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2008 FINA Swimming World Cup

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The 2008 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup was held in October and November 2008. The meet scheduling matched that of the 2007 series, with all meets held short course metres (25 m) format.

The series winners were Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa and Marieke Guehrer of Australia.

Venues

The 2008 World Cup was staged at seven venues on five continents, with each meet following a heats and finals format for all events, with the exception of the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley events which were heat-declared winners. The Brazil meet at Belo Horizonte was held as a three-day meet with evening heats and finals the following morning, with the remaining six meets being held over two days with morning heats and evening finals on each day. The order of events at each meet was the same.

Date	Location	Results
10–12 October	Brazil Belo Horizonte, Brazil
17–18 October	South Africa Durban, South Africa
25–26 October	Australia Sydney, Australia
1–2 November	Singapore Singapore
8–9 November	Russia Moscow, Russia
11–12 November	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
15–16 November	Germany Berlin, Germany

Results

Overall World Cup

At each meet of the World Cup circuit in 2008, the FINA Points Table was used to rank all swim performances at the meet. The top 10 men and top 10 women were then awarded World Cup points. Bonus points were awarded for a world record broken (20 points) or equalled (10 points). The number of World Cup points awarded were doubled for the final meet of the World Cup in Berlin.

Rank on FINA Points	World Cup points awarded
1	25
2	20
3	16
4	13
5	10
6	7
7	5
8	3
9	2
10	1

The final rankings are shown below. Bonus points were awarded to eight swimmers for each of the twelve new world record standards set during the meets.

Men

Rank	Name	Points awarded (Bonus)	Total	BRA	RSA	AUS	SIN	RUS	SWE
1	Cameron van der Burgh	–	25	–	25	25 (40)	25 (20)	32	192
2	Peter Marshall	–	10	–	3	–	20 (40)	40 (20)	133
3	Randall Bal	7	16	–	20	–	16	50 (20)	129
4	Robert Hurley	–	–	20 (20)	16	20	7	2	85
5	Christian Sprenger	25	20	10	5	10	–	–	70
6	Oussama Mellouli	3	13	13	10	5	1	20	65
7	Matt Jaukovic	–	–	25 (20)	7	2	2	6	62
8	Paul Biedermann	–	–	–	–	–	–	26 (20)	46
9	Stanislav Donets	20	–	16	–	7	–	–	43
10	Stefan Nystrand	5	2	–	2	13	13	–	35
11	Evgeny Korotyshkin	10	–	–	1	1	3	10	25
12	Igor Borysik	–	–	–	–	16	5	–	21
13	Darian Townsend	–	3	–	–	3	–	14	20
14	César Cielo Filho	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	16
15	Thiago Pereira	2	–	–	13	–	–	–	15
16	Nicholas Santos	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	13
17	Frédérick Bousquet	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	10
18=	Ashley Delaney	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	7
18=	William Diering	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	7
20=	George Du Rand	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	5
20=	Chris Wright	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	5
22	Alain Bernard	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4
23	Kyle Richardson	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	3
24	Nick D'Arcy	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2
25=	Felipe Lima	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
25=	Felipe Silva	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
25=	Lachlan Staples	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1

