Katinka Hosszu continues to own the FINA World Cup Series, but a new figure is topping the male money lists after the first cluster: South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh.
We’re just about to kick off the second cluster of the 2015 World Cup this weekend, but already more than half a million dollars (in U.S. Dollars) have been given out over the first cluster alone.
Hosszu, the three-time defending World Cup champion, leads all swimmers with $65,000 in prize money so far, $50,000 of that coming from the cluster bonus she earned after leading the first cluster’s points.
Van der Burgh also earned that $50,000 bonus for the men, and has taken in $56,000 so far on the tour.
A quick refresher on prize money:
Individual events:
- Gold: $1500
- Silver: $1000
- Bronze: $500
- World Record Bonus: $10,000
Cluster Point Bonuses:
- 1st: $50,000
- 2nd: $35,000
- 3rd: $30,000
- 4th: $20,000
- 5th: $10,000
- 6th: $5,000
The first cluster comprised the Chartes and Moscow meets. The second cluster (which rewards similar bonuses to the top 6) is made up of the Hong Kong and Beijing stops. The third and final cluster is composed of three meets: Tokyo, Doha and Dubai.
With the series moving to long course for the Olympic year, world records have been much harder to come by, making the cluster bonuses easily the biggest money-makers.
Here are the full money lists through the Chartes meet. (Money is split in the event of a tie, hence the halves).
Men’s Money Lists
| Name | Total Money | Wins | Second | Third | Cluster Bonus |
| Cameron van der Burgh | $56,000 | 4 | $50,000 | ||
| Chad Le Clos | $43,500 | 5 | 1 | $35,000 | |
| Nicholas Fink | $34,000 | 1 | 2 | 1 | $30,000 |
| Camille Lacourt | $26,000 | 4 | $20,000 | ||
| Cody Miller | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | $10,000 | |
| Myles Brown | $9,500 | 1 | 3 | $5,000 | |
| Josh Schneider | $4,000 | 2 | 1 | ||
| David Verraszto | $3,500 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ashley Delaney | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gregorio Paltrinieri | $3,000 | 2 | |||
| Tim Phillips | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jan Micka | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Quah Zheng Wen | $2,500 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tom Shields | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Andrii Govorov | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Danila Izotov | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hiromasa Fujimori | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Brendan McHugh | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chase Kalisz | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Smith | $1,500 | 1 | |||
| Evgeny Sedov | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Grigory Tarasevich | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Marco Koch | $1,500 | 1 | |||
| Mehdy Metella | $1,500 | 1 | |||
| Nikita Lobintsev | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Phillip Heintz | $1,500 | 1 | |||
| Viktor Bromer | $1,500 | 1 | |||
| Aleksandr Kudashev | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Benjamin Doyle | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Clement Mignon | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Damien Joly | $1,000 | 2 | |||
| Federico Turrini | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Ganesh Pedurand | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Jeremy Stravius | $1,000 | 2 | |||
| Jordan Bouchaut | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Jordan Coelho | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Jordan Pothain | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Keita Sunama | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Pavel Sankovich | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Peter John Stevens | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Shun Wang | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Alexander Osipenko | $500 | 1 | |||
| Benjamin Stasiulis | $500 | 1 | |||
| David Brandl | $500 | 1 | |||
| David Morgan | $500 | 1 | |||
| Evgeny Drobotov | $500 | 1 | |||
| Jayden Hadler | $500 | 1 | |||
| Kazuki Kohinata | $500 | 1 | |||
| Mohammed Al Ghaferi | $500 | 1 | |||
| Renato Prono | $500 | 1 | |||
| Tommaso D’Orsogna | $250 | 0.5 | |||
| Nosy Pelagie | $250 | 0.5 | |||
| Totals: | $246,000 | 32 | 32 | 32 | $150,000 |
Women’s Money Lists
| Name | Total Money | Wins | Second | Third | Cluster Bonus |
| Katinka Hosszu | $65,500 | 8 | 2 | 3 | $50,000 |
| Emily Seebohm | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | $35,000 | |
| Katie Meili | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | $30,000 | |
| Vitalina Simonova | $23,500 | 2 | 1 | $20,000 | |
| Zsuzsanna Jakobos | $13,500 | 3 | 1 | $10,000 | |
| Breeja Larson | $8,500 | 3 | 1 | $5,000 | |
| Daria Ustinova | $3,500 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Madeline Groves | $3,250 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| Alia Atkinson | $3,000 | 2 | |||
| Jeanette Ottesen | $3,000 | 2 | |||
| Missy Franklin | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Cammile Adams | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Franziska Hentke | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lauren Boyle | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Natalie Coughlin | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Beryl Gastaldello | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lindsay Vrooman | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Diletta Carli | $2,000 | 2 | |||
| Natalia Lovtcova | $2,000 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Vien Nguyen | $2,000 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Claire Donahue | $1,750 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| Anna Santamans | $1,500 | 1 | |||
| Shao Yiwen | $1,500 | 1 | |||
| Zhang Yuhan | $1,500 | 1 | |||
| Marie Wattel | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Melanie Margalis | $1,500 | 3 | |||
| Mie Nielsen | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Brianna Throssell | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Bronte Barratt | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Charlotte Bonnet | $1,000 | 2 | |||
| Dar’Ya Stepanyuk | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Li Bingjie | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Lisa Zaiser | $1,000 | 2 | |||
| Svetlana Chimrova | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Tessa Wallace | $1,000 | 1 | |||
| Daryna Zevina | $500 | 1 | |||
| Lara Grangeon | $500 | 1 | |||
| Mariia Astashkina | $500 | 1 | |||
| Martina Caramignoli | $500 | 1 | |||
| Sasha Touretski | $500 | 1 | |||
| Veronika Popova | $500 | 1 | |||
| Totals: | $246,000 | 32 | 32 | 32 | $150,000 |
Madeline Groves 3,250$
1 gold tie 100 fly Moscow 1,250 $
1 gold chartres 100 fly 1,500 $
1 bronze Moscow 200 fly 500 $
“In case of tie, the prize money will be shared”
Then as per this rule:
-> tie Moscow 100 fly gold women Groves 1,250$ and Donahue 1,250$
-> tie bronze 50 free men in Chartres makes 250$ for D’Orsogna and 250$ for Pelagie.