2018 FINA Swimming World Cup

The 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of seven three-day meets in seven cities between September and November 2018. This edition integrated meets held in 25m-pool (short course) as well as meets in 50m-pool (long course).

Meets

The 2018 World Cup consisted of the following seven meets, which were divided into three clusters.

Cluster	Meet	Dates	Location	Venue	Pool	Results
1	1	7–9 September	Kazan, Russia	Palace of Water Sports	50 m	[1]
	2	13–15 September	Doha, Qatar	Hamad Aquatic Centre		[2]
2	3	28–30 September	Eindhoven, Netherlands	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion	25 m	[3]
	4	4–6 October	Budapest, Hungary	Danube Arena		[4]
3	5	2–4 November	Beijing, China	Beijing National Aquatics Center		[5]
	6	9–11 November	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center		[6]
	7	15–17 November	Singapore	OCBC Aquatic Centre		[7]

World Cup standings

• Composition of points:^[8]
  • Best performances (by meets): 1st place: 24 points, 2nd place: 18 points and 3rd place: 12 points;
  • Points for medals (in individual events): gold medal: 12 points, silver medal: 9 points and bronze medal: 6 points;
  • Bonus for world record (WR): 20 points.

Men

Rank	Name	Nationality	Points awarded (Bonus)							Total[9]
			RUS	QAT	NED	HUN	CHN	JPN	SGP
1	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	54	30	80	54	54	70	60	402
2	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	18	18	42	30	60	45	18	231
3	Mitch Larkin	Australia	36	36	36	36	21	18	39	222
4	Michael Andrew	United States	42	45	6	30	27	24	27	201
5	Blake Pieroni	United States	21	36	30	30	27	15	24	183
6	Anton Chupkov	Russia	48	42	18	18	21	9	21	177
7	Xu Jiayu	China	–	–	–	–	30	74	54	158
8	Dávid Verrasztó	Hungary	27	27	9	9	18	9	6	105
9	Chad le Clos	South Africa	30	0	33	33	–	–	–	96
10	Felipe Lima	Brazil	21	24	18	24	–	–	–	87

Women

Rank	Name	Nationality	Points awarded (Bonus)							Total
			RUS	QAT	NED	HUN	CHN	JPN	SGP
1	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	60	60	54	30	33	48	54	339
2	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	36	54	36	36	60	48	36	306
3	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	24	39	30	36	33	57	36	255
4	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	42	36	45	30	51	30	21	255
5	Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	24	27	21	21	39	33	33	198
6	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	–	–	21	68	21	24	48	182
7	Emily Seebohm	Australia	–	–	24	36	24	24	30	138
8	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	36	30	6	0	18	21	24	135
9	Wang Jianjiahe	China	–	–	54	68	–	–	–	122
10	Vitalina Simonova	Russia	21	27	9	15	15	9	18	114

Event winners

50m freestyle

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	21.49 WC	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.83 WC
Doha	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	21.80	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.99
Eindhoven	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	20.69	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	23.26
Budapest	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	20.51 WC	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	23.23
Beijing	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	20.87	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	23.48
Tokyo	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	20.49 WC	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.26
Singapore	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	20.48 WC	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.21

100m freestyle

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	48.28	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	52.99
Doha	Blake Pieroni	United States	48.11 WC	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	53.13
Eindhoven	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	45.69	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	51.21
Budapest	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	45.30	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	51.01
Beijing	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	45.66	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	51.51
Tokyo	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	45.16 WC	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	51.26
Singapore	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	44.95 WC	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	51.13

200m freestyle

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Blake Pieroni	United States	1:47.32	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	1:55.98
Doha	Blake Pieroni	United States	1:47.20	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	1:56.32
Eindhoven	Blake Pieroni	United States	1:41.83	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	1:52.25
Budapest	Blake Pieroni	United States	1:42.00	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	1:51.60
Beijing	Blake Pieroni	United States	1:42.65	Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	1:52.22
Tokyo	Kyle Chalmers	Australia	1:41.83	Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	1:51.91
Singapore	Blake Pieroni	United States	1:41.15	Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	1:52.57

