The 2001–2002
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-da ...
was a series of nine international
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 ...
(25m)
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
meets organized by
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
. The meets were held in nine different cities, from November 2001 through January 2002.
Top international swimmers to compete in Edmonton at the 2001 Speedo World Cup
'', press release from Swimming Canada. Published 2001-11-21, retrieved via Sport Information Resource Centre website (www.sirc.ca) on 2012-03-24. Each featured 34 events: seventeen for males and seventeen for females.
Ed Moses of the US and
Martina Moravcová of Slovakia were the overall male and female winners of the series. The 2001–2002 World Cup saw 22 world records bettered.
Meets
Dates and locations for the 2001–2002 World Cup meets were:
(trans: ''Swimming Info'' volume 1213), journal of the Fédération Française de Natation
The French Swimming Federation (french: Fédération française de natation, FFN) is the French water sports association, founded in February 1919, grouping the sports swimming clubs, open water swimming, synchronized swimming, diving and French w ...
, February 2002 edition, p.3. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
Event winners
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
* In prelims of the Berlin meet, Huegill swam a 22.74 to lower the World and Cup records again.
100 Butterfly
200 Butterfly
100 Individual Medley
200 Individual Medley
400 Individual Medley
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2001-02 FINA Swimming World Cup
FINA Swimming World Cup
2001 in swimming
2002 in swimming