Whitfield and Lurz win Great Swim in London

Olympic medallists Keri-Anne Payne, Cassie Patten and David Davies were among the elite athletes competing in the inaugural Great London Swim at The Royal Victoria Dock on 15 August 2009

Swimmers of all abilities had the rare opportunity to race against a field including Britain’s best open water swimmers, Australia’s Olympic golden girl Stephanie Rice, Olympic champion Larisa Ilchenko of Russia and Germany’s Olympic medallist Thomas Lurz.

Results of elite swimmers races:

Elite Women
Position	Number	Swimmer	Country	Time
1	8	Katy Whitfield	GBR	17.39.74
2	5	Poliana Okimoto	BRA	17.42.90
3	3	Cassie Patten	GBR	17.48.85
4	2	Keri-Anne Payne	GBR	17.50.52
5	4	Steffi Biller	GER	17.58.54
6	1	Stephanie Rice	AUS	17.59.37
7	9	Vanessa Raw	GBR	19.15.19
8	15	Harriet Brettle	GBR	19.16.67
9	14	Ellis Jackson	GBR	19.22.96
10	11	Abbie Thorrington	GBR	19.24.77
Elite Men
Position	Number	Swimmer	Country	Time
1	51	Tomas Lurz	GER	16.24.62
2	56	Dan Fogg	GBR	16.26.12
3	50	Dave Davies	GBR	16.29.29
4	52	Petar Stoychev	BUL	16.29.71
5	58	Tom Allen	GER	16.32.35
6	54	Mazen Aziz	EGY	16.34.51
7	55	Dave Carry	GBR	16.47.268
8	60	Richard Stannard	GBR	17.11.25
9	62	Scott Hathaway	GBR	17.36.95
10	65	Fred Clatworthy	NZL	17.37.43

The event is part of Great Swim, a new series of one mile swims taking place throughout the UK.

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