The 2015
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 eight, two-day,
long course
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swimming
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meets in eight different cities between August and November 2015.
Airweave was the title sponsor for the series, with
Omega
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serving as official timer. This was the first World Cup edition held in a long-course pool, allowing swimmers to prepare for next year's
Olympics, which are also held in long course.
Meets
The 2015 World Cup consisted of the following eight meets:
* The finals session of the first day of the Singapore meet was cancelled due to
haze
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conditions. On the second day events proceeded normally.
World Cup standings
* Composition of points:
** 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:
Women
Overall top 10:
Event winners
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
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
Legend:
References
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FINA Swimming World Cup
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 ...