2016 FINA World Cup Moscow
- Saturday, September 3 – Sunday, September 4, 2016
- Olimpiyskiy Swimming Pool, Moscow, Russia
- Points after Berlin
- Money after Berlin
- Entry Lists
- Live stream
- Live results
Vladimir Morozov led the World Cup money lists through two legs, but as his world record bonus opportunities dried up, defending series champ Katinka Hosszu caught him for the money lead in Moscow.
Hosszu had her best money haul of the 2016 series, pulling in $14,500 to pass up Morozov and climb to $91,500 for the series as a whole.
Hosszu has been remarkably consistent, earning $14K in Paris, $13K in Berlin and $14.5K in Moscow. The other $50,000 came from her cluster bonus.
Morozov had a similar meet money-wise to his first two ($16K in Paris, $16.5K in Berlin), but was missing a $10,000 world record bonus and only made $6,000. He’s still the highest-earning man at $88,500.
PRIZE MONEY SYSTEM
Event Prizes
Prize money is given to the top 3 in each individual event:
- Gold: $1500
- Silver: $1000
- Bronze: $500
NEW IN 2016: Prize money is also given to the top 3 mixed relay teams (though no series points are earned).
- Gold: $3000
- Silver: $2000
- Bronze: $1000
In our money lists, we’ve given each relay member one quarter of that money, which amounts to $750 for a win, $500 for second and $250 for third.
World Record Bonuses
Each world record is worth a $10,000 bonus.
Cluster Bonuses
The 9-meet series is broken into 3 clusters of 3 meets each. Each cluster awards bonuses for the top 6 athletes in points over those three meets. An athlete must swim all 3 meets in the cluster to earn a cluster bonus:
- 1st: $50,000
- 2nd: $35,000
- 3rd: $30,000
- 4th: $20,000
- 5th: $10,000
- 6th: $5,000
Series Bonuses
And the series as a whole will give out bonuses to the top 3 men and women in total series points:
- 1st: $100,000
- 2nd: $50,000
- 3rd: $30,000
World Cup Money Lists After Cluster 1
Note: these lists compile money earned, not necessarily money accepted. Athletes maintaining amateurism status for high school or NCAA swimming have limits to how much prize money they can accept.
Women:
Alia Atkinson was ineligible for the cluster bonus after not competing at the Moscow leg of cluster 1.
| Rank | Name | Total | Paris-Chartes | Berlin | Moscow | Cluster Bonus |
| 1 | Katinka Hosszu | $91,500 | $14,000 | $13,000 | $14,500 | $50,000 |
| 2 | Jeanette Ottesen | $52,500 | $5,500 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $35,000 |
| 3 | Yulia Efimova | $43,750 | $3,500 | $4,500 | $5,750 | $30,000 |
| 4 | Daryna Zevina | $29,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $4,000 | $20,000 |
| 5 | Katie Meili | $20,750 | $2,000 | $4,250 | $4,500 | $10,000 |
| 6 | Emily Seebohm | $15,500 | $3,500 | $3,000 | $4,000 | $5,000 |
| 7 | Madeline Groves | $8,250 | $2,500 | $5,750 | $0 | |
| 8 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | $8,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 | |
| 9 | Alia Atkinson | $7,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $0 | |
| 10 | Franziska Hentke | $6,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | $0 | |
| 11 | Daria Ustinova | $4,500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,000 | |
| 11 | Rie Kaneto | $4,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 | |
| 11 | Miho Takahashi | $4,500 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,500 | |
| 14 | Shao Yiwen | $3,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | |
| 14 | Leah Neale | $3,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $0 | |
| 16 | Holly Barratt | $2,750 | $1,000 | $1,750 | $0 | |
| 17 | Breeja Larson | $2,500 | $0 | $1,000 | $1,500 | |
| 17 | Anna Santamans | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 19 | Hannah Miley | $1,500 | $0 | $500 | $1,000 | |
| 19 | Wang Siqi | $1,500 | $0 | $500 | $1,000 | |
