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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.
Turkey
15 August 1954
16:50
Murat Guler
26.
UK
27 August 1955
14:06
William Pickering
27.
UK
30 August 1955
14:31
Frederick Oldman
28.
Canada
17 July 1956
13:02
Jacques Amyot
29.
UK (England)
20 August 1957
16:00
Kenneth J Wray
30.
UK
21 August 1957
13:33
Cmdr C Gerald Forsberg
31.
India
1958
14:45
Mihir Sen
32.
2 photo(s)
Brazil
10 August 1958
12:45
Abilio Couto
33.
USA
22 August 1958
19:31
Bert Thomas
34.
Pakistan
23 August 1958
14:52
Brojen Das
34.
Mexico
23 August 1958
16:57
Ramon Ocana
36.
Spain
27 August 1958
15:11
Jose Vitos
37.
USA
7 September 1958
12:00
Paul Herron
38.
France
1958
13:01
Georges Pourcelle
39.
Rhodesia
1959
15:36
Denis Pearson
39.
Argentina
1959
11:43
Alfredo Camarero
41.
Netherlands
27 August 1959
12:49
Herman Willemse
41.
Denmark
27 August 1959
13:17
Helge Jensen
41.
Pakistan
27 August 1959
13:53
Brojen Das
41.
1 photo(s)
Iraq
27 August 1959
15:17
Ala El-Din Al-Nawab
41.
UK (England)
27 August 1959
18:01
William Bristow
46.
Spain
1959
12:53
Rodolfo Rodriguez
46.
Yugoslavia
1959
12:06
Niko Nestor
48.
Mexico
9 September 1959
14:44
Miguel Gonzalez Lopez
49.
India
10 September 1959
13:50
Bimal Chundra
49.
USA
10 September 1959
15:00
Paul Herron
51.
3 photo(s)
Lebanon
1959
12:05
Osman Ghandour
52.
UK
11 September 1959
12:48
Gordon Hill
53.
Pakistan
22 September 1959
13:26
Brojen Das
54.
1 photo(s)
Brazil
26 September 1959
11:33
Abilio Couto
55.
4 photo(s)
Brazil
29 September 1959
12:49
Abilio Couto
56.
UK
1 August 1960
13:31
Michael Jennings
57.
Argentina
1960
12:23
Alfredo Camarero
57.
Lebanon
1960
12:56
Abed Almonem Fakhreddin
59.
Sweden
18 August 1960
14:30
Staffan Hasselberg
60.
Pakistan
27 August 1960
14:43
Brojen Das
61.
Denmark
31 August 1960
10:23
Helge Jensen
62.
UK
13 September 1960
16:31
Peter Fergus
63.
India
6 September 1961
19:00
Nitindra Narayan Roy
64.
Pakistan
8 September 1961
11:48
Brojen Das
65.
Pakistan
21 September 1961
10:35
Brojen Das
66.
WR
2 Way
Argentina
20 September 1961
+1
43:10
Antonio Abertondo
67.
Turkey
1961
14:21
Dogan Sahin
68.
UK
1 August 1963
15:39
Derek Turner
69.
Belgium
4 August 1963
15:09
Pierre Van Vooren
70.
UK
1963
16:53
Kendall Mellor
70.
France
1963
15:35
Georges Montilly
70.
France
1963
15:35
Adrien Mabileau
73.
Belgium
1964
15:13
Raymond Rousselle
74.
USA
4 August 1964
12:45
John Starrett
75.
UK
16 August 1964
9:35
Barry Watson
76.
Canada
1964
12:05
Robert Cossette
77.
UK
20 August 1964
15:35
Gregory Schofield
78.
USA
30 August 1964
12:35
Ted Erikson
79.
USA
29 September 1964
17:03
Joe Nagi
80.
Belgium
9 July 1965
17:55
Pierre Van Vooren
81.
UK
1965
17:07
Derek Gill
82.
New Zealand
7 August 1965
15:33
Keith F C Hancox
83.
