Masato Sakai actually out-earned Cameron van der Burgh in prize money at the Singapore World Cup meet, but van der Burgh still earned the biggest cluster bonus for leading the Cluster #2 points on the men’s side.
With haze affecting the air quality in Singapore, the first night of finals were abruptly canceled. FINA still handed out prize money, though, in a complex system we tackle in more detail below.
Van der Burgh and Katinka Hosszu were the big winners of the second cluster, each nabbing $50,000 bonuses.
We’ve got the full money lists and an explanation of the Singapore prize money system below.
Singapore Prize Money Format
With day 1’s finals getting canceled due to haze, FINA awarded prize money for the night’s events based on combined results from prelims and the previous Hong Kong and Beijing World Cup meets.
We’ve sifted through all three to find the top 3 finishers in each of day 1’s events in order to keep our money lists updated.
The catch is that a swimmer had to be competing in the event in Singapore in order to earn prize money under this system. So if the best time from the three combined meets came from the Hong Kong meet, but that athlete did not compete in prelims in Singapore (or wasn’t entered in the event in the case of a timed final) that athlete does not earn prize money and we move to the next swimmer on the list.
That odd format left a few events digging very deep into results to find a third-place prize-winner. In the men’s 400 free, only 20 athletes were entered, and almost none of them had results from the previous two meets. That left the winner of the early heat as the third overall finisher at 4:15.07 – about 14 seconds behind the top two.
In the men’s 400 IM, only 10 swimmers entered, and were all slated to swim in a timed finals heat at night. With none of them putting up times in Singapore, only two had previous World Cup results in the second cluster, leaving the third-place prize money unclaimed.
We did our best to pore over all of the results, but this is a complicated system made more complicated by the canceled finals session. We’ve published the top 3 finishers that we could find below, and our money lists reflect these results. If you see a mistake, or a swim we missed, let us know in the comments section.
Men’s 100 Back
- Ashley Delaney – 54.36 (Beijing)
- Yuki Shirai – 54.39 (Hong Kong)
- Omar Pinzon – 55.89 (Hong Kong
Women’s 50 Back
- Emily Seebohm – 27.68 (Beijing)
- Holly Barratt – 28.22 (Hong Kong)
- Bronte Campbell – 28.39 (Singapore prelims)
Women’s 200 Back
- Katinka Hosszu – 2:08.61 (Hong Kong)
- Emily Seebohm – 2:09.22 (Beijing)
- Missy Franklin – 2:10.36 (Beijing)
Men’s 50 Breast
- Cameron van der Burgh – 27.03 (Beijing)
- Tommy Sucipto – 27.79 (Beijing)
- Matthew Treloar/Kevin Cordes – 27.83 (Treloar in Hong Kong, Cordes in Singapore prelims)
Men’s 200 Breast
- Cameron van der Burgh – 2:11.68 (Beijing)
- Akihiro Yamaguchi – 2:12.85 (Beijing)
- Ippei Watanabe – 2:13.14 (Hong Kong)
Women’s 100 Breast
- Alia Atkinson – 1:07.39 (Beijing)
- Micah Lawrence – 1:08.81 (Beijing)
- Vitalina Simonova – 1:08.93 (Beijing)
Men’s 100 Free
- Katsumi Nakamura – 48.60 (Beijing)
- Kenneth To – 49.35 (Singapore prelims)
- Dan Smith – 49.82 (Hong Kong)
Men’s 400 Free
- Dan Smith – 3:51.45 (Beijing)
- Masato Sakai – 3:51.81 (Beijing)
- Low Zi Xuan Bryant – 4:15.07 (Singapore prelims)
Men’s 1500 Free
- Masato Sakai – 15:28.04 (Hong Kong)
- David Verraszto – 16:07.29 (Hong Kong)
- No third-place prize-winner
Women’s 50 Free
- Cate Campbell – 24.30 (Beijing)
- Bronte Campbell – 24.53 (Beijing)
- Jeanette Ottesen – 25.05 (Hong Kong)
Women’s 200 Free
- Katinka Hosszu – 1:55.81 (Hong Kong)
- Missy Franklin – 1:57.39 (Beijing)
- Zsuzsanna Jakabos – 1:59.51 (Hong Kong)
Women’s 800 Free
- Katinka Hosszu – 8:40.58 (Beijing)
- Zsuzsanna Jakabos – 8:40.81 (Beijing)
- No third-place prize-winner
Men’s 400 IM
- David Verraszto – 4:16.36 (Beijing)
- Semen Makovich – 4:24.47 (Beijing)
- No third-place prize-winner
Women’s 200 IM
- Katinka Hosszu – 2:10.44 (Beijing)
- Zsuzsanna Jakabos – 2:12.21 (Beijing)
