The FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008 was held in October and November 2008. The meet scheduling matched that of the 2007 series, with all meets held short course metres (25 m) format.

The series winners were Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa and Marieke Guehrer of Australia.

Venues

The 2008 World Cup was staged at seven venues on five continents, with each meet following a heats and 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 Brazil meet at Belo Horizonte was held as a three-day meet with evening heats and finals the following morning, with the remaining six meets being held over two days with morning heats and evening finals on each day. The order of events at each meet was the same.

Date Location Results
10–12 October Brazil Belo Horizonte, Brazil [1]
17–18 October South Africa Durban, South Africa [2]
25–26 October Australia Sydney, Australia [3]
1–2 November Singapore Singapore [4]
8–9 November Russia Moscow, Russia [5]
11–12 November Sweden Stockholm, Sweden [6]
15–16 November Germany Berlin, Germany [7]

Results

Overall World Cup

At each meet of the World Cup circuit in 2008, 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 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 were doubled for the final meet of the World Cup in Berlin.

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 final rankings are shown below.[10] Bonus points were awarded to eight swimmers for each of the twelve new world record standards set during the meets.

Men

Rank Name Nationality Points awarded (Bonus) Total
BRA RSA AUS SIN RUS SWE GER
1 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa – 25 – 25 25 (40) 25 (20) 32 192
2 Peter Marshall  United States – 10 – 3 – 20 (40) 40 (20) 133
3 Randall Bal  United States 7 16 – 20 – 16 50 (20) 129
4 Robert Hurley  Australia – – 20 (20) 16 20 7 2 85
5 Christian Sprenger  Australia 25 20 10 5 10 – – 70
6 Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 3 13 13 10 5 1 20 65
7 Matt Jaukovic  Australia – – 25 (20) 7 2 2 6 62
8 Paul Biedermann  Germany – – – – – – 26 (20) 46
9 Stanislav Donets  Russia 20 – 16 – 7 – – 43
10 Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 5 2 – 2 13 13 – 35
11 Evgeny Korotyshkin  Russia 10 – – 1 1 3 10 25
12 Igor Borysik  Ukraine – – – – 16 5 – 21
13 Darian Townsend  South Africa – 3 – – 3 – 14 20
14 César Cielo Filho  Brazil 16 – – – – – – 16
15 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 2 – – 13 – – – 15
16 Nicholas Santos  Brazil 13 – – – – – – 13
17 Frédérick Bousquet  France – – – – – 10 – 10
18= Ashley Delaney  Australia – – 7 – – – – 7
18= William Diering  South Africa – 7 – – – – – 7
20= George Du Rand  South Africa – 5 – – – – – 5
20= Chris Wright  Australia – – 5 – – – – 5
22 Alain Bernard  France – – – – – – 4 4
23 Kyle Richardson  Australia – – 3 – – – – 3
24 Nick D'Arcy  Australia – – 2 – – – – 2
25= Felipe Lima  Brazil – 1 – – – – – 1
25= Felipe Silva  Brazil 1 – – – – – – 1
25= Lachlan Staples  Australia – – 1 – – – – 1

