2023 WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- July 23 to 30, 2023
- Fukuoka, Japan
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Thanks to SwimSwam stats guru Barry Revzin for calculating these totals.
In addition to the honor, the glory, and the medals given out this week in Fukuoka, over $5.6 million in prize money was up for grabs, with about half of that going to the top 8 finishers in the pool swimming events.
What’s more, a $30,000 bonus was given to each swimmer who tied or broke a World Record (divided equally among relay members in the case of relays). With a whopping 10 World Records broken, one of the best outputs we’ve ever seen at the World Aquatics Championships (outside of the supersuit era), those bonuses piled up quickly.
To wit, Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte earned $100,000 at the meet, which made her the second-highest earner behind only individual and relay World Record holder Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia. The difference is that it took O’Callaghan six events to get there and Ruta only two.
The top-earning male swimmer was Qin Haiyang of China, who won three individual events, had gold and silver in relays, and broke a World Record. Leon Marchand of France, who won three golds and broke a World Record as well, was $2,600 behind him.
Affirming the expectation before the meet, that the women had more swimmers expected to rack up huge medal hauls, 8 of the top 10 money earners in the meet were women.
Editor’s Note: In most cases, new NCAA NIL rules still don’t allow amateur athletes to accept prize money. However, in most cases, countries have found the loopholes to those rules, so we expect most swimmers to be able to accept the prize money earned below. As always, though, this is a list of the prize money each athlete has earned, not necessarily what they were granted.
Assumptions:
- Relay money is distributed equally between all prelims and finals members of a relay
- World Record relay bonuses are distributed between the 4 swimmers on the actual record-setting relay (AQUA confirmed)
- Any cents (usually caused by ties or 7-person relays) have been truncated.
Prize Money by Nation:
| Rank | Nation | Total Prize Money |
| 1 | United States | $ 657,833 |
| 2 | Australia | $ 637,000 |
| 3 | China | $ 313,000 |
| 4 | France | $ 177,000 |
| 5 | Great Britain | $ 171,000 |
| 6 | Canada | $ 155,500 |
| 7 | Italy | $ 127,333 |
| 8 | Lithuania | $ 104,000 |
| 9 | Sweden | $ 93,000 |
| 10 | Japan | $ 70,500 |
| 11 | Netherlands | $ 67,333 |
| 12 | Germany | $ 57,000 |
| 13 | Tunisia | $ 55,000 |
| 14 | Hungary | $ 42,000 |
| 15 | South Africa | $ 41,000 |
| 16 | Poland | $ 28,000 |
| 17 | Brazil | $ 27,000 |
| 18 | Korea | $ 23,000 |
| 19 | Hong Kong, China | $ 21,000 |
| 20 | New Zealand | $ 19,000 |
| 21 | Ireland | $ 17,000 |
| 21 | Switzerland | $ 17,000 |
| 23 | Portugal | $ 15,000 |
| 24 | Romania | $ 10,000 |
| 24 | Israel | $ 10,000 |
| 26 | Denmark | $ 9,500 |
| 27 | Spain | $ 8,000 |
| 27 | Egypt | $ 8,000 |
| 29 | Cayman Islands | $ 7,000 |
| 29 | Ukraine | $ 7,000 |
| 29 | Austria | $ 7,000 |
| 29 | Greece | $ 7,000 |
