With one of three stops down on the 2016 Mare Nostrum Tour, Katinka Hosszu and Chad le Clos lead the money lists.
Hosszu leads all swimmers with €1,830, more than 1000 more than second-place Jinq-En Phee. Hosszu won 5 events in Monaco along with one silver medal.
Le Clos has pulled in €1,440, leading Andriy Govorov by just over 200. The South African won 2 events, took second in one and broke a meet/tour record.
Mare Nostrum – Monaco Prize Money System
The Monaco/Monte Carlo stop of the Mare Nostrum Tour gives out prize money for top 3 finishes in most events, and semifinal appearances in the 8-step speed tournaments, of which there are one per stroke. The speed tournament starts with a full field in heats, cuts to 16 for the 8th-finals, 8 for the quarterfinals, 4 for the semifinals and 2 for the final.
Events 100m and Up:
- 1st: €330
- 2nd: €180
- 3rd: €90
Speed Tournament (50s of each stroke):
- 1st: €600
- 2nd: €300
- 3rd: €75
- 4th: €75
Bonuses:
- World Record: €15000
- European Record: €3000
- Meet Record Monaco: €600
- Mare Nostrum Tour Record: €600
Full Mare Nostrum Monaco Prize Money explained here.
Mare Nostrum Tour – Overall Bonuses
The tour will give out bonuses to the top 4 men and women overall. The finish order is determined by adding up each swimmer’s best swim in FINA points at each of the tour’s three stops. The swimmer whose 3 races combine to the highest total win the tour.
Series Prize Bonuses:
- 1st: €7000
- 2nd: €2000
- 3rd: €1000
- 4th: €500
These bonuses are laid out on the Mare Nostrum website here.
Here are the current top 10 swims in FINA points from Monaco, to the best of our knowledge:
Men:
| Rank | Points | Event | |
| 1 | Marco Koch | 944 | 200 breast |
| 2 | Chad le Clos | 916 | 200 fly |
| 3 | Tamas Kenderesi | 909 | 200 fly |
| 4 | Camille Lacourt | 908 | 50 back |
| 5 | Andriy Govorov | 907 | 50 fly |
| 6 | Cameron van der Burgh | 906 | 50 breast |
| 7 | Jarrad Chad Crous | 897 | 200 breast |
| 8 | Jan Glania | 886 | 100 back |
| 9 | Myles Brown | 876 | 400 free |
| 10 | Andrey Grechin | 875 | 100 free |
Women:
| Rank | Points | Event | |
| 1 | Katinka Hosszu | 938 | 400 IM |
| 2 | Anastasiia Fesikova | 933 | 50 back |
| 3 | Charlotte Bonnet | 906 | 100 free/200 free |
| 4 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 891 | 50 back |
| 5 | Kirsty Coventry | 879 | 100 back |
| 6 | Svetlana Chimrova | 867 | 100 fly |
| 7 | Kierra Smith | 855 | 200 breast |
| 8 | Liliana Szilagyi | 847 | 100 fly |
| 9 | Dorthea Brandt | 845 | 50 free |
| 10 | Marie Wattel | 844 | 100 fly |
Mare Nostrum Monaco Money List
Here are the money lists, to the best of our knowledge. As always, these lists are the product of a lot of combing of meet results, so if you spot an error, let us know and we’ll update our lists.
Men:
| Name | Total Money |
| Chad le Clos | €1,440.00 |
| Andriy Govorov | €1,200.00 |
| Jarred Chad Crous | €960.00 |
| Camille Lacourt | €780.00 |
| Jan Glania | €660.00 |
| Vsevolod Zanko | €630.00 |
| Cameron van der Burgh | €600.00 |
| Feilian Mao | €420.00 |
| Marco Koch | €420.00 |
| Andrey Grechin | €405.00 |
| Benjamin Treffers | €390.00 |
| Clement Mignon | €390.00 |
| Steffen Deibler | €360.00 |
| Myles Brown | €330.00 |
| Paul Biedermann | €330.00 |
| Philip Heintz | €330.00 |
| Sascha Subarsky | €300.00 |
| Welson Sim | €270.00 |
| Evgeny Koptelov | €180.00 |
| Geoffroy Matieu | €180.00 |
| Jeremy Desplanches | €180.00 |
| Luke Reilly | €180.00 |
| Tamas Kenderesi | €180.00 |
| Jin Yan | €90.00 |
| Marcin Cieslak | €90.00 |
| Marwan El Kamash | €90.00 |
| Peter Bernek | €90.00 |
| Anthonny Ralefy | €75.00 |
| Douglas John Erasmus | €75.00 |
| Hendrik Feldwehr | €75.00 |
| Johannes Skagius | €75.00 |
| Juan Miguel Galvez | €75.00 |
| Mirco di Tora | €75.00 |
| Nico van Duijn | €75.00 |
Women:
| Name | Total Money |
| Katinka Hosszu | €1,830.00 |
| Jinq-En Phee | €780.00 |
| Anastasiia Fesikova | €690.00 |
| Therese Alshammar | €675.00 |
| Kierra Smith | €660.00 |
| Charlotte Bonnet | €660.00 |
| Kirsty Coventry | €615.00 |
| Dorthea Brandt | €600.00 |
| Svetlana Chimrova | €510.00 |
| Lilliana Szilagyi | €510.00 |
| Aliaksandra Herasimenia | €480.00 |
| Marina Garcia | €480.00 |
| Darya Stepanyuk | €300.00 |
| Anna Santamans | €300.00 |
| Jordis Steinegger | €180.00 |
| Taylor Ruck | €180.00 |
| Camille Dauba | €180.00 |
| Lisa Pou | €90.00 |
| Natthanan Junkrajang | €90.00 |
| Marie Wattel | €90.00 |
| Eyglo Gustafsdottir | €90.00 |
| Yuxi Chen | €90.00 |
| Melinda Novoszath | €90.00 |
| Rebecca Smith | €90.00 |
| Lisa Zaiser | €90.00 |
| Lucia Martelli | €75.00 |
| Anais Arlandis | €75.00 |
| Ingrid Wilm | €75.00 |
| Lena Kreundl | €75.00 |
| Fanny Deberghes | €75.00 |
| Birgit Koschischek | €75.00 |
Whoah Therese 4th? Is she going to be in the Olympics again?
Therese Alshammar haven´t done the swedish qualifying time in the 50 free (24.71). So no, unless she makes some big improvements in the next few days she won´t be going to Rio.