# 1991 FINA Swimming World Cup

The 1991 FINA Swimming World Cup was the third of the series. It took place at seven short course venues in Europe and North America in March and April 1991. Seventeen swim styles were included for men and women.

## Meets

Dates and locations for the 1991 World Cup meets were:
| Dates | Location |
| March 12– 14, 1991 | Milan, Italy |
| March 16–17, 1991 | Bonn, Germany |
| March 19–20, 1991 | Malmo, Sweden |
| March 22–23, 1991 | Rostock, Germany |
| March 26–27, 1991 | Leningrad, Russia |
| March 29–30, 1991 | Sheffield, Great Britain |
| April 9–10, 1991 | Victoria, Canada |

## Event winners

| Event | Men Winner | Women Winner |
| Sprint | Aleksandr Popov | Simone Osygus |
| Distance | Uwe Dassler | Cristina Sossi |
| Backstroke | Mark Tewksbury | Dagmar Hase |
| Breaststroke | Dmitri Volkov | Peggy Hartung |
| Butterfly | Marcel Gery | Christiane Sievert |
| Individual Medley | Joszef Hladky | Eri Kimura |

### 50 freestyle

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Aleksandr Popov | 22.10 | Zhuang Yong | 25.57 |
| #2: Bonn | Silko Günzel | 22.04 | Zhuang Yong | 25.36 |
| #3: Malmö | Aleksandr Popov | 22.53 | Andrea Nugent | 25.92 |
| #4: Rostock | Nils Rudolph | 22.27 | Jingyi Le | 25.63 |
| #5: Leningrad | Vladimir Predkin | 22.79 | Simone Osygus | 26.03 |
| #6: Sheffield | Vladimir Predkin | 22.29 | Andrea Nugent | 25.61 |
| #7: Victoria | Todd Pace | 22.32 | Simone Osygus | 25.79 |

### 100 freestyle

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Aleksandr Popov | 49.25 | Regina Dittmann | 57.12 |
| #2: Bonn | Aleksandr Popov | 48.92 | Simone Osygus | 55.50 |
| #3: Malmö | Aleksandr Popov | 48.70 | Susi Bosserhof | 56.72 |
| #4: Rostock | Vladimir Predkin | 48.94 | Simone Osygus | 55.11 |
| #5: Leningrad | Aleksandr Popov | 49.96 | Simone Osygus | 55.94 |
| #6: Sheffield | Michael Fibbens | 48.89 | Andrea Nugent | 55.60 |
| #7: Victoria | Michael Fibbens | 49.00 | Simone Osygus | 55.31 |

### 200 freestyle

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Uwe Dassler | 1:48.17 | Julie Mayer | 2:01.86 |
| #2: Bonn | Christian Keller | 1:46.37 | Karin Brienesse | 1:58.99 |
| #3: Malmö | Christian Tröger | 1:46.99 | Heike Friedrich | 2:00.37 |
| #4: Rostock | Evgeni Sadovyi | 1:46.64 | Simone Osygus | 1:59.61 |
| #5: Leningrad | Uwe Dassler | 1:49.03 | Simone Osygus | 1:59.57 |
| #6: Sheffield | Uwe Dassler | 1:47.51 | Joanna Coull | 2:01.14 |
| #7: Victoria | Paul Howe | 1:46.71 | Simone Osygus | 1:58.22 |

### 400 freestyle

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Uwe Dassler | 3:48.81 | Cristina Sossi | 4:11.91 |
| #2: Bonn | Stefan Pfeiffer | 3:47.40 | Brooke Ayre | 4:10.07 |
| #3: Malmö | Anders Holmertz | 3:48.04 | Cristina Sossi | 4:11.13 |
| #4: Rostock | Evgeni Sadovyi | 3:43.34 | Jana Henke | 4:12.01 |
| #5: Leningrad | Uwe Dassler | 3:49.86 | Natalia Trefilova | 4:14.74 |
| #6: Sheffield | Uwe Dassler | 3:46.86 | Debbie Jones | 4:14.61 |
| #7: Victoria | Paul Howe | 3:47.42 | Cristina Sossi | 4:12.05 |

