Braden Keith ist der Auto des englischen Artikels, er recherchierte die Fakten und Zahlen.
Bei den diesjährigen Kurzbahnweltmeisterschaften in Hangzhou, China, schüttete die FINA 1.532.000 Euro für die Platzierungen der Athleten aus. Dazu wurden noch 135.000 für neun Weltrekorde ausgezahlt. Katinka Hosszu stand ganz oben im Geldranking mit 54.000 USD – für vier Gold- und eine Silbermedaille. Bei den Männern verdiente der Russe Kirill Prigoda 36.000 USD für den Sieg über 200 m Brust in neuer Weltrekordzeit, dem 4. Platz über 50 m Brust und dem fünften Platz über 100 m Brust.
Aus deutscher Sicht verdiente Marius Kusch 11.000 USD für den vierten Platz über 50 m Schmetterling und den 5. Platz über 100 m Schmetterling. Kusch studiert und trainiert in den USA und MUSS Amateur sein, um seine letzte Saison im Collegewettbewerb NCAA, Division 2, schwimmen zu dürfen. Für den dritten Platz über 200 m Brust erhielt Marco Koch 7.000 USD, 1.000 USD mehr gab es für die zwei Finalteilnahmen von Sarah Köhler. Christian Diener schaffte es über die 50 m und 100 m Rücken ins Finale, der Lohn: 5.000 USD. Auf den Start im Finale über 200 m Rücken verzichtete er zugunsten der Männer-Lagenstaffel. Fabian Schwingenschlögl startete im Finale über 50 m Brust – 3.000 USD auf sein Konto. Und Aliena Schmidtkes achter Platz über 50 m Schmetterling war 2.000 USD wert. Immerhin 30.000 USD erhielt die deutsche Mannschaft für die Teilnahmen an den Staffelfinalläufen. Insgesamt erhielt das DSV Team 66.000 USD aus dem Preisgeldpott.
Das Team der USA, die für fünf der neuen Weltrekorde verantwortlich waren (alles Staffelweltrekorde) gewann insgesammt 475.500 USD. Die Russen, im Medaillenranking auf Platz zwei, kamen noch auch im der Geldwertung auf den zweiten Rang mit 249,500 USD.
Diese Weltrekorde wurden verbessert:
- Kirill Prigoda, Russia, 200 Brust – 2:00.16
- Daiya Seto, Japan, 200 Schmetterling – 1:48.24
- USA, Männer, 4 x 50 m Freistil – 1:21.80
- USA, Männer, 4 x 100 m Freistil – 3:03.03
- Brasilien, Männer, 4 x 200 m Freistil – 6:46.81
- Ariarne Titmus, Australia, 400 Freistil – 3:53.92
- USA, Frauen 4 x 50 m Lagen – 1:42.38
- USA, Mixed 4 x 50 m Freistil – 1:27.89
- USA, Mixed 4 x 50 m Lagen – 1:36.40
Preisgelder pro Nation:
(Diese Liste schließt Staffeln ein)
| Country | 2018 Earnings |
| United States | $478,500 |
| Russian Federation | $249,500 |
| Japan | $188,000 |
| Australia | $181,000 |
| China | $180,000 |
| Italy | $140,000 |
| Brazil | $129,000 |
| Netherlands | $103,000 |
| South Africa | $69,000 |
| Hungary | $68,000 |
| Germany | $66,000 |
| France | $54,000 |
| Lithuania | $40,000 |
| Jamaica | $27,000 |
| Belarus | $26,000 |
| Finland | $20,000 |
| Poland | $19,500 |
| Czech Republic | $19,000 |
| Norway | $15,000 |
| Sweden | $14,000 |
| Belgium | $13,000 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | $10,000 |
| Ukraine | $10,000 |
| Austria | $10,000 |
| Canada | $10,000 |
| Ireland | $10,000 |
| Spain | $10,000 |
| Great Britain | $9,500 |
| Turkey | $7,000 |
| Hong Kong, China | $7,000 |
| Portugal | $6,000 |
| Ecuador | $4,000 |
| Bulgaria | $2,000 |
| Romania | $2,000 |
| New Zealand | $2,000 |
Preisgelder der Athleten
Anmerkung:
- * – Weltrekord, dafür gab es 15.000 USD – genau wie beim vorherigen Preisgeldsystem
- Die Gelder sind die “theoretisch verdienten Beträge” – es kann sein, dass manche Schwimmer verzichten, weil sie Amateure sind. So schwimmt Marius Kusch zur Zeit in den USA noch in der NCAA – dafür muss er Amateur sein.