- Rika Omoto – 2:12.77 (Hong Kong)
Men’s 50 Fly
- Kenneth To – 24.18 (Singapore prelims)
- Te Haumi Maxwell – 24.28 (Beijing)
- Kyle Chalmers – 24.36 (Singapore prelims)
Men’s 200 Fly
- Masato Sakai – 1:56.25 (Hong Kong)
- Nic Brown – 1:59.02 (Hong Kong)
- Aleksandr Kudashev – 1:59.03 (Hong Kong)
Women’s 200 Fly
- Jeanette Ottesen – 57.97 (Beijing)
- Katinka Hosszu – 59.31 (Hong Kong)
- Liu Siya – 1:00.08 (Beijing)
PRIZE MONEY SYSTEM
- 1st place: $1,500
- 2nd place: $1,000
- 3rd place: $500
Other:
- World record: $10,000
- Cluster bonuses:
- 1st: $50,000
- 2nd: $35,000
- 3rd: $30,000
- 4th: $20,000
- 5th: $10,000
- 6th: $5,000
Women’s Money List
| Athlete | TOTAL Money Earned | TOTAL: Singapore | Cluster Bonus |
| Katinka Hosszu | $148,500 | $12,000 | $50,000 |
| Zsuzsanna Jakobos | $57,500 | $6,000 | $30,000 |
| Emily Seebohm | $89,500 | $4,000 | $35,000 |
| Jeanette Ottesen | $11,500 | $3,500 | |
| Alia Atkinson | $23,250 | $3,250 | $10,000 |
| Cate Campbell | $29,000 | $3,000 | $20,000 |
| Micah Lawrence | $3,500 | $3,000 | |
| Bronte Campbell | $10,500 | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| Missy Franklin | $9,000 | $2,000 | |
| Vitalina Simonova | $28,500 | $1,500 | |
| Sally Hunter | $1,500 | $1,500 | |
| Zhou Min | $1,500 | $1,500 | |
| Holly Barratt | $3,000 | $1,000 | |
| Bronte Barratt | $2,000 | $1,000 | |
| Rika Omoto | $2,500 | $500 | |
| Jessica Pengelly | $500 | $500 | |
| Liu Siya | $500 | $500 | |
| Melanie Henique | $250 | $250 | |
| Katie Meili | $35,000 | $0 | |
| Breeja Larson | $8,500 | $0 | |
| Daria Ustinova | $3,500 | $0 | |
| Madeline Groves | $3,250 | $0 | |
| Cammile Adams | $2,500 | $0 | |
| Franziska Hentke | $2,500 | $0 | |
| Lauren Boyle | $2,500 | $0 | |
| Natalie Coughlin | $2,500 | $0 | |
| Shao Yiwen | $2,500 | $0 | |
| Beryl Gastaldello | $2,000 | $0 | |
| Diletta Carli | $2,000 | $0 | |
| Hou Yawen | $2,000 | $0 | |
| Lindsay Vrooman | $2,000 | $0 | |
| Lisa Zaiser | $2,000 | $0 | |
| Natalia Lovtcova | $2,000 | $0 | |
| Vien Nguyen | $2,000 | $0 | |
| Claire Donahue | $1,750 | $0 | |
| Anna Santamans | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Fu Yuanhui | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Guo Junjun | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Li Shuang | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Liu Xiaoyu | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Lu Ying | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Marie Wattel | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Melanie Margalis | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Mie Nielsen | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Shen Duo | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Shi Jinglin | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Wang Guoyue | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Zhang Xinyu | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Zhang Yuhan | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Brianna Throssell | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Charlotte Bonnet | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Chen Jie | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Dar’Ya Stepanyuk | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Li Bingjie | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Liu Zige | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Svetlana Chimrova | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Sze Hang Yu | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Tessa Wallace | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Zhang Jiaying | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Zhang Yufei | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Belinda Hocking | $500 | $0 | |
| Cheung Hui Yan Cheyenne | $500 | $0 | |
| Daryna Zevina | $500 | $0 | |
| Jordis Steinegger | $500 | $0 | |
| Lara Grangeon | $500 | $0 | |
| Madison Kennedy | $500 | $0 | |
| Mariia Astashkina | $500 | $0 | |
| Martina Caramignoli | $500 | $0 | |
| Qiu Yuhan | $500 | $0 | |
| Sasha Touretski | $500 | $0 | |
