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- Marathon_swimming abstract "Marathon swimming is a class of open water swimming defined by long distances (at least 10 kilometers) and traditional rules based in English Channel swimming. Unlike marathon foot-races which have a specifically defined distance, marathon swims vary in distance. However, one commonly used minimum definition is 10 kilometers, the distance of the marathon swimming event at the Olympic Games.As in all open water swimming, tides, surface currents and wind-chop are major determinants of finish-times. For a given course, these factors can vary dramatically from day to day, making any attempt to draw conclusions about athletic ability by comparing finish times from performances undertaken on different days meaningless.One of the earliest marathon swims was accomplished in 1875 by Captain Matthew Webb, when he became the first person to swim across the English Channel. Similarly, perhaps the most famous marathon swim of all-time was accomplished in 1926 by Gertrude Ederle, when she became, at 19 years of age, the first woman to swim across the English Channel. In doing so, she demolished the existing world record for the crossing, by employing the crawl stroke technique.The Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming includes three of the most well-known marathon swims: (1) 21 mi (34 kilometres) across the English Channel, (2) 20.1 mi (32.3 kilometres) between Catalina Island and the mainland in Southern California, USA, and (3) 28.5 mi (45.9 kilometres) around Manhattan Island in New York City, USA.The Ocean's seven is a collection of seven channel swims: (1) North Channel between Ireland and Scotland, (2) Cook Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand, (3) Molokai Channel between Oahu and Molokai Islands in Hawaii, (4) English Channel between England and France, (5) Catalina Channel between Santa Catalina Island and Southern California, (6) Tsugaru Strait between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan, and (7) Strait of Gibraltar between Europe and Africa. Irish swimmer Steve Redmond became the first person to complete the Ocean's seven upon completing the Tsugaru Strait on May 15, 2012.".
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageExternalLink acneg.com.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageExternalLink channelswimmingassociation.com.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageExternalLink cspf.co.uk.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageExternalLink marathonswimmers.org.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageExternalLink nycswim.org.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageExternalLink swimcatalina.com.
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- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Beltquerung.
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- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Category:Swimming.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Channels_of_the_Hawaiian_Islands.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Cook_Strait.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink English_Channel.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink FINA_World_Aquatics_Championships.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink FINA_World_Open_Water_Swimming_Championships.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Front_crawl.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Gertrude_Ederle.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink King_of_the_Channel_(swimming).
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink List_of_successful_English_Channel_swimmers.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Manhattan.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Matthew_Webb.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink North_Channel_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland).
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Oceans_seven.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Olympic_Games.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Open_water_swimming.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Queen_of_the_Channel.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Rottnest_Channel_Swim.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Santa_Catalina_Island,_California.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Strait_of_Gibraltar.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Strait_of_Otranto.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Swim_Miami.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Swimming_at_the_Summer_Olympics.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLink Tsugaru_Strait.
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLinkText "Cuba-to-Florida swim".
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLinkText "Marathon swimming".
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLinkText "Marathon".
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLinkText "long-distance swimming".
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLinkText "marathon swimmer".
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLinkText "marathon swimming".
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLinkText "marathon".
- Marathon_swimming wikiPageWikiLinkText "open-water marathons".
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- Marathon_swimming subject Category:Open_water_swimming.
- Marathon_swimming subject Category:Swimming.
- Marathon_swimming hypernym Swimming.
- Marathon_swimming type SportsTeam.
- Marathon_swimming comment "Marathon swimming is a class of open water swimming defined by long distances (at least 10 kilometers) and traditional rules based in English Channel swimming. Unlike marathon foot-races which have a specifically defined distance, marathon swims vary in distance.".
- Marathon_swimming label "Marathon swimming".
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- Marathon_swimming wasDerivedFrom Marathon_swimming?oldid=677658756.
- Marathon_swimming isPrimaryTopicOf Marathon_swimming.