Abbreviations:

SW: Swimming World Magazine

WPMSF: World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation

WWS: Wind, Waves and Sunburn, by Conrad Wennerberg

 

Most of these links come from two spreadsheets that I first posted in October 2019:

WPMSF Race Results by Year

WPMSF Race Results by Race

 

Chicago | Hamilton | Lac St-Jean | Lake Ohrid | Nile - Suez - Aswan | Saguenay | La Tuque | Utrecht | other

 

Chicago
1970	No Race	SW, July 1971
1971	No Race	SW, June 1972	WPMSF press release
1972	No Race	In his June 1972 Professional Marathon Swimming column in Swimming World, Joe Grossman joyfully announces that the race is on…		…but then it’s not: SW, Sep 1972
1973	Results - Roster - Bucha splits / Photos of Bucha, Schans, Nyad	Roster (cleaner version) / Chicago Tribune (pre-race with roster)	SW, Oct 1973 - WPMSF #21	Chicago Tribune / Chicago Tribune (focus on Nyad) / Chicago News
1974	Flyer (courtesy of Daniel Couto)	official results: ver. 1 - ver. 2 / rosters - results chart / WPMSF #24	Chicago Today / Chicago Tribune - Kinsella wins… / Daily News	Chicago Tribune - partial results
1975	Results	Roster	Chicago Tribune	article (unknown source)
1976	No race	Progres-Dimanche: “Un autre marathon disparaît” / “Another Marathon Disappears”
1977	Results - Roster
1978	Results	Chicago Tribune (Kinsella calls Nyad a phony)
???	Roster (circa 1980)

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Hamilton (ON, Canada)
1966	Results	Poster: lo-res	med-res / hi-res
1967	Results	Results - roster - articles
1968	Roster - results	Roster
1969	Program - roster - article	Article - results - letter
1970	Results (complete) / Results (partial)	Roster / Official Program	WPMSF Bulletin #16 / SW Sep 1970	Toronto Globe & Mail
〃	Hamilton Spectator (pre) / L’Action / Le Soleil	Pacific Daily News / Star-Gazette	Ft. Lauderdale News / Miami Herald	A History of Marathon Swimming
misc.	1965-1970 results

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Lac St-Jean
1970	official results	La Presse	Le Soleil	WPMSF #16
1971	official results	WPMSF #18	Pre: Le Soleil / Le Devoir	La Tribune
1972	WOWSA	WPMSF #20	Le Nouvelliste	Le Presse
1973	official results	WPMSF #21	Le Presse / Le Presse	Le Soleil
1974	official results	WPMSF #24
1975	official results	Le Soleil (pre) / La Presse	WPMSF #28	Chicago Tribune
1976	Le Nouvelliste (pre)

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Lake Ohrid (Macedonia)
1963	Long Beach Press Telegram (calendar item)
1965	Evening Sun (Judith de Nijs wins overall) / Orlando Sentinal	Corpus Christi Times / Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant	Clarion-Ledger
1966	Detroit Free Press

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Laval
1974	official results	The Gazette / Chicago Tribune	WPMSF #24
1975	Le Nouvelliste / La Tribune / Le Devoir	La Presse-1 / La Presse-2 / La Presse-complete	WPMSF #28

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Nile - Suez - Aswan
1965	De Volskrant	Dagblad de Stem	De Vrije Zeeuw
1968	Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant
1971	SW, July 1971
1971	WPMSF #18 (Aswan)
1972	WPMSF #20	Press Release
1974	SW, Jun 1974	WPMSF #24	LA Times
1974	results (Suez)
1975	Results (via Abilio Couto)	also here

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Saguenay
1970	WPMSF #16	Le Soleil (pre) / Le Soleil (pre)	Le Devoir - translation of last four paragraphs (Nyad drops out)
1971	WPMSF #18	Le Soleil / La Presse / Le Devoir	SW Sep 1971
1972	WPMSF #20	Le Devoir	Le Soleil
1973	Le Soleil (pre)	L’Action Québec - translation
1974	La Presse	WPMSF #24
1975	WPMSF #28
1976	Progres-Dimanche (pre)

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La Tuque
1965	WWS	Le Nouvelliste / Le Soleil / L’Action / La Presse	The Gazette
1966	WWS	Le Nouvelliste	L’Echo
1967	WWS	Le Presse	Le Devoir
1968	WWS	La Seigneurie	The Gazette
1969	WWS	Le Nouvelliste	The Gazette
1970	WWS	Le Nouvelliste / Le Nouvelliste / Le Soleil / Le Presse	SW / WPMSF #16
1971	WWS	Le Nouvelliste (pre) / Le Nouvelliste - translation / Le Nouvelliste (more photos)	The Gazette / WPMSF #18
1972	WWS	Le Nouvelliste / Le Soleil / Le Presse	WPMSF #20
1973	La Presse (pre-race)	Le Nouvelliste / Le Soleil / Le Soleil	SW / WPMSF #21
1974	Québec à propos	Le Nouvelliste (pre-race) / Le Nouvelliste	Sports Illustrated
1975	Le Nouvelliste (pre-race)	Le Nouvelliste / La Presse	WPMSF #28
1976	Canceled due to Olympics	Progres-Dimanche (5/16)	Progres-Dimanche (10/17)
1977	Progres-Dimanche / Le Soleil / La Presse	Le Nouvelliste (pre - article about Lorreen Passfield) / Le Nouvelliste: pp. 1–2–3
1978	La Presse	Le Nouvelliste
1979	Slowdown / Protest	Le Soleil / Le Nouvelliste
1980	Pre: Chicago Tribune / Le Nouvelliste / Le Nouvelliste	La Presse / Le Soleil / La Presse / Le Nouvelliste / Le Nouvelliste - translation	Lots of 1980 articles because of concurrent Olympic boycott.
1981	Le Nouvelliste - translation / Le Nouvelliste (24 hrs becomes 24 km)	Pre: Le Nouvelliste / Le Nouvelliste / Le Nouvelliste / La Presse	Post: Le Soleil / La Presse / Le Devoir / Le Nouvelliste / Le Nouvelliste / article about the end of La Tuque?? / Lots of 1981 articles because of race format change.
misc.	results list: 1965-1967	results list: 1968-1969	article about reviving race in Sherbrooke

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Utrecht (Holland)
1970	WPMSF	De Telegraaf / De Volkskrant	De Waarheid / Leidse Courant	Neiwe Leidse

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• Other
1964	Lake Ontario: Ottawa Citizen	Atlantic City / Absecon: The Gazette
1966	Bassin Louise: Le Soleil	Trois Rivières (pre-race): Le Nouvelliste
1968	Lac des Régates: La Presse (pre) - La Presse
1971	Guaymas: flyer
1980	Memphrémagog: The Record
1981	Memphrémagog: La Tribune - La Tribune

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