FINA Swimming World Cup
The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course (25 m (82 ft)) swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming. Launched in 1988, the FINA Swimming World Cup gathers world-class swimmers in a series of two-day meets organised between August and November each year. Across nine locations, the circuit is structured in clusters (Middle East, Europe and Asia) and distributes a total of prize money reaching US$2.5 million.[1]
Currently, the overall first, second, and third-place winners are awarded prize money.[2] The men's and women's series winners take home $150,000 each, runners-up $100,000, and third-place finishers $50,000, following a prize-money increase announced by FINA in September 2017.
Events
The events are the same for all meets, but the competition order may vary. All events are swum prelims/finals, with the exception of the 800 m (2,600 ft) and 1,500 m (4,900 ft) freestyle which are swum as timed finals (all swimmers swim just once). The meets are held over two 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 (and hence a three-day format).
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 series events (all in short course pools):
- Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women only) and 1500 (men only)
- Backstroke: 50, 100 and 200
- Breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200
- Butterfly: 50, 100 and 200
- Individual Medley: 100, 200, and 400
- Relays: 4 × 50 m mixed freestyle, 4 × 50 m mixed medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed medley[3]
Winners
Most wins
- As of 21 November 2022[9]
- Active swimmers*
- r = relays
| No. | Men | Country | Wins | Women | Country | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad le Clos |  South Africa |
151* | Katinka Hosszú |  Hungary |
305 + 3(r)*[10] |
| 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 |
Medals table (1988-2016)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia (AUS) | 809 | 861 | 912 | 2582 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 744 | 604 | 502 | 1850 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 680 | 657 | 527 | 1864 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 558 | 486 | 485 | 1529 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 469 | 434 | 414 | 1317 |
| 6 | South Africa (RSA) | 443 | 310 | 244 | 997 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 355 | 330 | 382 | 1067 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 342 | 305 | 301 | 948 |
| 9 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada (CAN) | 332 | 325 | 366 | 1023 |
| 10 | Hungary (HUN) | 323 | 194 | 134 | 651 |
| 11 | Japan (JPN) | 309 | 355 | 360 | 1024 |
| 12 | Ukraine (UKR) | 199 | 116 | 105 | 420 |
| 13 |  Brazil (BRA) | 180 | 244 | 318 | 742 |
| 14 |  Netherlands (NED) | 166 | 120 | 83 | 369 |
| 15 | Denmark (DEN) | 166 | 119 | 118 | 403 |
| 16 |  Italy (ITA) | 147 | 173 | 212 | 532 |
| 17 |  France (FRA) | 133 | 162 | 189 | 484 |
| 18 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 107 | 82 | 86 | 275 |
| 19 | Slovakia (SVK) | 102 | 34 | 25 | 161 |
| 20 |  East Germany (GDR) | 91 | 30 | 23 | 144 |
| 21 |  Poland (POL) | 84 | 101 | 110 | 295 |
| 22 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 68 | 47 | 43 | 158 |
| 23 |  Finland (FIN) | 61 | 46 | 46 | 153 |
| 24 |  Romania (ROU) | 58 | 67 | 67 | 192 |
| 25 |  Spain (ESP) | 54 | 75 | 63 | 192 |
| 26 | Jamaica (JAM) | 52 | 23 | 26 | 101 |
| 27 |  South Korea (KOR) | 38 | 56 | 65 | 159 |
| 28 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium (BEL) | 38 | 27 | 28 | 93 |
| 29 |  Croatia (CRO) | 37 | 44 | 39 | 120 |
| 30 |  Norway (NOR) | 35 | 23 | 32 | 90 |
| 31 |  Costa Rica (CRC) | 31 | 25 | 8 | 64 |
| 32 |  CIS (CIS) | 31 | 13 | 17 | 61 |
| 33 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 30 | 11 | 9 | 50 |
| 34 |  Belarus (BLR) | 22 | 47 | 47 | 116 |
| 35 | West Germany (FRG) | 22 | 9 | 16 | 47 |
| 36 |  Austria (AUT) | 20 | 32 | 34 | 86 |
| 37 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 19 | 33 | 30 | 82 |
| 38 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 19 | 21 | 25 | 65 |
| 39 |  Slovenia (SLO) | 17 | 50 | 44 | 111 |
| 40 |  Argentina (ARG) | 14 | 21 | 22 | 57 |
| 41 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 13 | 20 | 8 | 41 |
| 42 |  Ireland (IRL) | 13 | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| 43 |  Singapore (SGP) | 10 | 29 | 33 | 72 |
| 44 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland (SUI) | 10 | 13 | 29 | 52 |
| 45 |  Kenya (KEN) | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 46 |  Egypt (EGY) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 47 |  Serbia (SRB) | 5 | 17 | 10 | 32 |
| 48 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 5 | 13 | 56 | 74 |
| 49 |  Colombia (COL) | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 50 |  Estonia (EST) | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| 51 |  Faroe Islands (FAR) | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 52 |  Israel (ISR) | 3 | 15 | 21 | 39 |
| 53 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 3 | 13 | 7 | 23 |
| 54 |  Greece (GRE) | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 55 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 56 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 |
| 57 |  Portugal (POR) | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 58 |  Mexico (MEX) | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 59 |  Moldova (MDA) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 60 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 61 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia (YUG) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 62 |  Indonesia (INA) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 63 |  Barbados (BAR) | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 64 |  Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 65 |  Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 66 |  Chile (CHI) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 67 |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 68 |  Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 69 |  Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 71 |  Liechtenstein (LIE) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 72 |  Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 73 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 74 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 75 |  Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 76 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 77 |  Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 78 |  Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 |  Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 81 |  Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Macau (MAC) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (86 entries) | 7523 | 6952 | 6862 | 21337 | |
- Some silver and bronze medals since 1988 to 1993 are missing.
Venues
References
- "FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 | fina.org - Official FINA website". Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
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- "FINA Swimming World cup : Golden Book" (PDF). Fina.org. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- 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.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Kamardina, Olga (30 October 2021). "Sates and McKeon topped overall ranking". FINA. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- Dornan, Ben (31 October 2021). "McKeon, Sates, Toussaint, Shields Earn Over $100K From FINA 2021 World Cup". SwimSwam. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Katinka Hosszu Wraps up 300th World Cup Gold with 200 Fly Win in Kazan". November 2019.
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External links
- "Fina-Arena-Worldcup Berlin 2008". 19 October 2009. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- "Swimrankings - Swimming Rankings and Results - Worldwide, International Swim Sport". Swimrankings.net. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- "Katinka Hosszu Becomes First Swimmer to 200 World Cup Wins". Swimswam.com. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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