FINA Swimming World Cup

FINA Swimming World Cup

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. [ [http://www.fina-arena-worldcup.com/competition/wcseries.html 2007 FINA Swimming World Cup Results] ]

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

* Swim Rankings [http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetSelect&selectPage=BYTYPE&meetType=8 Results]

References


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