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The Lorne Pier to Pub is an annual, 1.2-km open water swimming race held in January at Lorne, a town located on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. It began in the 1970s, when members of the Lorne Surf Life Saving Club dared each other to dive from the pier, swim through Louttit Bay and finish by body-surfing the waves onto the Lorne foreshore, before attending the Lorne Pub.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cordner and Brown take out nib Lorne Pier to Pub ) 〕 The race today consists of the same process. Contestants must register for a ballot to take part.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Some Frequently Asked Questions )〕 Swimmers times are recorded at the finish line, and published in the Herald Sun Newspaper the next morning.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pier to Pub History )〕 The race is completed on average in 22 minutes, but the quickest race time is 10 minutes, 30 seconds.〔 The race attracts up to 4,000 competitors,〔(Lorne Surf Life Saving Club )〕 and in 1998, it entered the Guinness Book of Records, with 3071 swimmers, making it the world’s largest open water swim.〔 The race is organised by the Lorne Surf Life Saving Club with major partner (Health Insurance ), and supported by the Rotary Club of Highton. Proceeds from the race go to the Lorne Surf Life Saving Club.〔 ==Notable Previous winners== * Olympic bronze medalist Rob Woodhouse won in 1986, 1989 and 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pier to Pub Honour Board )〕 * Two-time Olympic gold medalist, world champion and former world-record holder in the 1,500-m freestyle Kieren Perkins won in 1992.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=9 January 2008 )〕 * Four-time Olympic medalist Daniel Kowalski won in 1996 and 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=5 November 2008 ) 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kowalski to race in Pier to Pub )〕 * British Olympian Ellen Gandy won the women's event in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Codie Grimsey and Ellen Gandy handle pressure in Lorne Pier to Pub )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pier to Pub」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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