# 2003–04 FINA Swimming World Cup

The 2003–04 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight, short course meets organized by FINA and held at eight different international locations. The meets were held from November 2003 through February 2004.
Ed Moses of the United States and Martina Moravcová of Slovakia were the overall male and female winners of the series.

## Meets

| Year | Dates | Location | Results |
| 2 0 0 3 | November 24+25 | Daejeon, South Korea | |
| 2 0 0 3 | November 28–30 | Melbourne, Australia | OmegaTiming |
| 2 0 0 3 | December 5–7 | Durban, South Africa | OmegaTiming |
| 2 0 0 4 |
| 2 0 0 4 | January 13+14 | Stockholm, Sweden | OmegaTiming |
| 2 0 0 4 | January 17+18 | Berlin, Germany | OmegaTiming |
| 2 0 0 4 | January 21+22 | Moscow, Russia | OmegaTiming |
| 2 0 0 4 | January 30+31 | New York, USA (actually in East Meadow) | OmegaTiming |
| 2 0 0 4 | February 6–8 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | OmegaTiming |

## Event winners

Times listed at top of each table represent the series record (WC) as of the start of the 2003/2004 World Cup.

### 50 Freestyle

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Mark Foster, GBR | Time 21.13 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Alison Sheppard, GBR | Time 24.06 |
| Robert Zaabadick (USA) | 22.29 | #1: Daejeon | Katrin Meissner (Germany) | 25.21 |
| Jason Lezak (USA) | 21.68 | #2: Melbourne | Lisbeth Lenton (Australia) | 24.19 |
| Roland Schoeman (South Africa) | 21.57 | #3: Durban | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) | 25.23 |
| Jason Lezak (USA) | 21.77 | #4: Stockholm | Therese Alshammar (Sweden) | 24.28 |
| Jason Lezak (USA) | 21.53 | #5: Berlin | Therese Alshammar (Sweden) | 24.43 |
| Jason Lezak (USA) | 21.60 | #6: Moscow | Courtney Shealy (USA) | 25.07 |
| Jason Lezak (USA) | 21.42 | #7: New York | Jenny Thompson (USA) | 24.60 |
| José Meolans (Argentina) | 21.59 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Flávia Delaroli (Brazil) | 24.83 |

### 100 Freestyle

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Alexander Popov, RUS | Time 46.74 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Jenny Thompson, USA | Time 53.05 |
| Stefan Herbst (Germany) | 48.84 | #1: Daejeon | Katrin Meissner (Germany) | 54.97 |
| Jason Lezak (USA) | 47.36 | #2: Melbourne | Lisbeth Lenton (Australia) | 52.64 WC |
| Roland Schoeman (South Africa) | 47.70 | #3: Durban | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) | 54.26 |
| Jason Lezak (USA) | 47.24 | #4: Stockholm | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) | 54.10 |
| José Meolans (Argentina) | 47.61 | #5: Berlin | Malia Metella (France) | 53.30 |
| Andrey Kapralov (Russia) | 47.94 | #6: Moscow | Johanna Sjöberg (Sweden) | 53.90 |
| Jason Lezak (USA) | 46.98 | #7: New York | Jenny Thompson (USA) | 53.63 |
| José Meolans (Argentina) | 47.69 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Johanna Sjöberg (Sweden) | 53.58 |

### 200 Freestyle

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Ian Thorpe, AUS | Time 1:41.10 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: YANG Yu, CHN | Time 1:54.90 |
| Stefan Herbst (Germany) | 1:45.15 | #1: Daejeon | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 1:58.78 |
| Nicholas Sprenger (Australia) | 1:46.06 | #2: Melbourne | Lindsay Benko (USA) | 1:55.27 |
| Ryk Neethling (South Africa) | 1:44.05 | #3: Durban | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) | 1:56.30 |
| Ryk Neethling (South Africa) | 1:43.85 | #4: Stockholm | Melanie Marshall (Great Britain) | 1:55.62 |
| Ryk Neethling (South Africa) | 1:44.12 | #5: Berlin | Camelia Potec (Romania) | 1:56.13 |
| Andrey Kapralov (Russia) | 1:46.21 | #6: Moscow | Josefin Lillhage (Sweden) | 1:56.60 |
| Ryk Neethling (South Africa) | 1:43.85 | #7: New York | Camelia Potec (Romania) | 1:56.78 |
| Dragoş Coman (Romania) | 1:46.41 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Camelia Potec (Romania) | 1:55.81 NR |

