{"id":54406,"date":"2026-05-22T13:52:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54406"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:52:34","slug":"on-this-day-australias-linda-mcgill-makes-first-swim-around-hong-kong-island-in-1976-from-the-scmp-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54406","title":{"rendered":"On This Day | Australia\u2019s Linda McGill makes first swim around Hong Kong Island in 1976 \u2013 from the SCMP archive"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This article was first published on May 23, 1976.<\/em><\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s long distance swimming heroine, Linda McGill, staggered ashore at crowded Repulse Bay beach yesterday afternoon (May 22, 1976) after completing her round Hong Kong Island swim and said: \u201cI\u2019d do it again \u2013 for A$20,000 (HK$883,817 in 2026).\u201d<\/p>\n

Linda, looking exhausted and close to collapse after just over 17 hours in the water, fell into the arms of her fiance, Dr Bruce Logan, and hundreds of spectators clapped and cheered.<\/p>\n

With cameras clicking and whirring, the 29-year-old former Olympic star was helped off the beach and into a waiting taxi which took her to her hotel in Central.<\/p>\n

Confessing to be very, very tired, she said: \u201cThat was the toughest, longest swim of my life. Now I really want to rest and rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Linda took to the waves at Repulse Bay at 11.30pm on Friday night, considerably earlier than scheduled because of the threatening rain and thunderstorms. She waded ashore back at the popular beach at 4.36pm yesterday afternoon after experiencing many of the problems she had feared \u2013 but not, thankfully, sharks.<\/p>\n

Late last night, manager John Foley denied speculation that McGill had actually been out of the water for some of the time taken to complete the 28-mile (45km) circuit of the island.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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