5 hours 41 minutes 48 seconds.
Oceans Seven Andy Donaldson (@andy.swimming) of Scotland has taken the 45.9 km circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island in New York City to the next level.
With a dark 2:00 am start, 33-year-old Donaldson and 25-year-old Josie Page (@josiepage_) from Western Australia attempted a course record around Manhattan Island under ideal situations.
Donaldson broke the record by slightly under 4 minutes.
New York Open Water reported, “5:41:48 is three and and half minutes under the 2011 record. Josie Page also had a fantastic swim; however, her time of 5:47:36 (unofficial) was slightly above the female record.” Their RS tracker is posted here.
On September 28th 2011, Oliver Wilkinson set the former record in 5 hours 44 minutes 2 seconds while Rondi Davies, also of Australia, finished in 5 hours 44 minutes 47 seconds.
Evan Morrison on Marathon Swimmers Federation gave a historical perspective of the progression of the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim course since 1915:
- 1915 Robert Dowling, age 18 in 13 hours 45 minutes
- 1916 Ida Elionsky, age 13 in 11 hours 35 minutes
- 1927 Bryon Summers, age 25 in 8 hours 56 minutes
- 1930 Sam Shields, age 24 in 8 hours 35 minutes
- 1975 Diana Nyad, age 26 in 7 hours 57 minutes
- 1982 Drury Gallagher, age 43 in 7 hours 14 minutes
- 1983: Paul Asmuth, age 26 in 6 hours 47 minutes
- 1983: Drury Gallagher, age 44 in 6 hours 42 minutes
- 1985 Shelley Taylor-Smith, age 24 in 6 hours 12 minutes
- 1992 Kris Rutford, age 32 in 5 hours 53 minutes
- 1995 Shelley Taylor-Smith, age 33 in 5 hours 45 minutes
- 2011 Oliver Wilkinson, age 36 in 5 hours 44 minutes
- 2024 Andy Donaldson, age 33 in 5 hours 41 minutes
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