Defending World Cup champion Chad le Clos did not contest the opening stop of Cluster #2 in Hong Kong, and his South African countryman Cameron van der Burgh took advantage, tightening his grasp on the series points lead.
Van der Burgh put up 48 points in Hong Kong and now leads the series by 63 on the men’s side. Le Clos still sits second, and a hard-charging Masato Sakai matched van der Burgh’s 48 points to move into third place.
The women’s side continues to be as predictable as it has been for the past three years, with Katinka Hosszu leading by a wide margin. Hosszu is nearing 300 total points, and leads second-place Emily Seebohm by 123 after Hong Kong.
A quick refresher on how the points system works, along with the performance bonuses awarded to the top 3 individual male and female swims of the meet:
World Cup Scoring
Medal Points
Each individual event yields points for the top 3 finishers.
- Gold: 12 points
- Silver: 9 points
- Bronze: 6 points
World Record Bonuses
Each world record yields 20 points. Tying a world record is worth 10 points.
Performance Bonuses
The top 3 male and top 3 female swims of the meet earn bonus points. Top swims are determined based on FINA points. Only the top-scoring swim from each athlete is counted.
- First: 24 points
- Second: 18 points
- Third: 12 points
Hong Kong Performance Bonuses:
Men:
- Cameron van der Burgh: 50 breast, 939 FINA points
- Masato Sakai: 200 fly, 882 FINA points
- Matthew Treloar: 50 breast, 880 FINA points
Women:
- Emily Seebohm: 100 back, 961 FINA points
- Katinka Hosszu: 200 free, 928 FINA points
- Cate Campbell: 100 free, 916 FINA points
Women’s Points
| Rank | Athlete | Series Total | Hong Kong | Cluster 1 |
| 1 | Katinka Hosszu | 291 | 129 | 162 |
| 2 | Emily Seebohm | 168 | 57 | 111 |
| 3 | Zsuzsanna Jakobos | 75 | 42 | 33 |
| 4 | Vitalina Simonova | 63 | 21 | 42 |
| 5 | Alia Atkinson | 60 | 36 | 24 |
| 6 | Missy Franklin | 54 | 24 | 30 |
| 7 | Jeanette Ottesen | 42 | 18 | 24 |
| 7 | Katie Meili | 42 | 0 | 42 |
| 9 | Natalie Coughlin | 39 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Cate Campbell | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| 11 | Breeja Larson | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Daria Ustinova | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Madeline Groves | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| 14 | Lisa Zaiser | 21 | 9 | 12 |
| 14 | Cammile Adams | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Franziska Hentke | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Lauren Boyle | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Natalia Lovtcova | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Vien Nguyen | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 20 | Holly Barratt | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 20 | Hou Yawen | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 20 | Beryl Gastaldello | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 20 | Claire Donahue | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 20 | Diletta Carli | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 20 | Lindsay Vrooman | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 20 | Melanie Margalis | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 27 | Li Shuang | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 27 | Liu Xiaoyu | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 27 | Marie Wattel | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 27 | Mie Nielsen | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 31 | Anna Santamans | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 31 | Charlotte Bonnet | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 31 | Shao Yiwen | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 31 | Zhang Yuhan | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 35 | Bronte Campbell | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 35 | Rika Omoto | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 35 | Brianna Throssell | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 35 | Bronte Barratt | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 35 | Dar’Ya Stepanyuk | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 35 | Li Bingjie | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 35 | Svetlana Chimrova | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 35 | Tessa Wallace | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 43 | Belinda Hocking | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 43 | Cheung Hui Yan Cheyenne | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 43 | Jordis Steinegger | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 43 | Madison Kennedy | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 43 | Sze Hang Yu | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 43 | Daryna Zevina | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 43 | Lara Grangeon | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 43 | Mariia Astashkina | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 43 | Martina Caramignoli | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 43 | Sasha Touretski | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 43 | Veronika Popova | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Men’s Points
| Rank | Athlete | Series Total | Hong Kong | Cluster 1 |
| 1 | Cameron van der Burgh | 144 | 48 | 96 |
| 2 | Chad Le Clos | 81 | 0 | 81 |
| 3 | Masako Sakai | 60 | 48 | 12 |
| 4 | Ashley Delaney | 54 | 27 | 27 |
| 4 | David Verraszto | 54 | 24 | 30 |
| 4 | Nicholas Fink | 54 | 0 | 54 |
| 7 | Camille Lacourt | 48 | 0 | 48 |
| 8 | Dan Smith | 42 | 30 | 12 |
| 8 | Yuki Shirai | 42 | 30 | 12 |
| 8 | Cody Miller | 42 | 0 | 42 |
| 11 | Myles Brown | 39 | 0 | 39 |
| 12 | Josh Beaver | 36 | 24 | 12 |
| 12 | Katsumi Nakamura | 36 | 24 | 12 |
| 14 | Akihiro Yamaguchi | 33 | 21 | 12 |
| 14 | Geoff Cheah | 33 | 21 | 12 |
| 14 | Matthew Treloar | 33 | 21 | 12 |
| 14 | Tomas Elliot | 33 | 21 | 12 |
| 14 | Josh Schneider | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| 19 | Kenneth To | 30 | 18 | 12 |
| 19 | Nic Brown | 30 | 18 | 12 |
| 19 | Velimir Stjepanovic | 30 | 18 | 12 |
| 19 | Marco Koch | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| 19 | Tim Phillips | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| 24 | Kazmir Boscovic | 27 | 15 | 12 |
| 24 | Quah Zheng Wen | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| 26 | Te Haumi Maxwell | 24 | 12 | 12 |
| 26 | Tommy Sucipto | 24 | 12 | 12 |
| 26 | Viacheslav Prudnikov | 24 | 12 | 12 |
| 26 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| 30 | David Brandl | 21 | 15 | 6 |
| 30 | Ippei Watanabe | 21 | 9 | 12 |
| 30 | Jan Micka | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 30 | Tom Shields | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 34 | Hu Yiyong | 18 | 6 | 12 |
| 34 | Jacob Hansford | 18 | 6 | 12 |
| 34 | Andrii Govorov | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 34 | Danila Izotov | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 34 | Hiromasa Fujimori | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 39 | Aleksandr Kudashev | 15 | 6 | 9 |
| 39 | Brendan McHugh | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 39 | Chase Kalisz | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 39 | Evgeny Sedov | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 39 | Grigory Tarasevich | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 39 | Nikita Lobintsev | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 45 | Damien Joly | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 45 | Daniel Smith | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 45 | Jeremy Stravius | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 45 | Mehdy Metella | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 45 | Phillip Heintz | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 45 | Viktor Bromer | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 51 | Benjamin Doyle | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 51 | Clement Mignon | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 51 | Federico Turrini | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 51 | Ganesh Pedurand | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 51 | Jordan Bouchaut | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 51 | Jordan Coelho | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 51 | Jordan Pothain | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 51 | Keita Sunama | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 51 | Pavel Sankovich | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 51 | Peter John Stevens | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 51 | Shun Wang | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 62 | Alexander Osipenko | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 62 | Benjamin Stasiulis | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 62 | David Morgan | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 62 | Evgeny Drobotov | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 62 | Jayden Hadler | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 62 | Kazuki Kohinata | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 62 | Mohammed Al Ghaferi | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 62 | Renato Prono | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 70 | Nosy Pelagie | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 70 | Tommaso D’Orsogna | 3 | 0 | 3 |
