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Nawab, Ala el Din el - 27/08/1959
Description
Start 1 53 a.m. Finish 5 05 p.m. Observer. H. Hart.
Swimmer(s)
Nawab, Ala el Din el
Date
27/08/1959
Successful swim number
119
Successful swimmer number
85
Successful swim number France - England
100
Duration of swim
15:12
Notes
Arab swimming race 50 km. from Sayda to Beirut 1st place 23h 23m. Same race 1957 1st place 15h 57m. Capri to Naples 1957 1st in under 11 hrs. This was the 7th. Billy Butlin Channel race.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(725)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(642)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)