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)
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Fastest mile long track is Phoenix International Raceway (PIR)
Last year Marika Crow of LS won all states in 5 flat. Her fastest 2 mile is 11:47. Andrea Keklak of LS is also very fast running a 4:49 mile, 11:09 2 mile, and won the 800 states in 2:06.
The inaugural event that will be held on August 25, 2013 in Whistler, will be the 31st IRONMAN Canada. The race consist of 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride to end with a run.
the fastest is the sphinx moth.
a swim taken for leisure purposes