2016 FFN Golden Tour Camille Muffat – Marseille
- Dates: Friday, March 4 – Sunday, March 6, 2016
- Prelims 9 am GMT+1 (3 am EST/12 am PST); finals 5 pm on Friday and Saturday (11 am EST/8 am PST), 3:30 pm on Sunday (9:30 am EST/6:30 am PST)
- Meet Central
- Psych sheets, meet records, other information
- Live results
The third and final stage of the 2016 FFN Golden Tour Camille Muffat takes place on March 4-6 at the 5ème Meeting Open de la Méditerranée in Marseille. After Nice and then Amiens, the Golden Tour will wrap up at the Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille, home of most of the French men’s national team.
- Nice – Friday, January 22 through Sunday, January 24, 2016
- Amiens – Friday, February 5 through Sunday, February 7, 2016
- Marseille – Friday, March 4 through Sunday, March 6, 2016
Because the circuit prize money is only available to those swimmers who participate in all three stages, many of the same faces from Nice and Amiens will compete in Marseille. Those include French stars Coralie Balmy, Charlotte Bonnet, Mélanie Henique, Damien Joly, Camille Lacourt, Grégory Mallet, Florent Manaudou, Mehdy Metella, William Maynard, Giacomo Perez Dortona, Anna Santamans, Benjamin Stasiulis, Jérémy Stravius, and Marie Wattel.
Some of the top women international swimmers entered in the meet are Katinka Hosszu, Sarah Sjostrom, Fran Halsell, Mireia Belmonte Garcia, Viktoria Zeynep Gunes, Silvia Di Pietro, Veronika Popova, Annika Bruhn, Katarine Savard, Anastasiia Fesikova, Georgia Davies, Evelyn Verraszto, Erica Musso, Elena Gemo, Lisa Graf, and Jessica Vall Montero. The men will include Marco Orsi, James Guy, Steffen Diebler, Paul Biedermann, Daniel Jervis, Simone Sabbione, Christian Diener, Liam Tancock, Marco Koch, Christian vom Lehn, Erik Persson, Adam Barrett, Matteo Rivolta, Francesco Pavone, and David Verraszto.
The 2016 FFN Golden Tour circuit prize money will be awarded at the conclusion of the Marseille stage to the top 5 female performers and the top 5 male performers from the three meets. So far, the leaders are:
| Event | Last name | First name | Time | FINA points | Stage |
| Women | |||||
| 200 IM | HOSSZU | Katinka | 2.0820 | 1455 | NICE |
| 50 Fly | HENIQUE | Mélanie | 0.2602 | 1420 | AMIENS |
| 50 Free | SANTAMANS | Anna | 0.2495 | 1386 | AMIENS |
| 50 Back | CINI | Mathilde | 0.2886 | 1383 | NICE |
| 200 Free | BONNET | Charlotte | 1.5673 | 1383 | AMIENS |
| Men | |||||
| 50 Back | LACOURT | Camille | 0.2467 | 1438 | AMIENS |
| 50 Back | MANAUDOU | Florent | 0.2496 | 1418 | AMIENS |
| 200 Breast | KOCH | Marco | 2.0774 | 1398 | AMIENS |
| 50 Fly | BOUSQUET | Frédérick | 0.2354 | 1374 | AMIENS |
| 50 Back | STASIULIS | Benjamin | 0.2574 | 1365 | NICE |
It is rather a grueling weekend of racing, with three days of prelims and finals, and all 17 FINA long course meters events. The 400/800/1500 free and 400 IM are swum at timed finals, with the fastest heat swimming in the evening session.
Order of Events
Friday Finals
- Women’s 800 Meter Freestyle – Fastest Heat
- Men’s 1500 Meter Freestyle – Fastest Heat
- Women’s 400 Meter IM – Fastest Heat
- Men’s 400 Meter IM – Fastest Heat
- Women’s 50 Meter Backstroke Final
- Men’s 50 Meter Backstroke Final
- Women’s 50 Meter Breaststroke Final
- Men’s 50 Meter Breaststroke Final
- Women’s 50 Meter Butterfly Final
- Men’s 50 Meter Butterfly Final
- Women’s 1500 Meter Freestyle – Fastest Heat
- Men’s 800 Meter Freestyle – Fastest Heat
Saturday Finals
- Women’s 100 Meter Freestyle Final
- Men’s 200 Meter Freestyle Final
- Women’s 100 Meter Breaststroke Final
- Men’s 100 Meter Backstroke Final
- Women’s 200 Meter IM Final
- Men’s 200 Meter Butterfly Final
- Women’s 400 Meter Freestyle Final
- Men’s 200 Meter Breaststroke Final
- Women’s 200 Meter Backstroke Final
- Men’s 50 Meter Freestyle Final
- Women’s 100 Meter Butterfly Final
Sunday Finals
- Men’s 100 Meter Freestyle Final
- Women’s 200 Meter Freestyle Final
- Men’s 100 Meter Breaststroke Final
- Women’s 100 Meter Backstroke Final
- Men’s 200 Meter IM Final
- Women’s 200 Meter Butterfly Final
- Men’s 400 Meter Freestyle Final
- Women’s 200 Meter Breaststroke Final
- Men’s 200 Meter Backstroke Final
- Women’s 50 Meter Freestyle Final
- Men’s 100 Meter Butterfly Final
