philip Rush (New Zealand), 1985, 10:14
Fastest Crossing: Philip Rush (New Zealand), 1985, 10:14
Fastest Double Crossing (84K): Philip Rush (New Zealand), 1985, 23:06

Rottnest Channel (19.7K, Western Australia)

First Crossing: Gerd von Dincklage-Schulenburg (Australia), 24 January 1956, 9:45
First Female Crossing: Lesley Meaney (nee Cherriman) (Great Britain), 13 April 1969, 9:35
Fastest Male Crossing: Mark Saliba (Australia), 2000, 4:00:15
Fastest Female Crossing (to Natural Jetty): Tamara Bruce (Australia), 1993, 4:10.03
Fastest Female Crossing (to Thomson Bay): Bronwyn Whitehead (Australia), 2000, 4:25:53
Oldest Crossing: 76.99 year old Dieter Loeliger (Australia), 1996, 9:21.18
Oldest Female Crossing: 65.38 year old Carrol Wannell (Australi), 2009, 8:19.08
First Male Double Crossing: Peter Tanham (Australia), 1991, 14:08.05
First Female Double Crossing: Barbara Pellick (Australia), 1994, 12:06.12
Youngest Male Crossing: 13 year old V. Kutraleeshwaran (India), 1994, 5:49.56
Youngest Female Crossing: 13 year old Jessica Walker (Australia), 2003, 7:57.32
First Backstroke Crossing: Hamish Osborne (Australia), 2005, 7:22.20

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First Breaststroke Crossing: Ian Wallace (Australia), 2001, 9:29.37

First Butterfly Crossing: Philip Martin (Australia), 2001, 9:45.07
Most Crossings by Male: 23 by Peter Tanham (Australia)
Most Crossings by Female: 23 by Barbara Pellick (Australia)

Fiji Swims (19K, Fiji)

Fastest Crossing from Viti Levu (main island) to Beachcomber Island: Michael Sheils
(Australia), 2010, 3:46

Sydney Heads (15K in Australia)

First Swim: Lewis Pugh (Great Britain), January 2006, 6:01

Green Island to Cairns (20 miles in Australia)

First Swim: Eddie Lovelock (Australia), November 1977, 8:33:10
Fastest Swim: Chris Palfrey (Australia), 14 November 2010, 7:54:53

Cairns to Green Island (20 miles in Australia)

First Swim: Eddie Lovelock (Australia), 1 December 1978, 7:34

Tahiti to Moorea (10.7 miles in the South Pacific)

First Non-wetsuit, Non-fin Swim: Cedric Wane, 2009, 6:17
Fastest Swim: Nathaniel Waring (USA), 1 May 2010, 4:57 from the red channel marker at
Punaauia Pass on the red channel market at Vaiare Pass on Moorea on Tahiti’s west coast.

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