NyadFactCheck
In search of the truth about Diana Nyad
Abbreviations:
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:
Chicago | Hamilton | Lac St-Jean | Lake Ohrid | Nile - Suez - Aswan | Saguenay | La Tuque | Utrecht | other
Chicago | ||||
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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) |
Hamilton (ON, Canada) | ||||
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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 |
Lac St-Jean | ||||
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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) |
Lake Ohrid (Macedonia) | |||
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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 |
Laval | |||
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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 |
Nile - Suez - Aswan | |||
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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 |
Saguenay | |||
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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) |
Utrecht (Holland) | ||||
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1970 | WPMSF | De Telegraaf / De Volkskrant | De Waarheid / Leidse Courant | Neiwe Leidse |
• Other | ||
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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 |