The second of three FINA Champions Swim Series events was this last weekend in Budapest. The first stop of the year was in Guangzhou. The Budapest meet was noticeably faster than the Guangzhou stop across the board.
The winning time in 19 of the 28 events was faster in Budapest. Also the time to get each place 1st to 4th (there are only 4 entries in each event) was faster in 67 places at the Budapest meet and 44 places at the Guangzhou meet.
Some of the improvement likely came from swimmer’s performing better close to home. For example Sarah Sjostrom was faster in 4 of her 5 events at the Budapest stop.
There were also improvements at the Budapest meet that came from a deeper field. For example at the Guangzhou meet, in the women’s 200 IM, 3rd place was Zhou Min of China in 2:16.93 and 4th was Zhang Sishi of China in 2:20.07. The top two swimmers (Katinka Hosszu of Hungary and Kim Seoyeong of South Korea) were the same at both meets, but the 3rd and 4th place finishers at Budapest were Siobhan O’Connor of Great Britain in a 2:11.36 and Zsuzsanna Jakabos of Hungary in 2:14.13. 3rd and 4th place were both over 5 seconds faster in Budapest.
The sum of every time in Budapest was 42 seconds less than the sum of the times at Guangzhou.
Comparison of Every Event
| Budapest | Guangzhou | ||||||||
| Gender | Event | Place | Budapest Swimer | Country | Time | Guangzhou Swimmer | Country | Time | Difference |
| Men | 100 Back | 1 | Rylov, Evgeny | Russian Federation | 52.81 | Xu, Jiayu | People’s Republic Of China | 52.98 | -0.17 |
| 2 | Grevers, Matt | United States | 53.09 | Irie, Ryosuke | Japan | 53.25 | -0.16 | ||
| 3 | Kolesnikov, Kliment | Russian Federation | 53.75 | Glinta, Robert | Romania | 53.7 | 0.05 | ||
| 4 | Xu, Jiayu | China | 54.65 | Kolesnikov, Kliment | Russian Federation | 53.99 | 0.66 | ||
| 100 Breast | 1 | Scozzoli, Fabio | Italy | 59.05 | Scozzoli, Fabio | Italy | 59.74 | -0.69 | |
| 2 | Chupkov, Anton | Russian Federation | 59.21 | Chupkov, Anton | Russian Federation | 59.83 | -0.62 | ||
| 3 | Murdoch, Ross | Great Britain | 59.63 | Kamminga, Arno | Netherlands | 1:00.23 | -0.6 | ||
| 4 | Cordes, Kevin | United States | 1:00.75 | Andrew, Michael | United States | 1:02.78 | -2.03 | ||
| 100 Fly | 1 | Le Clos, Chad | South Africa | 51.25 | Minakov, Andrei | Russian Federation | 51.44 | -0.19 | |
| 2 | Milak, Kristof | Hungary | 51.67 | Li, Zhuhao | People’s Republic Of China | 51.66 | 0.01 | ||
| 3 | Cseh, Laszlo | Hungary | 52.2 | Le Clos, Chad | South Africa | 51.66 | 0.54 | ||
| 4 | Codia, Piero | Italy | 52.22 | Andrew, Michael | United States | 52.49 | -0.27 | ||
| 100 Free | 1 | Timmers, Pieter | Belgium | 48.32 | Timmers, Pieter | Belgium | 48.6 | -0.28 | |
| 2 | Metella, Mehdy | France | 48.62 | Kolesnikov, Kliment | Russian Federation | 48.75 | -0.13 | ||
| 3 | Morozov, Vladimir | Russian Federation | 49.03 | Morozov, Vladimir | Russian Federation | 49.1 | -0.07 | ||
| 4 | Kolesnikov, Kliment | Russian Federation | 49.07 | Le Clos, Chad | South Africa | 49.25 | -0.18 | ||
| 200 Back | 1 | Rylov, Evgeny | Russian Federation | 1:55.92 | Xu, Jiayu | People’s Republic Of China | 1:55.24 | 0.68 | |
| 2 | Pebley, Jacob | United States | 1:56.67 | Irie, Ryosuke | Japan | 1:56.24 | 0.43 | ||
