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 will be 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 to allow swimmers to compete in events regardless of their gender assigned at birth.[3]

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) [4][5][6]

An 'Open' category was created in 2023 after World Aquatics announced that trans women were banned from competing in the womens 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 cancelled after no one entered under that category.[7]

Winners

Season Name Nationality
1988–89
menWinners in six events[8]
womenWinners in six events[8]
1989–90
menWinners in six events
womenWinners in six events
1991
menWinners in six events[9]
womenWinners in six events[9]
1991–92
menWinners in six events[8]
womenWinners in six events[8]
1993
menWinners in six events[8]
womenWinners in six events[8]
1994
menWinners in six events[8]
womenWinners in six events[8]
1995
menWinners in six events[8]
womenWinners in six events[8]
1996
menWinners in six events[8]
womenWinners in six events[8]
1997
menWinners in six events[8]
womenWinners in six events[8]
1998
menWinners in six events[8]
womenWinners in six events[8]
1998–99
menWinners in six events[8]
womenWinners in six events[8]
1999–2000
menWinners in 17 events[8]
womenWinners in 17 events[8]
2000–01
menWinners in 13 events[8]
womenWinners in 11 events[8]
2001–02
menEd Moses United States
womenMartina Moravcová Slovakia
2002–03
menThomas Rupprath Germany
womenAlison Sheppard Great Britain
2003–04
menEd Moses (2) United States
womenMartina Moravcová (2) Slovakia (2)
2004–05
menRyk Neethling South Africa
womenAnna-Karin Kammerling Sweden
2005–06
menRyk Neethling (2) South Africa
womenTherese Alshammar Sweden
2007
menRandall Bal United States
womenTherese Alshammar Sweden
2008
menCameron van der Burgh South Africa
womenMarieke Guehrer Australia
2009
menCameron van der Burgh South Africa
womenJessica Hardy United States
2010
menThiago Pereira Brazil
womenTherese Alshammar Sweden
2011
menChad le Clos South Africa
womenTherese Alshammar (4) Sweden
2012
menKenneth To Australia
womenKatinka Hosszú Hungary
2013
menChad le Clos South Africa
womenKatinka Hosszú Hungary
2014
menChad le Clos South Africa
womenKatinka Hosszú Hungary
2015
menCameron van der Burgh (3) South Africa
womenKatinka Hosszú Hungary
2016
menVladimir Morozov Russia
womenKatinka Hosszú (5) Hungary (5)
2017
menChad le Clos (4) South Africa
womenSarah Sjöström Sweden
2018
menVladimir Morozov Russia
womenSarah Sjöström (2) Sweden (7)
2019
menVladimir Morozov (3) Russia (3)
womenCate Campbell Australia
2021[10][11]
menMatthew Sates South Africa (10)
womenEmma McKeon Australia
2022
menDylan Carter Trinidad and Tobago
womenBeata Nelson United States (5)
2023
menQin Haiyang China
womenKaylee McKeown Australia (5)

Most wins

As of 21 November 2022[12]
  • Active swimmers*
  • r = relays
No. Men Country Wins Women Country Wins
1 Chad le Clos South Africa 151* Katinka Hosszú Hungary 305 + 3(r)*[13]
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)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia (AUS)8098619122582
2 Germany (GER)7446045021850
3 United States (USA)6806575271864
4 China (CHN)5584864851529
5 Russia (RUS)4694344141317
6 South Africa (RSA)443310244997
7 Great Britain (GBR)3553303821067
8 Sweden (SWE)342305301948
9 Canada (CAN)3323253661023
10 Hungary (HUN)323194134651
11 Japan (JPN)3093553601024
12 Ukraine (UKR)199116105420
13 Brazil (BRA)180244318742
14 Netherlands (NED)16612083369
15 Denmark (DEN)166119118403
16 Italy (ITA)147173212532
17 France (FRA)133162189484
18 New Zealand (NZL)1078286275
19 Slovakia (SVK)1023425161
20 East Germany (GDR)913023144
21 Poland (POL)84101110295
22 Soviet Union (URS)684743158
23 Finland (FIN)614646153
24 Romania (ROU)586767192
25 Spain (ESP)547563192
26 Jamaica (JAM)522326101
27 South Korea (KOR)385665159
28 Belgium (BEL)38272893
29 Croatia (CRO)374439120
30 Norway (NOR)35233290
31 Costa Rica (CRC)3125864
32 CIS (CIS)31131761
33 Tunisia (TUN)3011950
34 Belarus (BLR)224747116
35 West Germany (FRG)2291647
36 Austria (AUT)20323486
37 Czech Republic (CZE)19333082
38 Lithuania (LTU)19212565
39 Slovenia (SLO)175044111
40 Argentina (ARG)14212257
41 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)1320841
42 Ireland (IRL)1381031
43 Singapore (SGP)10293372
44  Switzerland (SUI)10132952
45 Kenya (KEN)75416
46 Egypt (EGY)65617
47 Serbia (SRB)5171032
48 Hong Kong (HKG)5135674
49 Colombia (COL)561122
50 Estonia (EST)471324
51 Faroe Islands (FAR)47314
52 Israel (ISR)3152139
53 Kazakhstan (KAZ)313723
54 Greece (GRE)37919
55 Czechoslovakia (TCH)34310
56 Chinese Taipei (TPE)281222
57 Portugal (POR)271322
58 Mexico (MEX)26311
59 Moldova (MDA)25310
60 Bulgaria (BUL)24410
61 Yugoslavia (YUG)2338
62 Indonesia (INA)2305
63 Barbados (BAR)22711
64 Turkey (TUR)2024
65 Algeria (ALG)15511
66 Chile (CHI)1506
67 Zimbabwe (ZIM)1337
68 Cuba (CUB)1247
69 Latvia (LAT)1012
 Uzbekistan (UZB)1012
71 Liechtenstein (LIE)0404
72 Puerto Rico (PUR)0336
73 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0314
74 Malaysia (MAS)0303
75 Iceland (ISL)0246
76 Vietnam (VIE)0123
77 Venezuela (VEN)0112
78 Luxembourg (LUX)0101
79 Syria (SYR)0022
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0022
81 Ecuador (ECU)0011
 Macau (MAC)0011
 Papua New Guinea (PNG)0011
 Paraguay (PAR)0011
 Peru (PER)0011
 Sri Lanka (SRI)0011
Totals (86 entries)75236952686221337
  • Some silver and bronze medals since 1988 to 1993 are missing.

Venues

CountryCity 88

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92

93 94 95 96 97 98 98

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03

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04

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05

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[14][14] 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[15] 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
Total887877788912121097888775778878987 743

References

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  12. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2018-03-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  14. 1 2 as East Berlin
  15. as Leningrad
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