| 33 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | $ 6,000 |
| 33 | Estonia | $ 6,000 |
| 35 | Iceland | $ 3,000 |
| 36 | Slovenia | $ 2,000 |
| 36 | Chinese Taipei | $ 2,000 |
| 36 | Turkey | $ 2,000 |
Individual Prize Money:
| Rank | Last Name | First Name | Nation | gender | money |
| 1 | O’CALLAGHAN | Mollie | Australia | F | $ 103,690 |
| 2 | MEILUTYTE | Ruta | Lithuania | F | $ 100,000 |
| 3 | QIN | Haiyang | China | M | $ 95,000 |
| 4 | MARCHAND | Léon | France | M | $ 92,400 |
| 5 | TITMUS | Ariarne | Australia | F | $ 85,357 |
| 6 | SJOESTROEM | Sarah | Sweden | F | $ 72,250 |
| 7 | MCKEOWN | Kaylee | Australia | F | $ 64,286 |
| 8 | MCINTOSH | Summer | Canada | F | $ 59,100 |
| 9 | SMITH | Regan | United States | F | $ 57,500 |
| 9 | LEDECKY | Katie | United States | F | $ 57,500 |
| 11 | HAFNAOUI | Ahmed | Tunisia | M | $ 55,000 |
| 12 | ZHANG | Yufei | China | F | $ 50,274 |
| 13 | DOUGLASS | Kate | United States | F | $ 49,393 |
| 14 | JACK | Shayna | Australia | F | $ 48,690 |
| 15 | SHORT | Samuel | Australia | M | $ 45,000 |
| 16 | CECCON | Thomas | Italy | M | $ 44,000 |
| 17 | GROUSSET | Maxime | France | M | $ 41,200 |
| 18 | MURPHY | Ryan | United States | M | $ 38,750 |
| 19 | CHALMERS | Kyle | Australia | M | $ 37,690 |
| 20 | ALEXY | Jack | United States | M | $ 36,310 |
| 21 | SCHOENMAKER | Tatjana | South Africa | F | $ 35,000 |
| 22 | ARMSTRONG | Hunter | United States | M | $ 32,500 |
| 23 | LI | Bingjie | China | F | $ 31,667 |
| 24 | RICHARDS | Matthew | Great Britain | M | $ 31,262 |
| 24 | DEAN | Tom | Great Britain | M | $ 31,262 |
| 26 | MCKEON | Emma | Australia | F | $ 31,119 |
| 27 | KING | Lilly | United States | F | $ 29,500 |
| 28 | FINK | Nic | United States | M | $ 29,083 |
| 29 | FOSTER | Carson | United States | M | $ 26,143 |
| 30 | FINKE | Bobby | United States | M | $ 25,000 |
| 31 | STEENBERGEN | Marrit | Netherlands | F | $ 24,250 |
| 32 | KOS | Hubert | Hungary | M | $ 23,000 |
| 33 | HUSKE | Torri | United States | F | $ 21,250 |
| 34 | HAUGHEY | Siobhan Bernadette | Hong Kong, China | F | $ 21,000 |
| 34 | WALSH | Alex | United States | F | $ 21,000 |
| 34 | QUADARELLA | Simona | Italy | F | $ 21,000 |
| 34 | XU | Jiayu | China | M | $ 21,000 |
| 38 | MÄRTENS | Lukas | Germany | M | $ 20,750 |
| 39 | SCOTT | Duncan | Great Britain | M | $ 20,429 |
| 40 | MCEVOY | Cameron | Australia | M | $ 20,000 |
| 41 | MASSE | Kylie | Canada | F | $ 19,467 |
| 42 | MACNEIL | Margaret | Canada | F | $ 19,067 |
| 43 | THROSSELL | Brianna | Australia | F | $ 18,833 |
| 44 | STUBBLETY-COOK | Zac | Australia | M | $ 18,810 |
| 45 | BERKOFF | Katharine | United States | F | $ 18,750 |
| 46 | WEITZEIL | Abbey | United States | F | $ 18,393 |
| 47 | FORRESTER | Jenna | Australia | F | $ 18,000 |
| 48 | LIENDO | Josh | Canada | M | $ 17,750 |
| 48 | ROSE | Dare | United States | M | $ 17,750 |
| 50 | WALSH | Gretchen | United States | F | $ 17,000 |
| 50 | GRIMES | Katie | United States | F | $ 17,000 |
| 52 | RESS | Justin | United States | M | $ 16,667 |
| 53 | HARRIS | Meg | Australia | F | $ 15,833 |
| 54 | MARTINENGHI | Nicolò | Italy | M | $ 15,333 |