| 21 | Anastasiia Kirpichnikova | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | |
| 21 | Natalia Lovtcova | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | |
| 21 | Kimberly Buys | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 24 | Daria Kartashova | $750 | $0 | $0 | $750 | |
| 24 | Daria Tcvetkova | $750 | $0 | $0 | $750 | |
| 24 | Marie Wattel | $750 | $750 | $0 | $0 | |
| 24 | Mathilde Cini | $750 | $750 | $0 | $0 | |
| 28 | Kin Lok Chan | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 | |
| 29 | Ksenia Vasilenok | $250 | $0 | $0 | $250 | |
| 29 | Arina Surkova | $250 | $0 | $0 | $250 | |
| 29 | Vasilissa Buinaia | $250 | $0 | $0 | $250 | |
| 29 | Liz Roberts | $250 | $0 | $250 | $0 |
Men:
| Rank | Name | Total | Paris-Chartes | Berlin | Moscow | Cluster Bonus |
| 1 | Vlad Morozov | $88,500 | $16,000 | $16,500 | $6,000 | $50,000 |
| 2 | Chad le Clos | $51,000 | $5,000 | $5,500 | $5,500 | $35,000 |
| 3 | Philip Heintz | $46,000 | $6,500 | $5,500 | $4,000 | $30,000 |
| 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | $31,000 | $4,500 | $3,500 | $3,000 | $20,000 |
| 5 | Bobby Hurley | $21,750 | $3,500 | $4,250 | $4,000 | $10,000 |
| 6 | Kirill Prigoda | $14,750 | $3,500 | $3,750 | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| 7 | Mitch Larkin | $9,000 | $3,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 | |
| 8 | Hiromasa Fujimori | $8,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 | |
| 8 | James Guy | $8,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | |
| 10 | Pavel Sankovich | $7,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | |
| 11 | Adam Barrett | $5,750 | $1,000 | $2,250 | $2,500 | |
| 12 | Andrii Govorov | $5,250 | $2,500 | $1,250 | $1,500 | |
| 13 | Marco Koch | $5,000 | $0 | $3,000 | $2,000 | |
| 14 | Stanislav Donets | $4,500 | $500 | $3,250 | $750 | |
| 15 | Jeremy Stravius | $3,500 | $3,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 16 | Poul Zellmann | $3,000 | $500 | $500 | $2,000 | |
| 17 | Shinri Shioura | $2,750 | $1,500 | $750 | $500 | |
| 18 | Felipe Lima | $2,500 | $500 | $500 | $1,500 | |
| 18 | Jan Micka | $2,500 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $0 | |
| 20 | Jack Gerrard | $2,000 | $750 | $750 | $500 | |
| 20 | Jordan Pothain | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 22 | Michael Andrew | $1,750 | $0 | $750 | $1,000 | |
| 22 | Tim Phillips | $1,750 | $0 | $750 | $1,000 | |
| 24 | Florian Wellbrock | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | |
| 24 | Yasunari Hirai | $1,500 | $1,000 | $500 | $0 | |
| 24 | Florent Manaudou | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 27 | Evgeny Drobotov | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | |
| 27 | Mikhail Dorinov | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | |
| 27 | Hao Yun | $1,000 | $0 | $500 | $500 | |
| 27 | Mark Meszaros | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 31 | Oleg Tikhobaev | $750 | $0 | $0 | $750 | |
| 31 | Lennard Bremer | $750 | $250 | $500 | $0 | |
| 33 | Nikolay Chaplinskiy | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 | |
| 33 | Daniil Pasynkov | $500 | $0 | $500 | $0 | |
| 33 | Johannes Dietrich | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 33 | Nic Brown | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 33 | Sebastian Steffen | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 38 | Kliment Kolesnikov | $250 | $0 | $0 | $250 | |
| 38 | Mikhail Vekovishchev | $250 | $0 | $0 | $250 | |
| 38 | Dmitry Lapshin | $250 | $0 | $0 | $250 | |
| 38 | Sergei Geibel | $250 | $0 | $0 | $250 | |
| 38 | Ben Proud | $250 | $0 | $250 | $0 |
I’ve always wondered, are they able to train at the competition pool before/after the meet? Are there weight rooms for them to use? The training piece of the World Cup always seemed like the hardest to manage.
