2024 World Swimming World Cup – Incheon
After a busy weekend of racing in Incheon, the dust has finally calmed down at the second destination of the 2024 World Cup, with some athletes looking to leave the tournament with extra money in their pockets.
On the men’s side, Noe Ponti improved on his runner-up finish in Shanghai, finishing 0.1 ahead of Leon Marchand and earning a $12,000 winner’s bonus. Marchand, who topped the leaderboard in Shanghai, will earn $10,000 for his second-place finish. Both athletes had overwhelming results at the Incheon Games, but in the end Ponti had the upper hand with a time that came close to the current world record.
Similar to the story on the men’s side, on the women’s side the top two from Shanghai reversed their positions here, with American Regan Smith leading Kate Douglas by 0.2 points. The two were very close throughout most of the meet, but Smith’s American record in the 200-meter backstroke sealed her deal, especially on Saturday when Douglas made a scratch in the 200-meter backstroke. In theory, even if Douglas had decided to swim the 200IM in Incheon, he would have had to be significantly faster than he was in the Shanghai meet to beat Smith. To beat Smith outright and take the title, Douglas needed to post a time of 2:02.64 based on his other point totals, compared to just 2:04.09 in Shanghai. Douglas’ best time was 2:02.12, so she may have had a chance, but Smith certainly made her performance harder to beat.
Douglas and Smith also broke individual world records in Incheon, with Douglas breaking the mark in the chest 200m and Smith completing the back 100m. This means they will finish the match with a world record $10,000 bonus on top of their other earnings.
In accordance with the latest World Cup structure, the top 20 players for both men and women will take home prize money from their performances in Incheon. Douglas and Smith received bonuses for breaking world records in their respective events, but no athlete received prize money for winning an individual event at the tournament. Instead, additional bonuses are awarded to athletes who sweep the event across all three stops of competition. With the final stop scheduled for next week, some of these bonuses could be handed out. Additionally, it seems likely that either Smith, Douglas/Marchand, or Ponti will take home a $100,000 series bonus.
Men’s Standings/Prizes – Incheon
Rank name Country ranking Prize money (ranking) World record Bonus Total prize money 1 PONTI Noe SUI 58.2 $12,000 $0 $12,000 2 MARCHAND Leon FRA 58.1 $10,000 $0 $10,000 3 COETZE Pieter RSA 56.9 $8,000 $0 $8,000 4 QIN Haiyang CHN $6,0 00 $0 $6,000 5 Scott Duncan GBR 54.5 $5,500 $0 $5,500 6 PAN Zhanle CHN 52.3 $5,400 $0 $5,400 7 Cooper Isaac AUS 48.6 $5,300 $0 $5,300 8 Stokovsky Kakupar POL 46.8 $5,200 $0 $5,200 9 Shimanovic Ilya NIA 4 5.8 $5,100 $0 $5,100 10 Korstanje Nils NED 45.3 $5,000 $0 $5,000 11 Daiya Seto JPN 44.9 $4,900 $0 $4,900 12 Corbeau Kasper NED 44.1 $4,800 $0 $4,800 13 Razzetti Alberto ITA 43.6 $4,700 $0 $4,700 14 Lapsis Danas LTU 43.4 $4,600 $0 $4,600 15 Smith Kieran USA 43.3 4,500 $0 $4,500 16 Ceccon Thomas ITA 42.9 $4,400 $0 $4,400 17 Yong Joshua Australia 42.8 $4,300 $0 $4,300 18 Kush Marius Garr 39.3 $4,200 $0 $4,200 19 Clairbert Lewis NZL 35.5 $4,100 $0 $4,100 20 Zirk Cregor EST 34.9 $4,000 $0 $4,000 21 Jack Jamie AUS 33.6 $0 $0 $0 22 DAH LGREN Jack USA 32 $0 $0 $0 23 HWANG Sunwoo KOR 30.9 $0 $0 $0 24 Le Clos Chad RSA 30.7 $0 $0 $0 25 Julian Trenton USA 30.1 $0 $0 $0 26 Ji Yuchan KOR 30 $0 $0 $0 27 Sharanek Mark GBR 30 $0 $0 $0 28 Choi Dong-yeol Col 28.9 $0 $0 $0 29 Kim Jun-woo Col 27.7 $0 $0 $0 30 Robynok AUS 27.7 $0 $0 $0 31 Minakov Andrei NIA 25.2 $0 $0 $0 32 Colette Joshua AUS 24.7 $0 $0 $0 33 Bolin Thierry Sui 23.9 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 34 Song Im -Gyu CLB 23.8 $ 0 $ 0 35 Lee Ho Jun KOR 23.6 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 37 Andrew Michael USA 22.6 $ 0 $ 0 Lorenso ITA 22.3 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 39 Kim・Yonbum CLB 22.1 $0 $0 $0 40 Dolan Jack USA 22 $0 $0 $0 41 Pekarski Grigori NIA 21.1 $0 $0 $0 42 Sidlaus Kaslius LTU 18.7 $0 $0 $0 43 Kazushi Imafuku Japan 14.9 $0 $0 $0 44 Clark Charlie USA 13.8 $0 $0 $0 45 Kim Ji-hoon Col 13.5 $0 $0 $0 46 Lee Joo-ho Col 13.1 $0 $0 $0 47 Kim Woo-min Col 12.9 $0 $0 $0 48 Cho Sung-jae Col 12.8 $ 0 $0 $0 48 Miroslaw Raphael Ga 12.8 $0 $0 $0 48 Temple Matthew Australia 12.8 $0 $0 $0 51 Kaito Tsujimori Japan 12.7 $0 $0 $0 52 Moon Seung Woo CLB 12.2 $0 $0 $0 53 Lelo Bailey Australia 11.8 $0 $0 $0 54 Coleman Jesse Australia 11.7 $0 $0 $0 55 Chillingworth Adam Jeong HKG 11.6 $0 $0 $0 56 HO Ian Yentou HKG 11.5 $0 $0 $0 56 Yang Jehun Cole 11.5 $0 $0 $0 58 Tong Tseng Wei SGP 10.7 $0 $0 $0 59 Gordemans Benjamin AUS 10.6 $0 $0 $0 60 Gilbert Josh 10.5 $0 $0 $0 61 Martinghi Nicolo Italia 10.1 $0 $0 $0 62 Yu Ki-Been CLB 9.5 $0 $0 $0 63 Carter Dylan TTO 9.4 $0 $0 $0 63 Chen Legan SGP 9.4 $0 $0 $0 65 Wong June CLB 9.1 $0 $0 $0 66 Noh Min-gyu CLB 8.9 $0 $0 $0 6 7 Wang Yi-Shun HKG 8 $0 $0 $0 68 Lee Hyun-bin CLB 7.9 $0 $0 $0
Women’s Ranking/Prize – Incheon
Rank name Country ranking Prize money (ranking) World record Bonus Total prize money 1 SMITH Regan USA 59.4 $12,000 $10,000 $22,000 2 DOUGLASS Kate USA 59.2 $10,000 $10,000 $20,000 3 HAUGHEY Siobhan Bernadette HKG 56 $8,000 $0 $8,000Harvey Mary Sophie CAN 55.7 $6,000 $0 $6,000 5 You・Yi Ting CHN 53.6 $5,500 $0 $5,500 6 Tan Chen Ting CHN 51.8 $5,400 $0 $5,400 7 Wilm Ingrid CAN 49.2 $5,300 $0 $5,300 8 WASICK Katarzyna POL 48.4 $5,200 $0 $5,200 9 PRICE Lily AUS 47. 1 $5,100 $0 $5,100 10 Kinder Cod Australia 46.8 $5,000 $0 $5,000 11 Zumushka Arena NIA 45.6 $4,900 $0 $4,900 12 Nelson Beata USA 44.3 $4,800 $0 $4,800 13 Jansen Mila AUS 43.9 $4,700 $0 $4,700 14 Lahtinen Laura Finn 43.4 $4,600 $0 $4,600 15 Castells Tso Brittany A US 43.4 $4,500 $0 $4,500 16 Yan Junxuan CHN 42.8 $4,400 $0 $4,400 17 Shkurdai Anastasia NIA 41.8 $4,300 $0 $4,300 18 Waka Kobori JPN 41.7 $4,200 $0 $4,200 19 Park Siun Col 39.5 $4,100 $0 $4,100 20 Hanson Louise SWE 39.1 ,000 $0 $4,000 21 Genevic Sala SWE 37.6 $0 $ 0 $0 22 Angus Sophie CAN 36.8 $0 $0 $0 23 Hanson Sophie SWE 36.2 $0 $0 $0 24 Mizuki Hirai Japan 34.5 $0 $0 $0 25 Trinikova Nicoleta SVK 34 $0 $0 $0 26 NG Lai Wa Hong Kong 33.9 $0 $0 $0 27 Grant Berra Australia 31.8 $0 $0 $ 0 28 Lee Sam Yee Hong Kong 31.5 $0 $0 $0 29 Podmanikova Andrea SVK31 $0 $0 $0 30 Pilate Benedetta ITA 30.5 $0 $0 $0 31 Cho Hyun-joo Col 25.5 $0 $0 $0 32 Lee Hee-eun Col 22.2 $0 $0 $0 33 Fredericks Hannah Jane Australia 21.7 $0 $0 $0 34 Boyd Isabella Australia 21.1 $0 $0 $0 35 K Im So-young South Korea 21.1 $0 $0 $0 36 Moon Se-hyun CLB 19.9 $0 $0 $0 37 KO Haru KOR 19.6 $0 $0 $0 38 Son Jae-yoon CLB 18.1 $0 $0 $0 39 Kim Chae-yoon KOR 17.4 $0 $0 $0 40 Hwang Na-hee CLB 16.2 $0 $0 $0 41 Han Da-kyung KOR 13 $0 $ 0 $0 42 Park Soo-jin CLB 12.5 $0 $0 $0 43 Heo Young-kyung KOR 12.3 $0 $0 $0 44 Krishova Anastasia Nia 11.6 $0 $0 $0 45 Kim Seung-won KOR 11.4 $0 $0 $0 46 Kim Hye-jin CLB 11 $0 $0 $0 47 Lee Won CLB 10.9 $ 0 $0 $0 48 Jeong Seo-woon KOR 10.1 $0 $0 $0 49 Lee Yoon-jung CLB 9.9 $0 $0 $0 50 Hong Jeong-hwa CLB 9.5 $0 $0 $0 51 Lee So-young CLB 9.4 $0 $0 $0 52 Amgalang Altanar MGL 9.3 $0 $0 $0 53 Lee Eun-ji KOR 9.1 $0 $0 $0 54 K IM Se-won CLB 8.7 $0 $0 $0 55 Park Ji-hoo CLB 8.5 $0 $0 $0 56 Lee Chae Young CLB 8.4 $0 $0 $0
How are prizes and scores calculated?