| 55 | PROUD | Benjamin | Great Britain | M | $ 15,000 |
| 55 | DEKKERS | Elizabeth | Australia | F | $ 15,000 |
| 55 | MATOS RIBEIRO | Diogo | Portugal | M | $ 15,000 |
| 55 | CHMIELEWSKI | Krzysztof | Poland | M | $ 15,000 |
| 59 | PALLISTER | Lani | Australia | F | $ 14,857 |
| 60 | CARTWRIGHT | Jack | Australia | M | $ 14,357 |
| 61 | SETO | Daiya | Japan | M | $ 14,000 |
| 62 | TEMPLE | Matthew | Australia | M | $ 13,810 |
| 63 | JACOBY | Lydia | United States | F | $ 12,500 |
| 64 | SUN | Jiajun | China | M | $ 12,143 |
| 65 | WIFFEN | Daniel | Ireland | M | $ 12,000 |
| 65 | FAIRWEATHER | Erika | New Zealand | F | $ 12,000 |
| 65 | GOSE | Isabel | Germany | F | $ 12,000 |
| 68 | KAMMINGA | Arno | Netherlands | M | $ 11,833 |
| 69 | WILM | Ingrid | Canada | F | $ 11,467 |
| 70 | WILSON | Madison | Australia | F | $ 11,190 |
| 71 | HWANG | Sunwoo | Korea | M | $ 11,000 |
| 72 | SCHOUTEN | Tes | Netherlands | F | $ 10,750 |
| 73 | SIMS | Bella | United States | F | $ 10,643 |
| 74 | MITYUKOV | Roman | Switzerland | M | $ 10,000 |
| 74 | FALLON | Matt | United States | M | $ 10,000 |
| 74 | POPOVICI | David | Romania | M | $ 10,000 |
| 74 | PENG | Xuwei | China | F | $ 10,000 |
| 74 | COX | Lauren | Great Britain | F | $ 10,000 |
| 74 | YU | Yiting | China | F | $ 10,000 |
| 74 | HONDA | Tomoru | Japan | M | $ 10,000 |
| 74 | MASIUK | Ksawery | Poland | M | $ 10,000 |
| 74 | PILATO | Benedetta | Italy | F | $ 10,000 |
| 83 | MATZERATH | Lucas | Germany | M | $ 9,900 |
| 84 | WILLIAMSON | Sam | Australia | M | $ 9,810 |
| 85 | COSTA | Guilherme | Brazil | M | $ 9,500 |
| 86 | PAN | Zhanle | China | M | $ 9,343 |
| 87 | CHENG | Yujie | China | F | $ 9,274 |
| 88 | TOMAC | Mewen | France | M | $ 9,200 |
| 89 | SHANAHAN | Katie | Great Britain | F | $ 9,000 |
| 89 | YAN | Zibei | China | M | $ 9,000 |
| 91 | MATHENY | Josh | United States | M | $ 8,750 |
| 92 | SOUTHAM | Flynn | Australia | M | $ 8,524 |
| 93 | COLEMAN | Michelle | Sweden | F | $ 8,250 |
| 94 | PETERS | Jacob Thomas Taylor | Great Britain | M | $ 8,083 |
| 95 | HEILMAN | Thomas | United States | M | $ 8,000 |
| 96 | WOODWARD | Bradley | Australia | M | $ 7,810 |
| 97 | TAYLOR | Kai James | Australia | M | $ 7,333 |
| 98 | HOBSON | Luke | United States | M | $ 7,143 |
| 99 | ANDERSON | Freya | Great Britain | F | $ 7,129 |
| 100 | CROOKS | Jordan | Cayman Islands | M | $ 7,000 |
| 100 | ROMANCHUK | Mykhailo | Ukraine | M | $ 7,000 |
| 102 | HELD | Ryan | United States | M | $ 6,667 |
| 103 | KORSTANJE | Nyls | Netherlands | M | $ 6,500 |
| 104 | KING | Matt | United States | M | $ 6,310 |
| 105 | COLBERT | Freya Constance | Great Britain | F | $ 6,200 |
| 105 | NDOYE-BROUARD | Yohann | France | M | $ 6,200 |
| 107 | COOPER | Isaac | Australia | M | $ 6,000 |
| 107 | GONZALEZ | Hugo | Spain | M | $ 6,000 |
| 107 | DONG | Zhihao | China | M | $ 6,000 |
| 107 | KIM | Woomin | Korea | M | $ 6,000 |
| 107 | KALISZ | Chase | United States | M | $ 6,000 |
| 107 | PUDAR | Lana | Bosnia & Herzegovina | F | $ 6,000 |
| 107 | KIRPICHNIKOVA | Anastasiia | France | F | $ 6,000 |
| 107 | VAN NIEKERK | Lara | South Africa | F | $ 6,000 |
| 107 | JEFIMOVA | Eneli | Estonia | F | $ 6,000 |
