2021 FINA WORLD CUP STOP #2 – BUDAPEST
- Thursday, October 7th – Saturday, October 9th
- Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- SCM (25m)
- Results
The second stop of the 2021 FINA World Cup Series meant another opportunity for athletes to secure some prize money. As a reminder, FINA is giving out prize money to the top 20 men and women at each meet based on a point system that draws value from both a swimmer’s placement in the final and how many FINA points their swim is worth.
Only the swimmers’ top 3 events points-wise are worth anything for ranking purposes and the highest scoring swimmer is given $12,000, followed by $10,000 for second, and $8,000 for third.
In addition to those prizes at each meet, FINA will be awarding additional prize money at the end of the 4-stop series to the top 10 ranked swimmers including a grand prize of $100,000 to the women’s and men’s winners.
Emma McKeon had an impressive showing in Budapest, collecting gold in the 50 fly, 50 free, and 100 freestyle. Those 3 wins earned her a total of 58.3 points which is just 0.2 points more than fellow 3 event-winner Kira Toussaint. Toussaint won the backstroke triple which corresponded to 58.1 points overall for the 2nd place prize of $10,000.
Switzerland’s Maria Ugolkova raked in 56 points to pick up the 3rd place prize of $8,000 courtesy of her 100 IM and 200 IM wins and 2nd place finish in the 100 butterfly. Nika Godun of Russia and Australian Madi Wilson both cleared the 50-point mark for 4th and 5th place while Germany’s Isabel Gose came 6th with 49.6 points.
Women Individual Ranking 2021 – Budapest Meet Only
| Rank | Country | Name | Points (Budapest) | Prize Money (Budapest) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
AUS
|
Emma
MCKEON
|
58.3
|
$12,000 |
| 2 |
NED
|
Kira
TOUSSAINT
|
58.1
|
$10,000 |
| 3 |
SUI
|
Maria
UGOLKOVA
|
56
|
$8,000 |
| 4 | RUS | Nika GODUN | 52 | $6,000 |
| 5 |
AUS
|
Madison
WILSON
|
50.7
|
$5,500 |
| 6 |
GER
|
Isabel
GOSE
|
49.6
|
$5,400 |
| 7 |
AUS
|
Minna
ATHERTON
|
49.3
|
$5,300 |
| 8 |
ITA
|
Ilaria CUSINATO
|
49.3
|
$5,200 |
| 9 |
SWE
|
Michelle
COLEMAN
|
48.1
|
$5,100 |
| 10 |
AUS
|
Holly
BARRATT
|
47.9
|
$5,000 |
| 11 |
USA
|
Linnea
MACK
|
47.4
|
$4,900 |
| 12 |
HUN
|
Zsuzsanna
JAKABOS
|
46.2
|
$4,800 |
| 13 | TUR | Viktoria GUNES | 46.2 | $4,700 |
| 14 |
NED
|
Maaike
DE WAARD
|
43.7
|
$4,600 |
| 15 |
USA
|
Lydia
JACOBY
|
43
|
$4,500 |
| 16 |
AUS
|
Leah
NEALE
|
42.4
|
$4,400 |
| 17 |
SLO
|
Katja
FAIN
|
42.2
|
$4,300 |
| 18 |
USA
|
Erin
GEMMELL
|
38.8
|
$4,200 |
| 19 |
USA
|
Cavan
GORMSEN
|
35.9
|
$4,100 |
| 20 |
SWE
|
Sara JUNEVIK
|
33.3
|
$4,000 |
On the men’s side of the meet, Tom Sheilds had a stellar set of performances, first winning the 100 butterfly ahead of Olympic silver medalist and then pulling off a 50 fly/100 backstroke victory in the same session. Shields’ swim of the meet was certainly the 50 butterfly in which he took gold in a time of 21.99, taking out Caeleb Dressel’s former American record.
World junior record-breaker Matt Sates delivered an incredible 6 gold medal performances but as only the top 3 swims are considered for point rankings, he was just behind Shields’ points total of 58.1, collecting 57.5. After that duo, the Berlin meet high-scorer Arno Kamminga took third place and $8,000 after winning the 100 and 200 breaststrokes while getting out-touched in the 50 by Peter Stevens.
Kyle Chalmers and hometown swimmer Kristof Milak but up some decent efforts, each claiming event wins in Budapest, to place 4th and 5th overall in the meet rankings.
