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World Aquatics Swimming World Cup

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Swimming World Cup
StatusActive
GenreSports event
Date(s)Midyear
FrequencyAnnual
Inaugurated1988
Most recent2023
Organised byWorld 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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] The "open" category however was shelved as there were no entries.[4][5][6]

Events

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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)[7][8][9]

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".[4][5][6][10]

Winners

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Source:[11]

One stage in 1979.[12][13]

Season Name Nationality
1988–89
men Winners in six events[14]
women Winners in six events[14]
1989–90
men Winners in six events
women Winners in six events
1991
men Winners in six events[15]
women Winners in six events[15]
1991–92
men Winners in six events[14]
women Winners in six events[14]
1993
men Winners in six events[14]
women Winners in six events[14]
1994
men Winners in six events[14]
women Winners in six events[14]
1995
men Winners in six events[14]
women Winners in six events[14]
1996
men Winners in six events[14]
women Winners in six events[14]
1997
men Winners in six events[14]
women Winners in six events[14]
1998
men Winners in six events[14]
women Winners in six events[14]
1998–99
men Winners in six events[14]
women Winners in six events[14]
1999–2000
men Winners in 17 events[14]
women Winners in 17 events[14]
2000–01
men Winners in 13 events[14]
women Winners in 11 events[14]
2001–02
men Ed Moses  United States
women Martina Moravcová  Slovakia
2002–03
men Thomas Rupprath  Germany
women Alison Sheppard  Great Britain
2003–04
men Ed Moses (2)  United States
women Martina Moravcová (2)  Slovakia (2)
2004–05
men Ryk Neethling  South Africa
women Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden
2005–06
men Ryk Neethling (2)  South Africa
women Therese Alshammar  Sweden
2007
men Randall Bal  United States
women Therese Alshammar  Sweden
2008
men Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa
women Marieke Guehrer  Australia
2009
men Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa
women Jessica Hardy  United States
2010
men Thiago Pereira  Brazil
women Therese Alshammar  Sweden
2011
men Chad le Clos  South Africa
women Therese Alshammar (4)  Sweden
2012
men Kenneth To  Australia
women Katinka Hosszú  Hungary
2013
men Chad le Clos  South Africa
women Katinka Hosszú  Hungary
2014
men Chad le Clos  South Africa
women Katinka Hosszú  Hungary
2015
men Cameron van der Burgh (3)  South Africa
women Katinka Hosszú  Hungary
2016
men Vladimir Morozov  Russia
women Katinka Hosszú (5)  Hungary (5)
2017
men Chad le Clos (4)  South Africa
women Sarah Sjöström  Sweden
2018
men Vladimir Morozov  Russia
women Sarah Sjöström (2)  Sweden (7)
2019
men Vladimir Morozov (3)  Russia (3)
women Cate Campbell  Australia
2021[16][17]
men Matthew Sates  South Africa (10)
women Emma McKeon  Australia
2022
men Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago
women Beata Nelson  United States (5)
2023
men Qin Haiyang  China
women Kaylee McKeown  Australia (5)
2024
men
women

Most wins

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As of 21 November 2022[18]
  • Active swimmers*
  • r = relays
No. Men Country Wins Women Country Wins
1 Chad le Clos  South Africa 151* Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 305 + 3(r)*[19]
2 Vladimir Morozov  Russia 109 + 14(r)* Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 105
3 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 64 Therese Alshammar  Sweden 93
4 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 59 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 73
5 Daiya Seto  Japan 55* Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 72*
6 Randall Bal  United States 54 Yana Klochkova  Ukraine 60
7 Mark Foster  United Kingdom 53 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 52
8 Christian Keller  Germany 53 Antje Buschschulte  Germany 52
9 Ryk Neethling  South Africa 43 Sandra Voelker  Germany 45
10 Alexander Popov  Russia 42 Franziska Van Almsick  Germany 42

Venues

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Country City 88

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91 91

92

93 94 95 96 97 98 98

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02

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03

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04

04

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05

06

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 Total
 Australia Hobart ● ● 2
Melbourne ● ● ● ● ● 5
Sydney ● ● ● ● ● ● 6
 Brazil Belo Horizonte ● ● ● ● ● 5
Rio de Janeiro ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 7
 Canada Edmonton ● ● ● ● 4
Montreal ● ● 2
Toronto ● ● 2
Victoria ● 1
 China Beijing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 15
Jinan ● 1
Shanghai ● ● ● ● ● ● 6
 Finland Espoo ● ● ● 3
 France Chartres-Paris ● ● 2
Paris ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 14
 Germany Berlin ●[20] ●[20] ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 22
Bonn ● ● ● ● 5
Gelsenkirchen ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 7
Rostock ● 1
 Great Britain Glasgow ● 1
Leicester ● ● 2
London ● 1
Sheffield ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 9
 Greece Athens ● 1
 Hong Kong Hong Kong ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 11
 Hungary Budapest ● ● ● ● 4
 Italy Desenzano ● ● 2
Imperia ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 7
Milan ● ● ● 3
Saint-Vincent ● 1
Venice ● 1
 Japan Tokyo ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 10
 Netherlands Eindhoven ● ● ● 3
 Qatar Doha ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 9
 Russia Moscow ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 14
Saint Petersburg ●[21] ● 2
Kazan ● ● ● 3
 Singapore Singapore ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 13
 South Africa Durban ● ● ● ● ● ● 6
 South Korea Daejon ● ● ● 3
Incheon ●
 Spain Palma de Mallorca ● 1
 Sweden Gothenburg ● ● ● 3
Malmö ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 10
Stockholm ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 12
 United Arab Emirates Dubai ● ● ● ● ● ● 6
 United States College Station, TX ● 1
Indianapolis, IN ● ● 2
New York, NY (East Meadow) ● ● ● ● ● 5
Orlando, FL ● 1
Washington, D.C. ● ● 2
Total 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 9 12 12 10 9 7 8 8 8 7 7 5 7 7 8 8 7 8 9 8 7 7 4 3

References

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  4. ^ a b "No entries received for new 'open category' in World Cup meet". Reuters. 3 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b "No 'open category' entries at WC swimming event". ESPN.com. 3 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Plans to allow for transgender swimmers at World Cup meet scrapped due to no entries". CBC.ca. 3 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Competition Info | FINA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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  10. ^ Noyce, Eleanor (4 October 2023). "Not one person signed up for the 'open' category at the Swimming World Cup". PinkNews. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  11. ^ "World Aquatics".
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  15. ^ a b Moravcova Tops Final FINA World Cup Rankings; Balcerzak is Top American – January 29, 2001 Archived April 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Swimming World Magazine: published 2001-01-29; retrieved 2009-06-13.
  16. ^ Kamardina, Olga (30 October 2021). "Sates and McKeon topped overall ranking". FINA. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  17. ^ Dornan, Ben (31 October 2021). "McKeon, Sates, Toussaint, Shields Earn Over $100K From FINA 2021 World Cup". SwimSwam. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ "Katinka Hosszu Wraps up 300th World Cup Gold with 200 Fly Win in Kazan". November 2019.
  20. ^ a b as East Berlin
  21. ^ as Leningrad
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