The 2008
FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup was held in October and November 2008. The meet scheduling matched that of the 2007 series, with all meets held
short course metres (25 m) format.
The series winners were
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of
South Africa
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and
Marieke Guehrer
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After her breakout meet in late 2008, D'Cruz broke ...
of
Australia
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.
Venues
The 2008 World Cup was staged at seven venues on five continents, with each meet following a heats and finals format for all events, with the exception of the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley events which were heat-declared winners. The Brazil meet at Belo Horizonte was held as a three-day meet with evening heats and finals the following morning, with the remaining six meets being held over two days with morning heats and evening finals on each day. The order of events at each meet was the same.
Results
Overall World Cup
At each meet of the World Cup circuit in 2008, the FINA Points Table was used to rank all swim performances at the meet. The top 10 men and top 10 women were then awarded World Cup points. Bonus points were awarded for a
world record
A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizatio ...
broken (20 points) or equalled (10 points). The number of World Cup points awarded were doubled for the final meet of the World Cup in Berlin.
The final rankings are shown below.
Bonus points were awarded to eight swimmers for each of the twelve new
world record
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standards set during the meets.
Men
Women
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
100 m individual medley
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
Legend:
See also
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List of World Cup records in swimming
Below is a list of current World Cup records in swimming claimed at the annual series of swimming meets run by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). Until August 2015 the events are always held in a short course (25 m) pool. The comple ...
*
2008 in swimming
2008 in swimming documents the highlights of competitive international swimming during 2008. Major events World
*9–13 April: 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Manchester, United Kingdom
*3–8 May: 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimm ...
References
External links
FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008 Official SiteFINA's announcement
of the 2008 schedule.
{{FINA Swimming World Cup
World Aquatics Swimming World Cup
Fina Swimming World Cup, 2008