Men Individual Ranking 2021 – Budapest Meet Only
| Rank | Country | Name | Points (Budapest) | Prize Money (Budapest) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
USA
|
Tom
SHIELDS
|
58.1
|
$12,000 |
| 2 |
RSA
|
Matthew
SATES
|
57.5
|
$10,000 |
| 3 |
NED
|
Arno
KAMMINGA
|
56
|
$8,000 |
| 4 |
AUS
|
Kyle
CHALMERS
|
55.7
|
$6,000 |
| 5 |
HUN
|
Kristof MILAK
|
50.6
|
$5,500 |
| 6 |
RUS
|
Vladimir
MOROZOV
|
48.8
|
$5,400 |
| 7 |
HUN
|
Hubert
KOS
|
48.8
|
$5,300 |
| 8 |
GER
|
Fabian
SCHWINGENSCHLOGL
|
48.7
|
$5,200 |
| 9 |
LTU
|
Danas
RAPSYS
|
47.9
|
$5,100 |
| 10 |
ISR
|
Yakov
TOUMARKIN
|
46.6
|
$5,000 |
| 11 |
HUN
|
Szebasztian
SZABO
|
46.2
|
$4,900 |
| 12 | AUT | Felix AUBOECK | 41.2 | $4,800 |
| 13 |
NED
|
Jesse
PUTS
|
41
|
$4,700 |
| 14 |
SLO
|
Peter
STEVENS
|
39.5
|
$4,600 |
| 15 |
LTU
|
Andrius
SIDLAUSKAS
|
38.4
|
$4,500 |
| 16 | USA | Daniel DIEHL | 37.5 | $4,400 |
| 17 |
BEL
|
Louis
CROENEN
|
36.8
|
$4,300 |
| 18 |
USA
|
Quintin
MCCARTY
|
36.4
|
$4,200 |
| 19 |
NED
|
Luc
KROON
|
36.2
|
$4,100 |
| 20 |
AUS
|
Matthew
TEMPLE
|
34
|
$4,000 |
Budapest victor Emma McKeon and second-place finisher Matt Sates earned enough points at the second meet to secure the respective leads in the overall women’s and men’s rankings. They have now each collected a total of $22,000 in prize money and if they hold their lead over the next two meets, will earn the series prize of $100,000.
Note, however, that Matt Sates is still expected to race for Georgia in the NCAA later this year, meaning that he won’t be able to cash in the nearly $200,000 he will have accrued if he continues on this trajectory at the next 2 meets.
Check out the current overall rankings after the Berlin and Budapest stops, along with how much each of them has earned so far.
Women Individual Ranking 2021 Following Budapest
| Rank | Country | Name | Total Points | Points (Berlin) | Prize Money (Berlin) | Points (Budapest) | Prize Money (Budapest) | Overall Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
AUS
|
Emma
MCKEON
|
114.1 |
55.8
|
$10,000 |
58.3
|
$12000 | $22,000 |
| 2 |
NED
|
Kira
TOUSSAINT
|
110.9 |
52.8
|
$5,500 |
58.1
|
$10000 | $15,500 |
| 3 |
AUS
|
Madison
WILSON
|
101.3 |
50.6
|
$5,400 |
50.7
|
$5500 | $10,900 |
| 4 |
AUS
|
Holly
BARRATT
|
92.4 |
44.5
|
$5,100 |
47.9
|
$5000 | $10,100 |
| 5 |
SWE
|
Michelle
COLEMAN
|
91.3 |
43.2
|
$4,800 |
48.1
|
$5100 | $9,900 |
| 6 |
SUI
|
Maria
UGOLKOVA
|
89.3 |
33.3
|
– |
56
|
$8000 | $8,000 |
| 7 |
HUN
|
Zsuzsanna
JAKABOS
|
87.7 |
41.5
|
$4,600 |
46.2
|
$4800 | $9,400 |
| 8 |
SLO
|
Katja
FAIN
|
86.6 |
44.4
|
$5,000 |
42.2
|
$4300 | $9,300 |
| 9 |
USA
|
Lydia
JACOBY
|
86.1 |
43.1
|
$4,700 |
43
|
$4500 | $9,200 |
| 10 |
USA
|
Linnea
MACK
|
85.4 |
38
|
$4,300 |
47.4
|
$4900 | $9,200 |
| 11 |
GER
|
Isabel
GOSE
|
83.5 |
33.9
|
– |
49.6
|
$5400 | $5,400 |
| 12 |
NED
|
Maaike
DE WAARD
|
83.2 |
39.5
|
$4,400 |
43.7
|
$4600 | $9,000 |
| 13 |
AUS
|
Minna
ATHERTON
|
74.4 |
25.1
|
– |
49.3
|
$5300 | $5,300 |
| 14 |
USA
|
Cavan
GORMSEN
|