| 107 | OSMAN | Farida | Egypt | F | $ 6,000 |
| 107 | CASAS | Shaine | United States | M | $ 6,000 |
| 118 | SUZUKI | Satomi | Japan | F | $ 5,800 |
| 119 | WATANABE | Ippei | Japan | M | $ 5,750 |
| 120 | KHARUN | Ilya | Canada | M | $ 5,500 |
| 121 | HARRIS | Medi Eira | Great Britain | F | $ 5,450 |
| 122 | KÖHLER | Angelina | Germany | F | $ 5,400 |
| 123 | WU | Qingfeng | China | F | $ 5,274 |
| 124 | HARKIN | Abbey | Australia | F | $ 5,143 |
| 124 | SMITH | Kieran | United States | M | $ 5,143 |
| 126 | IKEE | Rikako | Japan | F | $ 5,050 |
| 127 | DEPLANO | Leonardo | Italy | M | $ 5,000 |
| 127 | KOVÃCS | Benedek Bendegúz | Hungary | M | $ 5,000 |
| 127 | CORBEAU | Caspar | Netherlands | M | $ 5,000 |
| 127 | MATSUMOTO | Katsuhiro | Japan | M | $ 5,000 |
| 127 | SMITH | Brendon | Australia | M | $ 5,000 |
| 127 | BLOMSTERBERG | Thea | Denmark | F | $ 5,000 |
| 127 | GORBENKO | Anastasia | Israel | F | $ 5,000 |
| 127 | LEE | Hojoon | Korea | M | $ 5,000 |
| 127 | JUNEVIK | Sara | Sweden | F | $ 5,000 |
| 127 | BOTTAZZO | Anita | Italy | F | $ 5,000 |
| 127 | MC SHARRY | Mona | Ireland | F | $ 5,000 |
| 138 | GUY | James | Great Britain | M | $ 4,833 |
| 139 | TANG | Qianting | China | F | $ 4,750 |
| 140 | WINNINGTON | Elijah | Australia | M | $ 4,667 |
| 141 | SMOLIGA | Olivia | United States | F | $ 4,643 |
| 142 | MAHIEU | Pauline | France | F | $ 4,500 |
| 142 | WATTEL | Marie | France | F | $ 4,500 |
| 142 | BACH | Helena Rosendahl | Denmark | F | $ 4,500 |
| 142 | MITSUI | Airi | Japan | F | $ 4,500 |
| 146 | HANSSON | Sophie | Sweden | F | $ 4,250 |
| 147 | HOPKIN | Anna | Great Britain | F | $ 4,179 |
| 148 | HOPE | Lucy | Great Britain | F | $ 4,129 |
| 149 | HARVEY | Mary-Sophie | Canada | F | $ 4,100 |
| 150 | RASOVSZKY | Kristof | Hungary | M | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | DJAKOVIC | Antonio | Switzerland | M | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | AUBOECK | Felix | Austria | M | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | CLAREBURT | Lewis | New Zealand | M | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | WHITE | Rhyan | United States | F | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | TETEREVKOVA | Kotryna | Lithuania | F | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | OHASHI | Yui | Japan | F | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | FRANCESCHI | Sara | Italy | F | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | COX | Jillian | United States | F | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | MIRESSI | Alessandro | Italy | M | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | FRIGO | Manuel | Italy | M | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | LITCHFIELD | Joe Richard | Great Britain | M | $ 4,000 |
| 150 | CHRISTOU | Apostolos | Greece | M | $ 4,000 |
| 163 | GUILIANO | Chris | United States | M | $ 3,810 |
| 164 | WANG | Xueer | China | F | $ 3,750 |
| 165 | YANG | Junxuan | China | F | $ 3,667 |
| 165 | LIU | Yaxin | China | F | $ 3,667 |
| 167 | WANG | Yichun | China | F | $ 3,607 |
| 168 | GAZIEV | Ruslan | Canada | M | $ 3,550 |
| 169 | WANG | Haoyu | China | M | $ 3,343 |
