| 1992 | Lewis Pugh, 9 hours 52 minutes (UK/SA) |
| Otto Thanning, 9 hours 52 minutes (SA) |
| 2010 | Abigail Brown, 9 hours 45 minutes (UK) |
| 2013 | Milko van Gool, 8 hours 46 minutes (NL) |
| Kaitlin Harthoorn, 9 hours 17 minutes (USA) |
| 2016 | Mad Swimmers – Jean Craven (SA), Robert Dunford (Kenya), Michiel le Roux (SA), Samantha Whelpton (SA), Greig Bannatyne (SA), Haydn von Malitz (SA), Douglas Livingstone-Blevins (SA) 7 hours 53 minutes |
| 2019 | Martin Hobbs (SA), 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 a lake |
| Chris Stapley 8 hours 40 minutes (Eswatini) |
| Jay Azran 8 hours 40 minutes (SA) |
| Andrew Stevens 10 hours 50 minutes (AUS) |
| 2023 | Pat Gallant-Charette 13 hours 5 minutes (USA), first swim to be swam for ratification – DOCUMENTED BY OWA, DULY RATIFIED BY OWA /WOWSA |
| 2023 | Swim Brothers USA – Joe & John Zemaitis, 7 hours 49 minutes (USA), fastest to date – DOCUMENTED BY OWA, DULY RATIFIED BY OWA / WOWSA |
| 2023 | Three Persons Relay – Monene Murray, Ceri Coxon, Shannon Straw, 10 hours 40 minutes (ZAR), first relay team – DOCUMENTED BY OWA, RATIFIED BY OWA |
| 2023 | William Smith Solo 7 hours, 42 minutes (UK), fastest solo swim – DOCUMENTED BY OWA, DULY RATIFIED BY OWA / WOWSA |
| 2024 | Ragıp Vural Tandoğan Solo – 14 hours, 59 minutes (TR) – DOCUMENTED BY OWA, DULY RATIFIED BY OWA / WOWSA |
| 2024 | Sam Kruger Solo – 9 hours, 53 mintues (ZAR) – DOCUMENTED BY OWA< DULY RATIFIED BY OWA / WOWSA |
