1959 edition

Capri-Napoli (36 km) 
6th edition
1959, July, 26th
Start: Le Ondine beach Club - Marina Grande - Capri
​Finish: Rotonda A. Diaz - Napoli
​25 swimmers: 21 men & 4 women (14 Countries)

Overall	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Ranking by gender
1.	Laslo Kovats	Hungary	10h 07’ 24”	1st man
2.	Alfredo Camarero	Argentina	10h 12’ 41”	2nd man
3.	Abdel Abou Heif	Egypt	10h 12′ 42″	3rd man
4.	Carlos Larreira	Argentina	10h 17’ 44”	4th man
5.	Tonatiu Gutierrez	Mexico	10h 31’ 41”	5th man
6.	Fulvio Bergamini	Italy	10h 48’ 47”	6th man
7.	Abdel Gelil	Egypt	10h 57′ 57″	7th man
8.	Greta Andersen	USA	11h 05’ 53”	1st woman
9.	Ramsi Hussein	Iraq	11h 15′ 13″	8th man
10.	Moustafa Hammed	Egypt	11h 26′ 42″	9th man
11.	Mohamed Zeytun	Syria	11h 28′ 32″	10th man
12.	Ottavio Serena	Italy	11h 46′ 33″	11th man
13.	Tayser Hamawi	Syria	11h 55′ 37″	12th man
14.	Leif Gelgberg	Sweden	11h 59′ 19″	13th man
15.	Sadek Saleh	Iraq	12h 00′ 08″	14th man
16.	Das Brogen	Pakistan	12h 06′ 50″	15th man
17.	Abdel Fakreldin	Lebanon	12h 32′ 27″	16th man
18.	Myra Thompson	USA	12h 45′ 57″	2nd woman
19.	Badri Abel Wabab	Iraq	OUT TIME LIMIT	man
20.	Magda Molnar	Hungary	OUT TIME LIMIT	woman
21.	Abilio Couto	Brazil	DNF	man
22.	Giuseppe Di Matteo	Italy	DNF	man
23.	Theophilis Lelekis	Greece	DNF	man
24.	Samir Mosleh	Egypt	DNF	man
25.	Brenda Fisher	England	DNF	woman