2008 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2008 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup was held in October and November 2008. The meet scheduling matched that of the 2007 series, with all meets held short course metres (25 m) format. The series winners were Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa and Marieke Guehrer of Australia.
Venues
The 2008 World Cup was staged at seven venues on five continents, with each meet following a heats and finals format for all events, with the exception of the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley events which were heat-declared winners. The Brazil meet at Belo Horizonte was held as a three-day meet with evening heats and finals the following morning, with the remaining six meets being held over two days with morning heats and evening finals on each day. The order of events at each meet was the same.
Date | Location | Results |
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10–12 October | Brazil Belo Horizonte, Brazil | [1] |
17–18 October | South Africa Durban, South Africa | [2] |
25–26 October | Australia Sydney, Australia | [3] |
1–2 November | Singapore Singapore | [4] |
8–9 November | Russia Moscow, Russia | [5] |
11–12 November | Sweden Stockholm, Sweden | [6] |
15–16 November | Germany Berlin, Germany | [7] |
Results
Overall World Cup
At each meet of the World Cup circuit in 2008, the FINA Points Table[8] was used to rank all swim performances at the meet. The top 10 men and top 10 women were then awarded World Cup points. Bonus points were awarded for a world record broken (20 points) or equalled (10 points).[9] The number of World Cup points awarded were doubled for the final meet of the World Cup in Berlin.
Rank on FINA Points | World Cup points awarded |
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1 | 25 |
2 | 20 |
3 | 16 |
4 | 13 |
5 | 10 |
6 | 7 |
7 | 5 |
8 | 3 |
9 | 2 |
10 | 1 |
The final rankings are shown below.[10] Bonus points were awarded to eight swimmers for each of the twelve new world record standards set during the meets.
Men
Women
Event winners
50 m freestyle
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Belo Horizonte | César Cielo Filho | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 21.32 | Brooke Bishop | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | 24.66 |
Durban | Stefan Nystrand | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 21.42 | Therese Alshammar | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 24.46 |
Sydney | Kyle Richardson | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 21.45 | Cate Campbell | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 23.97 |
Singapore | Stefan Nystrand | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 21.39 | Therese Alshammar | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 24.33 |
Moscow | Lyndon Ferns | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 21.59 | Therese Alshammar | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 24.60 |
Stockholm | Frédérick Bousquet | File:Flag of France.svg France | 20.97 | Marieke Guehrer | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 24.25 |
Berlin | Alain Bernard | File:Flag of France.svg France | 21.25 | Therese Alshammar | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 24.16 |
100 m freestyle
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Belo Horizonte | César Cielo Filho | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 47.18 | Marieke Guehrer | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 53.27 |
Durban | Darian Townsend | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 47.24 | Josefin Lillhage | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 53.07 |
Sydney | Stefan Nystrand | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 47.45 | Marieke Guehrer | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 53.15 |
Singapore | Stefan Nystrand | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 46.78 | Sarah Sjöström | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 53.94 |
Moscow | Stefan Nystrand | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 46.57 | Josefin Lillhage | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 53.47 |
Stockholm | Stefan Nystrand | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 46.03 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 52.44 |
Berlin | Alain Bernard | File:Flag of France.svg France | 46.28 | Josefin Lillhage | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 52.87 |
200 m freestyle
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Belo Horizonte | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 1:44.58 | Josefin Lillhage | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 1:57.05 |
Durban | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 1:43.62 | Josefin Lillhage | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 1:55.91 |
Sydney | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 1:43.05 | Ellen Fullerton | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 1:56.35 |
Singapore | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 1:44.47 | Kelly Stubbins | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 1:56.38 |
Moscow | Darian Townsend | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 1:43.44 | Josefin Lillhage | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 1:56.00 |
Stockholm | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 1:42.86 | Petra Granlund | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 1:54.77 |
Berlin | Paul Biedermann | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 1:40.83 WR | Coralie Balmy | File:Flag of France.svg France | 1:54.05 |
400 m freestyle
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Belo Horizonte | Armando Negreiros | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 3:45.78 | Kathryn Meaklim | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 4:14.95 |
Durban | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 3:42.32 | Melissa Ingram | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 4:05.62 |
Sydney | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 3:40.49 | Melissa Ingram | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 4:03.31 |
Singapore | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 3:42.37 | Melissa Ingram | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 4:04.55 |
Moscow | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 3:40.52 | Elena Sokolova | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 4:03.99 |
Stockholm | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 3:38.42 | Lotte Friis | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 4:02.64 |
Berlin | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 3:36.75 | Coralie Balmy | File:Flag of France.svg France | 3:56.24 WC |
1500 m (men) / 800 m (women) freestyle