| 3 | Xu, Jiayu | China | 1:59.74 | Li, Guangyuan | People’s Republic Of China | 1:57.42 | 2.32 | ||
| 4 | Rapsys, Danas | Lithuania | 2:04.96 | Rapsys, Danas | Lithuania | 1:58.77 | 6.19 | ||
| 200 Breast | 1 | Chupkov, Anton | Russian Federation | 2:08.23 | Chupkov, Anton | Russian Federation | 2:07.48 | 0.75 | |
| 2 | Watanabe, Ippei | Japan | 2:08.61 | Qin, Haiyang | People’s Republic Of China | 2:08.31 | 0.3 | ||
| 3 | Balandin, Dmitriy | Kazakhstan | 2:10.73 | Watanabe, Ippei | Japan | 2:09.33 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | Prenot, Josh | United States | 2:11.60 | Balandin, Dmitriy | Kazakhstan | 2:09.37 | 2.23 | ||
| 200 Fly | 1 | Milak, Kristof | Hungary | 1:53.64 | Sakai, Masato | Japan | 1:56.44 | -2.8 | |
| 2 | Sakai, Masato | Japan | 1:55.40 | Le Clos, Chad | South Africa | 1:58.31 | -2.91 | ||
| 3 | Le Clos, Chad | South Africa | 1:55.95 | Li, Zhuhao | People’s Republic Of China | 1:58.51 | -2.56 | ||
| 4 | Cseh, Laszlo | Hungary | 1:56.83 | Wang, Zhou | People’s Republic Of China | 1:59.61 | -2.78 | ||
| 200 Free | 1 | Rapsys, Danas | Lithuania | 1:46.74 | Sun, Yang | People’s Republic Of China | 1:46.12 | 0.62 | |
| 2 | Krasnykh, Aleksandr | Russian Federation | 1:46.91 | Rapsys, Danas | Lithuania | 1:46.28 | 0.63 | ||
| 3 | Kozma, Dominik | Hungary | 1:47.12 | Wang, Shun | People’s Republic Of China | 1:48.08 | -0.96 | ||
| 4 | Le Clos, Chad | South Africa | 1:48.82 | Le Clos, Chad | South Africa | 1:50.24 | -1.42 | ||
| 200 Medley | 1 | Desplanches, Jeremy | Switzerland | 1:57.01 | Wang, Shun | People’s Republic Of China | 1:57.24 | -0.23 | |
| 2 | Kalisz, Chase | United States | 1:57.74 | Qin, Haiyang | People’s Republic Of China | 1:57.89 | -0.15 | ||
| 3 | Heintz, Philip | Germany | 1:58.39 | Wang, Yizhe | People’s Republic Of China | 2:02.61 | -4.22 | ||
| 4 | Wang, Shun | China | 1:58.54 | Andrew, Michael | United States | 2:04.26 | -5.72 | ||
| 400 Free | 1 | Rapsys, Danas | Lithuania | 3:43.36 | Sun, Yang | People’s Republic Of China | 3:42.75 | 0.61 | |
| 2 | Romanchuk, Mykhailo | Ukraine | 3:47.08 | Detti, Gabriele | Italy | 3:46.45 | 0.63 | ||
| 3 | Krasnykh, Aleksandr | Russian Federation | 3:47.85 | Mcloughlin, Jack Alan | Australia | 3:47.89 | -0.04 | ||
| 4 | Bernek, Peter | Hungary | 3:56.40 | Romanchuk, Mykhailo | Ukraine | 3:48.55 | 7.85 | ||
| 50 Back | 1 | Ress, Justin | United States | 24.68 | Kolesnikov, Kliment | Russian Federation | 24.58 | 0.1 | |
| 2 | Grevers, Matt | United States | 24.88 | Glinta, Robert | Romania | 24.59 | 0.29 | ||
| 3 | Glinta, Robert | Romania | 24.95 | Andrew, Michael | United States | 24.95 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Kolesnikov, Kliment | Russian Federation | 25.06 | Morozov, Vladimir | Russian Federation | 25.5 | -0.44 | ||
| 50 Breast | 1 | Gomes Junior, Joao | Brazil | 26.64 | Lima, Felipe | Brazil | 26.68 | -0.04 | |
| 2 | Lima, Felipe | Brazil | 26.86 | Gomes Junior, Joao | Brazil | 26.7 | 0.16 | ||
| 3 | Andrew, Michael | United States | 27.1 | Andrew, Michael | United States | 27.07 | 0.03 | ||
| 4 | Scozzoli, Fabio | Italy | 27.14 | Scozzoli, Fabio | Italy | 27.11 | 0.03 | ||
| 50 Fly | 1 | Santos, Nicholas | Brazil | 22.6 | Santos, Nicholas | Brazil | 23.01 | -0.41 | |