Guatemala
1965
16:45
Danilo Lopez
84.
2 Way
USA
18 September 1965
30:03
Ted Erikson
85.
UK
4 October 1965
14:31
Philip Gollop
86.
UK
1966
16:16
Philip Kaye
86.
UK
1966
16:42
Graham McIntyre
88.
UK
21 August 1966
13:02
Michael Jennings
89.
Pakistan
11 September 1966
13:42
Abdul Malek
90.
Iran
1966
15:04
Lt Mustafa Etaati
91.
UK
2 August 1967
12:05
Norman Trusty
92.
USA
25 August 1967
18:54
Thomas J Hetzel
93.
UK
27 August 1967
18:34
Mervyn Sharp
94.
UK
1967
13:45
Philip Gollop
94.
UK
1967
15:21
Geoffrey S Lake
96.
UK
July 1968
17:52
Mervyn Sharp
97.
UK
19 July 1968
18:10
Philip Gollop
98.
UK
21 July 1968
20:26
John Birtley
99.
1 photo(s)
UK
11 August 1968
15:15
Kevin Murphy
100.
UK
3 September 1968
14:40
Ron Kellerman
101.
UK
1968
15:38
Barry Watson
102.
UK
6 August 1969
13:56
Barry Watson
103.
UK
1969
14:28
Philip Gollop
104.
UK
August 1969
14:29
Mervyn Sharp
105.
South Africa
1969
13:38
Peter Elwin Bales
105.
Netherlands
1969
12:47
Jan Van Scheyndal
105.
USA
1969
14:54
Thomas J Hetzel
108.
UK
October 1969
19:41
Mervyn Sharp
109.
UK
1969
10:24
Robert Fletcher
109.
USA
1969
11:22
Jon Erikson
109.
UK
1969
12:10
Michael Read
109.
Australia
1969
10:32
John Koorey
113.
Ireland
31 July 1970
13:41
Raymond Cossum
113.
UK
31 July 1970
15:14
Mervyn Sharp
115.
1 photo(s)
2 Way
UK
3 August 1970
35:10
Kevin Murphy
116.
Australia
9 August 1970
13:09
Desmond Renford MBE
117.
1 photo(s)
UK
13 August 1970
14:10
Kenneth Brewer
117.
UK
13 August 1970
15:14
Barry Watson
119.
Australia
27 August 1970
12:55
Desmond Renford MBE
120.
UK
30 August 1970
12:18
Michael Read
121.
USA
19 September 1970
11:45
Michael Paesler
122.
USA
20 September 1970
14:14
Thomas J Hetzel
122.
USA
20 September 1970
16:35
Robert Lyle
124.
UK
1970
12:38
Robert McNae
124.
UK
1970
15:40
Derek Turner
126.
UK
1 July 1971
16:12
Derek Turner
127.
UK
30 July 1971
12:24
Norman Trusty
127.
Czechoslovakia
30 July 1971
15:26
Frantisek Venclovsky
129.
UK
16 August 1971
11:21
David Mase
130.
USA
5 September 1971
13:59
Thomas J Hetzel
131.
UK
15 September 1971
13:41
Norman Trusty
131.
USA
15 September 1971
15:10
Benson J Huggard
133.
UK
16 September 1971
12:25
Michael Read
134.
UK
22 July 1972
11:03
Alan Mitchell
134.
Australia
22 July 1972
13:30
Desmond Renford MBE
136.
Egypt
30 July 1972
10:33
Osama Rashad Lofti
137.
Egypt
10 August 1972
11:31
Hany Hassan Hamat
138.
Ireland
13 August 1972
18:11
Edward Keenan
139.
Australia
19 August 1972
12:59
Desmond Renford MBE
140.
USA
20 August 1972
9:44
Richard Davis Hart
140.
USA
20 August 1972
13:45
Thomas J Hetzel
142.
USA
30 July 1973
16:48
Thomas J Hetzel
143.
UK
10 August 1973
15:58
Eric Atkinson
144.
Egypt
12 August 1973
12:16
Baher Hamid
144.
