2002–03 FINA Swimming World Cup explained

The 2002–03 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of nine, international short course (25m) swimming meets organized by FINA. The meets were held in seven different cities, from November 2002 through January 2003.^[1] Each featured 34 events: 17 for males, 17 for females.

Meets

Dates and locations for the 2002-03 World Cup meets were:

Year	Dates	Results
2 0 0 2
	November 15–17	^[2] ^[3] ^[4]
	November 22+23	OmegaTiming
	December 1+2	OmegaTiming
	December 6–8	OmegaTiming

2 0 0 3
	January 17+18	^[5]
	January 21+22	OmegaTiming
	January 25+26	OmegaTiming

Event winners

50 freestyle

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Mark Foster, GBR	Time 21.13	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Therese Alshammar, SWE	Time 24.39
	21.53	1: Rio de Janeiro		25.51
	21.66	2: New York		24.49
Jason Lezak	21.40	3: Shanghai	Alison Sheppard	24.44
	21.72	4: Melbourne		24.58
	21.47	5: Paris	Alison Sheppard	24.23 WC
Mark Foster	21.39	6: Stockholm	Therese Alshammar	24.37
Mark Foster	21.28	7: Berlin	Alison Sheppard	24.06 WC

100 freestyle

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Alexander Popov, RUS	Time 46.74	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Jenny Thompson, USA	Time 53.05
	47.84	1: Rio de Janeiro		55.37
	47.32	2: New York		53.59
José Meolans	48.37	3: Shanghai		54.07
	47.20	4: Melbourne		54.42
Pieter van den Hoogenband	47.41	5: Paris		53.99
Jason Lezak	47.41	6: Stockholm		54.00
José Meolans	47.32	7: Berlin		53.94

200 freestyle

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Ian Thorpe, AUS	Time 1:41.10	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Lindsay Benko, USA	Time 1:55.16
	1:44.70	1: Rio de Janeiro		1:59.05
Pieter van den Hoogenband	1:43.54	2: New York		1:57.11
	1:45.61	3: Shanghai		1:58.07
	1:42.48	4: Melbourne		1:55.12 WC
	1:41.86	5: Paris		1:55.94
	1:46.56	6: Stockholm		1:56.18
Ian Thorpe	1:41.69	7: Berlin	Yang Yu	1:54.90 WC

400 freestyle

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Ian Thorpe, AUS	Time 3:35.75	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Lindsay Benko, USA	Time 4:00.30
	3:43.75	1: Rio de Janeiro		4:07.66
	3:43.44	2: New York		4:06.83
	3:46.22	3: Shanghai		4:06.19
	3:36.17	4: Melbourne		4:01.17
	3:43.73	5: Paris		4:06.87
	3:34.63 WC	6: Stockholm		4:03.13
	3:41.87	7: Berlin		3:59.53 WR

1500/800 freestyle

Men (1500 free)		Meet	Women (800 free)
Winner (Nationality) WC: Grant Hackett, AUS	Time 14:29.52	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: CHEN Hua, CHN	Time 8:15.50
	15:13.50	1: Rio de Janeiro		8:33.73
	14:50.00	2: New York		8:17.28
	15:00.24	3: Shanghai		8:29.84
	14:47.49	4: Melbourne		8:23.58
	15:00.46	5: Paris		8:29.78
	14:53.98	6: Stockholm		8:29.02
	14:38.72	7: Berlin		8:19.18

50 backstroke

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Stev Theloke, GER	Time 24.05	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: LI Hui, CHN	Time 26.83
	24.91	1: Rio de Janeiro		27.21
	52.79	2: New York		27.08
	24.38	3: Shanghai		28.01
	23.49 WC	4: Melbourne		28.04
	24.37	5: Paris		27.89
	24.37	6: Stockholm		27.76
	23.53	7: Berlin		27.45

100 backstroke

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Lenny Krayzelburg, USA	Time 51.28	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Natalie Coughlin, USA	Time 57.08
	53.96	1: Rio de Janeiro		59.93
	52.79	2: New York		56.71 WC
	52.16	3: Shanghai		1:00.19
	51.56	4: Melbourne		1:00.32
	51.93	5: Paris		59.39
	52.97	6: Stockholm		59.02
	50.76	7: Berlin		59.08

200 backstroke

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Gordan Kožulj, CRO	Time 1:51.62	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Natalie Coughlin, USA	Time 2:03.62
	1:56.52	1: Rio de Janeiro		2:08.98
	1:54.30	2: New York		2:05.76
	1:56.22	3: Shanghai		2:08.46
	1:54.31	4: Melbourne		2:08.00
	1:54.96	5: Paris		2:05.32
	1:53.60	6: Stockholm		2:04.67
	1:53.60	7: Berlin		2:04.67

