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World Aquatics Swimming World Cup

International swimming tournament

World Aquatics Swimming World Cup
Summary

International swimming tournament

FieldValue
nameSwimming World Cup
imageWorld Aquatics Swimming World Cup.png
statusActive
genreSports event
dateMidyear
frequencyAnnual
first1988
last2024
organisedWorld Aquatics
websiteWorld Aquatics
Marine Messe Hall A, Swimming & Artistic Swimming Venue, Fukuoka
Marine Messe Hall A, Swimming & Artistic Swimming Venue, Fukuoka, 2023.
The venue for the FINA Swimming World Cup in Eindhoven before start of the event.

The World Aquatics Swimming World Cup (formerly known as the FINA Swimming World Cup) is an international series of swimming meets organized by World Aquatics (the international governing body formerly known as FINA). Launched in 1988, the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup is staged between August and November every year and attracts a high level of athletes due to the considerable prize money on offer. The event is traditionally held in short course (25m pool) format, with a switch to long course (50m pool) format in pre-Olympics years.

Prior to the COVID hiatus in 2020 the event was being held in three clusters, totaling seven three day meets across seven different locations with prize money reaching US$2.5 million. The event resumed in 2021 as four meets each of three days duration, and the 2023 edition was staged as three meets each of three days duration.

The event is popular with prominent swimmers due to the prize money on offer. In 2022, a total of US$1.2 million was awarded. For each meet the top 20 male and female athletes shared US$224,000 prize money ($112,000 per gender). At the end of the meet series an additional US$262,000 per gender was awarded to the top eight men and women athletes based on their overall ranking using a point score incorporating placings and performance.

The 2023 event is notable for a number of reasons including a switch to long course (50m) format as a pre-Olympics year event, the event acting as a qualifying meet for both the forthcoming World Aquatics Championships in 2024 and Olympic Games in 2024, and the introduction of an "open" category in 50m and 100m events for transgender swimmers. The "open" category however was shelved as there were no entries.

Events

Traditionally the events are the same for all meets but the competition order may vary, although this has varied from the 2021 resumption of the meet. All events are swum prelims/finals, with the exception of the 800m freestyle and 1500m freestyle which are swum as timed finals (fastest heat in the finals session). The meets are held over two or three days, with preliminary heats in the morning and finals in the evening. A noted exception to this style are the meets held in Brazil, where prelims have been in the evening with finals the following morning.

On most years, the races are held in short course pools, the exception recently being the season leading up to an Olympic year where events are swum in long course venues.

Current 2023 series events (to be swum in 50m pools):

  • Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1500
  • Backstroke: 50, 100 and 200
  • Breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200
  • Butterfly: 50, 100 and 200
  • Individual medley: 200, and 400
  • Relays: 4 × 100 m freestyle (men and women), 4 x 200m freestyle (men and women), 4 × 100 m medley (men, women and mixed) An 'open' category was created in 2023 after World Aquatics announced that trans women were banned from competing in the women's category if they had "experienced any part of male puberty beyond tanner stage two, or before [the] age [of] 12, whichever is later". The category was shelved after receiving "no entries".

Winners

Source:

One stage in 1979.

SeasonNameNationality1988–891989–9019911991–921993199419951996199719981998–991999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–06200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
menWinners in 17 events
womenWinners in 17 events
menWinners in 13 events
womenWinners in 11 events
menEd Moses
womenMartina Moravcová
menThomas Rupprath
womenAlison Sheppard
menEd Moses (2)
womenMartina Moravcová (2)(2)
menRyk Neethling
womenAnna-Karin Kammerling
menRyk Neethling (2)
womenTherese Alshammar
menRandall Bal
womenTherese Alshammar
menCameron van der Burgh
womenMarieke Guehrer
menCameron van der Burgh
womenJessica Hardy
menThiago Pereira
womenTherese Alshammar
menChad le Clos
womenTherese Alshammar (4)
menKenneth To
womenKatinka Hosszú
menChad le Clos
womenKatinka Hosszú
menChad le Clos
womenKatinka Hosszú
menCameron van der Burgh (3)
womenKatinka Hosszú
menVladimir Morozov
womenKatinka Hosszú (5)
menChad le Clos (4)
womenSarah Sjöström
menVladimir Morozov
womenSarah Sjöström (2)(7)
menVladimir Morozov (3)(3)
womenCate Campbell
menMatthew Sates(10)
womenEmma McKeon
menDylan Carter
womenBeata Nelson
menQin Haiyang
womenKaylee McKeown(5)
menLéon Marchand
womenKate Douglass
menHubert Kós(6)
womenKate Douglass (2)(7)

