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English Channel Crossings
 
  Hours
Min
1930
Margaret Duncan
16
17
1969
Peter Elwin Bales
13
38
1979
Kevin Anderson
12
22
1987
Derek Yach
9
48
1990
David Riding
13
50
1992
Lewis Pugh
14
50
1993
Hirsch Swim Team
10
58
1994
Susan Fraenkel
12
5
1994
Otto Thaning
10
29
1995
Hulme Scholes
14
24
1995
Gary Austin
13
20
1996
Redhill School
10
48
1996
Theodore Yach
14
25
1997
Sarah Wylie
12
21
1999
Bobby Jo Bassingthwaite (Namibia)
13
10
2000
Eels
10
51
2001
D.S.G.
10
30
2001
Benoni Northern Mixed
14
49
2001
Greg Bastik
10
37
2002
Wayne Chaitman
11
17
2002
Channel Champs
11
20
2002
Lewis Pugh Fan Club/Cape Long Distance Swim Assoc.
13
7
2002
Steven Klugman
10
7
2003
John Dickerson
10
9
2003
Jonathan Crowther
11
26
2004
Hugh Tucker
13
37
2005
Carina Bruwer
12
03
2005
Dion Woodburne
13
44
2005
Ilse Eiselen-Botes
11
02
2005
Mark Rosenberg
15
 25
2005
Epping Forest Flotsam (4-Person Relay Swim) - UK/South Africa
13
17
2006
Barend Nortje
8
57
2007 Barend Nortje 10 30
2008 Chris Green 14 07