| 2 | Govorov, Andrii | Ukraine | 22.87 | Andrew, Michael | United States | 23.27 | -0.4 | ||
| 3 | Andrew, Michael | United States | 23.19 | Govorov, Andrii | Ukraine | 23.28 | -0.09 | ||
| 4 | Proud, Benjamin | Great Britain | 23.68 | Proud, Benjamin | Great Britain | 23.34 | 0.34 | ||
| 50 Free | 1 | Proud, Benjamin | Great Britain | 21.52 | Proud, Benjamin | Great Britain | 21.48 | 0.04 | |
| 2 | Fratus, Bruno | Brazil | 21.67 | Morozov, Vladimir | Russian Federation | 21.6 | 0.07 | ||
| 3 | Morozov, Vladimir | Russian Federation | 21.77 | Andrew, Michael | United States | 21.97 | -0.2 | ||
| 4 | Ervin, Anthony | United States | 22.82 | Ervin, Anthony | United States | 22.9 | -0.08 | ||
| Women | 100 Back | 1 | Hosszu, Katinka | Hungary | 59.58 | Fu, Yuanhui | People’s Republic Of China | 59.6 | -0.02 |
| 2 | Fesikova, Anastasiia | Russian Federation | 59.73 | Davies, Georgia | Great Britain | 1:00.51 | -0.78 | ||
| 3 | Seebohm, Emily | Australia | 1:00.44 | Seebohm, Emily | Australia | 1:01.99 | -1.55 | ||
| 4 | Davies, Georgia | Great Britain | 1:00.95 | Hosszu, Katinka | Hungary | 1:02.99 | -2.04 | ||
| 100 Breast | 1 | Efimova, Yuliya | Russian Federation | 1:05.99 | Ye, Shiwen | People’s Republic Of China | 1:07.48 | -1.49 | |
| 2 | Meili, Katie | United States | 1:07.28 | Hannis, Molly | United States | 1:08.33 | -1.05 | ||
| 3 | Hannis, Molly | United States | 1:07.66 | Yu, Jingyao | People’s Republic Of China | 1:08.51 | -0.85 | ||
| 4 | O’connor, Siobhan | Great Britain | 1:12.84 | Clark, Imogen Louise | Great Britain | 1:08.99 | 3.85 | ||
| 100 Fly | 1 | Sjoestroem, Sarah | Sweden | 56.78 | Sjostrom, Sarah | Sweden | 57.16 | -0.38 | |
| 2 | Osman, Farida | Egypt | 58.32 | Dahlia, Kelsi | United States | 58.25 | 0.07 | ||
| 3 | Oleksiak, Penny | Canada | 58.52 | Kromowidjojo, Ranomi | Netherlands | 58.77 | -0.25 | ||
| 4 | Vollmer, Dana | United States | 1:01.23 | Vollmer, Dana | United States | 1:00.78 | 0.45 | ||
| 100 Free | 1 | Sjoestroem, Sarah | Sweden | 53.03 | Sjostrom, Sarah | Sweden | 52.82 | 0.21 | |
| 2 | Blume, Pernille | Denmark | 53.4 | Campbell, Cate | Australia | 53 | 0.4 | ||
| 3 | Pellegrini, Federica | Italy | 53.91 | Blume, Pernille | Denmark | 53.68 | 0.23 | ||
| 4 | Oleksiak, Penny | Canada | 54.45 | Li, Bingjie | People’s Republic Of China | 55.26 | -0.81 | ||
| 200 Back | 1 | Panziera, Margherita | Italy | 2:06.41 | Hosszu, Katinka | Hungary | 2:09.05 | -2.64 | |
| 2 | Hosszu, Katinka | Hungary | 2:08.16 | Peng, Xuwei | People’s Republic Of China | 2:09.61 | -1.45 | ||
| 3 | Seebohm, Emily | Australia | 2:08.89 | Liu, Yaxin | People’s Republic Of China | 2:10.73 | -1.84 | ||
| 4 | Burian, Katalin | Hungary | 2:09.00 | Seebohm, Emily | Australia | 2:12.14 | -3.14 | ||
| 200 Breast | 1 | Efimova, Yuliya | Russian Federation | 2:22.52 | Ye, Shiwen | People’s Republic Of China | 2:22.53 | -0.01 | |
| 2 | Bekesi, Eszter Dora | Hungary | 2:27.54 | Yu, Jingyao | People’s Republic Of China | 2:25.85 | 1.69 | ||
| 3 | Meili, Katie | United States | 2:27.86 | He, Yun | People’s Republic Of China | 2:27.51 | 0.35 | ||
| 4 | Hannis, Molly | United States | 2:29.57 | Hannis, Molly | United States | 2:31.02 | -1.45 | ||
