British Gas Great London Swim

British Gas Great London Swim 2010 - Elite races

Germany’s Thoms Lurz, who won last year’s inaugural British Gas Great London Swim, made it two triumphs in a row after pulling away at the 800m point and then easing clear of the field to record a swift time of 16mins 42.57secs.

But there was a real fight for second place behind him with the judges having to watch video footage before separating runner-up Ky Hurst of Australia, whose time was 16:43.67, and third-placed Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria (16:44.29).

The women’s race was also a very close affair with British trio Cassie Patten, Keri-Anne Payne and Katy Whitfield breaking clear along with Jana Pechanova of the Czech Republic in the first 200m.

Read the full race report

Women's British Gas Great London Swim Elite Athletes

Position	Athlete	Time
1	Cassie PATTEN	17:48:20
2	Keri-Anne PAYNE	17:49:46
3	Jana PECHANOVA	17:50:00
4	Katy WHITFIELD	17:59:97
5	Alice McCALL	18:47:82
6	Lucy HALL	19:02:67
7	Kayleigh DAWSON	19:03:03
8	Sophie ROSSER	19:07:99
9	Fern DAVIES	19:12:89
10	Trine GUDNITZ	19:49:47
11	Alice MARCHANT	20:13:65

Men's British Gas Great London Swim Elite Athletes

Position	Athlete	Time
1	Thomas LURZ	16:42:57
2	Ky HURST	16:43:67
3	Petar STOYCHEV	16:44:29
4	Pal JOENSEN	16:47:45
5	Tom VANGENEUGDEN	16:47:67
6	Tom ALLEN	16:50:48
7	Dan FOGG	16:50:82
8	Jan WOLFGARTEN	16:51:86
9	Chris BRYAN	16:57:39
10	Dave DAVIES	16:59:95
11	Dave CARRY	17:00:41
12	Brendan CAPELL	17:02:80
13	Michael GUNNING	17:03:08
14	Loic BRANDA	17:21:92
15	Chris SUGGITT	17:24:80
16	Ross DAVENPORT	17:25:39
17	James GODDARD	18:27:29