Frida Holm Skoglund, 20, told a court in Oslo that she spent nearly an hour in icy water before being rescued by a boat.
She said that as the boat headed towards her she thought it was Breivik trying to hunt her down again.
Rescuers later told the student, who also suffered an asthma attack, that the cold water had stemmed blood loss from her wound.
Speaking from the witness box Miss Skoglund said: "We won. He lost. Norwegian youth can swim (again)."
The court also heard from four other survivors of the attack on the island of Utoya, where 69 of Breivik's 77 victims died.
Another female witness, Silja Kristine Uteng, 21, said she took refuge in a forest and then swam to the mainland.
She said it was only after she got out of the water she realised she had been wounded.
The girl revealed she is still recovering from her ordeal in an institution.
Sky's Trygve Sorvaag, at the trial, said: "These young witnesses are clearly nervous.
"It must be difficult recalling the horrors of the island in front of the man who tried to kill them last summer."
Lars Gronnestad, 20, suffered a serious lung wound told the court he smeared soil over his face and body as he hid in woodland from Breivik.
Although he had called the emergency services, he said he was wary of his rescuers at first because Breivik was also dressed as a policeman.
An 18-year-old male student ran for his life after seeing Breivik shoot a girl in the head.
The teen later saw a friend fall to his death as they clung to the side of a cliff to escape Breivik on the cliff top.
The testimony from Marius Hoft, one of the very last to be rescued, reduced some people listening in court to tears.
"Breivik was just above me shooting at people.
"I started crying but decided to wait with the tears until I was safe. I wanted to survive and thought about my mother," he said.
Mr Hoft also revealed that he suffers from insomnia as a result of the attack, and has been unable to work or study since.
The final witness of the day, Ane Kollen Evenmo, 17, revealed how she had been shot in the thigh before being dragged into a boat to escape.
The teenager recalled waving at Breivik - mistaking him for a policeman - before he resumed firing at the boat.
Another six survivors are due to give evidence on Tuesday.
Breivik, 33, showed no emotion as the witnesses recalled the horror of July 22, after he set off a car bomb in Oslo and then attacked a youth group on the island.
On Friday, anger boiled over when the first youths from Utoya met the man who tried to kill them at their summer camp near the capital Oslo last July.
The trial was briefly interrupted when Hayder Mustafa Qasim, 20, a relative of one victim, threw a shoe at Breivik in court.
He had flown in from Iraq to hear his younger brother's autopsy report being read out.
Mr Qasim stood up in court room 250 on what was the last day of the 69 autopsies from Utoya and hurled his right shoe at Breivik.
"Go to hell, go to hell, you killed my brother," he shouted out.
Other victims and families applauded and cried as he was taken away by police and medical staff.
The police officer in charge of security indicated Mr Qasim would not be punished for the shoe attack.
Court staff will be bracing themselves for more tension over the next two weeks as another 38 survivors of Breivik's attacks give evidence.
Breivik has admitted responsibility for a bomb blast that killed eight people in Oslo in addition to the island deaths.
But he has pleaded not guilty to murder, claiming he acted in self-defence.
The trial will decide whether he receives a prison sentence or is declared legally insane and sent to a psychiatric facility.
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