The 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of nine two-day meets in nine different cities between August and October 2016. After switching to long-course (50 meter) pools in the previous year 's pre-Olympic season, this edition returned to the usual short-course (25 meter pool) format.[ 1] Like the previous short course World Cup in 2014, 36 events were scheduled. The total amount of prize money was US$ 2,178,000.[ 2] The first meet started 13 days after the final day of the Olympic pool swimming program .
Meets
The 2016 World Cup consisted of the following nine meets, which were divided into three clusters. Berlin returned after having been omitted for the last two editions. The other eight cities were the same as the previous year.[ 3]
World Cup standings
Composition of points:[ 4]
Best performances (by meets): 1st place: 24 points , 2nd place: 18 points and 3rd place: 12 points ;
Points for medals (in individual events): gold medal: 12 points , silver medal: 9 points and bronze medal: 6 points ;
Bonus for world record (WR): 20 points .
Men
Overall top 10:[ 5] [ 6]
Women
Overall top 10:[ 5] [ 7]
Event winners
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50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
1500 m (men)/800 m (women) freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
100 m individual medley
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4 × 50 m mixed relays
Legend: WR – World record ; WJR – World Junior record ; WC – World Cup record
References
^ Carroll, Tony (December 8, 2015). "Berlin Is Back! World Cup To Return To Germany In 2016" . Swimswam. Retrieved December 8, 2015 .
^ "FINA/Airweave Swimming World Cup 2016" . FINA . December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015 .
^ Lord, Craig (December 8, 2015). "World Cup Back To Short-Course Post Rio 2016 Olympics, Same Format In Tow" . Swimvortex. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015 .
^ "FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Rules & Regulations" (PDF) . FINA . Retrieved August 26, 2016 .
^ a b Anderson, Jared (September 5, 2016). "Morozov, Hosszu Win World Cup Cluster 1 Points Bonuses" . Swimswam. Retrieved September 5, 2016 .
^ "FINA/AIRWEAVE Swimming World Cup 2016 - Men's Rankings" . FINA . Retrieved October 10, 2016 .
^ "FINA/AIRWEAVE Swimming World Cup 2016 - Women's Rankings" . FINA . Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016 .
^ "FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Paris-Chartres" . Omega Timing. Retrieved August 26, 2016 .
^ "FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Berlin" . Omega Timing. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ "FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Moscow" . Omega Timing. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ "FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Beijing" . Omega Timing. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ "FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Dubai" . Omega Timing. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ "FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Doha" . Omega Timing. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ "FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Singapore" . Omega Timing. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ "FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Tokyo" . Omega Timing. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ "FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Hong Kong" . Omega Timing. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .