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1988–89 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 1988–89 FINA Swimming World Cup was the first of the series. It took place at eight short course In swimming, the term short course (abbreviated SC) is used to identify a pool that is in length. The term is also often included in meet names when conducted in a short course pool. "Short course" is the second type of pool configuration current ... venues in Europe and North America in November 1988 and February 1989. Eighteen swim styles were included for men and women. Meets Dates and locations for the 1988–1989 World Cup meets were: Event winners 25 freestyle 50 freestyle 100 freestyle 200 freestyle 400 freestyle 1500/800 freestyle 50 Backstroke 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 50 Breaststroke 100 Breaststroke 200 Breaststroke 50 Butterfly 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 100 Individual Medley 200 Individual Medley 400 Individual Medley References {{DEFAULTSORT:1988-89 FINA Swimming World Cup FINA Swimming World Cup 1988 in swimmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FINA Swimming World Cup
The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course () swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming. Launched in 1988, the FINA Swimming World Cup gathers world-class swimmers in a series of two-day meets organised between August and November each year. Across nine locations, the circuit is structured in clusters (Middle East, Europe and Asia) and distributes a total of prize money reaching US$2.5 million. Currently, the overall first, second, and third-place winners are awarded prize money. The men's and women's series winners take home $150,000 each, runners-up $100,000, and third-place finishers $50,000, following a prize-money increase announced by FINA in September 2017. Events The events are the same for all meets, but the competition order may vary. All events are swum prelims/finals, with the exception of the and freestyle which are swum as timed finals (all swimmers swim just once). The meets are held over two days, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