Women

Rank	Name	Points awarded (Bonus)	Total	BRA	RSA	AUS	SIN	RUS	SWE
1	Marieke Guehrer	25	25	25	25	16	13	50 (20)	199
2	Therese Alshammar	16	13	–	16	20	20 (20)	32	137
3	Kathryn Meaklim	3	16	10	13	–	16	20	78
4	Tao Li	–	–	–	20	13	1	26	60
5	Sarah Katsoulis	–	–	5	10	10	7	14	46
6	Melissa Ingram	–	10	13	7	7	–	4	41
7	Coralie Balmy	–	–	–	–	–	–	40	40
8	Valentina Artemyeva	13	–	–	–	25	–	–	38
9	Josefin Lillhage	20	7	–	–	1	3	2	33
10	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	–	–	–	–	–	25	–	25
11=	Cate Campbell	–	–	20	–	–	–	–	20
11=	Jessica Pengelly	–	20	–	–	–	–	–	20
13	Emily Seebohm	–	–	16	–	–	–	–	16
14	Petra Granlund	–	–	–	–	–	5	10	15
15=	Tara Kirk	10	–	–	2	–	–	–	12
15=	Fabíola Molina	7	5	–	–	–	–	–	12
17	Jeanette Ottesen	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	7
18	Lotte Friis	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	8
19=	Jade Edmistone	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	7
19=	Sarah Sjöström	–	–	2	5	–	–	–	7
21	Sophie Edington	5	1	–	–	–	–	–	6
22	Elena Sokolova	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	5
23	Melissa Corfe	–	3	–	1	–	–	–	4
24=	Ellen Fullerton	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	3
24=	Kristel Köbrich	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	3
24=	Kelly Stubbins	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	3
27=	Brooke Bishop	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
27=	Olga Detenyuk	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2
27=	Mandy Loots	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2
30=	Bronte Barratt	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
30=	Carolina Henao	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1

Event winners

50 m freestyle

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	César Cielo Filho	21.32	Brooke Bishop	24.66
Durban	Stefan Nystrand	21.42	Therese Alshammar	24.46
Sydney	Kyle Richardson	21.45	Cate Campbell	23.97
Singapore	Stefan Nystrand	21.39	Therese Alshammar	24.33
Moscow	Lyndon Ferns	21.59	Therese Alshammar	24.60
Stockholm	Frédérick Bousquet	20.97	Marieke Guehrer	24.25
Berlin	Alain Bernard	21.25	Therese Alshammar	24.16

100 m freestyle

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	César Cielo Filho	47.18	Marieke Guehrer	53.27
Durban	Darian Townsend	47.24	Josefin Lillhage	53.07
Sydney	Stefan Nystrand	47.45	Marieke Guehrer	53.15
Singapore	Stefan Nystrand	46.78	Sarah Sjöström	53.94
Moscow	Stefan Nystrand	46.57	Josefin Lillhage	53.47
Stockholm	Stefan Nystrand	46.03	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	52.44
Berlin	Alain Bernard	46.28	Josefin Lillhage	52.87

200 m freestyle

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Oussama Mellouli	1:44.58	Josefin Lillhage	1:57.05
Durban	Oussama Mellouli	1:43.62	Josefin Lillhage	1:55.91
Sydney	Oussama Mellouli	1:43.05	Ellen Fullerton	1:56.35
Singapore	Oussama Mellouli	1:44.47	Kelly Stubbins	1:56.38
Moscow	Darian Townsend	1:43.44	Josefin Lillhage	1:56.00
Stockholm	Oussama Mellouli	1:42.86	Petra Granlund	1:54.77
Berlin	Paul Biedermann	1:40.83 WR	Coralie Balmy	1:54.05

400 m freestyle

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Armando Negreiros	3:45.78	Kathryn Meaklim	4:14.95
Durban	Oussama Mellouli	3:42.32	Melissa Ingram	4:05.62
Sydney	Oussama Mellouli	3:40.49	Melissa Ingram	4:03.31
Singapore	Oussama Mellouli	3:42.37	Melissa Ingram	4:04.55
Moscow	Oussama Mellouli	3:40.52	Elena Sokolova	4:03.99
Stockholm	Oussama Mellouli	3:38.42	Lotte Friis	4:02.64
Berlin	Oussama Mellouli	3:36.75	Coralie Balmy	3:56.24 WC

1500 m (men) / 800 m (women) freestyle

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Oussama Mellouli	15:16.43	Kathryn Meaklim	8:49.76
Durban	Oussama Mellouli	14:54.73	Kathryn Meaklim	8:42.50
Sydney	Oussama Mellouli	14:43.05	Kathryn Meaklim	8:32.62
Singapore	Oussama Mellouli	15:06.05	Melissa Corfe	8:35.75
Moscow	Oussama Mellouli	14:34.31	Elena Sokolova	8:18.52
Stockholm	Mads Glæsner	14:38.87	Lotte Friis	8:14.99
Berlin	Mads Glæsner	14:38.97	Lotte Friis	8:14.41

