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1.
WR
1 photo(s)
UK
24 August 1875
+1
21:45
Matthew Webb
2.
1 photo(s)
UK
5 September 1911
+1
22:35
Thomas William Burgess
3.
USA
5 August 1923
+1
26:50
Henry Sullivan
4.
WR
Italy
12 August 1923
16:33
Enrico Tiraboschi
5.
USA
8 September 1923
16:58
Charles Toth
6.
Germany
30 August 1926
12:38
Arnst Vierkotter
7.
UK
5 August 1927
14:29
Edward H Temme
8.
Egypt
31 August 1928
23:40
Ishak Helmy
9.
UK
19 August 1934
15:34
Edward H Temme
10.
UK
22 August 1935
14:38
Haydn Taylor
11.
UK
4 August 1937
13:31
Thomas Blower
12.
UK
22 August 1949
+1
23:48
Philip Mickman
13.
Egypt
22 August 1950
10:50
Hassan Abdel Rehim
13.
UK (England)
22 August 1950
14:17
Walter Sam Rockett
13.
UK (Scotland)
22 August 1950
14:45
William Edward Barnie
16.
UK
29 July 1951
15:55
Philip Rising
16.
UK
29 July 1951
19:02
William Edward Barnie
18.
UK (England)
16 August 1951
13:02
Godfrey Chapman
18.
UK (Scotland)
16 August 1951
15:01
William Edward Barnie
20.
UK
11 September 1951
18:42
Thomas Blower
21.
UK
15 August 1952
15:36
Victor Birkett
22.
UK
30 August 1952
18:38
Philip Rising
23.
UK
21 September 1952
18:44
Philip Mickman
24.
Lebanon
3 August 1953
16:05
Toufic Bleik
25.
2 photo(s)
Relay
UK
15 August 1954
14:57
Folkestone Swimming Club
25.
Turkey
15 August 1954
16:50
Murat Guler
27.
UK
27 August 1955
14:06
William Pickering
28.
UK
30 August 1955
14:31
Frederick Oldman
29.
Canada
17 July 1956
13:02
Jacques Amyot
30.
UK (England)
20 August 1957
16:00
Kenneth J Wray
31.
UK
21 August 1957
13:33
Cmdr C Gerald Forsberg
32.
India
1958
14:45
Mihir Sen
33.
2 photo(s)
Brazil
10 August 1958
12:45
Abilio Couto
34.
USA
22 August 1958
19:31
Bert Thomas
35.
Pakistan
23 August 1958
14:52
Brojen Das
35.
Mexico
23 August 1958
16:57
Ramon Ocana
37.
Spain
27 August 1958
15:11
Jose Vitos
38.
USA
7 September 1958
12:00
Paul Herron
39.
France
1958
13:01
Georges Pourcelle
40.
Rhodesia
1959
15:36
Denis Pearson
40.
Argentina
1959
11:43
Alfredo Camarero
42.
Netherlands
27 August 1959
12:49
Herman Willemse
42.
Denmark
27 August 1959
13:17
Helge Jensen
42.
Pakistan
27 August 1959
13:53
Brojen Das
42.
1 photo(s)
Iraq
27 August 1959
15:17
Ala El-Din Al-Nawab
42.
UK (England)
27 August 1959
18:01
William Bristow
47.
Spain
1959
12:53
Rodolfo Rodriguez
47.
Yugoslavia
1959
12:06
Niko Nestor
49.
Mexico
9 September 1959
14:44
Miguel Gonzalez Lopez
50.
India
10 September 1959
13:50
Bimal Chundra
50.
USA
10 September 1959
15:00
Paul Herron
52.
3 photo(s)
Lebanon
1959
12:05
Osman Ghandour
53.
UK
11 September 1959
12:48
Gordon Hill
54.
Pakistan
22 September 1959
13:26
Brojen Das
55.
1 photo(s)
Brazil
26 September 1959
11:33
Abilio Couto
56.
4 photo(s)
Brazil
29 September 1959
12:49
Abilio Couto
57.
UK
1 August 1960
13:31
Michael Jennings
58.
Argentina
1960
12:23
Alfredo Camarero
58.
Lebanon
1960
12:56
Abed Almonem Fakhreddin
60.
Sweden
18 August 1960
14:30
Staffan Hasselberg
61.
Pakistan
27 August 1960
14:43
Brojen Das
62.
Denmark
31 August 1960
10:23
Helge Jensen
63.