| 169 | WANG | Changhao | China | M | $ 3,343 |
| 171 | AI | Yanhan | China | F | $ 3,333 |
| 172 | GKOLOMEEV | Kristian | Greece | M | $ 3,000 |
| 172 | MCKEE | Anton | Iceland | M | $ 3,000 |
| 172 | PONTI | Noè | Switzerland | M | $ 3,000 |
| 172 | RAZZETTI | Alberto | Italy | M | $ 3,000 |
| 172 | GOMES JUNIOR | Joao | Brazil | M | $ 3,000 |
| 172 | BERNAT | Laura | Poland | F | $ 3,000 |
| 172 | STEPHENS | Laura | Great Britain | F | $ 3,000 |
| 172 | DIZOTTI | Beatriz | Brazil | F | $ 3,000 |
| 172 | ZAZZERI | Lorenzo | Italy | M | $ 3,000 |
| 172 | BUCHER | Simon | Austria | M | $ 3,000 |
| 172 | MARTON | Richard | Hungary | M | $ 3,000 |
| 172 | JEFFCOAT | Andrew | New Zealand | M | $ 3,000 |
| 184 | BRAUNSCHWEIG | Ole | Germany | M | $ 2,900 |
| 185 | MELVERTON | Kiah | Australia | F | $ 2,857 |
| 186 | COHEN GROUMI | Gal | Israel | M | $ 2,750 |
| 186 | WAN | Letian | China | F | $ 2,750 |
| 186 | ACEVEDO | Javier | Canada | M | $ 2,750 |
| 189 | WOOD | Abbie | Great Britain | F | $ 2,700 |
| 190 | PARKER | Maxine | United States | F | $ 2,500 |
| 190 | GEMMELL | Erin | United States | F | $ 2,500 |
| 190 | SMITH | Leah | United States | F | $ 2,500 |
| 190 | SHACKELL | Alex | United States | F | $ 2,500 |
| 190 | PEPLOWSKI | Anna | United States | F | $ 2,500 |
| 195 | SALVAN | Hadrien | France | M | $ 2,400 |
| 196 | HANSSON | Louise | Sweden | F | $ 2,250 |
| 197 | MC FADDEN | Henry | United States | M | $ 2,143 |
| 197 | KIBLER | Drew | United States | M | $ 2,143 |
| 197 | NELSON | Baylor | United States | M | $ 2,143 |
| 197 | MITCHELL | Jake | United States | M | $ 2,143 |
| 201 | WILBY | James | Great Britain | M | $ 2,083 |
| 202 | YANAGAWA | Daiki | Japan | M | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | NÉMETH | Nándor | Hungary | M | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | AUBRY | David | France | M | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | PALTRINIERI | Gregorio | Italy | M | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | HOLLO | Balazs | Hungary | M | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | STEVENS | Peter | Slovenia | M | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | PIGREE | Analia | France | F | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | WOG | Kelsey Lauren | Canada | F | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | YE | Shiwen | China | F | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | NARITA | Mio | Japan | F | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | LOONEY | Lindsay | United States | F | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | SOUZA | Felipe | Brazil | M | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | SANTOS | Guilherme | Brazil | M | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | SAMEH | Abdelrahman | Egypt | M | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | WANG | Kuan-Hung | Chinese Taipei | M | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | OGRETIR | Berkay | Turkey | M | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | HENIQUE | Melanie | France | F | $ 2,000 |
| 202 | OGATA | So | Japan | M | $ 2,000 |
