Figure 2From: Participation and performance trends by nationality in the ‘English Channel Swim’ from 1875 to 2013 Number of female (Panel A), male (Panel B) and overall (Panel C) swimmers sorted by country. GBR = Great Britain, USA = United States of America, AUS = Australia, IRL = Ireland, CAN = Canada, IND = India, NED = Netherlands, NZL = New Zealand, GER = Germany, JPN = Japan, MEX = Mexico, BRA = Brazil, CZE = Czech Republic, RSA = South Africa, SUI = Switzerland, EGY = Egypt, ESP = Spain, DEN = Denmark, FRA = France, BEL = Belgium, SWE = Sweden, ARG = Argentina, AUT = Austria, GRE = Greece, NOR = Norway, POL = Poland, CHN = China, FIN = Finland, GUA = Guatemala, HUN = Hungary, JOR = Jordania, MLT = Malta, PER = Peru, RUS = Russia, TUR = Turkey, VEN = Venezuela, YUG = Yugoslavia.Back to article page