### 1500/800 freestyle

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Uwe Dassler | 7:53.90 | Cristina Sossi | 8:26.09 |
| #2: Bonn | Jorg Hoffmann | 7:51.75 | Cristina Sossi | 8:28.04 |
| #3: Malmö | Piotr Albinski | 15:01.46 | Cristina Sossi | 8:30.20 |
| #4: Rostock | Uwe Dassler | 7:47.88 | Jana Henke | 8:33.25 |
| #5: Leningrad | Anton Sipkin | 15:26.51 | Olga Kuznetsova | 8:50.86 |
| #6: Sheffield | Ian Wilson | 15:12.81 | Debbie Jones | 8:44.70 |
| #7: Victoria | Ian Wilson | 15:08.81 | Cristina Sossi | 8:30.83 |

### 50 Backstroke

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| #2: Bonn | Mark Tewksbury | 25.25 | Sandra Völker | 29.50 |
| #3: Malmö | Mark Tewksbury | 25.22 | Anja Eichhorst | 29.50 |
| #4: Rostock | Frank Hoffmeister | 25.24 | Anja Eichhorst | 29.02 |
| #5: Leningrad | Mark Tewksbury | 25.71 | Sharon Page | 29.66 |
| #6: Sheffield | Adrian O'Connor | 26.54 | Sharon Page | 29.35 |
| #7: Victoria | Mark Tewksbury | 25.32 | Anja Eichhorst | 29.02 |

### 100 Backstroke

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Mark Tewksbury | 53.89 | Dagmar Hase | 1:01.65 |
| #2: Bonn | Mark Tewksbury | 52.71 WR | Joanne Deakins | 1:02.90 |
| #3: Malmö | Mark Tewksbury | 52.90 | Anja Eichhorst | 1:02.42 |
| #4: Rostock | Mark Tewksbury | 53.76 | Dagmar Hase | 1:01.06 |
| #5: Leningrad | Mark Tewksbury | 54.39 | Sharon Page | 1:02.78 |
| #6: Sheffield | Mark Tewksbury | 52.58 WR | Dagmar Hase | 1:01.66 |
| #7: Victoria | Mark Tewksbury | 53.08 | Dagmar Hase | 1:01.24 |

### 200 Backstroke

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Luca Bianchin | 1:57.43 | Dagmar Hase | 2:10.40 |
| #2: Bonn | Jani Sievinen | 1:56.61 | Joanne Deakins | 2:10.55 |
| #3: Malmö | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| #4: Rostock | Tino Weber | 1:57.04 | Dagmar Hase | 2:07.89 |
| #5: Leningrad | Vladimir Selkov | 1:58.37 | Natalia Krupskaya | 2:13.59 |
| #6: Sheffield | Mark Tewksbury | 1:56.22 | Dagmar Hase | 2:08.55 |
| #7: Victoria | Mark Tewksbury | 1:56.03 | Dagmar Hase | 2:07.74 |

### 50 Breaststroke

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| #2: Bonn | Dmitri Volkov | 27.29 WR | Peggy Hartung | 31.42 |
| #3: Malmö | Dmitri Volkov | 27.79 | Louise Karlsson | 31.65 |
| #4: Rostock | Christian Poswiat | 28.21 | Peggy Hartung | 31.94 |
| #5: Leningrad | Dmitri Volkov | 27.38 | Peggy Hartung | 31.52 |
| #6: Sheffield | Christian Poswiat | 28.37 | Peggy Hartung | 31.75 |
| #7: Victoria | Dmitri Volkov | 27.80 | Peggy Hartung | 31.40 |

### 100 Breaststroke

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Dmitri Volkov | 59.73 | Elena Volkova | 1:08.84 |
| #2: Bonn | Dmitri Volkov | 59.57 | Elena Volkova | 1:08.45 |
| #3: Malmö | Dmitri Volkov | 1:00.19 | Louise Karlsson | 1:08.66 |
| #4: Rostock | Christian Poswiat | 1:01.63 | Peggy Hartung | 1:08.93 |
| #5: Leningrad | Alexei Matveev | 1:01.30 | Elena Rudovskaya | 1:08.62 |
| #6: Sheffield | Adrian Moorhouse | 1:00.37 | Peggy Hartung | 1:08.28 |
| #7: Victoria | Dmitri Volkov | 1:00.12 | Elena Volkova | 1:08.23 |

### 200 Breaststroke

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Dmitri Volkov | 2:11.60 | Elena Volkova | 2:27.58 |
| #2: Bonn | Joaquín Fernández | 2:11.43 | Manuela Dalla Valle | 2:27.50 |
| #3: Malmö | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| #4: Rostock | Robert Fox | 2:15.05 | Elena Rudovskaya | 2:27.93 |
| #5: Leningrad | Andrei Korneev | 2:12.54 | Elena Rudovskaya | 2:26.67 |
| #6: Sheffield | Robert Fox | 2:13.81 | Manuela Dalla Valle | 2:26.30 |
| #7: Victoria | Seith Van Neerden | 2:12.24 | Elena Rudovskaya | 2:27.10 |

