# 2008 FINA Swimming World Cup

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 (25m) format.
The series winners were Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa and Marieke Guehrer of Australia.

## 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.
| Date | Location |
| 10–12 October | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| 17–18 October | Durban, South Africa |
| 25–26 October | Sydney, Australia |
| 1–2 November | Singapore |
| 8–9 November | Moscow, Russia |
| 11–12 November | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 15–16 November | Berlin, Germany |

## 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 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.
| Rank on FINA Points | World Cup points awarded |
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 7 |
| 7 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 |
The final rankings are shown below. Bonus points were awarded to eight swimmers for each of the twelve new world record standards set during the meets.

#### Men

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Total |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | BRA | RSA | AUS | SIN | RUS | SWE | GER | Total |
| 1 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | – | 25 | – | 25 | 25 (40) | 25 (20) | 32 | 192 |
| 2 | Peter Marshall | United States | – | 10 | – | 3 | – | 20 (40) | 40 (20) | 133 |
| 3 | Randall Bal | United States | 7 | 16 | – | 20 | – | 16 | 50 (20) | 129 |
| 4 | Robert Hurley | Australia | – | – | 20 (20) | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 85 |
| 5 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 10 | – | – | 70 |
| 6 | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 65 |
| 7 | Matt Jaukovic | Australia | – | – | 25 (20) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 62 |
| 8 | Paul Biedermann | Germany | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 (20) | 46 |
| 9 | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 20 | – | 16 | – | 7 | – | – | 43 |
| 10 | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden | 5 | 2 | – | 2 | 13 | 13 | – | 35 |
| 11 | Evgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | 10 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 12 | Igor Borysik | Ukraine | – | – | – | – | 16 | 5 | – | 21 |
| 13 | Darian Townsend | South Africa | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | 14 | 20 |
| 14 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| 15 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2 | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | 15 |
| 16 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 |
| 17 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | 10 |
| 18= | Ashley Delaney | Australia | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 18= | William Diering | South Africa | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 20= | George Du Rand | South Africa | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 20= | Chris Wright | Australia | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 22 | Alain Bernard | France | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| 23 | Kyle Richardson | Australia | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 24 | Nick D'Arcy | Australia | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 25= | Felipe Lima | Brazil | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 25= | Felipe Silva | Brazil | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 25= | Lachlan Staples | Australia | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |

#### Women

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Points awarded (Bonus) | Total |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | BRA | RSA | AUS | SIN | RUS | SWE | GER | Total |
| 1 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 50 (20) | 199 |
| 2 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 16 | 13 | – | 16 | 20 | 20 (20) | 32 | 137 |
| 3 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | – | 16 | 20 | 78 |
| 4 | Tao Li | Singapore | – | – | – | 20 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 60 |
| 5 | Sarah Katsoulis | Australia | – | – | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 46 |
| 6 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | – | 10 | 13 | 7 | 7 | – | 4 | 41 |
| 7 | Coralie Balmy | France | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 40 |
| 8 | Valentina Artemyeva | Russia | 13 | – | – | – | 25 | – | – | 38 |
| 9 | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 20 | 7 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 33 |
| 10 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | – | 25 |
| 11= | Cate Campbell | Australia | – | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | 20 |
| 11= | Jessica Pengelly | South Africa | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 |
| 13 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| 14 | Petra Granlund | Sweden | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 15= | Tara Kirk | United States | 10 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 12 |
| 15= | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 7 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 |
| 17 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | 7 |
| 18 | Lotte Friis | Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 19= | Jade Edmistone | Australia | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 19= | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | – | – | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | 7 |
| 21 | Sophie Edington | Australia | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 22 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 23 | Melissa Corfe | South Africa | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 4 |
| 24= | Ellen Fullerton | Australia | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 24= | Kristel Köbrich | Chile | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 24= | Kelly Stubbins | Australia | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 27= | Brooke Bishop | United States | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 27= | Olga Detenyuk | Russia | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 27= | Mandy Loots | South Africa | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 30= | Bronte Barratt | Australia | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 30= | Carolina Henao | Colombia | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |

### Event winners
#### 50 m freestyle

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | César Cielo Filho | Brazil | 21.32 | Brooke Bishop | United States | 24.66 |
| Durban | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden | 21.42 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 24.46 |
| Sydney | Kyle Richardson | Australia | 21.45 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 23.97 |
| Singapore | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden | 21.39 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 24.33 |
| Moscow | Lyndon Ferns | South Africa | 21.59 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 24.60 |
| Stockholm | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 20.97 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 24.25 |
| Berlin | Alain Bernard | France | 21.25 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 24.16 |

#### 100 m freestyle

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | César Cielo Filho | Brazil | 47.18 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 53.27 |
| Durban | Darian Townsend | South Africa | 47.24 | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 53.07 |
| Sydney | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden | 47.45 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 53.15 |
| Singapore | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden | 46.78 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 53.94 |
| Moscow | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden | 46.57 | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 53.47 |
| Stockholm | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden | 46.03 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 52.44 |
| Berlin | Alain Bernard | France | 46.28 | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 52.87 |

#### 200 m freestyle

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 1:44.58 | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 1:57.05 |
| Durban | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 1:43.62 | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 1:55.91 |
| Sydney | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 1:43.05 | Ellen Fullerton | Australia | 1:56.35 |
| Singapore | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 1:44.47 | Kelly Stubbins | Australia | 1:56.38 |
| Moscow | Darian Townsend | South Africa | 1:43.44 | Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 1:56.00 |
| Stockholm | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 1:42.86 | Petra Granlund | Sweden | 1:54.77 |
| Berlin | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:40.83 WR | Coralie Balmy | France | 1:54.05 |

#### 400 m freestyle

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Armando Negreiros | Brazil | 3:45.78 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 4:14.95 |
| Durban | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 3:42.32 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 4:05.62 |
| Sydney | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 3:40.49 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 4:03.31 |
| Singapore | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 3:42.37 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 4:04.55 |
| Moscow | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 3:40.52 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 4:03.99 |
| Stockholm | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 3:38.42 | Lotte Friis | Denmark | 4:02.64 |
| Berlin | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 3:36.75 | Coralie Balmy | France | 3:56.24 WC |

#### 1500 m (men) / 800 m (women) freestyle

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 15:16.43 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 8:49.76 |
| Durban | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 14:54.73 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 8:42.50 |
| Sydney | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 14:43.05 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 8:32.62 |
| Singapore | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 15:06.05 | Melissa Corfe | South Africa | 8:35.75 |
| Moscow | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 14:34.31 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 8:18.52 |
| Stockholm | Mads Glæsner | Denmark | 14:38.87 | Lotte Friis | Denmark | 8:14.99 |
| Berlin | Mads Glæsner | Denmark | 14:38.97 | Lotte Friis | Denmark | 8:14.41 |

#### 50 m backstroke

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Randall Bal | United States | 23.87 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 27.60 |
| Durban | Randall Bal | United States | 23.64 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 27.39 |
| Sydney | Robert Hurley | Australia | 23.24 WR | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 27.21 |
| Singapore | Randall Bal | United States | 23.35 | Sophie Edington | Australia | 27.56 |
| Moscow | Robert Hurley | Australia | 23.54 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 27.34 |
| Stockholm | Peter Marshall | United States | 23.05 WR | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 27.16 |
| Berlin | Randall Bal | United States | 22.87 WR | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 27.19 |

#### 100 m backstroke

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 50.82 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 59.07 |
| Durban | Randall Bal | United States | 50.88 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 59.15 |
| Sydney | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 50.75 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 57.91 |
| Singapore | Robert Hurley | Australia | 50.28 WC | Sophie Edington | Australia | 59.02 |
| Moscow | Robert Hurley | Australia | 50.51 | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia | 58.81 |
| Stockholm | Peter Marshall | United States | 49.94 WR | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 58.67 |
| Berlin | Peter Marshall | United States | 49.63 WR | Daniela Samulski | Germany | 58.03 |

#### 200 m backstroke

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Randall Bal | United States | 1:54.11 | Carolina Colorado | Colombia | 2:09.12 |
| Durban | George Du Rand | South Africa | 1:51.82 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:04.98 |
| Sydney | Robert Hurley | Australia | 1:52.39 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:04.75 |
| Singapore | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 1:52.31 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:05.63 |
| Moscow | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:52.61 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:04.93 |
| Stockholm | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:51.71 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:04.88 |
| Berlin | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:51.34 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:04.31 |

#### 50 m breaststroke

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 26.89 | Valentina Artemyeva | Russia | 30.78 |
| Durban | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.45 | Suzaan van Biljon | South Africa | 32.42 |
| Sydney | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 26.93 | Jade Edmistone | Australia | 30.43 |
| Singapore | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.37 | Tara Kirk | United States | 30.78 |
| Moscow | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.08 WR | Valentina Artemyeva | Russia | 29.86 WC |
| Stockholm | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 25.94 WR | Sarah Katsoulis | Australia | 30.37 |
| Berlin | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.05 | Tara Kirk | United States | 30.43 |

#### 100 m breaststroke

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 58.19 | Tara Kirk | United States | 1:06.71 |
| Durban | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 57.99 | Suzaan van Biljon | South Africa | 1:08.77 |
| Sydney | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 58.47 | Sarah Katsoulis | Australia | 1:05.79 |
| Singapore | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 58.19 | Sarah Katsoulis | Australia | 1:05.70 |
| Moscow | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 56.88 WR | Valentina Artemyeva | Russia | 1:04.71 |
| Stockholm | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 57.06 | Sarah Katsoulis | Australia | 1:04.84 |
| Berlin | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 57.32 | Sarah Katsoulis | Australia | 1:05.07 |

