1981 edition

Capri-Napoli (*** 14,7 km circuit in Naples for bad sea-weather conditions) 
28th edition
1981, July, 19th
Start: Start: Rotonda A. Diaz - Napoli
​Finish: Piazza Vittoria - Napoli
​36 swimmers: 32 men & 4 women (15 Countries)
​* "Pro" swimmer second at the finish but winner of the "pro" race

Overall	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Ranking by gender
1.	Claudio Plit	Argentina	3h 31' 08"	1st man
2.	Bassam Masri	Syria	3h 33' 11"	2nd man
3.	Joan Coutts	New Zeland	3h 34′ 51″	3rd man
4.	Abdul Nagy	Egypt	3h 36′ 44″	4th man
5.	Christine Carr	New Zeland	3h 38′ 58″ * amateur	1st woman
6.	Roberto Olmi	Italy	3h 39' 04"	5th man
7.	Philippe Rush	New Zeland	3h 43′ 15″	6th man
8.	Mohamed El Meesery	Egypt	3h 50′ 15″	7th man
9.	Maher Saleh	Syria	3h 59' 19"	8th man
10.	Gyula Hayos	Hungary	4h 00' 01"	9th man
11.	Jordi Cervera	Spain	4h 00' 27"	10th man
12.	Alwi Makki	Saudi Arabia	4h 01′ 03″	11th man
13.	Tina Bishoff	USA	4h 02' 15" * pro	2nd woman (1st pro)
14.	Mona Hussein	Egypt	4h 02′ 15″ * pro	2nd woman (1st pro)
15.	Alfonso Liberti	Italy	4h 07′ 38″	12th man
16.	Fareed Khamis	Syria	4h 08' 01"	13th man
17.	Antonio Davalos	Mexico	4h 08' 01"	14th man
18.	Kareed Khamis	Iraq	4h 10′ 37″	15th man
19.	Karim Abdel	Iraq	4h 11′ 49″	16th man
20.	Jozea Razin	Iraq	4h 19′ 48″	17th man
21.	Anwar Saleh	Saudi Arabia	4h 23′ 29″	18th man
22.	Joze Tanko	Yugoslavia	4h 28′ 22″	19th man
23.	Gabriel De Cunto	Argentina	OUT TIME LIMIT	man
24.	Gaetano Greco	Italy	OUT TIME LIMIT	man
25.	Amin Hasem	Saudi Arabia	OUT TIME LIMIT	man
26.	Angel Sabatini	Argentina	OUT TIME LIMIT	man
27.	Pat Benson	New Zeland	DNF	man
28.	Carlos Miguel	Argentina	DNF	man
29.	Kurush Contractor	India	DNF	man
30.	Mohamed Alhonsi	Oman	DNF	man
31.	Avel Filfil	Oman	DNF	man
32.	Hamad Gharreb	Oman	DNF	man
33.	Khalid Mansour	Oman	DNF	man
34.	Fakeed Shaled	Lebanon	DNF	man
35.	Hossam Shamar	Lebanon	DNF	man
36.	Lamia Zaki	Egypt	DNF	woman