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The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international professional swimming competition in short course meters organised by the International Swimming Federation since 1989. Swimmers from the members of the International Swimming Federation are allowed to compete. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers are awarded prize money.[1]

Events

The events are the same for all meets, but the competition order may vary. All events are swum in prelims finals except for 800 m and 1500 m Freestyle, which are swum in timed finals. The meet are held over two days, with prelims in the mornings and finals in the evening, with the noted exception of the Brazilian meets where prelims have been in the evening with finals the following morning (hence the 3-day format).

Series events (all in 25 m pools):

  • Freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m for women, 1500 m for men
  • Backstroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
  • Breaststroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
  • Butterfly: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
  • Individual medley: 100 m, 200 m, 400 m

Winners

Season Name Nationality
1988/1989
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1989/1990
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1991
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1991/1992
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1993
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1994
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1995
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1996
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1997
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1998
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1998/1999
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1999/2000
men Winners in 17 events
women Winners in 17 events
2000/2001
men Winners in 13 events
women Winners in 11 events
2001/2002
men Ed Moses  United States
women Martina Moravcová  Slovakia
2002/2003
men Thomas Rupprath  Germany
women Alison Sheppard  United Kingdom
2003/2004
men Ed Moses  United States
women Martina Moravcová  Slovakia
2004/2005
men Ryk Neethling  South Africa
women Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden
2005/2006
men Ryk Neethling  South Africa
women Therese Alshammar  Sweden
2007[2]
men Randall Bal  United States
women Therese Alshammar  Sweden
2008
men to be determined
women to be determined

Venues

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 Australia Hobart (2) X X
Melbourne (5) X X X X X
Sydney (6) X X X X X X
 Brazil Belo Horizonte (5) X X X X X
Rio de Janeiro (6) X X X X X X
 Canada Edmonton (4) X X X X
Montreal (2) X X
Toronto (1) X
Victoria (1) X
 China Beijing (6) X X X X X X
Shanghai (5) X X X X X
 Finland Espoo (3) X X X
 France Paris (14) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Germany Berlin (11) X[3] X[3] X X X X X X X X X
Bonn (5) X X X X
Gelsenkirchen (7) X X X X X X X
Rostock (1) X
 Great Britain Glasgow (1) X
Leicester (2) X X
London (1) X
Sheffield (9) X X X X X X X X X
 Hong Kong Hong Kong (7) X X X X X X X
 Italy Desenzano (2) X X
Imperia (7) X X X X X X X
Milan (3) X X X
Saint-Vincent (1) X
Venice (1) X
 Russia Moscow (5) X X X X X
Saint Petersburg (2) X[4] X
 Singapore Singapore (2) X X
 Spain Palma de Mallorca (1) X
 South Africa Durban (5) X X X X X
 South Korea Daejon (3) X X X
 Sweden Gothenburg (2) X X
Malmö (10) X X X X X X X X X X
Stockholm (8) X X X X X X X X
 USA College Station, TX (1) X
Indianapolis, IN (1) X
New York, NY (East Meadow) (5) X X X X X
Orlando, FL (1) X
Washington, D.C. (2) X X
Total 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 9 12 12 10 9 7 8 8 8 7 7

References

  1. ^ 2007 FINA Swimming World Cup Results
  2. ^ Bal and Alshammar get the world cup. Published 2007-12-11; retrieve from FINA website on 2008-06-25.
  3. ^ a b as East Berlin
  4. ^ as Leningrad

See also

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