Which are the long distances that a man has swum

The longest documented non-stop swim by a human was 504 kilometers
(about 313 miles). The swimmer was Martin Strel, who holds numerous
marathon swimming records.

"The world record for the longest nonstop swim is held by Martin Strel
for swimming 504km nonstop in 2001 in the Danube River."

Swimming Pools, Spas, & Hot Tubs
http://home.comcast.net/~hot_tub/swimming.htm

"Strel... holds the record for the longest nonstop swim: 312 miles in
84 hours and 10 minutes in 2001."

Twin Cities Pioneer Press:
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/4043937.htm

"Martin Strel is a Slovenian ultra marathon swimmer, born: October 1
1954, Mokronog, Slovenia.

In 2000 he swam the Danube River (2860 km) and had achieved the
world's long distance swimming record (3004 km) in 58 days. In July
2001 he achieved one more world record - 504 km of non-stop swimming
in Danube within 84 hours and 10 minutes. In 2002, he swam the entire
Mississippi River (3885 km) in 68 days. In 2003, he swam the
Argentinean river Parana (1930 km). On June 10th, 2004, Martin started
swimming down the Yangtze river (6300 km) in China."

NationMaster: Martin Strel
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Martin-Strel

As mentioned above, Strel is currently attempting to swim the length
of the Yangtze River. You can learn more about Strel's remarkable
feats, and view videos and photos of him here:

MartinStrel.com 
http://www.siol.net/dogodki/martinstrel/lang_context.asp

Here you'll find information about Strel's three entries (so far) in
the Guinness Book of World Records:

Martin Strel: Three-time Guinness record breaker
http://www.siol.net/dogodki/martinstrel/lang_context.asp?page_id=1300

Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: "longest distance" swimmer OR swimming
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22longest+distance%22+swimmer+OR+swimming

Google Web Search: "martin strel" longest
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22martin+strel%22+longest

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pinkfreud

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Request for Answer Clarification by heyw0w-ga on 24 Jul 2004 00:53 PDT

Does someone exists that have swum from Europe to America or America to Europe?

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Request for Answer Clarification by heyw0w-ga on 24 Jul 2004 00:54 PDT

Thank You.

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 24 Jul 2004 12:29 PDT

Regarding the matter of swimming from America to Europe, this amazing
feat was accomplished in 1998 by Benoit Lecomte:

"A Frenchman who set out to swim the Atlantic 71 days ago completed
his marathon 3,400-mile journey yesterday (9/25/1998). Benoit Lecomte,
31, who began his swim from the beaches of Cape Cod, Mass., came
ashore in the town on Quiberon, France, on the rugged Brittany
coast.The 5-foot-9-inch, 151-pound marketing executive swam six to
eight hours a day in two-hour blocks, stopping to eat and rest in a
boat that accompanied him."

SouthCoast Today
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/09-98/09-26-98/zzzwnppl.htm

Here you can learn more about Benoit Lecomte and other long distance swimmers:

Did You Know
http://www.didyouknow.cd/aroundtheworld/swimming.htm

It is much more difficult to swim in the open ocean than downstream in
a gently flowing river. The long swells and troths are very tiring.
And a storm is likely when the swimming period exceeds a day.  Neil