- Die ausgeschütteten Gelder in Staffeln sind nicht eingeschlossen – wir wissen nicht, wie die einzelnen Nationen mit dem GEld verfahren, da zum Teil die Staffelbesetzungen zwischen Vorlauf und Finale wechselten.
- 930 Athleten nahmen and der Kurzbahn-WM teil. 179 Schwimmer aus 35 Nationen gewannen Geld in Einzelrennen. Nur diese Verdienste sind hier aufgeführt.
- Russlands Kiril Prigoda führt bie den Männern die Liste an, bei den Frauen Katinka Hosszu.
- Unter den zehn bestverdienenden Athleten sind fünf Männer und fünf Frauen.
- Außerdem vergleicht die Liste, wieviel Geld in 2018 verdient werden konnte, da die Ausschüttungen erhöht werden – im Vergleich zu dem alten System.
| Name | Country | Individual Earnings at SC Worlds | Earnings under Old System | Improvement in new system |
| Hosszu, Katinka | Hungary | $54,000 | $40,500 | $13,500 |
| Prigoda, Kirill* | Russian Federation | $36,000 | $27,500 | $8,500 |
| Titmus, Ariarne* | Australia | $35,000 | $31,000 | $4,000 |
| Seto, Daiya* | Japan | $35,000 | $31,000 | $4,000 |
| Le Clos, Chad | South Africa | $33,000 | $24,000 | $9,000 |
| Kromowidjojo, Ranomi | Netherlands | $30,000 | $24,000 | $6,000 |
| Atkinson, Alia | Jamaica | $27,000 | $20,000 | $7,000 |
| Murphy, Ryan | United States | $26,000 | $20,000 | $6,000 |
| Dressel, Caeleb | United States | $26,000 | $20,000 | $6,000 |
| Baker, Kathleen | United States | $25,000 | $14,000 | $11,000 |
| Dahlia, Kelsi | United States | $25,000 | $18,000 | $7,000 |
| Heemskerk, Femke | Netherlands | $23,000 | $16,000 | $7,000 |
| Wang, Jianjiahe | China | $23,000 | $16,000 | $7,000 |
| Kolesnikov, Kliment | Russian Federation | $23,000 | $14,500 | $8,500 |
| Margalis, Melanie | United States | $22,000 | $14,500 | $7,500 |
| Comerford, Mallory | United States | $21,000 | $12,500 | $8,500 |
| Van Der Burgh, Cameron | South Africa | $20,000 | $16,000 | $4,000 |
| Smoliga, Olivia | United States | $20,000 | $16,000 | $4,000 |
| Barratt, Holly | Australia | $20,000 | $12,000 | $8,000 |
| Rylov, Evgeny | Russian Federation | $20,000 | $16,000 | $4,000 |
| Seebohm, Emily | Australia | $19,000 | $8,500 | $10,500 |
| Larkin, Mitchell | Australia | $18,500 | $8,250 | $10,250 |
| Rapsys, Danas | Lithuania | $18,000 | $14,000 | $4,000 |
| Morozov, Vladimir | Russian Federation | $18,000 | $14,000 | $4,000 |
| Shymanovich, Ilya | Belarus | $16,000 | $12,000 | $4,000 |
| Christiansen, Henrik | Norway | $15,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 |
| Li, Zhuhao | China | $14,000 | $8,000 | $6,000 |
| Laukkanen, Jenna | Finland | $14,000 | $5,500 | $8,500 |
| Fujimori, Hiromasa | Japan | $14,000 | $8,000 | $6,000 |
| Smith, Leah | United States | $13,000 | $6,500 | $6,500 |
| Meili, Katie | United States | $13,000 | $8,000 | $5,000 |
| Carraro, Martina | Italy | $13,000 | $6,500 | $6,500 |
| Lecluyse, Fanny | Belgium | $13,000 | $6,000 | $7,000 |
| Koseki, Yasuhiro | Japan | $13,000 | $6,500 | $6,500 |
| Wang, Shun | China | $13,000 | $9,000 | $4,000 |
| Prenot, Josh | United States | $13,000 | $8,000 | $5,000 |
| Li, Bingjie | China | $13,000 | $6,500 | $6,500 |
| Pieroni, Blake | United States | $12,500 | $8,750 | $3,750 |
| Xu, Jiayu | China | $12,000 | $7,500 | $4,500 |
| Hansen, Jessica | Australia | $11,000 | $5,500 | $5,500 |
| Grangeon, Lara | France | $11,000 | $4,500 | $6,500 |
| Cusinato, Ilaria | Italy | $11,000 | $4,500 | $6,500 |
| Kusch, Marius | Germany | $11,000 | $4,500 | $6,500 |
| Bianchi, Ilaria | Italy | $11,000 | $4,500 | $6,500 |
| Bilis, Simonas | Lithuania | $11,000 | $4,500 | $6,500 |
| Malyutin, Martin | Russian Federation | $10,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| Coleman, Michelle | Sweden | $10,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| Guido, Guilherme | Brazil | $10,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| Carter, Dylan | Trinidad & Tobago | $10,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Metella, Mehdy | France | $10,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| Henique, Melanie | France | $10,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| Ye, Shiwen | China | $10,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| Bratton, Lisa | United States | $10,000 | $8,000 | $2,000 |
| Santos, Nicholas | Brazil | $10,000 | $8,000 | $2,000 |
| Romanchuk, Mykhailo | Ukraine | $10,000 | $8,000 | $2,000 |
| Lazor, Annie | United States | $10,000 | $8,000 | $2,000 |
| Davies, Georgia | Great Britain | $9,500 | $4,250 | $5,250 |
| Kawamoto, Takeshi | Japan | $9,000 | $3,500 | $5,500 |
| Egorova, Anna | Russian Federation | $9,000 | $3,500 | $5,500 |
| Meilutyte, Ruta | Lithuania | $8,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 |
| Pilhatsch, Caroline | Austria | $8,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 |