71.5 |
35.6
|
$4,100 |
35.9
|
$4100 | $8,200 |
| 15 |
USA
|
Leah
HAYES
|
69.8 |
44.3
|
$4,900 |
25.5
|
– | $4,900 |
| 16 |
USA
|
Erin
GEMMELL
|
65 |
26.2
|
– |
38.8
|
$4200 | $4,200 |
| 17 |
USA
|
Charlotte
HOOK
|
59.4 |
35
|
$4,000 |
24.4
|
– | $4,000 |
| 18 |
ISR
|
Anastasia
GORBENKO
|
57.1 |
57.1
|
$12,000 |
–
|
– | $12,000 |
| 19 |
AUS
|
Leah
NEALE
|
56.1 |
13.7
|
– |
42.4
|
$4400 | $4,400 |
| 20 |
CAN
|
Margaret
MACNEIL
|
54.6 |
54.6
|
$8,000 |
–
|
– | $8,000 |
Men Individual Ranking 2021 Following Budapest
| Rank | Country | Name | Total Points | Points (Berlin) | Prize Money (Berlin) | Points (Budapest) | Prize Money (Budapest) | Overall Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
RSA
|
Matthew
SATES
|
115.7 |
58.2
|
$12,000 |
57.5
|
$10,000 | $22,000 |
| 2 |
USA
|
Tom
SHIELDS
|
114.3 |
56.2
|
$8,000 |
58.1
|
$12,000 | $20,000 |
| 3 |
NED
|
Arno
KAMMINGA
|
113.8 |
57.8
|
$10,000 |
56
|
$8,000 | $18,000 |
| 4 |
AUS
|
Kyle
CHALMERS
|
111.4 |
55.7
|
$5,500 |
55.7
|
$6,000 | $11,500 |
| 5 |
LTU
|
Danas
RAPSYS
|
99.3 |
51.4
|
$5,300 |
47.9
|
$5,100 | $10,400 |
| 6 |
GER
|
Fabian
SCHWINGENSCHLOGL
|
97.7 |
49
|
$5,200 |
48.7
|
$5,200 | $10,400 |
| 7 |
HUN
|
Szebasztian
SZABO
|
94.9 |
48.7
|
$5,100 |
46.2
|
$4,900 | $10,000 |
| 8 |
ISR
|
Yakov
TOUMARKIN
|
93.9 |
47.3
|
$5,000 |
46.6
|
$5,000 | $10,000 |
| 9 |
HUN
|
Hubert
KOS
|
93.3 |
44.5
|
$4,900 |
48.8
|
$5,300 | $10,200 |
| 10 |
NED
|
Jesse
PUTS
|
84.2 |
43.2
|
$4,800 |
41
|
$4,700 | $9,500 |
| 11 |
RUS
|
Vladimir
MOROZOV
|
77.1 |
28.3
|
– |
48.8
|
$5,400 | $5,400 |
| 12 |
SLO
|
Peter
STEVENS
|
75.1 |
35.6
|
$4,200 |
39.5
|
$4,600 | $8,800 |
| 13 |
NED
|
Luc
KROON
|
74.4 |
38.2
|
$4,600 |
36.2
|
$4,100 | $8,700 |
| 14 |
USA
|
Quintin
MCCARTY
|
74.1 |
37.7
|
$4,500 |
36.4
|
$4,200 | $8,700 |
| 15 |
BEL
|
Louis
CROENEN
|
72.5 |
35.7
|
$4,300 |
36.8
|
$4,300 | $8,600 |
| 16 |
LTU
|
Andrius
SIDLAUSKAS
|
72.4 |
34
|
$4,000 |
38.4
|
$4,500 | $8,500 |
| 17 |
AUS
|
Matthew
TEMPLE
|
70.7 |
36.7
|
$4,400 |
34
|
$4,000 | $8,400 |
| 18 |
USA
|
Blake
PIERONI
|
67.8 |
42.6
|
$4,700 |
25.2
|
– | $4,700 |
| 19 |
RSA
|
Bradley
TANDY
|
65.4 |
34.8
|
$4,100 |
30.6
|
– | $4,100 |
| 20 |
GER
|
Florian
WELLBROCK
|
62.7 |
32.7
|
– |
30
|
– | 0 |
Hope Tom Shields continues his winning streak at the next World Cup stops. Smart of him to show up, race, and win the prize money.
That’s a decent pay cheque for a weeks of swimming
Have they confirmed which of the top athletes are continuing in Doha?
not mckeon. she’s taking the rest of the month off, as per her insta story a few days ago
That’s potentially leaving 100K on the table…
Meh. I’m sure she doesn’t need it. While I haven’t really seen her cash in on a major ad campaign yet, I’m certain she will have no issues with money given the whole “most successful Australian Olympian ever” thing.
Oh she only a gets A$20000 for her Olympic efforts. They award the best effort per athlete not per medal 🙁
They have not.
Coleman and Toussaint are confirmed via Instagram