| 200 Fly | 1 | Hosszu, Katinka | Hungary | 2:06.62 | Zhang, Yufei | People’s Republic Of China | 2:07.36 | -0.74 | |
| 2 | Hentke, Franziska | Germany | 2:07.31 | Dahlia, Kelsi | United States | 2:09.77 | -2.46 | ||
| 3 | Kapas, Boglarka | Hungary | 2:07.67 | Hosszu, Katinka | Hungary | 2:11.95 | -4.28 | ||
| 4 | Thomas, Alys Margaret | Great Britain | 2:08.52 | Zhang, Yuhan | People’s Republic Of China | 2:12.28 | -3.76 | ||
| 200 Free | 1 | Sjoestroem, Sarah | Sweden | 1:56.58 | Sjostrom, Sarah | Sweden | 1:57.62 | -1.04 | |
| 2 | Pellegrini, Federica | Italy | 1:57.09 | Li, Bingjie | People’s Republic Of China | 1:59.40 | -2.31 | ||
| 3 | Andrusenko, Veronika | Russian Federation | 1:58.04 | Wang, Jianjiahe | People’s Republic Of China | 2:00.93 | -2.89 | ||
| 4 | Li, Bingjie | China | 1:59.26 | Hosszu, Katinka | Hungary | 2:02.56 | -3.3 | ||
| 200 Medley | 1 | Hosszu, Katinka | Hungary | 2:08.81 | Hosszu, Katinka | Hungary | 2:08.72 | 0.09 | |
| 2 | Kim, Seoyeong | Republic Of Korea | 2:09.97 | Kim, Seoyeong | Republic Of Korea | 2:10.35 | -0.38 | ||
| 3 | O’connor, Siobhan | Great Britain | 2:11.36 | Zhou, Min | People’s Republic Of China | 2:16.93 | -5.57 | ||
| 4 | Jakabos, Zsuzsanna | Hungary | 2:14.12 | Zhang, Sishi | People’s Republic Of China | 2:20.07 | -5.95 | ||
| 400 Free | 1 | Kesely, Ajna | Hungary | 4:05.92 | Hosszu, Katinka | Hungary | 4:05.16 | 0.76 | |
| 2 | Wang, Jianjiahe | China | 4:07.50 | Li, Bingjie | People’s Republic Of China | 4:05.21 | 2.29 | ||
| 3 | Hibbott, Holly | Great Britain | 4:08.18 | Zhang, Yuhan | People’s Republic Of China | 4:07.39 | 0.79 | ||
| 4 | Li, Bingjie | China | 4:12.39 | Wang, Jianjiahe | People’s Republic Of China | 4:07.57 | 4.82 | ||
| 50 Back | 1 | Fesikova, Anastasiia | Russian Federation | 27.58 | Fu, Yuanhui | People’s Republic Of China | 27.6 | -0.02 | |
| 2 | Davies, Georgia | Great Britain | 27.89 | Liu, Xiang | People’s Republic Of China | 27.85 | 0.04 | ||
| 3 | Medeiros, Etiene | Brazil | 28.25 | Davies, Georgia | Great Britain | 28.08 | 0.17 | ||
| 4 | Seebohm, Emily | Australia | 28.51 | Seebohm, Emily | Australia | 29.4 | -0.89 | ||
| 50 Breast | 1 | Efimova, Yuliya | Russian Federation | 30.26 | Clark, Imogen Louise | Great Britain | 30.71 | -0.45 | |
| 2 | Hannis, Molly | United States | 30.77 | Hannis, Molly | United States | 30.94 | -0.17 | ||
| 3 | Clark, Imogen Louise | Great Britain | 30.85 | Feng, Junyang | People’s Republic Of China | 31.7 | -0.85 | ||
| 4 | Meili, Katie | United States | 30.98 | Ye, Shiwen | People’s Republic Of China | 32.1 | -1.12 | ||
| 50 Fly | 1 | Sjoestroem, Sarah | Sweden | 25.32 | Sjostrom, Sarah | Sweden | 25.55 | -0.23 | |
| 2 | Osman, Farida | Egypt | 25.9 | Dahlia, Kelsi | United States | 25.95 | -0.05 | ||
| 3 | Oleksiak, Penny | Canada | 26.04 | Kromowidjojo, Ranomi | Netherlands | 26.38 | -0.34 | ||
| 4 | Blume, Pernille | Denmark | 26.91 | Campbell, Cate | Australia | 26.4 | 0.51 | ||
| 50 Free | 1 | Sjoestroem, Sarah | Sweden | 23.97 | Campbell, Cate | Australia | 24 | -0.03 | |
| 2 | Blume, Pernille | Denmark | 24.52 | Sjostrom, Sarah | Sweden | 24.11 | 0.41 | ||
| 3 | Medeiros, Etiene | Brazil | 24.85 | Blume, Pernille | Denmark | 24.28 | 0.57 | ||
| 4 | Osman, Farida | Egypt | 25.12 | Kromowidjojo, Ranomi | Netherlands | 24.47 | 0.65 |