UK
13 September 1960
16:31
Peter Fergus
64.
India
6 September 1961
19:00
Nitindra Narayan Roy
65.
Pakistan
8 September 1961
11:48
Brojen Das
66.
Pakistan
21 September 1961
10:35
Brojen Das
67.
WR
2 Way
Argentina
20 September 1961
+1
43:10
Antonio Abertondo
68.
Turkey
1961
14:21
Dogan Sahin
69.
UK
1 August 1963
15:39
Derek Turner
70.
Belgium
4 August 1963
15:09
Pierre Van Vooren
71.
UK
1963
16:53
Kendall Mellor
71.
France
1963
15:35
Georges Montilly
71.
France
1963
15:35
Adrien Mabileau
74.
Belgium
1964
15:13
Raymond Rousselle
75.
USA
4 August 1964
12:45
John Starrett
76.
UK
16 August 1964
9:35
Barry Watson
77.
Canada
1964
12:05
Robert Cossette
78.
UK
20 August 1964
15:35
Gregory Schofield
79.
USA
30 August 1964
12:35
Ted Erikson
80.
USA
29 September 1964
17:03
Joe Nagi
81.
Belgium
9 July 1965
17:55
Pierre Van Vooren
82.
UK
1965
17:07
Derek Gill
83.
New Zealand
7 August 1965
15:33
Keith F C Hancox
84.
Guatemala
1965
16:45
Danilo Lopez
85.
2 Way
USA
18 September 1965
30:03
Ted Erikson
86.
UK
4 October 1965
14:31
Philip Gollop
87.
UK
1966
16:16
Philip Kaye
87.
UK
1966
16:42
Graham McIntyre
89.
UK
21 August 1966
13:02
Michael Jennings
90.
Pakistan
11 September 1966
13:42
Abdul Malek
91.
Iran
1966
15:04
Lt Mustafa Etaati
92.
UK
2 August 1967
12:05
Norman Trusty
93.
USA
25 August 1967
18:54
Thomas J Hetzel
94.
UK
27 August 1967
18:34
Mervyn Sharp
95.
UK
1967
13:45
Philip Gollop
95.
UK
1967
15:21
Geoffrey S Lake
97.
UK
July 1968
17:52
Mervyn Sharp
98.
UK
19 July 1968
18:10
Philip Gollop
99.
UK
21 July 1968
20:26
John Birtley
100.
1 photo(s)
UK
11 August 1968
15:15
Kevin Murphy
101.
UK
3 September 1968
14:40
Ron Kellerman
102.
UK
1968
15:38
Barry Watson
103.
UK
6 August 1969
13:56
Barry Watson
104.
UK
1969
14:28
Philip Gollop
105.
UK
August 1969
14:29
Mervyn Sharp
106.
South Africa
1969
13:38
Peter Elwin Bales
106.
Netherlands
1969
12:47
Jan Van Scheyndal
106.
USA
1969
14:54
Thomas J Hetzel
109.
UK
October 1969
19:41
Mervyn Sharp
110.
UK
1969
10:24
Robert Fletcher
110.
USA
1969
11:22
Jon Erikson
110.
UK
1969
12:10
Michael Read
110.
Australia
1969
10:32
John Koorey
114.
Ireland
31 July 1970
13:41
Raymond Cossum
114.
UK
31 July 1970
15:14
Mervyn Sharp
116.
1 photo(s)
2 Way
UK
3 August 1970
35:10
Kevin Murphy
117.
Australia
9 August 1970
13:09
Desmond Renford MBE
118.
1 photo(s)
UK
13 August 1970
14:10
Kenneth Brewer
118.
UK
13 August 1970
15:14
Barry Watson
120.
Australia
27 August 1970
12:55
Desmond Renford MBE
121.
UK
30 August 1970
12:18
Michael Read
122.
USA
19 September 1970
11:45
Michael Paesler
123.
USA
20 September 1970
14:14
Thomas J Hetzel
123.
USA
20 September 1970
16:35
Robert Lyle
125.
10 photo(s)
Relay
UK
24 September 1970
14:10
Southfield School Team
126.
UK
1970
12:38
Robert McNae
126.
UK
1970
15:40
Derek Turner
128.
UK
1 July 1971
16:12
Derek Turner
129.
UK
30 July 1971
12:24
Norman Trusty
129.
Czechoslovakia
30 July 1971
15:26
Frantisek Venclovsky
131.