Egypt
12 August 1973
12:17
Hany Hassan Hamat
146.
UK
29 August 1973
12:40
Thomas Holland
147.
UK
5 September 1973
10:43
Raymond Dixon
148.
UK
6 September 1973
12:08
Michael Read
149.
UK
11 September 1973
14:33
Christopher Carter
150.
UK
7 October 1973
15:17
Mervyn Sharp
151.
UK
18 July 1974
13:42
Mervyn Sharp
152.
Australia
13 August 1974
12:41
Desmond Renford MBE
153.
Czechoslovakia
15 August 1974
13:27
Jan Novak
154.
Egypt
17 August 1974
13:29
Giham Ismail Metwalli
155.
Egypt
21 August 1974
10:49
Monir Amin Gad
156.
India
28 August 1974
16:15
Avingash Sarang
157.
Australia
11 September 1974
14:02
Desmond Renford MBE
158.
Australia
29 July 1975
14:22
Desmond Renford MBE
159.
3 photo(s)
Belgium
2 August 1975
16:32
Etienne Van Audenaerde
160.
Australia
3 August 1975
13:08
Desmond Renford MBE
161.
Mexico
4 August 1975
12:20
Antonio Ochoa De Quevado
162.
Egypt
7 August 1975
9:50
Ibrahim Faidalla
163.
2 Way
USA
13 August 1975
29:50
Jon Erikson
164.
Egypt
14 August 1975
9:40
Monir Amin Gad
164.
Syria
14 August 1975
9:59
Marawan Saleh
164.
Syria
14 August 1975
10:32
Maher Saleh
164.
Egypt
14 August 1975
11:00
Yehya El Saati
164.
Saudi Arabia
14 August 1975
12:28
Alawi Mekki
164.
Lebanon
14 August 1975
13:20
Zohir Sharafeldin
170.
USA
17 August 1975
12:20
David Cox
171.
Turkey
18 August 1975
16:40
Ersin Aydin
172.
UK
28 August 1975
12:27
Ian Reid
173.
Canada
29 August 1975
12:33
Jacques Amyot
173.
UK
29 August 1975
12:45
Michael Read
173.
1 photo(s)
2 Way
UK
29 August 1975
36:03
Kevin Murphy
176.
UK
30 August 1975
13:08
Anthony Heaton
176.
Czechoslovakia
30 August 1975
13:42
Frantisek Venclovsky
178.
Czechoslovakia
31 August 1975
12:45
Jan Novak
179.
Australia
1 September 1975
13:12
Desmond Renford MBE
180.
UK
3 September 1975
16:53
Paul Tew
181.
USA
21 July 1976
14:31
Jamie Stewart
181.
USA
21 July 1976
16:03
Thomas J Hetzel
183.
Australia
4 August 1976
12:02
Desmond Renford MBE
183.
1 photo(s)
UK
4 August 1976
15:00
Kevin Murphy
185.
UK
5 August 1976
12:36
Michael Read
186.
Egypt
6 August 1976
9:45
Nabil El Shazley
187.
Syria
18 August 1976
9:27
Marawan Saleh
188.
USA
24 August 1976
9:50
Richard Davis Hart
189.
Turkey
31 August 1976
9:02
Erdal Acet
190.
UK
5 September 1976
14:58
Peter Dyton
191.
1 photo(s)
UK
6 September 1976
15:32
Kevin Murphy
192.
UK
7 September 1976
17:56
Michael Read
193.
UK
17 September 1976
12:07
Robert De St Paer
194.
Australia
21 July 1977
13:35
Desmond Renford MBE
194.
1 photo(s)
UK
21 July 1977
14:05
Kevin Murphy
196.
UK
26 July 1977
11:05
David Morgan
197.
USA
27 July 1977
13:59
Thomas J Hetzel
198.
UK
2 August 1977
14:00
Michael Read
199.
UK
10 August 1977
14:35
Michael Read
200.
Egypt
21 August 1977
8:45
Nasser El Shazley
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