### 50 Butterfly

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| #2: Bonn | Carlos Sánchez | 24.26 | Inge De Bruijn | 27.43 |
| #3: Malmö | Marcel Gery | 24.33 | Louise Karlsson | 27.65 |
| #4: Rostock | Nils Rudolph | 24.45 | Hong Qian | 27.90 |
| #5: Leningrad | Konstantin Petrov | 24.82 | Hong Qian | 27.47 |
| #6: Sheffield | Nils Rudolph | 24.05 WR | Andrea Nugent | 27.92 |
| #7: Victoria | Jim Harvey | 24.82 | Andrea Nugent | 28.09 |

### 100 Butterfly

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Marcel Gery | 53.88 | Ilari Tochini | 1:02.04 |
| #2: Bonn | Marcel Gery | 53.18 | Karin Brienesse | 1:00.83 |
| #3: Malmö | Tom Ponting | 53.22 | Christiane Sievert | 1:00.71 |
| #4: Rostock | Martin Herrmann | 53.99 | Christiane Sievert | 1:01.76 |
| #5: Leningrad | Martin Herrmann | 54.51 | Hong Qian | 1:00.22 |
| #6: Sheffield | Bruno Gutzeit | 53.99 | Susanne Muller | 1:01.44 |
| #7: Victoria | Jim Harvey | 53.75 | Therese Lundin | 1:01.62 |

### 200 Butterfly

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Marcel Gery | 1:58.67 | Julie Majer | 2:12.73 |
| #2: Bonn | Christian Keller | 1:57.67 | Julie Majer | 2:11.36 |
| #3: Malmö | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| #4: Rostock | Denis Pankratov | 1:57.67 | Katrin Jake | 2:13.07 |
| #5: Leningrad | Denis Pankratov | 1:58.33 | Elena Talaleva | 2:15.11 |
| #6: Sheffield | Tim Jones | 1:57.86 | Katrin Jake | 2:12.94 |
| #7: Victoria | Tim Jones | 1:58.00 | Maria Gaudin | 2:13.94 |

### 100 Individual Medley

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| #2: Bonn | Josef Hladky | 54.66 WR | Nancy Sweetnam | 1:02.86 |
| #3: Malmö | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| #4: Rostock | Darren Ward | 55.39 | Daria Shmeleva | 1:03.44 |
| #5: Leningrad | Josef Hladky | 55.35 | Marion Zoller | 1:03.94 |
| #6: Sheffield | Darren Ward | 55.73 | Marion Zoller | 1:02.75 WR |
| #7: Victoria | Josef Hladky | 54.63 | Nancy Sweetnam | 1:02.99 |

### 200 Individual Medley

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Josef Hladky | 1:59.92 | Nancy Sweetnam | 2:14.06 |
| #2: Bonn | Josef Hladky | 1:59.16 | Nancy Sweetnam | 2:12.91 |
| #3: Malmö | Darren Ward | 1:58.39 | Nancy Sweetnam | 2:12.50 |
| #4: Rostock | Josef Hladky | 2:00.63 | Daria Shmeleva | 2:14.64 |
| #5: Leningrad | Josef Hladky | 2:00.81 | Daria Shmeleva | 2:16.18 |
| #6: Sheffield | Darren Ward | 1:58.36 | Daria Shmeleva | 2:14.84 |
| #7: Victoria | Josef Hladky | 1:59.81 | Nancy Sweetnam | 2:13.97 |

### 400 Individual Medley

| Meet | Men Winner | Time | Women Winner | Time |
| #1: Milano | Luca Sacchi | 4:12.15 | Nancy Sweetnam | 4:39.32 |
| #2: Bonn | Darren Ward | 4:12.83 | Nancy Sweetnam | 4:40.85 |
| #3: Malmö | Darren Ward | 4:12.60 | Nancy Sweetnam | 4:40.73 |
| #4: Rostock | Darren Ward | 4:16.40 | Hana Cerna | 4:47.85 |
| #5: Leningrad | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| #6: Sheffield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| #7: Victoria | Darren Ward | 4:16.67 | Nancy Sweetnam | 4:43.34 |