Lake Malawi Swimmers

1992

Lewis Pugh 9 hours, 52 minutes United Kingdom/South Africa

1992

Otto Thanning 9 hours, 52 minutes South Africa

2010

Abigail Brown 9 hours 45 minutes United Kingdom

2013

Milko van Gool 8 hours, 46 minutes Netherlands

2013

Kaitlin Harthoorn 9 hours, 17 minutes United States of America

2016

Mad Swimmers 7 hours, 53 minutes Jean Craven (South Africa), Robert Dunford (Kenya), Michiel le Roux (South Africa), Samantha Whelpton (South Africa), Greig Bannatyne (South Africa), Haydn von Malitz (South Africa), Douglas Livingstone-Blevins (South Africa)

2019

Martin Hobbs Became the first person to swim the full length of Lake Malawi (54 days), as well as setting the world record for longest solo swim in lake.

2019

Chris Stapley 8 hours 40 minutes Eswatini

2019

Jay Azran 8 hours 40 minutes South Africa

2019

Ruth Azran 11 hours 08 minutes South Africa

2019

Andrew Stevens 10 hours 50 minutes Austria

2023

Pat Gallant-Charette 13 hours 05 minutes United States of America Documented by OWA, Ratified

2023

Swim Brothers USA Tandem – Joe & John Zemaitis 7 hours 49 minutes United States of America Documented by OWA, Ratified

2023

Three Persons Relay – Monene Murray, Ceri Coxon, Shannon Straw 10 hours 40 minutes South Africa Documented by OWA

2023

William Smith Solo, 7 hours 42 minutes United Kingdom Fastest Solo Swim. Documented by OWA, Ratified

2024

Sam Kruger Solo 9 hours 53 minutes South Africa Documented by OWA, Ratified

2024

Vural Tandogan Solo 14 hours 59 minutes Turkey Documented by OWA, Ratified

2025

Dezider Pek Solo 12 hours 56 minutes Slovakia Documented by OWA, Ratified

2025

Peter Plavec Solo 8 hours 21 minutes Slovakia Documented by OWA, Ratified

2025

Mickey Helps Solo 12 hours United Kingdom Documented by OWA, DNF

2026

Maggie Regan Solo 8 hours 05 minutes United States of America Documented by OWA, Ratified