| Kohler, Sarah | Germany | $8,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| Quadarella, Simona | Italy | $8,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 |
| Orsi, Marco | Italy | $8,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 |
| Stewart, Kendyl | United States | $8,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 |
| Imai, Runa | Japan | $8,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 |
| Qin, Haiyang | China | $8,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 |
| Fraser-holmes, Thomas | Australia | $8,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 |
| Paltrinieri, Gregorio | Italy | $8,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 |
| Galat, Bethany | United States | $8,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 |
| Detti, Gabriele | Italy | $7,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 |
| Lesaffre, Fantine | France | $7,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 |
| Lima, Felipe | Brazil | $7,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 |
| Koch, Marco | Germany | $7,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 |
| Medeiros, Etiene | Brazil | $7,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 |
| Pumputis, Caio | Brazil | $7,000 | $2,500 | $4,500 |
| Graham, Alexander | Australia | $7,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 |
| Hasegawa, Suzuka | Japan | $7,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 |
| Tandy, Bradley | South Africa | $7,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 |
| Black, Haley | Canada | $7,000 | $2,500 | $4,500 |
| Dias, Daiene | Brazil | $7,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 |
| Ryan, Shane | Ireland | $7,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 |
| Almeida, Brandonn | Brazil | $7,000 | $4,000 | $3,000 |
| Kawecki, Radoslaw | Poland | $6,500 | $3,250 | $3,250 |
| Atherton, Minna | Australia | $6,500 | $3,250 | $3,250 |
| Vekovishchev, Mikhail | Russian Federation | $6,500 | $2,250 | $4,250 |
| Grothe, Zane | United States | $6,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| Ji, Xinjie | China | $6,000 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| Aubry, David | France | $6,000 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| Bernek, Peter | Hungary | $6,000 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| Pellegrini, Federica | Italy | $6,000 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| Seemanova, Barbora | Czech Republic | $6,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| Melo, Luiz Altamir | Brazil | $6,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| Kharlanov, Aleksandr | Russian Federation | $6,000 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| Shimizu, Sakiko | Japan | $6,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| Scozzoli, Fabio | Italy | $6,000 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| Kamminga, Arno | Netherlands | $6,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| Andrew, Michael | United States | $6,000 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| Fu, Yuanhui | China | $6,000 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| Wang, Yichun | China | $6,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| Yu, Jingyao | China | $6,000 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| Grinev, Vladislav | Russian Federation | $6,000 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| Krasnykh, Aleksandr | Russian Federation | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Harting, Zach | United States | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Vall, Jessica | Spain | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Diener, Christian | Germany | $5,000 | $1,500 | $3,500 |
| Sakci, Huseyin Emre | Turkey | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Panziera, Margherita | Italy | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Cini, Mathilde | France | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Correia, Breno | Brazil | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Zhu, Menghui | China | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Fesikov, Sergei | Russian Federation | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| De Waard, Maaike | Netherlands | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Di Liddo, Elena | Italy | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Juraszek, Pawel | Poland | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Gyurta, Gergely | Hungary | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Joly, Damien | France | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Pebley, Jacob | United States | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Micka, Jan | Czech Republic | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Grevers, Matt | United States | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Sabbioni, Simone | Italy | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Wang, Lizhuo | China | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Gomes Junior, Joao | Brazil | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Moronuki, Emi | Japan | $4,000 | $1,000 | $3,000 |