400m freestyle

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Yaroslav Potapov	Russia	3:54.78	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4:12.09
Doha	Blake Pieroni	United States	3:53.98	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4:10.02
Eindhoven	Mack Horton	Australia	3:39.52	Wang Jianjiahe	China	3:54.63 WJ
Budapest	Mack Horton	Australia	3:41.78	Wang Jianjiahe	China	3:53.97 WR WJ
Beijing	Ji Xinjie	China	3:40.82	Li Bingjie	China	3:59.20
Tokyo	Mack Horton	Australia	3:40.58	Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	4:01.29
Singapore	Mack Horton	Australia	3:41.44	Reva Foos	Germany	4:07.07

1500m (men) / 800m (women) freestyle

Meet	Men (1500 m)			Women (800 m)
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Yaroslav Potapov	Russia	15:27.92	Zhou Chanzhen	China	8:35.03
Doha	Marcos Gil	Spain	15:28.19	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	8:34.58
Eindhoven	Maksym Shemberev	Azerbaijan	14:45.17	Wang Jianjiahe	China	8:03.86 WJ
Budapest	Mack Horton	Australia	14:39.84	Wang Jianjiahe	China	7:59.44 WJ
Beijing	Mykhailo Romanchuk	Ukraine	14:29.88	Yang Caiping	China	8:29.05
Tokyo	Mykhailo Romanchuk	Ukraine	14:27.93	Mayuko Gotou	Japan	8:19.74
Singapore	Mack Horton	Australia	14:44.22	Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	8:33.00

50m backstroke

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	24.43 WC	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	28.18
Doha	Michael Andrew	United States	24.49	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	28.01
Eindhoven	Mitch Larkin	Australia	23.34	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	26.07
Budapest	Michael Andrew	United States	23.19	Emily Seebohm	Australia	26.05
Beijing	Xu Jiayu	China	22.70	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	26.21
Tokyo	Xu Jiayu	China	22.87	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	26.21
Singapore	Xu Jiayu	China	22.71	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	26.04

100m backstroke

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Mitch Larkin	Australia	53.99	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	59.80
Doha	Mitch Larkin	Australia	53.68	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	59.63
Eindhoven	Mitch Larkin	Australia	50.08	Kathleen Baker	United States	55.91
Budapest	Mitch Larkin	Australia	49.96	Emily Seebohm	Australia	55.81
Beijing	Mitch Larkin	Australia	49.97	Minna Atherton	Australia	56.49
Tokyo	Xu Jiayu	China	48.88 WR	Minna Atherton	Australia	56.04
Singapore	Xu Jiayu	China	48.98	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	55.92

200m backstroke

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:57.23	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:10.13
Doha	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:57.45	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:11.00
Eindhoven	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:49.75	Kathleen Baker	United States	2:00.85
Budapest	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:49.52	Emily Seebohm	Australia	1:59.94
Beijing	Xu Jiayu	China	1:49.08	Minna Atherton	Australia	2:02.02
Tokyo	Xu Jiayu	China	1:48.32	Emily Seebohm	Australia	2:01.13
Singapore	Xu Jiayu	China	1:48.93	Emily Seebohm	Australia	2:01.60

50m breaststroke

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Felipe Lima	Brazil	26.90	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	30.92
Doha	Felipe Lima	Brazil	26.84	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	30.43
Eindhoven	Felipe Lima	Brazil	25.92	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	29.18
Budapest	Felipe Lima	Brazil	25.88	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	28.56
Beijing	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	26.02	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	29.16
Tokyo	Peter John Stevens	Slovenia	26.03	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	28.95
Singapore	Ilya Shymanovich	Belarus	25.95	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	28.93

100m breaststroke

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Anton Chupkov	Russia	59.53	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	1:05.94
Doha	Felipe Lima	Brazil	59.61	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	1:06.27
Eindhoven	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	56.88	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	1:03.41
Budapest	Felipe Lima	Brazil	56.69	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1:02.80
Beijing	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	56.61	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	1:03.09
Tokyo	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	56.58	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1:03.09
Singapore	Yan Zibei	China	56.34	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1:02.74

200m breaststroke

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Anton Chupkov	Russia	2:07.59 WC	Vitalina Simonova	Russia	2:23.86
Doha	Anton Chupkov	Russia	2:08.77	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	2:23.55
Eindhoven	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	2:01.59	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	2:15.62
Budapest	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	2:01.58	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	2:17.88
Beijing	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	2:01.59	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	2:16.98
Tokyo	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	2:01.30	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	2:16.29
Singapore	Anton Chupkov	Russia	2:01.73	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	2:16.05