50 breaststroke

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Oleg Lisogor, UKR	Time 26.20	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Zoë Baker, GBR	Time 30.31
	27.72	1: Rio de Janeiro		31.24
	27.19	2: New York		30.70
	27.39	3: Shanghai		31.03
	27.48	4: Melbourne		30.58
	26.52	5: Paris		30.66
	26.68	6: Stockholm		30.51
	26.68	7: Berlin		30.51

100 breaststroke

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Ed Moses, USA	Time 57.47	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: LUO Xuejuan, CHN	Time 1:05.78
	1:00.28	1: Rio de Janeiro		1:07.10
	59.30	2: New York		1:06.00
	59.75	3: Shanghai		1:06.14
	59.20	4: Melbourne		1:05.55 WC
	58.57	5: Paris		1:07.05
	57.97	6: Stockholm		1:06.20
	57.97	7: Berlin		1:06.20

200 breaststroke

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Ed Moses, USA	Time 2:03.17	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: QI Hui, CHN	Time 2:19.25
	2:10.41	1: Rio de Janeiro		2:23.16
	2:11.84	2: New York		2:21.42
	2:11.59	3: Shanghai		2:18.86 WR
	2:07.53	4: Melbourne		2:19.85
	2:07.48	5: Paris		2:21.58
	2:07.46	6: Stockholm		2:23.91
	2:07.46	7: Berlin		2:23.91

50 butterfly

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Geoff Huegill, AUS	Time 22.74	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Anna-Karin Kammerling, SWE	Time 25.36
	23.85	1: Rio de Janeiro		26.92
	23.38	2: New York		25.74
	23.93	3: Shanghai		26.07
	23.21	4: Melbourne		26.38
	23.52	5: Paris		26.12
	23.14	6: Stockholm		25.42
	23.09	7: Berlin		25.51

100 butterfly

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Thomas Rupprath, GER	Time 50.10	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Martina Moravcová, SVK	Time 56.55
	52.57	1: Rio de Janeiro		59.55
	51.17	2: New York		56.34
	52.20	3: Shanghai		57.39
	50.82	4: Melbourne		58.67
	51.56	5: Paris		57.37
	51.17	6: Stockholm		57.04
	51.38	7: Berlin		57.32

200 butterfly

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: James Hickman, GBR	Time 1:51.76	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Susie O'Neill, AUS	Time 2:04.16
	1:56.65	1: Rio de Janeiro		2:09.04
	1:53.18	2: New York		2:09.70
	1:53.72	3: Shanghai		2:08.35
	1:53.71	4: Melbourne		2:08.62
	1:53.03	5: Paris		2:07.30
	1:53.66	6: Stockholm		2:06.85
	1:53.33	7: Berlin		2:04.90

100 Individual Medley

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Jani Sievinen, FIN	Time 53.10	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Martina Moravcová, SVK	Time 1:00.34
	55.56	1: Rio de Janeiro		1:01.24
	54.68	2: New York		58.80 WC
	54.74	3: Shanghai		1:01.10
	55.45	4: Melbourne		1:01.85
	53.68	5: Paris		1:00.81
	53.45	6: Stockholm		1:00.55
	52.58 WR	7: Berlin		1:00.66

200 Individual Medley

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Jani Sievinen, FIN	Time 1:55.44	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Yana Klochkova, UKR	Time 2:09.10
	1:57.52	1: Rio de Janeiro		2:11.23
	1:57.12	2: New York		2:10.83
	1:58.89	3: Shanghai		2:08.77 WC
	1:56.41	4: Melbourne		2:10.78
	1:57.32	5: Paris		2:08.79
	1:56.00	6: Stockholm		2:09.11
	1:56.73	7: Berlin		2:08.44 WC

400 Individual Medley

Men		Meet	Women
Winner (Nationality) WC: Marcel Wouda, NED	Time 4:05.41	Meet	Winner (Nationality) WC: Yana Klochkova, UKR	Time 4:27.83
	4:12.72	1: Rio de Janeiro		4:36.94
	4:10.03	2: New York		4:37.18
	4:13.26	3: Shanghai		4:33.91
	4:12.53	4: Melbourne		4:35.69
	4:11.14	5: Paris		4:32.42
	4:09.00	6: Stockholm		4:36.33
	4:06.66	7: Berlin		4:34.80

References

Notes and References

Natation Infos, N° 1213 (trans: Swimming Info volume 1213), journal of the Fédération Française de Natation, February 2002 edition, p.5. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
http://www.swimnews.com/News/view/1842 FINA World Cup 1 - Day 1 Prelim Results
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4434.asp Wu wins two as FINA World Cup tour begins in Rio
Web site: FINA World Cup 1 - Day 2 Report . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233602/http://www.swimnews.com/News/view/1859 . 2016-03-03 . live . 2013-06-22 .
Web site: 2003 FINA World Cup 5 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212905/http://www.swimnews.com/News/view/2013 . 2016-03-03 . live . 2013-06-22 .