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- 28 August 1938Fernley Wheatcroft13 hours, 35 minutes
- 8 August 1950Florence Chadwick13 hours, 23 minutes
- 16 August 1951Brenda Fisher12 hours, 42 minutes
- 22 August 1958Greta Andersen11 hours, 1 minutes
- 17 July 1967Elaine Gray10 hours, 24 minutes
- 1967Linda McGill9 hours, 59 minutes
- 20 July 1972Lynne E Cox9 hours, 57 minutes
- 10 August 1973Lynne E Cox9 hours, 36 minutes
- 5 August 1976Tina Bischoff9 hours, 3 minutes
- 31 August 1976Wendy Brook8 hours, 56 minutes
- 29 July 1978Penny Lee Dean7 hours, 40 minutes
- 5 August 2006Yvetta Hlavacova7 hours, 25 minutes, 15 seconds