VAN DER BURGH AND HARDY SCOOP FINA/ARENA WORLD CUP POOL
November 23: Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) and Jessica Hardy (USA) have been crowned the overall winners of the 2009 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup after the final meet in Singapore - taking home $US100,000 each.
The defending champion van der Burgh collected 163 points while Hardy finished the five-meet series with a total of 210 points.
Throughout this year's World Cup, Burgh established two World Records and Hardy improved the global breaststroke marks on four occasions.
Roland Schoeman (RSA) on 131 points and Peter Marshall (USA, 126) and Therese Alshammar (SWE, 200) and Hinkelien Schreuder (NED, 84) received US$ 50,000 and US$ 30,000 respectively for second and third in both men's and women's divisions.
In Singapore it was Marshall who set a new world record in the men's 50m backstroke (22.61), Alshammar in the women's 50m butterfly (24.38) and Kathryn Meaklim (RSA) in the women's 400m individual medley (4:22.88), taking the overall world record total to 37.
SINGAPORE WINNERS
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WOMEN (W) |
MEN (M) |
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50m free |
Therese Alshammar (SWE) 23.27** |
Nicholas Santos (BRA) 20.75 |
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100m free |
Francesca Halsall (GBR) 51.19** |
Matthew Abood (AUS) 45.46** |
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200m free |
Petra Grandlund (SWE) 1:54.76 |
Darian Townsend (RSA) 1:41.65 |
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400m free |
Blair Evans (AUS) 4:02.77 |
Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 3:39.18 |
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800m free (W) |
Blair Evans (AUS) 8:17.21 |
- |
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1500m free (M) |
- |
Robert Hurley (AUS) 14:32.47 |
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50m back |
Emily Seebohm (AUS) 26.55 |
Peter Marshall (USA) 22.61* |
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100m backs |
Marieke Guehrer (AUS) 56.97 |
Guilherme Guido (BRA) 49.63 |
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200m backs |
Elizabeth Simmonds (GBR) 2:01.48 |
Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) 1:46.41 |
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50m breast. |
Jessica Hardy (USA) 29.09 |
Roland Schoeman (RSA) 25.58 |
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100m breast |
Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) 1:03.73 |
Cameron vd Burgh (RSA) 56.25 |
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200m breast |
Kathryn Meaklim (RSA) 2:20.52 |
Christian Sprenger (AUS) 2:02.65 |
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50m butterfly |
Therese Alshammar (SWE) 24.38* |
Nicholas Santos (BRA) 22.16 |
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100m butterfly |
Felicity Galvez (AUS) 56.07 |
Mitchell Patterson (AUS) 49.51 |
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200m butterfly |
Jessicah Schipper (AUS) 2:03.27 |
Kazuya Kaneda (JPN) 1:51.54 |
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100m medley |
Hinkelien Schreuder (NED) 58.32 |
Darian Townsend (RSA) 52.11 |
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200m medley |
Whitney Myers (USA) 2:06.20 |
Darian Townsend (RSA) 1:52.49 |
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400m medley |
Kathryn Meaklim (RSA) 4:22.88* |
Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 4:05.79 |
* World Record
** World Cup Record
Overall ranking of the 2009 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup:
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MEN |
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Swimmer |
Country |
Points |
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1. Cameron van der Burgh |
RSA |
163 |
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2. Roland Schoeman |
RSA |
131 |
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3. Peter Marshall |
USA |
126 |
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WOMEN |
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Swimmer |
Country |
Points |
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1. Jessica Hardy |
USA |
210 |
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2. Therese Alshammar |
SWE |
200 |
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3. Hinkelien Schreuder |
NED |
84 |