by The 5th FINA World Cup Long Distance Championship was held
on July 14th, 1996. The course was between Evian, France,
Lausanne, Switzerland, and back to Evian across lake Leman.
The water temperature at the start was 67 (F). 49 entrants
from 16 countries started the race.
Partial Results: -- all that finished the race are listed
Competitor Country Time
Men:
1. Grant Robinson AUS 5:19:34
2. Stephane Lecat FRA 5:26:06
3. Nicola Knap FRA 5:28:18
4. Joe Mitchelle AUS 5:28:49
5. Liam Weseloh CAN 5:38:41
6. Feeras Mouala SYR 5:41:18
7. Ola Stomberg SWT 5:41:24
8. Hatim Saif EGY 5:43:53
9. Alex Leduc CAN 5:44:42
10. Mousab Mouala SYR 5:45:27
11. Antonio D'Aria ITA 5:46:40
12. Alejandro Lecot ARG 5:49:19
13. Winfred Hoerberg GER 5:52:47
14. Christian Narra SWT 5:57:08
15. Jay Benner USA 5:59:52
16. Julio Fernandez ARG 6:05:39
17. Mohammed Maarouf EGY 6:06:57
18. Vladimir Srb TCH 6:32:30
19. Simon Lee GBR 6:57:59
Women:
1. Melissa Cunningham AUS 5:38:57
2. Shelly Taylor-Smith AUS 5:44:13
3. Peggy Buechse GER 5:47:53
4. Edith van Dijk NEA 5:49:53
5. Angela Collett NWZ 5:53:17
6. Attilia Figini SWT 5:53:29
7. Heide Grein GER 5:56:13
8. Susanna Quaglierini ITA 5:58:10
9. Bambi Bowman USA 5:59:01
10. Samantha Chabotar USA 6:03:26
11. Vanessa Bouisset FRA 6:04:53
12. Loubna Mouala SYR 6:08:31
13. Annette Andermatt SWT 6:09:10
14. Heidi Levasseur CAN 6:10:12
15. Severine Leroy FRA 6:10:46
16. Valeria Casprini ITA 6:16:46
17. Nathalie Sauvageau CAN 6:17:17
18. Maria Moreno ARG 6:30:51
19. Claire Booker GBR 6:31:43
20. Radka Nechmacova TCH 6:36:45
21. Eva Novakova TCH 6:52:06
Team:
AUS 16:27:20
FRA 16:59:17
CAN 17:33:35
SYR 17:35:16
GER 17:36:53
SWT 17:59:47
ITA 18:01:36
USA 18:02:19
TCH 20:01:21