50 m backstroke

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Randall Bal	23.87	Fabíola Molina	27.60
Durban	Randall Bal	23.64	Fabíola Molina	27.39
Sydney	Robert Hurley	23.24 WR	Emily Seebohm	27.21
Singapore	Randall Bal	23.35	Sophie Edington	27.56
Moscow	Robert Hurley	23.54	Fabíola Molina	27.34
Stockholm	Peter Marshall	23.05 WR	Sanja Jovanović	27.16
Berlin	Randall Bal	22.87 WR	Sanja Jovanović	27.19

100 m backstroke

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Stanislav Donets	50.82	Fabíola Molina	59.07
Durban	Randall Bal	50.88	Fabíola Molina	59.15
Sydney	Stanislav Donets	50.75	Emily Seebohm	57.91
Singapore	Robert Hurley	50.28 WC	Sophie Edington	59.02
Moscow	Robert Hurley	50.51	Anastasia Zuyeva	58.81
Stockholm	Peter Marshall	49.94 WR	Fabíola Molina	58.67
Berlin	Peter Marshall	49.63 WR	Daniela Samulski	58.03

200 m backstroke

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Randall Bal	1:54.11	Carolina Colorado	2:09.12
Durban	George Du Rand	1:51.82	Melissa Ingram	2:04.98
Sydney	Robert Hurley	1:52.39	Melissa Ingram	2:04.75
Singapore	Ashley Delaney	1:52.31	Melissa Ingram	2:05.63
Moscow	Ryosuke Irie	1:52.61	Melissa Ingram	2:04.93
Stockholm	Ryosuke Irie	1:51.71	Melissa Ingram	2:04.88
Berlin	Ryosuke Irie	1:51.34	Melissa Ingram	2:04.31

50 m breaststroke

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Christian Sprenger	26.89	Valentina Artemyeva	30.78
Durban	Cameron van der Burgh	26.45	Suzaan van Biljon	32.42
Sydney	Christian Sprenger	26.93	Jade Edmistone	30.43
Singapore	Cameron van der Burgh	26.37	Tara Kirk	30.78
Moscow	Cameron van der Burgh	26.08 WR	Valentina Artemyeva	29.86 WC
Stockholm	Cameron van der Burgh	25.94 WR	Sarah Katsoulis	30.37
Berlin	Cameron van der Burgh	26.05	Tara Kirk	30.43

100 m breaststroke

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Christian Sprenger	58.19	Tara Kirk	1:06.71
Durban	Cameron van der Burgh	57.99	Suzaan van Biljon	1:08.77
Sydney	Christian Sprenger	58.47	Sarah Katsoulis	1:05.79
Singapore	Cameron van der Burgh	58.19	Sarah Katsoulis	1:05.70
Moscow	Cameron van der Burgh	56.88 WR	Valentina Artemyeva	1:04.71
Stockholm	Cameron van der Burgh	57.06	Sarah Katsoulis	1:04.84
Berlin	Cameron van der Burgh	57.32	Sarah Katsoulis	1:05.07

200 m breaststroke

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Christian Sprenger	2:07.58	Tara Kirk	2:27.00
Durban	Christian Sprenger	2:06.07	Kathryn Meaklim	2:24.49
Sydney	Christian Sprenger	2:06.43	Kathryn Meaklim	2:23.86
Singapore	Christian Sprenger	2:05.48	Joline Höstman	2:23.21
Moscow	Christian Sprenger	2:05.75	Olga Detenyuk	2:21.70
Stockholm	Igor Borysik	2:05.68	Kathryn Meaklim	2:22.07
Berlin	Igor Borysik	2:05.77	Sarah Katsoulis	2:23.09

