NyadFactCheck

In search of the truth about Diana Nyad

 

 

Information Sources For Professional Marathon Swimming Races, 1963-1981

 

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. 123
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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