# Lake Zurich Swim

The Lake Zurich Marathon Swim belongs to the world's longest swimming marathon races. 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 / 47.227690; 8.812953 to Zurich, with a total course length of 16.16 miles (26.01 km).

## Winner's list

Winner's list, overall non-wetsuit (Race record highlighted)
| Year | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Year | 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 | 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 | Ireland | Rachael Lee | 07:02:15 |
| 2015 | United States | John Zemaitis | 07:40:23 | United Kingdom | Jo Yetman | 08:21:31 |
| 2016 | Switzerland | Til Mesmer | 06:35:35 | Australia | Georgina Kovacs | 06:59:31 |
| 2017 | Romania | Paul Eugen Dorin Georgescu | 07:11:37 | United Kingdom | Jenny Zwijnen | 07:44:52 |
| 2018 | South Africa | Tyronn Venter | 06:36:59 | Germany | Sandra Hornig | 07:39:04 |
| 2019 | Bulgaria | Dimitar Videnov | 06:31:09 | Germany | Sandra Hornig | 06:51:31 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | Germany | Stefan Runge | 08: 08:32 | Germany | Martina Junger | 08:11:50 |