2009 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2009 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of five short course (25 m) swimming meets, held in October and November 2009.[1]
Meets
The 2009 World Cup was staged at five venues on three continents, with each meet following a morning heats and evening 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 order of events at each meet was the same. A sixth meet originally scheduled to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 23–25 October was cancelled.[2]
| Meet | Dates | Location | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16–17 October | | Results[3] |
| 2 | 6–7 November | | Results[4] |
| 3 | 10–11 November | | Results[5] |
| 4 | 14–15 November | | Results[6] |
| 5 | 21–22 November | | Results[7] |
Results
Overall World Cup
At each meet of the World Cup circuit in 2009, 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 be 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 was doubled for the final meet of the World Cup in Singapore.
| Rank on FINA Points | World Cup points awarded |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 7 |
| 7 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 |
The overall rankings are shown below.[10]
Men
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Points awarded (Bonus) | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSA | RUS | SWE | GER | SIN | ||||
| 1 | Cameron van der Burgh | 16 | 25 | 25 | 25 (40) | 32 | 163 | |
| 2 | Roland Schoeman | 25 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 50 | 131 | |
| 3 | Peter Marshall | 20 (20) | 7 | 13 (20) | 26 (20) | 126 | ||
| 4 | Arkady Vyatchanin | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 (20) | 40 | 80 | |
| 5 | Evgeny Korotyshkin | 13 (20) | 5 (20) | 58 | ||||
| 6 | Paul Biedermann | 10 (40) | 50 | |||||
| 7 | Felipe Silva | 20 | 7 | 20 | 47 | |||
| 8 | Steffen Deibler | 10 | 16 (20) | 46 | ||||
| 9 | Sergey Fesikov | 7 | 10 | 3 (20) | 40 | |||
| 10 | George Du Rand | 3 | 16 (20) | 39 | ||||
| 11 | Kaio de Almeida | 10 (20) | 30 | |||||
| 12 | Neil Versfeld | 13 | 7 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Darian Townsend | 5 | 2 | 2 | (20) | 29 | ||
| 14 | Nicholas Santos | 1 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Markus Rogan | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 16 | Matthew Abood | 6 | 6 | |||||
| 17 | Stanislav Donets | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 18 | Christian Sprenger | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 19 | Gerhard Zandberg | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 20 | Guilherme Guido | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 21 | Stefan Nystrand | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 22 | Igor Borysik | 1 | 1 | |||||
Women
Event winners
50 m freestyle

| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Stefan Nystrand | | 21.29 | Therese Alshammar | | 23.74 |
| Moscow | Roland Schoeman | | 20.88 (WC) | Marieke Guehrer | | 23.92 |
| Stockholm | Frédérick Bousquet | | 20.64 (WC) | Therese Alshammar | | 23.75 |
| Berlin | Roland Schoeman | | 20.57 WC | Therese Alshammar | | 23.34 (WC) |
| Singapore | Nicholas Santos | | 20.75 | Therese Alshammar | | 23.27 WC |
100 m freestyle
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| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Sergey Fesikov | | 46.30 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | | 52.46 |
| Moscow | Sergey Fesikov | | 45.87 | Jeanette Ottesen | | 52.22 |
| Stockholm | Stefan Nystrand | | 45.54 (WC) | Francesca Halsall | | 51.61 (WC) |
| Berlin | Brent Hayden | | 45.56 | Jeanette Ottesen | | 51.95 |
| Singapore | Matthew Abood | | 45.46 WC | Francesca Halsall | | 51.19 WC |
200 m freestyle
| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Darian Townsend | | 1:42.79 | Felicity Galvez | | 1:57.60 |
| Moscow | Alexander Sukhorukov | | 1:42.13 | Sarah Sjöström | | 1:54.02 |
| Stockholm | Brent Hayden | | 1:41.65 | Coralie Balmy | | 1:53.71 |
| Berlin | Paul Biedermann | | 1:39.37 WR | Sarah Sjöström | | 1:53.77 |
| Singapore | Darian Townsend | | 1:41.65 | Petra Granlund | | 1:54.76 |
400 m freestyle

| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Dominik Meichtry | | 3:42.09 | Jessica Pengelly | | 4:11.62 |
| Moscow | Nikita Lobintsev | | 3:38.40 | Lotte Friis | | 4:01.96 |
| Stockholm | Mads Glæsner | | 3:38.78 | Coralie Balmy | | 3:57.75 |
| Berlin | Paul Biedermann | | 3:32.77 WR | Lotte Friis | | 4:01.21 |
| Singapore | Oussama Mellouli | | 3:39.18 | Blair Evans | | 4:02.77 |
1500 m (men) / 800 m (women) freestyle

| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Heerden Herman | | 14:49.17 | Kathryn Meaklim | | 8:29.51 |
| Moscow | Pál Joensen | | 14:32.64 | Lotte Friis | | 8:12.94 |
| Stockholm | Federico Colbertaldo | | 14:28.35 WC | Lotte Friis | | 8:07.94 (WC) |
| Berlin | Federico Colbertaldo | | 14:29.46 | Lotte Friis | | 8:04.61 WC |
| Singapore | Robert Hurley | | 14:32.47 | Blair Evans | | 8:17.21 |
50 m backstroke

| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Peter Marshall | | 22.75 (WR) | Hinkelien Schreuder | | 26.55 (WC) |
| Moscow | Peter Marshall Stanislav Donets | | 22.94 | Marieke Guehrer | | 26.17 (WR) |
| Stockholm | Peter Marshall | | 22.73 (WR) | Zhao Jing | | 25.82 WR |
| Berlin | Gerhard Zandberg | | 22.85 | Marieke Guehrer | | 26.09 |
| Singapore | Peter Marshall | | 22.61 WR | Emily Seebohm | | 26.55 |
100 m backstroke

| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Peter Marshall | | 49.40 (WC) | Fabíola Molina | | 57.77 |
| Moscow | Peter Marshall | | 49.49 | Kseniya Moskvina | | 56.66 |
| Stockholm | Peter Marshall | | 49.29 WC | Shiho Sakai | | 56.42 (WC) |
| Berlin | Aschwin Wildeboer | | 49.55 | Shiho Sakai | | 55.23 WR |
| Singapore | Guilherme Guido | | 49.63 | Marieke Guehrer | | 56.97 |
200 m backstroke

| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | George Du Rand | | 1:49.53 | Whitney Myers | | 2:07.96 |
| Moscow | George Du Rand | | 1:47.08 WR | Daryna Zevina | | 2:04.59 |
| Stockholm | Markus Rogan | | 1:47.64 NR | Elizabeth Simmonds | | 2:02.01 (WC) |
| Berlin | Arkady Vyatchanin | | 1:46.11 WR | Shiho Sakai | | 2:00.18 WR |
| Singapore | Arkady Vyatchanin | | 1:46.41 | Elizabeth Simmonds | | 2:01.48 |
50 m breaststroke
| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Roland Schoeman | | 25.90 (WC) | Jessica Hardy | | 29.45 (WR) |
| Moscow | Cameron van der Burgh | | 25.58 (WC) | Jessica Hardy | | 29.36 (WR) |
| Stockholm | Cameron van der Burgh | | 25.68 | Jessica Hardy | | 29.29* |
| Berlin | Cameron van der Burgh | | 25.25 WR | Jessica Hardy | | 28.80 WR |
| Singapore | Roland Schoeman | | 25.58 | Jessica Hardy | | 29.09 |
* Jessica Hardy set a new world record of 28.96 seconds in the heats of this event in Stockholm.
100 m breaststroke

| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Cameron van der Burgh | | 56.60 (WC) | Jessica Hardy | | 1:04.15 (WC) |
| Moscow | Cameron van der Burgh | | 56.36 (WC) | Jessica Hardy | | 1:03.75 (WC) |
| Stockholm | Cameron van der Burgh | | 56.17 (WC) | Leisel Jones | | 1:03.74 (WC) |
| Berlin | Cameron van der Burgh | | 55.61 WR | Leisel Jones | | 1:03.00 WR |
| Singapore | Cameron van der Burgh | | 56.25 | Sarah Katsoulis | | 1:03.73 |
200 m breaststroke

| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Neil Versfeld | | 2:03.35 | Nađa Higl | | 2:20.41 |
| Moscow | Neil Versfeld | | 2:04.15 | Rikke Moeller-Pedersen | | 2:19.58 |
| Stockholm | Neil Versfeld | | 2:02.67 (WC) | Nađa Higl | | 2:18.54 |
| Berlin | Melquiades Alvarez | | 2:02.67* | Leisel Jones | | 2:15.42 WR |
| Singapore | Christian Sprenger | | 2:02.65 | Kathryn Meaklim | | 2:20.52 |
* Neil Versfeld set a new World Cup record of 2:02.56 seconds in the heats of this event in Berlin.
50 m butterfly

| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Roland Schoeman | | 22.32 (WC) | Therese Alshammar | | 24.75 (WR) |
| Moscow | Roland Schoeman | | 22.33 | Therese Alshammar | | 25.10 |
| Stockholm | Roland Schoeman | | 22.08 (WC) | Therese Alshammar | | 24.46 (WR) |
| Berlin | Steffen Deibler | | 21.80 WR | Marieke Guehrer | | 24.69 |
| Singapore | Nicholas Santos | | 22.16 | Therese Alshammar | | 24.38 WR |
100 m butterfly

| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Yevgeny Korotyshkin | | 50.23 | Therese Alshammar | | 56.12 (WC) |
| Moscow | Yevgeny Korotyshkin | | 48.99 (WR) | Felicity Galvez | | 55.82 (WC) |
| Stockholm | Kaio de Almeida | | 49.44 | Felicity Galvez | | 55.46 WR |
| Berlin | Yevgeny Korotyshkin | | 48.48 WR | Felicity Galvez | | 55.62 |
| Singapore | Mitchell Patterson | | 49.51 | Felicity Galvez | | 56.07 |
200 m butterfly
| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Chad le Clos | | 1:54.45 | Felicity Galvez | | 2:05.55 |
| Moscow | Nikolay Skvortsov | | 1:51.30 | Joanna Maranhão | | 2:04.01 (WC) |
| Stockholm | Kaio de Almeida | | 1:49.11 WR | Liu Zige | | 2:02.50 (WR) |
| Berlin | Nikolay Skvortsov | | 1:50.58 | Liu Zige | | 2:00.78 WR |
| Singapore | Kazuya Kaneda | | 1:51.54 | Jessicah Schipper | | 2:03.27 |
100 m individual medley
| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Sergey Fesikov | | 51.96 | Jessica Hardy | | 59.93* |
| Moscow | Sergey Fesikov | | 51.45 (WC) | Hinkelien Schreuder | | 58.88 |
| Stockholm | Gerhard Zandberg | | 51.77 | Zhao Jing | | 58.40 (WR) |
| Berlin | Sergey Fesikov | | 50.96** | Hinkelien Schreuder | | 57.74 WR |
| Singapore | Darian Townsend | | 52.11 | Hinkelien Schreuder | | 58.32 |
* Therese Alshammar set a new world record of 58.51 seconds in the heats of this event in Durban.
** Sergey Fesikov set a new world record of 50.95 seconds in the heats of this event in Berlin.
200 m individual medley

| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Darian Townsend | | 1:53.13 | Whitney Myers | | 2:09.10 |
| Moscow | Darian Townsend | | 1:52.93 | Evelyn Verrasztó | | 2:06.01 WR |
| Stockholm | Darian Townsend | | 1:51.79 (WC) | Mireia Belmonte García | | 2:06.44 |
| Berlin | Darian Townsend | | 1:51.55 WR | Li Jiaxing | | 2:07.34 |
| Singapore | Darian Townsend | | 1:52.49 | Whitney Myers | | 2:06.20 |
400 m individual medley
| Meet | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
| Durban | Chad le Clos | | 4.05.04 | Kathryn Meaklim | | 4.30.53 |
| Moscow | Dávid Verrasztó | | 4:03.45 | Joanna Maranhão | | 4:26.98 (WC) |
| Stockholm | Joseph Roebuck | | 4:03.29 | Mireia Belmonte García | | 4:26.40 (WC) |
| Berlin | Chad le Clos | | 4:02.18 | Tanya Hunks | | 4:30.52 |
| Singapore | Oussama Mellouli | | 4:05.79 | Kathryn Meaklim | | 4:22.88 WR |
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 Swimming World Cup 2009". FINA. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ↑ Craig Lord (2009-09-17). "Rio World Cup Round Cancelled". Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ↑ "FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2009, Durban (RSA): Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2009-10-17. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ↑ "FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2009, Moscow (RUS): Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2009-11-06. Archived from the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ↑ "FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2009, Stockholm (SWE): Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2009-11-10. Archived from the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ↑ "FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2009, Berlin (GER): Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
- ↑ "FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2009, Singapore (SIN): Results Web Pages". Omega Timing. 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ↑ "Fina Point Scoring" (PDF). FINA. 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ↑ "FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2009 - Scoring Rules". FINA. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ↑ "FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2009 - Scoring". FINA. Retrieved 2009-11-12.