56th Edition of the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in 2021

Caroline Laure Jouisse (@caaroj) of France won the 2021 Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, a professional marathon swim in Italy that has been held since 1954, in 6 hours 49 minutes. Jouisse held off teammate Lisa Pou (@lisapou) who finished second in the 56th Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in 6 hours 52 minutes.

Next month, Jouisse (on left above) and Pou (on right above) will face off again – renewing their rivalry in Paris with even higher stakes. Jouisse of France and Pou of Monaco are expected to be right in the lead pack among the 24 women representing 17 countries at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

The race will be on August 8th in the Seine.

59th Edition of the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in 2024

For decades, the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli was either the premier professional marathon swimming competition or one of the major competitions on the professional marathon swimming circuit. Under the leadership and vision of race director Luciano Cotena, an Honor Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, the race has expanded to different competition dates for amateurs as well as the season-ending professional race held in early September.

As the sport has grown. Cotena has judiciously and professionally evolved the Italian classic marathon swim.

Amateur soloists and relayed challenged themselves over the rough water 36 km course over the last several weeks, racing from the island of Capri to the mainland in Napoli. The professional race will be held on September 7th.

51-year-old Kirsten Cameron, New Zealand was the fastest time in 7 hours 51 minutes and won the third competition of the 59th annual event. Alexandre Bermond of France won the first competition in 8 hours 12 minutes and Emre Erdogan of Turkey won the second competition in 8 hours 1 minute.  

Cameron could not make it to Italy last year, but she made up for her absence with a commanding victory over the entire field and nearly 44 minutes over the first man, Hampus Carlsson of Sweden. Capri-Napoli was her third major marathon swimming victory of her career. In 2018, she won the 13 km Lake Geneva Classic in Switzerland and the 26.4 km International Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim in 2022.

59th Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli Results – 1st Competition on June 21st 2024

1. Alexandre Marcel Bermond, France 8 hours 12 minutes 20 seconds
2. Tomas Cunha, Brazil 8 hours 35 minutes 30 seconds
3. Moreno Bettinazzi, Italy 8 hours 36 minutes 10 seconds
4. Yoann Ramplou, France 8 hours 50 minutes 30 seconds
5. Marco Murari, Italy DNF

59th Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli Results – 2nd Competition on June 28th 2024

1. Emre Erdogan (@eerdogan13), Turkey 8 hours 1 minutes 40 seconds
2. Ana Carolina Morelli (@anacarolmorelli), Brazil 8 hours 32 minutes 10 seconds [first woman, shown above]
3. Marco Millefiorini, Italy 9 hours 35 minutes 15 seconds
4. Denis Portnoi, Israel 9 hours 43 minutes 35 seconds
5. Andreas Derudder, Belgium 9 hours 58 minutes 15 seconds
6. Danilo Di Capua, Italy no time
7. Giuseppe Russo, Italy no time
8. Gaston Faccio, Argentina no time
9. Stefano Plenario, Italy DNF

59th Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli Results – 3rd Competition on July 5th 2024

1. Kirsten Cameron, New Zealand 7 hours 51 minutes 15 seconds [first woman]
2. Hampus Carlsson, Sweden 8 hours 35 minutes 5 seconds
3. Priscilla Magalhaes, Brazil 9 hours 50 minutes 15 seconds [second woman]
4. Lorenzo Raggio, Argentina 10 hours 20 minutes 10 seconds
5. Gabriela Lemus, Mexico 10 hours 30 minutes 43 seconds [third woman]
6. François Chagnaud, France DNF
7. Tomas Matias La Rocca, Argentina DNF
8. Dario Mariani Sung, Venezuela no time
9. Eduard Von Slawik, Italy no time

For more information on the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, visit here.

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