#### 200 m breaststroke

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 2:07.58 | Tara Kirk | United States | 2:27.00 |
| Durban | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 2:06.07 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:24.49 |
| Sydney | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 2:06.43 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:23.86 |
| Singapore | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 2:05.48 | Joline Höstman | Sweden | 2:23.21 |
| Moscow | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 2:05.75 | Olga Detenyuk | Russia | 2:21.70 |
| Stockholm | Igor Borysik | Ukraine | 2:05.68 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:22.07 |
| Berlin | Igor Borysik | Ukraine | 2:05.77 | Sarah Katsoulis | Australia | 2:23.09 |

#### 50 m butterfly

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 23.06 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 25.63 |
| Durban | Neil Watson | South Africa | 23.81 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 25.56 |
| Sydney | Matt Jaukovic | Australia | 22.50 WR | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 25.46 |
| Singapore | Matt Jaukovic | Australia | 22.82 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 25.56 |
| Moscow | Matt Jaukovic | Australia | 23.12 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 25.53 |
| Stockholm | Matt Jaukovic | Australia | 22.85 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 25.31 WR |
| Berlin | Matt Jaukovic | Australia | 22.58 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 24.99 WR |

#### 100 m butterfly

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Evgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | 50.86 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 57.51 |
| Durban | Garth Tune | South Africa | 52.19 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 57.03 |
| Sydney | Matt Jaukovic | Australia | 50.50 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 56.88 |
| Singapore | Evgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | 50.84 | Tao Li | Singapore | 56.85 |
| Moscow | Matt Jaukovic | Australia | 50.68 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 56.97 |
| Stockholm | Evgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | 50.22 | Tao Li | Singapore | 56.87 |
| Berlin | Evgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | 49.74 WC | Tao Li | Singapore | 56.28 WC |

#### 200 m butterfly

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Kaio de Almeida | Brazil | 1:56.74 | Mandy Loots | South Africa | 2:09.78 |
| Durban | Sebastien Rousseau | South Africa | 1:55.73 | Mandy Loots | South Africa | 2:07.84 |
| Sydney | Chris Wright | Australia | 1:53.37 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:08.85 |
| Sydney | Nick D'Arcy | Australia | 1:53.37 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:08.85 |
| Singapore | Chris Wright | Australia | 1:54.38 | Amy Smith | Australia | 2:07.39 |
| Moscow | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 1:52.90 | Amy Smith | Australia | 2:06.64 |
| Stockholm | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 1:52.33 | Petra Granlund | Sweden | 2:06.44 |
| Berlin | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 1:51.78 | Petra Granlund | Sweden | 2:06.00 |

#### 100 m individual medley

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 53.75 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 1:01.52 |
| Durban | Darian Townsend | South Africa | 53.37 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 1:01.31 |
| Sydney | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 53.84 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 1:00.39 |
| Singapore | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 52.74 | Svetlana Karpeeva | Russia | 1:01.61 |
| Moscow | Darian Townsend | South Africa | 53.97 | Olga Klyuchnikova | Russia | 1:01.37 |
| Stockholm | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 52.78 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 59.07 |
| Berlin | Darian Townsend | South Africa | 51.80 | Tara Kirk | United States | 1:00.88 |

#### 200 m individual medley

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:56.33 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:12.50 |
| Durban | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 1:56.73 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:10.09 |
| Sydney | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 1:56.30 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:10.03 |
| Singapore | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:53.76 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:10.59 |
| Moscow | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 1:55.10 | Tomoya Fukuda | Japan | 2:11.25 |
| Stockholm | Darian Townsend | South Africa | 1:54.96 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:09.54 |
| Berlin | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 1:52.41 WC | Theresa Michalak | Germany | 2:10.92 |

#### 400 m individual medley

| Meet | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Meet | Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| Belo Horizonte | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 4:17.68 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 4:38.11 |
| Durban | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 4:08.84 | Jessica Pengelly | South Africa | 4:30.45 |
| Sydney | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 4:06.47 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 4:31.52 |
| Singapore | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 4:02.93 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 4:32.31 |
| Moscow | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 4:07.97 | Svetlana Karpeeva | Russia | 4:41.26 |
| Stockholm | Chris Christensen | Denmark | 4:11.47 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 4:27.21 WC |
| Berlin | Robert Margalis | United States | 4:13.30 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 4:29.41 |
Legend: WR – World record; (WR) – World record when swum (earning bonus World Cup points); WC – World Cup record; (WC) – World Cup record when swum