2023 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup

The 2023 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup was a series of three-day meets in three cities in October 2023. This edition was held in the long course (50-meter pool) format.

This edition of the World Cup was expected to introduce an "open" category for transgender swimmers in the 50- and 100-meter events. However, there were no entries and the category was shelved.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Meets

The 2023 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup consisted of the following three meets.^[4]

Meet	Dates	Location	Venue	Results
1	6–8 October	Berlin, Germany	SSE (in German)	^[5]
2	13–15 October	Athens, Greece	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre	^[6]
3	20–22 October	Budapest, Hungary	Danube Arena	^[7]

World Cup standings

Men

Rank	Swimmer	Points awarded			Total^[8]
Rank	Swimmer				Total^[8]
1	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	58.7	58.0	58.7	175.4
2	Thomas Ceccon (ITA)	57.7	55.1	55.1	167.9
3	Matthew Sates (RSA)	54.4	56.1	56.3	166.8
4	Michael Andrew (USA)	54.5	53.9	54.5	162.9
5	Danas Rapšys (LTU)	54.8	52.3	46.7	153.8
6	Kieran Smith (USA)	43.7	47.8	48.4	139.9
7	Isaac Cooper (AUS)	48.2	47.9	43.0	139.1
8	Arno Kamminga (NED)	48.0	42.6	46.2	136.8
9	Nic Fink (USA)	40.3	44.5	42.5	127.3
10	Dylan Carter (TTO)	39.3	43.8	42.2	125.3

Women

Rank	Swimmer	Points awarded			Total^[9]
Rank	Swimmer				Total^[9]
1	Kaylee McKeown (AUS)	58.6	59.1	59.7	177.4
2	Siobhán Haughey (HKG)	54.1	55.8	56.5	166.4
3	Zhang Yufei (CHN)	55.2	55.3	55.7	166.2
4	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	53.8	55.9	55.8	165.5
5	Erika Fairweather (NZL)	53.6	48.4	51.3	153.3
6	Lani Pallister (AUS)	51.6	50.0	49.4	151.0
7	Kylie Masse (CAN)	45.0	45.9	48.8	139.7
8	Ingrid Wilm (CAN)	41.3	42.2	44.2	127.7
9	Jenna Strauch (AUS)	41.6	43.5	41.2	126.3
10	Tes Schouten (NED)	33.0	46.5	45.4	124.9

Event winners

50 m freestyle

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Isaac Cooper (AUS)	21.93	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	23.95
Athens	Michael Andrew (USA)	21.96	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	24.10
Budapest	Benjamin Proud (GBR)	21.77	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	23.97

100 m freestyle

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Thomas Ceccon (ITA)	47.97	Siobhán Haughey (HKG)	52.02 WC
Athens	Thomas Ceccon (ITA)	48.36	Siobhán Haughey (HKG)	52.55
Budapest	Thomas Ceccon (ITA)	48.41	Siobhán Haughey (HKG)	52.24

200 m freestyle

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Danas Rapšys (LTU)	1:45.75	Siobhán Haughey (HKG)	1:55.10 WC
Athens	Danas Rapšys (LTU)	1:45.72	Siobhán Haughey (HKG)	1:55.03 WC
Budapest	Maximillian Giuliani (AUS)	1:45.42	Siobhán Haughey (HKG)	1:54.08 WC

400 m freestyle

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Danas Rapšys (LTU)	3:44.86	Erika Fairweather (NZL)	4:01.09 WC
Athens	Danas Rapšys (LTU)	3:48.64	Erika Fairweather (NZL)	4:01.90
Budapest	Samuel Short (AUS)	3:44.51	Erika Fairweather (NZL)	4:02.35

800 m freestyle

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin			Lani Pallister (AUS)	8:16.82 WC
Athens	Henrik Christiansen (NOR)	7:51.92 WC
Budapest			Lani Pallister (AUS)	8:15.11 WC

1500 m freestyle

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Charlie Clark (USA)	14:59.21
Athens			Lani Pallister (AUS)	15:55.73 WC
Budapest	Dávid Betlehem (HUN)	14:58.04

50 m backstroke

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Michael Andrew (USA)	24.47	Kaylee McKeown (AUS)	27.24 WC
Athens	Michael Andrew (USA)	24.79	Kaylee McKeown (AUS)	27.02 WC
Budapest	Michael Andrew (USA)	24.64	Kaylee McKeown (AUS)	26.86 WR

100 m backstroke

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Thomas Ceccon (ITA)	52.27	Kaylee McKeown (AUS)	57.95 WC
Athens	Thomas Ceccon (ITA)	52.73	Kaylee McKeown (AUS)	57.63 WC
Budapest	Thomas Ceccon (ITA)	52.58	Kaylee McKeown (AUS)	57.33 WR

