1979 edition

Capri-Napoli (36 km) 
26th edition
1979, July, 8th
Start: Start: Le Ondine beach Club - Marina Grande - Capri
​Finish: Piazza Vittoria - Napoli
​23 swimmers: 20 men & 3 women (15 Countries)

Overall	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Ranking by gender
1.	Claudio Plit	Argentina	7h 40' 41"	1st man
2.	John Kinsella	USA	7h 44' 30"	2nd man
3.	Nasser El Shazly	Egypt	7h 52′ 10″	3rd man
4.	Magdi Mandour	Egypt	7h 52′ 10″	3rd man
5.	Mohamed El Meesery	Egypt	8h 13′ 44″	5th man
6.	Alwi Makki	Saudi Arabia	8h 14′ 49″	6th man
7.	Gyula Hayos	Hungary	8h 15' 55"	7th man
8.	Raul Villagomez	Mexico	8h 22′ 00″	8th man
9.	Maher Saleh	Syria	8h 23' 07"	9th man
10.	Kamal Zeydan	Syria	8h 40' 38"	10th man
11.	Mona Hussein	Egypt	8h 41′ 06″	1st woman
12.	Joke Van Stevaren	Netherlands	8h 43′ 01″	2nd woman
13.	Fareed Khamis	Syria	8h 52' 33"	11th man
14.	Jordi Cervera	Spain	9h 21' 56"	12th man
15.	Habarah Hussein	Syria	9h 40' 45"	13th man
16.	Jilika Grundova	Czechoslovakia	9h 55' 39"	3rd woman
17.	Gianni Golini	Italy	10h 06' 45"	14th man
18.	Martin Strel	Yugoslavia	11h 11' 17"	15th man
19.	Sultan Kigab	Sudan	DNF	man
20.	Kevin Murphy	England	DNF	man
21.	Sausay Chandany	India	DNF	man
22.	Sergio Di Marino	Italy	DNF	man
23.	Giuseppe Silvestri	Italy	DNF	man