Most wins

|151* |Katinka Hosszú ||

305 + 3(r)*
2
Vladimir Morozov
109 + 14(r)*
Martina Moravcová
105
-
3
Roland Schoeman
64
Therese Alshammar
93
-
4
Cameron van der Burgh
59
Alia Atkinson
73
-
5
Daiya Seto
55*
Sarah Sjöström
72*
-
6
Randall Bal
54
Yana Klochkova
60
-
7
Mark Foster
53
Mette Jacobsen
52
-
8
Christian Keller
53
Antje Buschschulte
52
-
9
Ryk Neethling
43
Sandra Voelker
45
-
10
Alexander Popov
42
Franziska Van Almsick
42
-
}

Venues

CountryCity888991919394959697989899000102030405070809101112131415161718192122232425TotalTotal887877788912121097888775778878987743333
Hobart●●2
Melbourne●●●●●5
Sydney●●●●●●6
Belo Horizonte●●●●●5
Rio de Janeiro●●●●●●●●7
Edmonton●●●●4
Montreal●●2
Toronto●●●3
Victoria●1
Beijing●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●15
Jinan●1
Shanghai●●●●●●6
Espoo●●●3
Chartres-Paris●●2
Paris●●●●●●●●●●●●●●14
Berlin●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●22
Bonn●●●●5
Gelsenkirchen●●●●●●●7
Rostock●1
Great BritainGlasgow●1
Leicester●●2
London●1
Sheffield●●●●●●●●●9
Athens●1
Hong Kong●●●●●●●●●●●11
Budapest●●●●4
Desenzano●●2
Imperia●●●●●●●7
Milan●●●3
Saint-Vincent●1
Venice●1
Tokyo●●●●●●●●●●10
Eindhoven●●●3
Doha●●●●●●●●●9
Moscow●●●●●●●●●●●●●●14
Saint Petersburg●●2
Kazan●●●3
Singapore●●●●●●●●●●●●●●13
Durban●●●●●●6
Daejon●●●3
Incheon●1
Palma de Mallorca●1
Gothenburg●●●3
Malmö●●●●●●●●●●10
Stockholm●●●●●●●●●●●●12
Dubai●●●●●●6
Carmel, IN●1
College Station, TX●1
Indianapolis, IN●●2
New York, NY (East Meadow)●●●●●5
Orlando, FL●1
Washington, D.C.●●2
Westmont, IL●1

References

References

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  2. (2022-08-24). "Swimming World Cup 2022 - Prize money".
  3. (2023-08-16). "World Aquatics Debuts Open Category at Berlin Swimming World Cup 2023".
  4. (October 3, 2023). "No entries received for new 'open category' in World Cup meet".
  5. (October 3, 2023). "No 'open category' entries at WC swimming event".
  6. (October 3, 2023). "Plans to allow for transgender swimmers at World Cup meet scrapped due to no entries".
  7. "Competition Info {{!}} FINA Official".
  8. "Competition Info {{!}} FINA Official".
  9. "Competition Info {{!}} FINA Official".
  10. Noyce, Eleanor. (2023-10-04). "Not one person signed up for the 'open' category at the Swimming World Cup".
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  14. (2015). "FINA Swimming World cup: Golden Book".
  15. [http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/2161.asp Moravcova Tops Final FINA World Cup Rankings; Balcerzak is Top American – January 29, 2001] {{webarchive. link. (April 30, 2011. ''[[Swimming World Magazine]]'': published 2001-01-29; retrieved 2009-06-13.)
  16. Kamardina, Olga (30 October 2021). [https://www.fina.org/news/2317522/heavy-favorites-keep-the-bar-high "Sates and McKeon topped overall ranking"]. ''[[FINA]]''. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  17. Dornan, Ben (31 October 2021). [https://swimswam.com/mckeon-sates-toussaint-shields-earn-over-100k-from-fina-2021-world-cup/ "McKeon, Sates, Toussaint, Shields Earn Over $100K From FINA 2021 World Cup"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  18. "Archived copy".
  19. (November 2019). "Katinka Hosszu Wraps up 300th World Cup Gold with 200 Fly Win in Kazan".
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  21. as Leningrad
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