200 m backstroke

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Thomas Ceccon (ITA)	1:56.64	Kaylee McKeown (AUS)	2:06.47 WC
Athens	Pieter Coetze (RSA)	1:56.32	Kaylee McKeown (AUS)	2:06.02 WC
Budapest	Roman Mityukov (SUI)	1:56.96	Kaylee McKeown (AUS)	2:04.81 WC

50 m breaststroke

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	26.29 WC	Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)	29.56 WC
Athens	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	26.52	Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)	30.23
Budapest	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	26.30	Benedetta Pilato (ITA)	30.04

100 m breaststroke

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	57.69 WC	Eneli Jefimova (EST)	1:06.50
Athens	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	58.44	Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)	1:06.70
Budapest	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	57.82	Benedetta Pilato (ITA)	1:05.83

200 m breaststroke

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	2:07.45 WC	Tes Schouten (NED)	2:22.13 WC
Athens	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	2:08.05	Tes Schouten (NED)	2:23.23
Budapest	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	2:07.32 WC	Tes Schouten (NED)	2:21.52 WC

50 m butterfly

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Ben Armbruster (AUS)	23.08	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	25.06 WC
Athens	Abdelrahman Sameh (EGY)	23.04	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	24.97 WC
Budapest	Michael Andrew (USA)	23.11	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	25.21

100 m butterfly

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Michael Andrew (USA)	51.66	Zhang Yufei (CHN)	56.74
Athens	Matthew Sates (RSA)	51.82	Zhang Yufei (CHN)	56.06 WC
Budapest	Noè Ponti (SUI)	51.38	Zhang Yufei (CHN)	56.13

200 m butterfly

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Matthew Sates (RSA)	1:55.87	Zhang Yufei (CHN)	2:07.11
Athens	Matthew Sates (RSA)	1:55.44	Zhang Yufei (CHN)	2:06.73
Budapest	Matthew Sates (RSA)	1:55.25	Zhang Yufei (CHN)	2:05.65 WC

200 m individual medley

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Matthew Sates (RSA)	1:58.01	Kaylee McKeown (AUS)	2:10.76
Athens	Matthew Sates (RSA)	1:58.86	Sydney Pickrem (CAN)	2:09.67
Budapest	Matthew Sates (RSA)	1:57.72	Marrit Steenbergen (NED)	2:11.33

400 m individual medley

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin	Brendon Smith (AUS)	4:13.59	Katie Grimes (USA)	4:37.20
Athens	Kaito Tabuchi (JPN)	4:13.30	Katie Grimes (USA)	4:38.74
Budapest	Matthew Sates (RSA)	4:15.68	Boglárka Kapás (HUN)	4:43.14

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin			Australia Leah Neale Alexandria Perkins Bronte Campbell Cate Campbell	3:38.44
Budapest	Australia Maximillian Giuliani Cody Simpson Dylan Andrea Zac Incerti	3:14.54

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Meet	Men		Women
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Berlin			Hungary Ajna Késely Nikolett Pádár Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy Panna Ugrai	8:04.00
Budapest	Australia Brendon Smith Samuel Short Maximillian Giuliani Zac Incerti	7:13.97

4 × 100 m medley relay

Meet	Men		Women		Mixed
Meet	Winner	Time	Winner	Time	Winner	Time
Athens	Japan Ryosuke Irie Taku Taniguchi Naoki Mizunuma Shinri Shioura	3:36.09	Australia Kaylee McKeown Jenna Strauch Alexandria Perkins Cate Campbell	4:00.67	Australia Joshua Edwards-Smith Jenna Strauch Shaun Champion Bronte Campbell	3:48.18

References

↑ "No entries received for new 'open category' in World Cup meet". Reuters. October 3, 2023.
↑ "No 'open category' entries at WC swimming event". ESPN.com. October 3, 2023.
↑ "Plans to allow for transgender swimmers at World Cup meet scrapped due to no entries". CBC.ca. October 3, 2023.
↑ "Swimming World Cup 2023 – Competition & Scoring" (PDF). World Aquatics. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
↑ "World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Berlin (GER): Results Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Athens (GRE): Results Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
↑ "World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Budapest (HUN): Results Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
↑ "Men Individual Ranking 2023 – Rankings". World Aquatics. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
↑ "Women Individual Ranking 2023 – Rankings". World Aquatics. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

[1] "No entries received for new 'open category' in World Cup meet". Reuters. October 3, 2023.

[2] "No 'open category' entries at WC swimming event". ESPN.com. October 3, 2023.

[3] "Plans to allow for transgender swimmers at World Cup meet scrapped due to no entries". CBC.ca. October 3, 2023.

[4] "Swimming World Cup 2023 – Competition & Scoring" (PDF). World Aquatics. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

[5] "World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Berlin (GER): Results Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[6] "World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Athens (GRE): Results Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[7] "World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Budapest (HUN): Results Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

[8] "Men Individual Ranking 2023 – Rankings". World Aquatics. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

[9] "Women Individual Ranking 2023 – Rankings". World Aquatics. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

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