International Swimming Hall of Fame / open water swimmers
The following list shows the 9 open water swimmers who have been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame since 1965 . Open water swimmers are listed separately here, as international competitions with comparable conditions were missing for a long time in this discipline. Success in canal swimming is therefore usually required as a yardstick for recording .
In addition to the athlete's name and nation, the year of admission to the Hall of Fame and the high point of his career (defined as the time between the first and last international success) are given.
| Surname | nation | Year of admission |
Career highlight |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdellatif Abuhif |
 Egypt
|
1998 | 1953-1972 | world's best marathon swimmer 1953–1972 |
| Florence Chadwick |
 United States
|
1970 | 1950-1955 | first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions |
| Lynne Cox |
United States
|
2000 | 1971-1992 | swam 2.7 miles in the Bering Strait in 1987 |
| Penny Dean |
United States
|
1996 | 1976-1979 | swam the English Channel record in 1978 |
| Horatio Iglesias |
 Argentina
|
2003 | 1965-1974 | world's best marathon swimmer from 1965 to 1974 |
| Kevin Murphy |
 Society. King
|
2009 | 1968-1989 | Crossed the English Channel 34 times (3 double crossings) |
| Cindy Nicholas |
 Canada
|
2005 | 1977-1992 | Crossed the English Channel 19 times (5 double crossings) |
| Alison Streeter |
Society. King
|
2006 | 1983-2005 | 43 crossings of the English Channel |
| Matthew Webb |
Society. King
|
1965 | 1875 | first swimmer to cross the English Channel |