Women

Rank Name Nationality Points awarded (Bonus) Total
BRA RSA AUS SIN RUS SWE GER
1 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 25 25 25 25 16 13 50 (20) 199
2 Therese Alshammar  Sweden 16 13 – 16 20 20 (20) 32 137
3 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 3 16 10 13 – 16 20 78
4 Tao Li  Singapore – – – 20 13 1 26 60
5 Sarah Katsoulis  Australia – – 5 10 10 7 14 46
6 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand – 10 13 7 7 – 4 41
7 Coralie Balmy  France – – – – – – 40 40
8 Valentina Artemyeva  Russia 13 – – – 25 – – 38
9 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 20 7 – – 1 3 2 33
10 Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland – – – – – 25 – 25
11= Cate Campbell  Australia – – 20 – – – – 20
11= Jessica Pengelly  South Africa – 20 – – – – – 20
13 Emily Seebohm  Australia – – 16 – – – – 16
14 Petra Granlund  Sweden – – – – – 5 10 15
15= Tara Kirk  United States 10 – – 2 – – – 12
15= Fabíola Molina  Brazil 7 5 – – – – – 12
17 Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark – – – – – 10 – 7
18 Lotte Friis  Denmark – – – – – 2 6 8
19= Jade Edmistone  Australia – – 7 – – – – 7
19= Sarah Sjöström  Sweden – – 2 5 – – – 7
21 Sophie Edington  Australia 5 1 – – – – – 6
22 Elena Sokolova  Russia – – – – 5 – – 5
23 Melissa Corfe  South Africa – 3 – 1 – – – 4
24= Ellen Fullerton  Australia – – 3 – – – – 3
24= Kristel Köbrich  Chile – – – – 3 – – 3
24= Kelly Stubbins  Australia – – – 3 – – – 3
27= Brooke Bishop  United States 2 – – – – – – 2
27= Olga Detenyuk  Russia – – – – 2 – – 2
27= Mandy Loots  South Africa – 2 – – – – – 2
30= Bronte Barratt  Australia – – 1 – – – – 1
30= Carolina Henao  Colombia 1 – – – – – – 1

Event winners

50 m freestyle

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte César Cielo Filho  Brazil 21.32 Brooke Bishop  United States 24.66
Durban Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 21.42 Therese Alshammar  Sweden 24.46
Sydney Kyle Richardson  Australia 21.45 Cate Campbell  Australia 23.97
Singapore Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 21.39 Therese Alshammar  Sweden 24.33
Moscow Lyndon Ferns  South Africa 21.59 Therese Alshammar  Sweden 24.60
Stockholm Frédérick Bousquet  France 20.97 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 24.25
Berlin Alain Bernard  France 21.25 Therese Alshammar  Sweden 24.16

100 m freestyle

César Cielo Filho, winner of the men's 50 m and 100 m freestyle at the first leg of the 2008 World Cup in Belo Horizonte.
Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte César Cielo Filho  Brazil 47.18 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 53.27
Durban Darian Townsend  South Africa 47.24 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 53.07
Sydney Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 47.45 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 53.15
Singapore Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 46.78 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 53.94
Moscow Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 46.57 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 53.47
Stockholm Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 46.03 Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland 52.44
Berlin Alain Bernard  France 46.28 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 52.87

200 m freestyle

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1:44.58 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 1:57.05
Durban Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1:43.62 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 1:55.91
Sydney Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1:43.05 Ellen Fullerton  Australia 1:56.35
Singapore Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1:44.47 Kelly Stubbins  Australia 1:56.38
Moscow Darian Townsend  South Africa 1:43.44 Josefin Lillhage  Sweden 1:56.00
Stockholm Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1:42.86 Petra Granlund  Sweden 1:54.77
Berlin Paul Biedermann  Germany 1:40.83 WR Coralie Balmy  France 1:54.05

400 m freestyle

Oussama Mellouli, winner of twenty-eight World Cup titles in 2008, including six titles the 400 m freestyle.
Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Armando Negreiros  Brazil 3:45.78 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 4:14.95
Durban Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 3:42.32 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 4:05.62
Sydney Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 3:40.49 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 4:03.31
Singapore Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 3:42.37 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 4:04.55
Moscow Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 3:40.52 Elena Sokolova  Russia 4:03.99
Stockholm Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 3:38.42 Lotte Friis  Denmark 4:02.64
Berlin Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 3:36.75 Coralie Balmy  France 3:56.24 WC

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

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 15:16.43 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 8:49.76
Durban Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 14:54.73 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 8:42.50
Sydney Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 14:43.05 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 8:32.62
Singapore Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 15:06.05 Melissa Corfe  South Africa 8:35.75
Moscow Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 14:34.31 Elena Sokolova  Russia 8:18.52
Stockholm Mads Glæsner  Denmark 14:38.87 Lotte Friis  Denmark 8:14.99
Berlin Mads Glæsner  Denmark 14:38.97 Lotte Friis  Denmark 8:14.41