| Ustinova, Daria K | Russian Federation | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Coelho Santos, Leonardo | Brazil | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Peribonio Avila, Tomas | Ecuador | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| To, Kenneth | Hong Kong, China | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Monteiro, Ana | Portugal | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Mcevoy, Cameron | Australia | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Dorinov, Mikhail | Russian Federation | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Takemura, Miyuki | Japan | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Salamatina, Valeriia | Russian Federation | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Shi, Jinglin | China | $4,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Yasue, Takaya | Japan | $3,500 | $1,250 | $2,250 |
| Wojdak, Wojciech | Poland | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Andrusenko, Veronika | Russian Federation | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Brown, Nic | Australia | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Temnikova, Mariia | Russian Federation | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Irie, Ryosuke | Japan | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Corro, Catalina | Spain | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Harkin, Abbey | Australia | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Schwingenschlogl, Fabian | Germany | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Kubova, Simona | Czech Republic | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Akase, Sayaka | Japan | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Switkowski, Jan | Poland | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Neal, Lia | United States | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Kameneva, Mariia | Russian Federation | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Conger, Jack | United States | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Zhang, Yufei | China | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Anderson, Haley | United States | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Soma, Ai | Japan | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Cielo Filho, Cesar | Brazil | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Takeuchi, Tomoya | Japan | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Kalmar, Akos | Hungary | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Nakamura, Katsumi | Japan | $2,500 | $750 | $1,750 |
| Scheffer, Fernando | Brazil | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Musso, Erica | Italy | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Ivanov, Antani | Bulgaria | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Hulkko, Ida | Finland | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Glinta, Robert | Romania | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Ashby, Bradlee | New Zealand | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Takahashi, Miho | Japan | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Wilson, Andrew | United States | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Persson, Erik | Sweden | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Kostin, Oleg | Russian Federation | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Tchorz, Alicja | Poland | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Gallagher, Erin | South Africa | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Codia, Piero | Italy | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Coetzee, Ryan | South Africa | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Kobayashi, Nao | Japan | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Goto, Mayuko | Japan | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Schmidtke, Aliena | Germany | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Omoto, Rika | Japan | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Watanabe, Kanako | Japan | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Garcia, Marina | Spain | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Vital, Joao Alexandre | Portugal | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Kennedy, Madison | United States | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
| Matsubara, Hayate | Japan | $2,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