### 400 Freestyle

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Ian Thorpe, AUS | Time 3:34.63 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Lindsay Benko, USA | Time 3:59.53 |
| Justin Mortimer (USA) | 3:50.89 | #1: Daejeon | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 4:10.66 |
| Nicolas Rostoucher (France) | 3:42.06 | #2: Melbourne | Lindsay Benko (USA) | 4:02.29 |
| Chad Carvin (USA) | 3:42.91 | #3: Durban | Camelia Potec (Romania) | 4:08.19 |
| Yuri Prilukov (Russia) | 3:41.10 | #4: Stockholm | Camelia Potec (Romania) | 4:02.99 |
| Ryk Neethling (South Africa) | 3:39.91 | #5: Berlin | Camelia Potec (Romania) | 4:02.00 |
| Yuri Prilukov (Russia) | 3:45.19 | #6: Moscow | Alena Popchanka (Belarus) | 4:07.13 |
| Chad Carvin (USA) | 3:40.87 | #7: New York | Sachiko Yamada (Japan) | 4:01.36 |
| Dragoş Coman (Romania) | 3:44.54 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Camelia Potec (Romania) | 4:07.45 |

### 1500/800 Freestyle

| Men (1500 free) | Men (1500 free) | Meet | Women (800 free) | Women (800 free) |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Grant Hackett, AUS | Time 14:29.51 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: CHEN Hua, CHN | Time 8:15.15 |
| Justin Mortimer (USA) | 15:09.48 | #1: Daejeon | ZHENG Jing (China) | 8:40.79 |
| Kurtis MacGillivary (Canada) | 14:50.94 | #2: Melbourne | Elka Graham (Australia) | 8:17.97 |
| Dragoş Coman (Romania) | 14:51.38 | #3: Durban | CHEN Hua (China) | 8:29.41 |
| Yuri Prilukov (Russia) | 14:46.59 | #4: Stockholm | Rebecca Cooke (Great Britain) | 8:23.57 |
| Dragoş Coman (Romania) | 14:42.62 | #5: Berlin | Erika Villaecija (Spain) | 8:18.87 |
| Yuri Prilukov (Russia) | 14:47.42 | #6: Moscow | Maria Bulakhova (Russia) | 8:36.02 |
| Dragoş Coman (Romania) | 14:44.69 | #7: New York | Sachiko Yamada (Japan) | 8:13.66 WC |
| Dragoş Coman (Romania) | 15:06.33 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Camelia Potec (Romania) | 8:29.37 |

### 50 Backstroke

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Thomas Rupprath, GER | Time 23.49 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: LI Hui, CHN | Time 26.83 |
| Steffen Driesen (Germany) | 24.44 | #1: Daejeon | Mai Nakamura (Japan) | 27.87 |
| Matt Welsh (Australia) | 23.39 WC | #2: Melbourne | Nicole Seah (Australia) | 27.70 |
| Steffen Driesen (Germany) | 24.66 | #3: Durban | Haley Cope (USA) | 27.83 |
| Randall Bal (USA) | 23.92 | #4: Stockholm | GAO Chang (China) | 27.61 |
| Randall Bal (USA) | 23.89 | #5: Berlin | GAO Chang (China) | 27.19 |
| Randall Bal (USA) | 24.06 | #6: Moscow | Sophie Edington (Australia) | 27.97 |
| Neil Walker (USA) | 23.77 | #7: New York | Jennifer Carroll (Canada) | 27.69 |
| CAO Xiewei (China) | 24.79 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Nam Eun Lee (South Korea) | |