50 m backstroke

Emily Seebohm, winner of the women's 50 m and 100 m backstroke and 100 m individual medley at the Sydney leg of the 2008 World Cup.
Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Randall Bal  United States 23.87 Fabíola Molina  Brazil 27.60
Durban Randall Bal  United States 23.64 Fabíola Molina  Brazil 27.39
Sydney Robert Hurley  Australia 23.24 WR Emily Seebohm  Australia 27.21
Singapore Randall Bal  United States 23.35 Sophie Edington  Australia 27.56
Moscow Robert Hurley  Australia 23.54 Fabíola Molina  Brazil 27.34
Stockholm Peter Marshall  United States 23.05 WR Sanja Jovanović  Croatia 27.16
Berlin Randall Bal  United States 22.87 WR Sanja Jovanović  Croatia 27.19

100 m backstroke

Sophie Edington, winner of the women's 50 m and 100 m backstroke at the Singapore meet.
Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Stanislav Donets  Russia 50.82 Fabíola Molina  Brazil 59.07
Durban Randall Bal  United States 50.88 Fabíola Molina  Brazil 59.15
Sydney Stanislav Donets  Russia 50.75 Emily Seebohm  Australia 57.91
Singapore Robert Hurley  Australia 50.28 WC Sophie Edington  Australia 59.02
Moscow Robert Hurley  Australia 50.51 Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia 58.81
Stockholm Peter Marshall  United States 49.94 WR Fabíola Molina  Brazil 58.67
Berlin Peter Marshall  United States 49.63 WR Daniela Samulski  Germany 58.03

200 m backstroke

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Randall Bal  United States 1:54.11 Carolina Colorado  Colombia 2:09.12
Durban George Du Rand  South Africa 1:51.82 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 2:04.98
Sydney Robert Hurley  Australia 1:52.39 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 2:04.75
Singapore Ashley Delaney  Australia 1:52.31 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 2:05.63
Moscow Ryosuke Irie  Japan 1:52.61 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 2:04.93
Stockholm Ryosuke Irie  Japan 1:51.71 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 2:04.88
Berlin Ryosuke Irie  Japan 1:51.34 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 2:04.31

50 m breaststroke

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Christian Sprenger  Australia 26.89 Valentina Artemyeva  Russia 30.78
Durban Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 26.45 Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa 32.42
Sydney Christian Sprenger  Australia 26.93 Jade Edmistone  Australia 30.43
Singapore Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 26.37 Tara Kirk  United States 30.78
Moscow Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 26.08 WR Valentina Artemyeva  Russia 29.86 WC
Stockholm Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 25.94 WR Sarah Katsoulis  Australia 30.37
Berlin Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 26.05 Tara Kirk  United States 30.43

100 m breaststroke

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Christian Sprenger  Australia 58.19 Tara Kirk  United States 1:06.71
Durban Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 57.99 Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa 1:08.77
Sydney Christian Sprenger  Australia 58.47 Sarah Katsoulis  Australia 1:05.79
Singapore Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 58.19 Sarah Katsoulis  Australia 1:05.70
Moscow Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 56.88 WR Valentina Artemyeva  Russia 1:04.71
Stockholm Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 57.06 Sarah Katsoulis  Australia 1:04.84
Berlin Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 57.32 Sarah Katsoulis  Australia 1:05.07

200 m breaststroke

Christian Sprenger, winner of nine World Cup titles in 2008, including the men's 200 m breaststroke at each of the first five meets.
Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Christian Sprenger  Australia 2:07.58 Tara Kirk  United States 2:27.00
Durban Christian Sprenger  Australia 2:06.07 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 2:24.49
Sydney Christian Sprenger  Australia 2:06.43 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 2:23.86
Singapore Christian Sprenger  Australia 2:05.48 Joline Höstman  Sweden 2:23.21
Moscow Christian Sprenger  Australia 2:05.75 Olga Detenyuk  Russia 2:21.70
Stockholm Igor Borysik  Ukraine 2:05.68 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 2:22.07
Berlin Igor Borysik  Ukraine 2:05.77 Sarah Katsoulis  Australia 2:23.09