Provided by: Sophie Kaufman
scoring system
As in previous years, points will be awarded based on the AQUA power point system based on finishing order and swimming speed.
Ranking 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Points will be awarded based on your speed by dividing the number of Aqua Power Points equivalent to your swim by 10, rounding down to the nearest whole number.
Prize money
Swimmers can race as many events as they like at each stop, but only the three best scores at a single stop are totaled to determine the stop score. Each stop will offer a total of $112,000 (USD) per gender, or $672,000 for the entire series. This is the same amount that was available in 2023 and 2022.
Prize money for each stop’s ranking is scored separately for men and women and awarded to the top 20 places. In case of a tie, the athlete with the highest AQUA Power Points in the best stopping event wins.
Prize money for each stop:
Ranking by Total Stops Ranking by Total Stops 1 $12,000 11 $4,900 2 $10,000 12 $4,800 3 $8,000 13 $4,700 4 $6,000 14 $4,600 5 $5,500 15 $4,500 6 $5,400 16 $4,400 $5,30 0 17 $4,300 8 $5,200 18 $4,200 9 $5,100 19 $4,100 10 $5,000 20 $4,000
At the end of the entire series, cash prizes will also be awarded to the top eight swimmers by gender. The winners of the men’s and women’s standings will each receive $100,000. A total of $262,000 will be awarded to the top eight male and female athletes at the end of the series. Again, this is the same amount that was on offer in 2023.
Prize money for series overall ranking:
Overall Rank Total (USD) 1 $100,000 2 $70,000 3 $30,000 4 $15,000 5 $14,000 6 $12,000 7 $11,000 8 $10,000
Total guaranteed prize money awarded
Shanghai – $224,000 ($112,00 for men and women) Incheon – $224,000 ($112,00 for men and women) Singapore – $224,000 ($112,00 for men and women) Overall series ranking – $524,000 ($262,000 for men and women) Total – $1,196,000
additional prize money
In addition to guaranteed prize money from the rankings at the end of each stop and at the end of the series, swimmers can earn prize money by breaking world records or achieving the Triple Crown by winning all three stops in the same event. You can earn it.
Swimmers can receive $10,000 for each world record and $10,000 for each triple crown. Last year, Kayleigh McCune broke two world records in the World Cup series in Budapest, scoring 26.86 in the 50 backstroke and 57.33 in the 100 backstroke. In 2023, 20 Triple Crowns were won. Women’s freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly events all won triple crowns, with women winning in 12 events.
2023 Swimming World Cup Triple Crown
woman:
50 freestyle — Sara Sjostrom, Sweden 100 freestyle — Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong 200 freestyle — Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong 400 freestyle — Erica Fairweather, New Zealand 800/1500 freestyle — Rani Pallister, Australia 50 Backstroke — Kayleigh McKeown, Australia 100 Backstroke — Kaylie McKeown, Australia 200 Backstroke — Kaylie McKeown, Australia 200 Breaststroke — Tess Schouten, Netherlands 50 Butterfly — Sara Sjöström, Sweden 100 Butterfly — Zhang Yufei, China 200 Butterfly — Zhang Yufei, China
male:
Results in 2023
McCune and Haiyang Qin continued that feat at the 2023 World Championships, winning the 2023 Swimming World Cup and becoming the first swimmers to sweep 50/100/200 strokes at the World Championships.
McCune claimed the women’s trophy with 177.4 points ahead of Siobhan Hoey (166.4 points) and Zhang Yufei (166.2 points). In three stops at the 2023 World Cup, McCune won the backstroke triple crown three times, broke two world records, and shortened the backstroke World Cup record with each swim.
In the men’s table, Hata won with 175.4 points, followed by Thomas Ceccon (167.9 points) and Matthew Seitz (166.8 points) in second and third place. Hata won the breaststroke triple crown three times and set World Cup records in the 50m and 200m breaststroke at the series’ first venue in Berlin.
Although not always the case, the overall 2023 World Cup winner won the most prize money over the course of the series. Chin earned $166,000 and McCune topped all swimmers with $186,000.