### 100 Backstroke

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Thomas Rupprath, GER | Time 50.58 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Natalie Coughlin, USA | Time 56.71 |
| Steffen Driesen (Germany) | 52.76 | #1: Daejeon | Mai Nakamura (Japan) | 59.48 |
| Matt Welsh (Australia) | 51.13 | #2: Melbourne | Mai Nakamura (Japan) | 59.15 |
| Steffen Driesen (Germany) | 52.28 | #3: Durban | Ilona Hlaváčková (Czech Republic) | 58.82 |
| Randall Bal (USA) | 51.61 | #4: Stockholm | GAO Chang (China) | 58.49 |
| Thomas Rupprath (Germany) | 51.47 | #5: Berlin | GAO Chang (China) | 58.45 |
| Randall Bal (USA) | 52.18 | #6: Moscow | Courtney Shealy (USA) | 59.90 |
| Randall Bal (USA) | 52.08 | #7: New York | Sarah Price (Great Britain) | 1:00.39 |
| Răzvan Florea (Romania) | 53.35 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Charlene Wittstock (South Africa) | 1:00.87 |

### 200 Backstroke

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Gordan Kožulj, CRO | Time 1:51.62 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Natalie Coughlin, USA | Time 2:03.62 |
| Gordan Kožulj (Croatia) | 1:55.02 | #1: Daejeon | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 2:10.88 |
| Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.40 WC | #2: Melbourne | Margaret Hoelzer (USA) | 2:05.47 |
| Steffen Driesen (Germany) | 1:54.86 | #3: Durban | Melissa Corfe (South Africa) | 2:10.50 |
| Evgeny Aleshin (Russia) | 1:53.21 | #4: Stockholm | Reiko Nakamura (Japan) | 2:06.65 |
| Tomomi Morita (Japan) | 1:54.24 | #5: Berlin | Reiko Nakamura (Japan) | 2:05.99 |
| Evgeny Aleshin (Russia) | 1:53.70 | #6: Moscow | Stanislava Komarova (Russia) | 2:06.59 |
| Răzvan Florea (Romania) | 1:53.80 | #7: New York | Elizabeth Warden (Canada) | 2:08.19 |
| Răzvan Florea (Romania) | 1:55.01 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 2:09.40 |

### 50 Breaststroke

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Oleg Lisogor, UKR | Time 26.20 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Zoë Baker, GBR | Time 30.21 |
| Roman Sludnov (Russia) | 28.08 | #1: Daejeon | Mirna Jukić (Austria) | 31.40 |
| Brenton Rickard (Australia) | 27.17 | #2: Melbourne | Brooke Hanson (Australia) | 30.24 WC |
| Oleg Lisogor (Ukraine) | 26.97 | #3: Durban | Staciana Stitts (USA) | 31.60 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 27.10 | #4: Stockholm | Kristy Kowal (USA) | 31.18 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 26.68 | #5: Berlin | Kristy Kowal (USA) | 30.94 |
| Ed Moses (USA) Roman Sludnov (Russia) | 27.44 | #6: Moscow | Kristy Kowal (USA) | 31.10 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 26.85 | #7: New York | Gabrielle Rose (USA) | 31.34 |
| Mark Gangloff (USA) | 27.63 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Amanda Beard (USA) | 30.99 |

### 100 Breaststroke

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Ed Moses, USA | Time 57.47 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Emma Igelström, SWE | Time 1:05.55 |
| You Seung-Hun (South Korea) | 1:00.82 | #1: Daejeon | Mirna Jukić (Austria) | 1:07.76 |
| Brenton Rickard (Australia) | 59.00 | #2: Melbourne | Leisel Jones (Australia) | 1:05.09 WR |
| Oleg Lisogor (Ukraine) | 59.69 | #3: Durban | Staciana Stitts (USA) | 1:07.63 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 58.08 | #4: Stockholm | Emma Igelström (Sweden) | 1:06.96 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 58.23 | #5: Berlin | Mirna Jukić (Austria) | 1:06.75 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 59.33 | #6: Moscow | Elena Bogomazova (Russia) | 1:07.79 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 57.96 | #7: New York | Masami Tanaka (Japan) | 1:07.16 |
| Eduardo Fischer (Brazil) | 1:00.11 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Amanda Beard (USA) | 1:06.53 |

### 200 Breaststroke

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Ed Moses, USA | Time 2:03.17 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: QI Hui, CHN | Time 2:18.86 |
| You Seung-Hun (South Korea) | 2:14.43 | #1: Daejeon | Mirna Jukić (Austria) | 2:23.19 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 2:07.84 | #2: Melbourne | Leisel Jones (Australia) | 2:17.75 WR |
| Terence Parkin (South Africa) | 2:10.12 | #3: Durban | LUO Nan (China) | 2:24.75 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 2:04.54 | #4: Stockholm | Mirna Jukić (Austria) | 2:23.36 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 2:02.92 WR | #5: Berlin | Mirna Jukić (Austria) | 2:22.79 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 2:08.27 | #6: Moscow | Ekaterina Kormacheva (Russia) | 2:27.43 |
| Ed Moses (USA) | 2:04.61 | #7: New York | Masami Tanaka (Japan) | 2:21.20 |
| Hugues Duboscq (France) | 2:12.19 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Amanda Beard (USA) | 2:23.74 |

### 50 Butterfly

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Geoff Huegill, AUS | Time 22.74 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Anna-Karin Kammerling, SWE | Time 25.36 |
| Ravil Nachaev (Uzbekistan) | 24.19 | #1: Daejeon | Danni Miatke (Australia) | 27.08 |
| Geoff Huegill (Australia) | 23.46 | #2: Melbourne | Petria Thomas (Australia) | 26.20 |
| Roland Schoeman (South Africa) | 23.25 | #3: Durban | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) | 26.53 |
| Mike Mintenko (Canada) | 23.75 | #4: Stockholm | Anna-Karin Kammerling (Sweden) | 25.98 |
| Andriy Serdinov (Ukraine) | 23.36 | #5: Berlin | Petria Thomas (Australia) | 26.06 |
| Nikolay Skvortsov (Russia) | 23.80 | #6: Moscow | Johanna Sjöberg (Sweden) | 26.55 |
| Roland Schoeman (South Africa) | 23.04 | #7: New York | Jenny Thompson (USA) | 26.04 |
| Kaio Almeida (Brazil) | 23.77 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Johanna Sjöberg (Sweden) | 26.39 |

### 100 Butterfly

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Thomas Rupprath, GER | Time 50.10 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Natalie Coughlin, USA | Time 56.34 |
| Igor Marchenko (Russia) | 52.99 | #1: Daejeon | Kate Corkran (Australia) | 1:00.17 |
| Michael Phelps (USA) | 51.11 | #2: Melbourne | Petria Thomas (Australia) | 57.27 |
| Ryk Neethling (South Africa) | 51.90 | #3: Durban | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) | 57.58 |
| Andriy Serdinov (Ukraine) | 51.66 | #4: Stockholm | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) | 56.90 |
| Thomas Rupprath (Germany) | 50.79 | #5: Berlin | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) | 56.93 |
| Nikolay Skvortsov (Russia) | 51.42 | #6: Moscow | Johanna Sjöberg (Sweden) | 58.54 |
| Ben Michaelson (USA) | 51.42 | #7: New York | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) Jenny Thompson (USA) | 57.87 |
| Johannes Dietrich (Germany) | 52.39 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Johanna Sjöberg (Sweden) | 58.33 |

