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Story: Open water swimming

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Long-distance and marathon swimming

  3. Early New Zealand swimmers

  4. Major marathon courses

  5. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Long-distance and marathon swimming

Preparing to swim

Preparing to swim

A swimmer in trouble

A swimmer in trouble

Training to swim the English Channel

Training to swim the English Channel

From page 2 - Early New Zealand swimmers

Marathon swim courses

Marathon swim courses

Retracing Hinepoupou’s swim

Retracing Hinepoupou’s swim (1st of 2)

Triumphant arrival

Triumphant arrival (2nd of 2)

An open water competition

An open water competition

From page 3 - Major marathon courses

Cook Strait conquerors

Cook Strait conquerors

Barrie Devenport after his Cook Strait swim

Barrie Devenport after his Cook Strait swim

Women Cook Strait swimmers

Women Cook Strait swimmers (1st of 3)

The first woman to cross

The first woman to cross (2nd of 3)

The fastest Cook Strait champion

The fastest woman (3rd of 3)

First swimmer across Foveaux Strait

First swimmer across Foveaux Strait

Swimming Lake Taupō

Swimming Lake Taupō

How to cite this page:

Nancy Swarbrick, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/open-water-swimming/media (accessed 30 September 2023)

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 12 Jun 2006, updated 1 Feb 2016

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