UK
16 August 1971
11:21
David Mase
132.
USA
5 September 1971
13:59
Thomas J Hetzel
133.
UK
15 September 1971
13:41
Norman Trusty
133.
USA
15 September 1971
15:10
Benson J Huggard
135.
UK
16 September 1971
12:25
Michael Read
136.
UK
22 July 1972
11:03
Alan Mitchell
136.
Australia
22 July 1972
13:30
Desmond Renford MBE
138.
Egypt
30 July 1972
10:33
Osama Rashad Lofti
139.
Egypt
10 August 1972
11:31
Hany Hassan Hamat
140.
Ireland
13 August 1972
18:11
Edward Keenan
141.
Australia
19 August 1972
12:59
Desmond Renford MBE
142.
USA
20 August 1972
9:44
Richard Davis Hart
142.
USA
20 August 1972
13:45
Thomas J Hetzel
144.
USA
30 July 1973
16:48
Thomas J Hetzel
145.
UK
10 August 1973
15:58
Eric Atkinson
146.
Egypt
12 August 1973
12:16
Baher Hamid
146.
Egypt
12 August 1973
12:17
Hany Hassan Hamat
148.
UK
29 August 1973
12:40
Thomas Holland
149.
UK
5 September 1973
10:43
Raymond Dixon
150.
UK
6 September 1973
12:08
Michael Read
151.
UK
11 September 1973
14:33
Christopher Carter
152.
UK
7 October 1973
15:17
Mervyn Sharp
153.
UK
18 July 1974
13:42
Mervyn Sharp
154.
Australia
13 August 1974
12:41
Desmond Renford MBE
155.
Czechoslovakia
15 August 1974
13:27
Jan Novak
156.
Egypt
17 August 1974
13:29
Giham Ismail Metwalli
157.
Egypt
21 August 1974
10:49
Monir Amin Gad
158.
India
28 August 1974
16:15
Avingash Sarang
159.
Australia
11 September 1974
14:02
Desmond Renford MBE
160.
Australia
29 July 1975
14:22
Desmond Renford MBE
161.
3 photo(s)
Belgium
2 August 1975
16:32
Etienne Van Audenaerde
162.
Australia
3 August 1975
13:08
Desmond Renford MBE
163.
Mexico
4 August 1975
12:20
Antonio Ochoa De Quevado
164.
Egypt
7 August 1975
9:50
Ibrahim Faidalla
165.
2 Way
USA
13 August 1975
29:50
Jon Erikson
166.
Egypt
14 August 1975
9:40
Monir Amin Gad
166.
Syria
14 August 1975
9:59
Marawan Saleh
166.
Syria
14 August 1975
10:32
Maher Saleh
166.
Egypt
14 August 1975
11:00
Yehya El Saati
166.
Saudi Arabia
14 August 1975
12:28
Alawi Mekki
166.
Lebanon
14 August 1975
13:20
Zohir Sharafeldin
172.
USA
17 August 1975
12:20
David Cox
173.
Turkey
18 August 1975
16:40
Ersin Aydin
174.
UK
28 August 1975
12:27
Ian Reid
175.
Canada
29 August 1975
12:33
Jacques Amyot
175.
UK
29 August 1975
12:45
Michael Read
175.
1 photo(s)
2 Way
UK
29 August 1975
36:03
Kevin Murphy
178.
UK
30 August 1975
13:08
Anthony Heaton
178.
Czechoslovakia
30 August 1975
13:42
Frantisek Venclovsky
180.
Czechoslovakia
31 August 1975
12:45
Jan Novak
181.
Australia
1 September 1975
13:12
Desmond Renford MBE
182.
UK
3 September 1975
16:53
Paul Tew
183.
USA
21 July 1976
14:31
Jamie Stewart
183.
USA
21 July 1976
16:03
Thomas J Hetzel
185.
Australia
4 August 1976
12:02
Desmond Renford MBE
185.
1 photo(s)
UK
4 August 1976
15:00
Kevin Murphy
187.
UK
5 August 1976
12:36
Michael Read
188.
Egypt
6 August 1976
9:45
Nabil El Shazley
189.
Syria
18 August 1976
9:27
Marawan Saleh
190.
USA
24 August 1976
9:50
Richard Davis Hart
191.
Turkey
31 August 1976
9:02
Erdal Acet
192.
UK
5 September 1976
14:58
Peter Dyton
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