### 200 Butterfly

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: James Hickman, GBR | Time 1:51.76 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Susie O'Neill, AUS | Time 2:04.16 |
| Kellan O'Connor (USA) | 1:57.97 | #1: Daejeon | Park Kyung-Hwa (South Korea) | 2:11.82 |
| Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:52.27 | #2: Melbourne | Petria Thomas (Australia) | 2:06.71 |
| WU Peng (China) | 1:56.09 | #3: Durban | XU Yanwei (China) | 2:07.79 |
| Takeshi Matsuda (Japan) | 1:53.67 | #4: Stockholm | Petria Thomas (Australia) | 2:08.16 |
| Ioan Gherghel (Romania) | 1:53.94 | #5: Berlin | YANG Yu (China) | 2:04.04 WR |
| Nikolay Skvortsov (Russia) | 1:54.21 | #6: Moscow | Ekaterina Vinogradova (Russia) | 2:11.40 |
| Michael Raab (USA) | 1:56.28 | #7: New York | Georgina Lee (USA) | 2:08.03 |
| Ioan Gherghel (Romania) | 1:55.64 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 2:09.50 |

### 100 Individual Medley

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Thomas Rupprath, GER | Time 52.58 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Natalie Coughlin, USA | Time 58.80 |
| Stefan Herbst (Germany) | 54.89 | #1: Daejeon | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 1:03.25 |
| Michael Phelps (USA) | 53.30 | #2: Melbourne | Brooke Hanson (Australia) | 1:00.47 |
| Oleg Lisogor (Ukraine) | 55.09 | #3: Durban | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) | 1:01.63 |
| Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) | 53.71 | #4: Stockholm | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) | 1:00.32 |
| Marco di Carli (Germany) | 54.33 | #5: Berlin | Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) | 1:00.68 |
| Dzianis Silkou (Belarus) | 55.73 | #6: Moscow | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 1:02.36 |
| Neil Walker (USA) | 53.67 | #7: New York | Gabrielle Rose (USA) | 1:00.54 |
| George Bovell (Trinidad & Tobago) | 54.35 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Amanda Beard (USA) | 1:01.85 |

### 200 Individual Medley

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Jani Sievinen, FIN | Time 1:55.44 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Yana Klochkova, UKR | Time 2:08.44 |
| Peter Mankoč (Slovenia) | 1:58.90 | #1: Daejeon | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 2:14.49 |
| Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:54.85 WC | #2: Melbourne | Amanda Beard (USA) | 2:09.48 |
| Lucas Salatta (Brazil) | 1:58.68 | #3: Durban | ZHANG Tianyi (China) | 2:12.03 |
| Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) | 1:56.68 | #4: Stockholm | ZHOU Yafei (China) | 2:11.05 |
| Brian Johns (Canada) | 1:56.09 | #5: Berlin | YANG Yu (China) | 2:10.01 |
| LIU Veijia (China) | 2:00.19 | #6: Moscow | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 2:11.08 |
| Peter Mankoč (Slovenia) | 1:59.21 | #7: New York | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 2:09.79 |
| George Bovell (Trinidad & Tobago) | 1:57.57 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 2:09.75 |

### 400 Individual Medley

| Men | Men | Meet | Women | Women |
| Winner (Nationality) WC: Marcel Wouda, NED | Time 4:05.41 | Meet | Winner (Nationality) WC: Yana Klochkova, UKR | Time 4:27.83 |
| Han Kyu-Chul (South Korea) | 4:14.02 | #1: Daejeon | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 4:43.40 |
| Michael Phelps (USA) | 4:06.28 | #2: Melbourne | Jennifer Reilly (Australia) | 4:37.27 |
| Thiago Pereira (Brazil) | 4:10.93 | #3: Durban | ZHANG Tianyi (China) | 4:38.19 |
| Brian Johns (Canada) | 4:09.92 | #4: Stockholm | ZHOU Yafei (China) | 4:35.46 |
| Alessio Boggiatto (Italy) | 4:06.37 | #5: Berlin | ZHOU Yafei (China) | 4:34.85 |
| Aleksey Kovrigin (Russia) | 4:13.44 | #6: Moscow | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 4:39.34 |
| Chad Carvin (USA) | 4:11.78 | #7: New York | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 4:33.58 |
| Christian Keller (Germany) | 4:15.40 | #8: Rio de Janeiro | Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) | 4:38.15 |