| 220 | IRIE | Ryosuke | Japan | M | $ 1,750 |
| 220 | BUSCH | Kim | Netherlands | F | $ 1,750 |
| 222 | LASCO | Destin | United States | M | $ 1,667 |
| 222 | NEILL | Thomas | Australia | M | $ 1,667 |
| 222 | GRAHAM | Alexander | Australia | M | $ 1,667 |
| 222 | ZHU | Menghui | China | F | $ 1,667 |
| 222 | ANGUS | Sophie | Canada | F | $ 1,667 |
| 222 | GE | Chutong | China | F | $ 1,667 |
| 222 | YANG | Peiqi | China | F | $ 1,667 |
| 222 | LI | Jiaping | China | F | $ 1,667 |
| 230 | RUCK | Taylor | Canada | F | $ 1,600 |
| 231 | DERGOUSOFF | James | Canada | M | $ 1,550 |
| 231 | SOMA | Ai | Japan | F | $ 1,550 |
| 233 | BALDUCCINI | Stephanie | Brazil | F | $ 1,500 |
| 233 | DE WAARD | Maaike | Netherlands | F | $ 1,500 |
| 235 | SAVARD | Katerine | Canada | F | $ 1,433 |
| 236 | WHITTLE | Jacob Henry | Great Britain | M | $ 1,429 |
| 237 | SHIRAI | Rio | Japan | F | $ 1,300 |
| 238 | SALCHOW | Josha | Germany | M | $ 1,250 |
| 238 | DE TULLIO | Marco | Italy | M | $ 1,250 |
| 238 | MEGLI | Filippo | Italy | M | $ 1,250 |
| 238 | CIAMPI | Matteo | Italy | M | $ 1,250 |
| 238 | DI COLA | Stefano | Italy | M | $ 1,250 |
| 238 | MIROSLAW | Rafael | Germany | M | $ 1,250 |
| 238 | JINNO | Yume | Japan | F | $ 1,250 |
| 238 | IKEMOTO | Nagisa | Japan | F | $ 1,250 |
| 246 | CHEN | Juner | China | M | $ 1,200 |
| 246 | YANG | Jintong | China | M | $ 1,200 |
| 246 | TESIC | Enzo | France | M | $ 1,200 |
| 246 | FUCHS | Roman | France | M | $ 1,200 |
| 246 | YEBBA | Wissam-Amazigh | France | M | $ 1,200 |
| 251 | FULLUM-HUOT | Edouard | Canada | M | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | KNOX | Finlay | Canada | M | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | ALCARÃ | Victor | Brazil | M | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | CHIERIGHINI | Marcelo | Brazil | M | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | MIZUNUMA | Naoki | Japan | M | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | YANG | Jaehoon | Korea | M | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | AASTEDT | Sofia | Sweden | F | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | VAN NUNEN | Sam | Netherlands | F | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | VAN WIJK | Milou | Netherlands | F | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | DE JONG | Imani | Netherlands | F | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | VAN KOOTEN | Janna | Netherlands | F | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | HOLKENBORG | Silke | Netherlands | F | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | COCCONCELLI | Costanza | Italy | F | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | MORINI | Sofia | Italy | F | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | VIEIRA | Ana Carolina | Brazil | F | $ 1,000 |
| 266 | SCHULZE | Nele | Germany | F | $ 900 |
| 267 | MORGAN | Oliver | Great Britain | M | $ 833 |
| 267 | O’CROININ | Emma | Canada | F | $ 833 |
| 267 | JANSEN | Ella Christina | Canada | F | $ 833 |
| 267 | DOUTHWRIGHT | Brooklyn | Canada | F | $ 833 |
| 271 | AOKI | Reona | Japan | F | $ 800 |
| 272 | LOKTEV | Denis | Israel | M | $ 750 |