They do train before and after,for instance in Dubai the complex have two 50m pools which can be converted to 25m.There is a gym, sauna and steem so you can use whatever you need.They are training from the day. Score the start and the complex is open for them from 7 to late night.
The best thing about the cup is that for us in Dubai all swimmers above 14 can take part of the events and compete with the big stars!For a14 year old kid that is a big deal.The stars where super friendly and we all of our kids have pictures with them.Some even gave the kids medals and skins….
Can someone tell me how relays work? Do people from the same fed just go like wanna be in a relay and they go or is it preordained?
I like the expression of the Katinka’s face at the photo above. That is exactly what I think about this tournament. It is perfectly suited for Hosszu: No supporting team expenses, no time of staying away from family, no interruption of coaching/training process, multi stroke swimmer advantage. Take money Katinka while this stupidity is lasting. Enjoy.
Sure, some inconveniences do exist like sleeping each week in different bed, but that is minor and you will be compensated for that at the end with the best swimmer of the year award.
Apply same prize money system to the results of last Olympic Games. Don’t get surprised with what you are about to see.
1/3 of all swimmers who were awarded at this Cup by far are Russians.
What is your point? Generally World Cups are supported by home nations swimmers . Russia gave a BMW & $60,000 for a Olympic gold medal. That’s their business . BMW could withdraw from the Russian market ( remember sanctions) but did not .
If there was a WC near me I ‘d go just to see the swimers in real life .Some are a lot bigger/ slimme/ muscly than they look in pics . But I wouldn’t worry too much about who won or what time .I’d also hope they were enjoying the jaunt .
Why are you so angry?
Good question. Maybe because I do worry about who won or what time. Maybe because I do want to see great swimming professional tournaments like Wimbledon with great money, great performances, great traditions. The tournament where not only winner gets big money but a plenty of other participants get enough to call it earnings. Maybe this tournament shouldn’t use the word “world” in its name. Maybe …
On the other hand, you are right: why should I care. It’ isn’t my money at the end has been wasted. It made some people happy.
I tell you G.I.N.A what bothers me. FINA’s tournaments should use PGA model. Each meet should be ranked by the strength of the field. By the average ranking of finalist, for instance. The prize pool should be assigned proportionately: the stronger field is the higher prize money would be. I’m too lazy now to calculate average rank of participants of this world cup this year so far. But I’m ready to bet that it will be greater than 100. What’s going now with this Cup is absolutely abnormal, almost immoral. It devalues the basic idea of the professional sport: relationship between efforts and rewards.
Priclkle – look on the bright side .Always look on the bright side of life doodoodoodoodoodoodoodah .
Swimm8ng is just something thar feels good to do & those that are really good at it do it more .
That is it .
I’ll try 🙂
Shout out to Bobby Hurley. In the early 90’s a point guard for Duke with a brief NBA stint and two decades later making some noise in the world cup standings.
#dook
Dont know if ur sarcastic or not… But they aren’t the same person.
Please join me in congratulating our lady for finishing 3rd in the $$ standings. Look for her to make a run at that second spot on the next leg.
She’ll be making a run…away from the drug testers
So, about one million dollars spent already. How much did they get in return? Is this business profitable? If it is so then we should see plenty of similar tournaments. If it isn’t then at who’s expense was it done? FINA? If that is how it is then Federations’ money could’ve been spent more efficiently.
So there is money in swimming professionally. At least if you are top 6-7 from what I can see. I imagine travel cost eat up a lot of the earnings. With all that said, where is all the representation from the US? and why can’t the Arena Pro series offer this kind of money?
Alot of US swimmer do not want to keep with competition after Olympics due to the normal US break occuring in August. Additionally, those swimmers who are not pro must return back to college swimming and these meets wouldnt make since for them. However must say Katie Meili has been doing wellcoming of the individual bronze.
They got tons of frequent flier miles