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Belo Horizonte | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 15:16.43 | Kathryn Meaklim | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 8:49.76 |
Durban | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 14:54.73 | Kathryn Meaklim | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 8:42.50 |
Sydney | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 14:43.05 | Kathryn Meaklim | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 8:32.62 |
Singapore | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 15:06.05 | Melissa Corfe | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 8:35.75 |
Moscow | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 14:34.31 | Elena Sokolova | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 8:18.52 |
Stockholm | Mads Glæsner | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 14:38.87 | Lotte Friis | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 8:14.99 |
Berlin | Mads Glæsner | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 14:38.97 | Lotte Friis | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 8:14.41 |
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Belo Horizonte | Evgeny Korotyshkin | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 50.86 | Marieke Guehrer | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 57.51 |
Durban | Garth Tune | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 52.19 | Marieke Guehrer | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 57.03 |
Sydney | Matt Jaukovic | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 50.50 | Marieke Guehrer | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 56.88 |
Singapore | Evgeny Korotyshkin | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 50.84 | Tao Li | File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | 56.85 |
Moscow | Matt Jaukovic | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 50.68 | Marieke Guehrer | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 56.97 |
Stockholm | Evgeny Korotyshkin | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 50.22 | Tao Li | File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | 56.87 |
Berlin | Evgeny Korotyshkin | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 49.74 WC | Tao Li | File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | 56.28 WC |
200 m butterfly
100 m individual medley
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Belo Horizonte | Thiago Pereira | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 53.75 | Fabíola Molina | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 1:01.52 |
Durban | Darian Townsend | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 53.37 | Fabíola Molina | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 1:01.31 |
Sydney | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 53.84 | Emily Seebohm | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 1:00.39 |
Singapore | Thiago Pereira | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 52.74 | Svetlana Karpeeva | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 1:01.61 |
Moscow | Darian Townsend | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 53.97 | Olga Klyuchnikova | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 1:01.37 |
Stockholm | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 52.78 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 59.07 |
Berlin | Darian Townsend | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 51.80 | Tara Kirk | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | 1:00.88 |
200 m individual medley
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Belo Horizonte | Thiago Pereira | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 1:56.33 | Kathryn Meaklim | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 2:12.50 |
Durban | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 1:56.73 | Kathryn Meaklim | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 2:10.09 |
Sydney | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 1:56.30 | Kathryn Meaklim | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 2:10.03 |
Singapore | Thiago Pereira | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 1:53.76 | Kathryn Meaklim | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 2:10.59 |
Moscow | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 1:55.10 | Tomoya Fukuda | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 2:11.25 |
Stockholm | Darian Townsend | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 1:54.96 | Kathryn Meaklim | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 2:09.54 |
Berlin | Oussama Mellouli | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 1:52.41 WC | Theresa Michalak | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 2:10.92 |
400 m individual medley
Legend: WR – World record; (WR) – World record when swum (earning bonus World Cup points); WC – World Cup record; (WC) – World Cup record when swum
See also
References
- ↑ "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008, Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2008-10-12. Archived from the original on 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ↑ "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008, Durban, South Africa: Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2008-10-18. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ↑ "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008, Sydney, Australia: Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2008-10-26. Archived from the original on 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ↑ "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008, Singapore: Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2008-11-02. Archived from the original on 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ↑ "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008, Moscow, Russia: Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2008-11-09. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ↑ "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008, Stockholm, Sweden: Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2008-11-12. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ↑ "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008, Berlin, Germany: Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2008-11-16. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ↑ "Fina Point Scoring" (PDF). FINA. 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2008-10-10.[permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008 - Scoring". FINA. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ↑ "FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008 - Scoring". FINA. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
External links
- FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008 Official Site
- FINA's announcement of the 2008 schedule.