| 272 | FRANKEL | Tomer | Israel | M | $ 750 |
| 272 | POLONSKY | Ron | Israel | M | $ 750 |
| 272 | SORGIUS | Timo | Germany | M | $ 750 |
| 272 | YANG | Chang | China | F | $ 750 |
| 272 | TOUSSAINT | Kira | Netherlands | F | $ 750 |
| 272 | PÃDÃR | Nikolett | Hungary | F | $ 750 |
| 272 | ABRAHAM | Lilla Minna | Hungary | F | $ 750 |
| 272 | MOLNÃR | Dóra | Hungary | F | $ 750 |
| 272 | KESELY | Ajna | Hungary | F | $ 750 |
| 272 | GOMI | Tomonobu | Japan | M | $ 750 |
| 272 | NAKAMURA | Katsumi | Japan | M | $ 750 |
| 284 | DE CELIS MONTALBAN | Sergio | Spain | M | $ 500 |
| 284 | CASTRO | César | Spain | M | $ 500 |
| 284 | DOMINGUEZ | Luis | Spain | M | $ 500 |
| 284 | MOLLA YANES | Mario | Spain | M | $ 500 |
| 284 | FRIESE | Jan Eric | Germany | M | $ 500 |
| 284 | SCHEFFER | Fernando | Brazil | M | $ 500 |
| 284 | SETIN SARTORI | Murilo | Brazil | M | $ 500 |
| 284 | MELO | Luiz Altamir | Brazil | M | $ 500 |
| 284 | BONNET | Charlotte | France | F | $ 500 |
| 284 | NOWACZYK | Lison | France | F | $ 500 |
| 284 | SIQUEIRA ALMEIDA | Nathalia | Brazil | F | $ 500 |
| 284 | RONCATTO | Gabrielle | Brazil | F | $ 500 |
| 284 | DE OLIVEIRA DA SILVA COSTA | Maria Fernanda | Brazil | F | $ 500 |
| 284 | VARJASI | Peter | Germany | M | $ 500 |
| 284 | HOLT | Nina | Germany | F | $ 500 |
| 299 | FINGER | Lisa-Marie | Germany | F | $ 400 |
So are David Johnston and Charlie Swanson the only members of the U.S. team to take home no prize money?
The dream
Where is Ruta training these days?
Best Worlds ever. Lots of nice surprises!
Her comeback is an amazing story.
Ruta being one of the 5-10 biggest stars in the pool this week was something that nobody here could’ve predicted 18 months ago.
Now I’m really curious how much money do top American swimmers like Katie Ledecky, Regan Smith, Lilly King, Ryan Murphy, and Bobby Finke make in non-olympic years between prize money and sponsorship deals.
I think it was REALLY good money for Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, but that would have to be up to someone with the exact figures to post.
What happens to High Schoolers and College Swimmers. Do they still get the prize money?
I think the rule is that they are allowed to take the prize money, they just can’t accept appearance fees. So for example, a meet promoter can’t promise Leon Marchand $100,000 just for showing up and swimming at the meet, though he is eligible for whatever prize money he wins, as long as the prize money is the same for all events and all competitors.
But perhaps that has changed since Jeremy Bloom was suing the NCAA over this issue.
Swimmers deserve to have higher rewards money! Swimming is the hardest sport, but the payoff is the lowest of all sports.
Except that swimmers only “perform” on the playing field for a few minutes (or in some cases, seconds), whereas sports like tennis and soccer require hours of participation from each athlete over the course of a tournament.
So you are saying Usain Bolt is waaaay overpaid? Kind of a silly statement that athletes should be paid for amount of time competing. Pretty sure that in most individual sports, the shorter the race, the more prestigious and lucrative.