The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international professional swimming competition in short course meters organised by the International Swimming Federation since 1989. Swimmers from the members of the International Swimming Federation are allowed to compete. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers are awarded prize money.[1]
Events
The events are the same for all meets, but the competition order may vary. All events are swum in prelims finals except for 800 m and 1500 m Freestyle, which are swum in timed finals. The meet are held over two days, with prelims in the mornings and finals in the evening, with the noted exception of the Brazilian meets where prelims have been in the evening with finals the following morning (hence the 3-day format).
Series events (all in 25 m pools):
- Freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m for women, 1500 m for men
- Backstroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
- Breaststroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
- Butterfly: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
- Individual medley: 100 m, 200 m, 400 m
Winners
Venues
External links
References
- ^ 2007 FINA Swimming World Cup Results
- ^ Bal and Alshammar get the world cup. Published 2007-12-11; retrieve from FINA website on 2008-06-25.
- ^ a b as East Berlin
- ^ as Leningrad
See also
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