As has been the case nearly the entire course of this year’s FINA World Cup circuit, it was Katinka Hosszu and Chad le Clos who brought in the biggest cash hauls on day 1 of the Beijing meet.
Hosszu added $6500 to her season total of $210,500. That’s a relatively light day for the Hungarian, who has earned as much as $42,000 in a single World Cup meet, but has been slowing down recently as the $10,000 world record bonuses become harder to attain.
Le Clos won three events to earn $4500. He now leads the men at an even $130,000. The South African seems to be moving in the opposite direction from Hosszu – he had a slow start in the first cluster while swimming limited event lineups, but has improved his earnings with each meet and is on pace to match his best single meet money haul so far in Beijing.
Women’s Money List
| Rank | Athlete | Country | TOTAL Money Earned | Beijing Day 1 |
| 1 | Katinka Hosszu | Hungary | $210,500 | $6,500 |
| 2 | Inge Dekker | Netherlands | $96,500 | $2,500 |
| 3 | Mireia Belmonte Garcia | Spain | $72,000 | $1,000 |
| 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | $44,500 | $1,500 |
| 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | $32,000 | $0 |
| 6 | Evelyn Verraszto | Hungary | $18,000 | $0 |
| 7 | Marieke D’Cruz | Australia | $17,500 | $0 |
| 8 | Rie Kaneto | Japan | $12,000 | $0 |
| 8 | Breeja Larson | USA | $12,000 | $0 |
| 10 | Caitlin Leverenz | USA | $5,000 | $1,000 |
| 11 | Veronika Popova | Russia | $4,500 | $0 |
| 12 | Aleksanrda Urbanczyk | Poland | $4,000 | $0 |
| 12 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | $4,000 | $0 |
| 14 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | $3,000 | $0 |
| 14 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | $3,000 | $0 |
| 16 | Bi Yirong | China | $2,500 | $500 |
| 17 | Anastasia Lyazeva | CLB | $2,000 | $0 |
| 17 | Julie Levisen | Denmark | $2,000 | $0 |
| 17 | Carolina Colorado Henao | Colombia | $2,000 | $0 |
| 17 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | $2,000 | $0 |
| 17 | Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir | Iceland | $2,000 | $0 |
| 22 | Fu Yuanhui | China | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 22 | Lu Ying | China | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 22 | Madison Wilson | Australia | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 22 | Qui Yuhan | China | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 22 | Maria Astashkina | Russia | $1,500 | $500 |
| 22 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finalnd | $1,500 | $0 |
| 22 | Laura Sogar | USA | $1,500 | $0 |
| 29 | Sally Hunter | Australia | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 29 | Shen Duo | China | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 29 | Tang Yuting | CLB | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 29 | Anastasia Osipenko | CLB | $1,000 | $0 |
| 29 | Daria Deeva | CLB | $1,000 | $0 |
| 29 | Hang Yu Sze | Hong Kong | $1,000 | $0 |
| 29 | Natalia Ivaneeva | CLB | $1,000 | $0 |
| 29 | Stephanie Au | Hong Kong | $1,000 | $0 |
| 29 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | $1,000 | $0 |
| 29 | Vitalina Simonova | Russia | $1,000 | $0 |
| 29 | Danielle Villars | Switzerland | $1,000 | $0 |
| 29 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | $1,000 | $0 |
| 41 | Elizabeth Beisel | USA | $500 | $500 |
| 41 | Zhang Yuhan | China | $500 | $500 |
| 41 | Zhou Min | China | $500 | $500 |
| 41 | Ekaterina Shapanikova | CLB | $500 | $0 |
| 41 | Irina Shvaeva | CLB | $500 | $0 |
| 41 | Jamie Yeung | Hong Kong | $500 | $0 |
| 41 | Liting Wang | China | $500 | $0 |
| 41 | Siobhan Haughey | Hong Kong | $500 | $0 |
| 41 | Michee Van Rooyen | South Africa | $500 | $0 |
Men’s Money List
| Rank | Athlete | Country | TOTAL Money Earned | Beijing Day 1 |
| 1 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | $130,000 | $4,500 |
| 2 | Tom Shields | USA | $78,250 | $0 |
| 3 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia | $73,000 | $0 |
| 4 | Daniel Gyurta | Hungary | $70,000 | $2,000 |
| 5 | Marco Koch | Germany | $52,500 | $0 |
| 6 | Christian Diener | Germany | $24,500 | $0 |
| 7 | Velimir Stjepanovic | Serbia | $9,000 | $0 |
| 8 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | $7,000 | $1,500 |
| 9 | George Bovell | Trinidad & Tobago | $6,750 | $2,000 |
| 10 | David Verraszto | Hungary | $6,500 | $0 |
| 11 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | $5,750 | $1,500 |
| 12 | Eugene Godsoe | USA | $5,500 | $500 |
| 13 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | $4,500 | $1,000 |
| 13 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | $4,500 | $0 |
| 15 | Bobby Hurley | Australia | $3,500 | $0 |
| 16 | Hiromasa Fujimori | Japan | $3,000 | $0 |
| 16 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | $3,000 | $0 |
| 16 | Gergo Kis | Hungary | $3,000 | $0 |
| 16 | Josh Schneider | USA | $3,000 | $0 |
| 16 | Pawel Korzeniowski | Poland | $3,000 | $0 |
| 21 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | $2,750 | $0 |
| 22 | Daiya Seto | Japan | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 22 | Sergei Fesikov | Russia | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 22 | Li Yongwei | China | $2,500 | $0 |
| 22 | Cody Miller | USA | $2,500 | $0 |
| 26 | Geoff Cheah | Hong Kong | $2,000 | $0 |
| 27 | Sun Yang | China | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 27 | Xu Jiayu | China | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 27 | Oleg Tikhobaev | Russia | $1,500 | $0 |
| 27 | Sergiy Frolov | Ukraine | $1,500 | $0 |
| 27 | Viacheslav Prudnikov | Russia | $1,500 | $0 |
| 27 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | $1,500 | $0 |
| 27 | Leith Shankland | South Africa | $1,500 | $0 |
| 27 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | $1,500 | $0 |
| 27 | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | $1,500 | $0 |
| 36 | Mao Feilian | China | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Mitchell Larkin | Australia | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Myles Brown | South Africa | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Wang Shun | China | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | $1,000 | $0 |
| 36 | Martin Liivamagi | Estonia | $1,000 | $0 |
| 36 | Masato Sakai | Japan | $1,000 | $0 |
| 36 | Hayate Matsubara | Japan | $1,000 | $0 |
| 36 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | $1,000 | $0 |
| 36 | Yukihiro Takahashi | Japan | $1,000 | $0 |
| 46 | Giles Smith | USA | $500 | $500 |
| 46 | Huang Chaosheng | China | $500 | $500 |
| 46 | Takeharu Fujimori | Japan | $500 | $500 |
| 46 | Wang Kecheng | China | $500 | $500 |
| 46 | Andrei Nikolaev | Russia | $500 | $0 |
| 46 | Hong Jinlong | China | $500 | $0 |
| 46 | Mikhail Polishchuk | CLB | $500 | $0 |
| 46 | Nikita Babchenko | CLB | $500 | $0 |
| 46 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | $500 | $0 |
| 46 | Viktor Bromer | Denmark | $500 | $0 |
| 46 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | $500 | $0 |
| 46 | Martin Schweitzer | Switzerland | $500 | $0 |
| 46 | Martin Spitzer | Austria | $500 | $0 |
