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- 6 August 1926Gertrude Ederle14 hours, 39 minutes
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- 21 August 1977Nasser El Shazley8 hours, 45 minutes
- 29 July 1978Penny Lee Dean7 hours, 40 minutes
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- 24 August 2007Petar Stoychev6 hours, 57 minutes, 50 seconds
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