2009 FINA Swimming World Cup
Introduction The '''2009 FINA Swimming World Cup''' was a series of five short course (25 m) swimming meets, held in October and November 2009.
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. Meet  Dates  Location  Results 1  16–17 October   Durban, South Africa  Results 2  6–7 November   Moscow, Russia  Results 3  10–11 November   Stockholm, Sweden  Results 4  14–15 November   Berlin, Germany  Results 5  21–22 November   Singapore  Results
Results ===Overall World Cup===At each meet of the World Cup circuit in 2009, the FINA Points Table 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). The number of World Cup points awarded was doubled for the final meet of the World Cup in Singapore.Rank on FINA PointsWorld Cup points awarded 1  25 2  20 3  16 4  13 5  10 6  7 7  5 8  3 9  2 10  1The overall rankings are shown below.====Men====RankNameNationalityPoints awarded (Bonus)TotalRSARUSSWEGERSIN 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====RankNameNationalityPoints awarded (Bonus)TotalRSARUSSWEGERSIN 1 Jessica Hardy   20 '''(20)'''  25 '''(20)'''  20 '''(20)'''  25 '''(20)'''  40  210 2 Therese Alshammar   25 '''(40)'''  13  25 '''(20)'''  7  50 '''(20)'''  200 3 Hinkelien Schreuder   13  7  2  16 '''(20)'''  26  84 4 Marieke Guehrer   16  20 '''(20)'''  13  10    79 5 Zhao Jing       16 '''(60)'''      76 6 Shiho Sakai         20 '''(40)'''    60 7 Leisel Jones     1  3  13 '''(40)'''    57 8 Liu Zige       '''(20)'''  5 '''(20)'''    45 9 Felicity Galvez   10  10  5 '''(20)'''      45 10 Evelyn Verrasztó     16 '''(20)'''        36 11 Kathryn Meaklim           14 '''(20)'''  34 12 Francesca Halsall       1    32  33 13 Sarah Katsoulis           20  20 14 Gao Chang       10  3    13 15 Emily Seebohm           10 10 16 Aya Terakawa       7      7 17 Inge Dekker   3        4  7 18 Fabíola Molina   7          7 19 Elizabeth Simmonds           6  6 20 Kseniya Moskvina     5        5 21 Ranomi Kromowidjojo   5          5 22 Hanna-Maria Seppälä     3        3 23 Daniela Samulski         2    2 24 Whitney Myers           2  2 25 Rikke Møller-Pedersen     2        2 26 Lara Jackson   2          2 27 Rie Kaneto         1    1 28 Sarah Sjöström   1          1===Event winners=======50 m freestyle====Frédérick Bousquet, winner of the men's 50 m freestyle in Stockholm.MeetMenWomen 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====Ranomi Kromowidjojo, winner of the women's 100 m freestyle in Durban.MeetMenWomen 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====MeetMenWomen 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====Oussama Mellouli, winner of the men's 400 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley in Singapore.MeetMenWomen 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====Pál Joensen, winner of the men's 1500 m freestyle in Moscow.MeetMenWomen 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====Emily Seebohm, winner of the women's 50 m backstroke in Singapore.MeetMenWomen 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====Aschwin Wildeboer, winner of the men's 100 m backstroke in Berlin.MeetMenWomen 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====Markus Rogan, winner of the men's 200 m backstroke in Stockholm.MeetMenWomen 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====MeetMenWomen 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====Leisel Jones, winner of the women's 100 m breaststroke in Stockholm and Berlin, and the 200 m breaststroke in Berlin.MeetMenWomen 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====Christian Sprenger, winner of the men's 200 m breaststroke in Singapore.MeetMenWomen Winner  Nationality  Time  Winner  Nationality  Time Durban  Neil Versfeld    2:03.35  Nađa Higl    2:20.41 Moscow  Neil Versfeld    2:04.15  Rikke Møller-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====Nicholas Santos (left), winner of the men's 50 m freestyle and 50 m butterfly in Singapore.MeetMenWomen 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====Kaio de Almeida, winner of the men's 100 m and 200 m butterfly in Stockholm.MeetMenWomen 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====MeetMenWomen 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====MeetMenWomen 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====Mireia Belmonte García, winner of the women's 200 m and 400 m individual medley in Stockholm.MeetMenWomen 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====MeetMenWomen 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:
See also *List of World Cup records in swimming
References
External links * FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2009 official site