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).
History In 1979, FINA (now known as World Aquatics) launched the Swimming World Cup, the first edition was held in Tokyo with multiple winners.
Since 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. From this edition onwards, the SWC will be held on one continent, with different cities in each country.
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.
SeasonNameNationality 1988–89 men Winners in six events women Winners in six events 1989–90 men Winners in six events women Winners in six events 1991 men Winners in six eventsMoravcova Tops Final FINA World Cup Rankings; Balcerzak is Top American – January 29, 2001 . Swimming World Magazine: published 29 January 2001; retrieved 2009-06-13. women Winners in six events 1991–92 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 1998–99 men Winners in six events women Winners in six events 1999–2000 men Winners in 17 events women Winners in 17 events 2000–01 men Winners in 13 events women Winners in 11 events 2001–02 men Ed Moses women Martina Moravcová 2002–03 men Thomas Rupprath women Alison Sheppard 2003–04 men Ed Moses (2) women Martina Moravcová (2) (2) 2004–05 men Ryk Neethling women Anna-Karin Kammerling 2005–06 men Ryk Neethling (2) women Therese Alshammar 2007 men Randall Bal women Therese Alshammar 2008 men Cameron van der Burgh women Marieke Guehrer 2009men Cameron van der Burgh women Jessica Hardy 2010men Thiago Pereira women Therese Alshammar 2011men Chad le Clos women Therese Alshammar (4) 2012men Kenneth To women Katinka Hosszú 2013men Chad le Clos women Katinka Hosszú 2014men Chad le Clos women Katinka Hosszú 2015men Cameron van der Burgh (3) women Katinka Hosszú 2016men Vladimir Morozov women Katinka Hosszú (5) 2017men Chad le Clos (4) women Sarah Sjöström 2018men Vladimir Morozov women Sarah Sjöström (2) (7) 2019men Vladimir Morozov (3) (3)women Cate Campbell 2021Kamardina, 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.men Matthew Sates (10)women Emma McKeon 2022men Dylan Carter women Beata Nelson 2023men Qin Haiyang women Kaylee McKeown (5) 2024men Léon Marchand women Kate Douglass 2025men Hubert Kós (6)women Kate Douglass (2) (7) 2026men women
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