50 m butterfly

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Nicholas Santos	23.06	Marieke Guehrer	25.63
Durban	Neil Watson	23.81	Marieke Guehrer	25.56
Sydney	Matt Jaukovic	22.50 WR	Marieke Guehrer	25.46
Singapore	Matt Jaukovic	22.82	Marieke Guehrer	25.56
Moscow	Matt Jaukovic	23.12	Therese Alshammar	25.53
Stockholm	Matt Jaukovic	22.85	Therese Alshammar	25.31 WR
Berlin	Matt Jaukovic	22.58	Marieke Guehrer	24.99 WR

100 m butterfly

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Evgeny Korotyshkin	50.86	Marieke Guehrer	57.51
Durban	Garth Tune	52.19	Marieke Guehrer	57.03
Sydney	Matt Jaukovic	50.50	Marieke Guehrer	56.88
Singapore	Evgeny Korotyshkin	50.84	Tao Li	56.85
Moscow	Matt Jaukovic	50.68	Marieke Guehrer	56.97
Stockholm	Evgeny Korotyshkin	50.22	Tao Li	56.87
Berlin	Evgeny Korotyshkin	49.74 WC	Tao Li	56.28 WC

200 m butterfly

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Kaio de Almeida	1:56.74	Mandy Loots	2:09.78
Durban	Sebastien Rousseau	1:55.73	Mandy Loots	2:07.84
Sydney	Chris Wright	1:53.37	Kathryn Meaklim	2:08.85
Nick D'Arcy
Singapore	Chris Wright	1:54.38	Amy Smith	2:07.39
Moscow	Nikolay Skvortsov	1:52.90	Amy Smith	2:06.64
Stockholm	Nikolay Skvortsov	1:52.33	Petra Granlund	2:06.44
Berlin	Nikolay Skvortsov	1:51.78	Petra Granlund	2:06.00

100 m individual medley

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Thiago Pereira	53.75	Fabíola Molina	1:01.52
Durban	Darian Townsend	53.37	Fabíola Molina	1:01.31
Sydney	Oussama Mellouli	53.84	Emily Seebohm	1:00.39
Singapore	Thiago Pereira	52.74	Svetlana Karpeeva	1:01.61
Moscow	Darian Townsend	53.97	Olga Klyuchnikova	1:01.37
Stockholm	Oussama Mellouli	52.78	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	59.07
Berlin	Darian Townsend	51.80	Tara Kirk	1:00.88

200 m individual medley

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Thiago Pereira	1:56.33	Kathryn Meaklim	2:12.50
Durban	Oussama Mellouli	1:56.73	Kathryn Meaklim	2:10.09
Sydney	Oussama Mellouli	1:56.30	Kathryn Meaklim	2:10.03
Singapore	Thiago Pereira	1:53.76	Kathryn Meaklim	2:10.59
Moscow	Oussama Mellouli	1:55.10	Tomoya Fukuda	2:11.25
Stockholm	Darian Townsend	1:54.96	Kathryn Meaklim	2:09.54
Berlin	Oussama Mellouli	1:52.41 WC	Theresa Michalak	2:10.92

400 m individual medley

Meet	Men	Winner	Nationality	Winner
Belo Horizonte	Oussama Mellouli	4:17.68	Kathryn Meaklim	4:38.11
Durban	Oussama Mellouli	4:08.84	Jessica Pengelly	4:30.45
Sydney	Oussama Mellouli	4:06.47	Kathryn Meaklim	4:31.52
Singapore	Oussama Mellouli	4:02.93	Kathryn Meaklim	4:32.31
Moscow	Oussama Mellouli	4:07.97	Svetlana Karpeeva	4:41.26
Stockholm	Chris Christensen	4:11.47	Kathryn Meaklim	4:27.21 WC
Berlin	Robert Margalis	4:13.30	Kathryn Meaklim	4:29.41

Legend: WR – World record; (WR) – World record when swum (earning bonus World Cup points); WC – World Cup record; (WC) – World Cup record when swum

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(2008-10-18). "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008, Durban, South Africa: Results Web Pages". Omega Timing.
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(2008-11-02). "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008, Singapore: Results Web Pages". Omega Timing.
(2008-11-09). "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008, Moscow, Russia: Results Web Pages". Omega Timing.
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