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Fastest English Channel swim, two ways

Record

16 h 10 min

Holder
Philip Rush
Fastest English Channel swim, two ways
Photo: Astronaut photograph ISS054-E-53958 was acquired on February 24, 2018, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a 200 millimeter lens and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 54 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. Caption by Andrea Meado, Jacobs Technology, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC. · Public domain

What to remember

In 1987, New Zealand firefighter Philip Rush swam across the English Channel and back in 16 h 10 min. This two-way swim was part of a three-way crossing, completed in 28 h 21 min.

His splits show the effort involved: 7 h 55 min for the first leg, 8 h 15 min for the second, then 12 h 11 min for the third. Each leg covers a straight-line distance of at least 33.7 km. A long-distance swimmer, he set the fastest times for both the two-way and the three-way crossing.

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Sources and licences

  • Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of successful English Channel swimmers” (revision used 1379559825). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Photo: Astronaut photograph ISS054-E-53958 was acquired on February 24, 2018, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a 200 millimeter lens and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 54 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. Caption by Andrea Meado, Jacobs Technology, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC., Photo licensed under Public domain (Wikimedia Commons).

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