The 1.5 mile swim has been done in 40 minutes by two men in the San Francisco Bay. The names of these men are Gary Emich and Steven Hurwitz.
The 1500 meter swim, which is approximately a mile, record is 14:34.56 by Grant Hackett from Australia. This record, along with other swimming records, can be found at- http://www.vilacom.net/swimming/men.php Actually, to approximate swimming a mile, one would have to swim 1609.34 meters -- that's 109.34 meters more than the 1500 meter swim or 2.19 more lengths of a 50 meter pool. (1 meter = 3.2808399 feet)
The 15 year old US mile record is held by Michael Granville who ran the mile in 3:58.58 in 1995.
peter snell sets world mile record in 15 march 1965
Well, 15/18 boys on my swim team can do it in under 55 seconds, think the record is 46.ish. In yards!
a mile
He takes 4 days to complete
You swim a mile.
peter snell set the world mile record of 3 minutes and 54.4 seconds on the 15 march 1965
0.5 mile = 880 yards - whether you swim or walk or run is irrelevant.
The 70.3 half Ironman is a triathlon not a marathon. It consist of an 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and an 13.1 mile run.
A statute mile is 5,280 feet long. It just SEEMS longer when you're trying to swim it. (A nautical mile is 6025 feet.)
There are approximately 3862.41 meters in a 2.4 mile swim.