50 m butterfly

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Nicholas Santos  Brazil 23.06 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 25.63
Durban Neil Watson  South Africa 23.81 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 25.56
Sydney Matt Jaukovic  Australia 22.50 WR Marieke Guehrer  Australia 25.46
Singapore Matt Jaukovic  Australia 22.82 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 25.56
Moscow Matt Jaukovic  Australia 23.12 Therese Alshammar  Sweden 25.53
Stockholm Matt Jaukovic  Australia 22.85 Therese Alshammar  Sweden 25.31 WR
Berlin Matt Jaukovic  Australia 22.58 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 24.99 WR

100 m butterfly

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Evgeny Korotyshkin  Russia 50.86 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 57.51
Durban Garth Tune  South Africa 52.19 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 57.03
Sydney Matt Jaukovic  Australia 50.50 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 56.88
Singapore Evgeny Korotyshkin  Russia 50.84 Tao Li  Singapore 56.85
Moscow Matt Jaukovic  Australia 50.68 Marieke Guehrer  Australia 56.97
Stockholm Evgeny Korotyshkin  Russia 50.22 Tao Li  Singapore 56.87
Berlin Evgeny Korotyshkin  Russia 49.74 WC Tao Li  Singapore 56.28 WC

200 m butterfly

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Kaio de Almeida  Brazil 1:56.74 Mandy Loots  South Africa 2:09.78
Durban Sebastien Rousseau  South Africa 1:55.73 Mandy Loots  South Africa 2:07.84
Sydney Chris Wright  Australia 1:53.37 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 2:08.85
Nick D'Arcy  Australia
Singapore Chris Wright  Australia 1:54.38 Amy Smith  Australia 2:07.39
Moscow Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia 1:52.90 Amy Smith  Australia 2:06.64
Stockholm Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia 1:52.33 Petra Granlund  Sweden 2:06.44
Berlin Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia 1:51.78 Petra Granlund  Sweden 2:06.00

100 m individual medley

Hanna-Maria Seppälä, winner of the women's 100 m freestyle and 100 m individual medley at Stockholm.
Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Thiago Pereira  Brazil 53.75 Fabíola Molina  Brazil 1:01.52
Durban Darian Townsend  South Africa 53.37 Fabíola Molina  Brazil 1:01.31
Sydney Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 53.84 Emily Seebohm  Australia 1:00.39
Singapore Thiago Pereira  Brazil 52.74 Svetlana Karpeeva  Russia 1:01.61
Moscow Darian Townsend  South Africa 53.97 Olga Klyuchnikova  Russia 1:01.37
Stockholm Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 52.78 Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland 59.07
Berlin Darian Townsend  South Africa 51.80 Tara Kirk  United States 1:00.88

200 m individual medley

Thiago Pereira, winner of the men's 100 m and 200 m individual medley at both Belo Horizonte and Singapore.
Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Thiago Pereira  Brazil 1:56.33 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 2:12.50
Durban Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1:56.73 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 2:10.09
Sydney Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1:56.30 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 2:10.03
Singapore Thiago Pereira  Brazil 1:53.76 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 2:10.59
Moscow Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1:55.10 Tomoya Fukuda  Japan 2:11.25
Stockholm Darian Townsend  South Africa 1:54.96 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 2:09.54
Berlin Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1:52.41 WC Theresa Michalak  Germany 2:10.92

400 m individual medley

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 4:17.68 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 4:38.11
Durban Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 4:08.84 Jessica Pengelly  South Africa 4:30.45
Sydney Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 4:06.47 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 4:31.52
Singapore Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 4:02.93 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 4:32.31
Moscow Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 4:07.97 Svetlana Karpeeva  Russia 4:41.26
Stockholm Chris Christensen  Denmark 4:11.47 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 4:27.21 WC
Berlin Robert Margalis  United States 4:13.30 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 4:29.41

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

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