50m butterfly

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Andriy Govorov	Ukraine	22.87 WC	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	25.39 WC
Doha	Andriy Govorov	Ukraine	22.82 WC	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	25.22 WC
Eindhoven	Nicholas Santos	Brazil	22.08	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	24.61
Budapest	Nicholas Santos	Brazil	21.75 WR	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	24.65
Beijing	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	22.27	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	25.03
Tokyo	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	22.29	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	24.51
Singapore	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	22.17	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	24.63

100m butterfly

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Michael Andrew	United States	51.96	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	57.42 WC
Doha	Michael Andrew	United States	51.83	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	56.46 WC
Eindhoven	Chad Le Clos	South Africa	49.56	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	54.91 WC
Budapest	Chad Le Clos	South Africa	49.22	Kelsi Dahlia	United States	54.84 WC
Beijing	Li Zhuhao	China	50.74	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	55.58
Tokyo	Takeshi Kawamoto	Japan	50.28	Rikako Ikee	Japan	55.31
Singapore	Li Zhuhao	China	49.64	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	55.73

200m butterfly

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:56.58	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:08.93
Doha	Maksym Shemberev	Azerbaijan	1:58.45	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:09.26
Eindhoven	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:51.09	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:02.87
Budapest	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:50.29	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:03.14
Beijing	Li Zhuhao	China	1:51.94	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:02.88
Tokyo	Li Zhuhao	China	1:50.92	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:03.01
Singapore	Li Zhuhao	China	1:50.96	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:02.86

100m individual medley

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Eindhoven	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	50.26 WR	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	57.44
Budapest	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	50.32	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	57.64
Beijing	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	50.84	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	57.05
Tokyo	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	50.26 =WR	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	57.25
Singapore	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	50.31	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	57.49

200m individual medley

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:59.47	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:12.71
Doha	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:59.14	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:11.57
Eindhoven	Daiya Seto	Japan	1:51.09 WC	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:05.06
Budapest	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:52.96	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:04.13
Beijing	Wang Shun	China	1:52.08	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:05.25
Tokyo	Wang Shun	China	1:51.45	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:04.65
Singapore	Wang Shun	China	1:51.84	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:04.79

400m individual medley

Meet	Men			Women
	Winner	Nationality	Time	Winner	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Dávid Verrasztó	Hungary	4:20.68	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4:37.82
Doha	Dávid Verrasztó	Hungary	4:13.44 WC	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4:39.57
Eindhoven	Daiya Seto	Japan	3:57.25 WC	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4:25.15
Budapest	Daiya Seto	Japan	4:01.16	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4:23.55
Beijing	Dávid Verrasztó	Hungary	4:04.09	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4:25.68
Tokyo	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	4:01.93	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4:21.91
Singapore	Wang Shun	China	3:59.99	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4:24.02

4 × 50m mixed relays

Meet	4 × 50m mixed freestyle			4 × 50m mixed medley
	Winners	Nationality	Time	Winners	Nationality	Time
Eindhoven	Jesse Puts Kyle Stolk Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	1:29.90	Kira Toussaint Arno Kamminga Ranomi Kromowidjojo Jesse Puts	Netherlands	1:38.64
Budapest	Jesse Puts Ben Schwietert Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	1:30.01	Jesse Puts Arno Kamminga Ranomi Kromowidjojo Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	1:38.68
Beijing	Hou Yujie Yu Hexin Wu Yue Zhu Menghui	China	1:31.17	Xu Jiayu Yan Zibei Zhang Yufei Zhu Menghui	China	1:38.69
Tokyo	Kousuke Matsui Yuuya Tanaka Mayu Terayama Aya Satou	Japan	1:31.72	Minna Atherton Matthew Wilson Emily Seebohm Kyle Chalmers	Australia	1:39.74
Singapore	Louis Townsend Kyle Chalmers Madison Wilson Emily Seebohm	Australia	1:31.57	Minna Atherton Matthew Wilson Emily Seebohm Kyle Chalmers	Australia	1:39.69

4 × 100m mixed relays

Meet	4 × 100m mixed freestyle			4 × 100m mixed medley
	Winners	Nationality	Time	Winners	Nationality	Time
Kazan	Kyle Stolk Jesse Puts Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	3:27.42 WC	Kira Toussaint Arno Kamminga Mathys Goosen Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	3:46.10 WC
Doha	Kyle Stolk Jesse Puts Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	3:30.81	Kira Toussaint Arno Kamminga Mathys Goosen Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	3:49.18