| Sun Minje | $500 | $0 | |
| Veronika Popova | $500 | $0 | |
| Zhu Menghui | $500 | $0 |
Men’s Money List
| Name | TOTAL MONEY EARNED | TOTAL: Singapore | Cluster Bonus |
| Masato Sakai | $49,250 | $6,250 | $35,000 |
| Cameron van der Burgh | $117,500 | $4,500 | $50,000 |
| Ashley Delaney | $43,500 | $4,000 | $30,000 |
| Dan Smith | $21,500 | $3,500 | $10,000 |
| Kenneth To | $5,500 | $3,500 | |
| Yuki Shirai | $29,500 | $3,000 | $20,000 |
| Katsumi Nakamura | $9,000 | $3,000 | |
| Semen Makovich | $2,500 | $2,500 | |
| David Verraszto | $18,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| Quah Zheng Wen | $4,250 | $1,750 | |
| Te Haumi Maxwell | $3,000 | $1,500 | |
| Kyle Chalmers | $1,500 | $1,500 | |
| Kevin Cordes | $1,250 | $1,250 | |
| Akihiro Yamaguchi | $3,500 | $1,000 | |
| Nic Brown | $3,500 | $1,000 | |
| Tommy Sucipto | $3,500 | $1,000 | |
| Omar Pinzon | $1,000 | $1,000 | |
| Viacheslav Prudnikov | $3,250 | $750 | |
| Yeo Kai Quan | $750 | $750 | |
| Aleksandr Kudashev | $2,000 | $500 | |
| Ippei Watanabe | $1,500 | $500 | |
| Li Xiang | $500 | $500 | |
| Low Zi Xuan Bryant | $500 | $500 | |
| Matthew Treloar | $1,250 | $250 | |
| Chad Le Clos | $43,500 | $0 | |
| Nicholas Fink | $34,000 | $0 | |
| Camille Lacourt | $26,000 | $0 | |
| Cody Miller | $13,000 | $0 | |
| Myles Brown | $9,500 | $0 | |
| Tomas Elliot | $4,500 | $0 | |
| David Brandl | $4,000 | $0 | |
| Josh Schneider | $4,000 | $0 | |
| Gregorio Paltrinieri | $3,000 | $0 | |
| Tim Phillips | $3,000 | $0 | |
| Geoff Cheah | $2,500 | $0 | |
| Jan Micka | $2,500 | $0 | |
| Josh Beaver | $2,500 | $0 | |
| Kazmir Boscovic | $2,500 | $0 | |
| Tom Shields | $2,500 | $0 | |
| Xu Jiayu | $2,500 | $0 | |
| Andrii Govorov | $2,000 | $0 | |
| Danila Izotov | $2,000 | $0 | |
| Hiromasa Fujimori | $2,000 | $0 | |
| Velimir Stjepanovic | $2,000 | $0 | |
| Brendan McHugh | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Chase Kalisz | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Evgeny Sedov | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Grigory Tarasevich | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Jacob Hansford | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Li Zhuhao | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Mao Feilian | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Marco Koch | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Mehdy Metella | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Nikita Lobintsev | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Phillip Heintz | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Viktor Bromer | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Yan Zibei | $1,500 | $0 | |
| Ban Bao | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Benjamin Doyle | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Clement Mignon | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Damien Joly | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Federico Turrini | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Ganesh Pedurand | $1,000 | $0 | |
| He Jianbin | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Jeremy Stravius | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Jordan Bouchaut | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Jordan Coelho | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Jordan Pothain | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Keita Sunama | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Pavel Sankovich | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Peter John Stevens | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Shun Wang | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Wang Yizhe | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Zhang Jie | $1,000 | $0 | |
| Alexander Osipenko | $500 | $0 | |
| Benjamin Stasiulis | $500 | $0 | |
| Cao Jiwen | $500 | $0 | |
| David Morgan | $500 | $0 | |
| Evgeny Drobotov | $500 | $0 | |
| Hu Yiyong | $500 | $0 | |
| Jayden Hadler | $500 | $0 | |
| Kazuki Kohinata | $500 | $0 | |
| Marco Loughran | $500 | $0 | |
| Mohammed Al Ghaferi | $500 | $0 | |
| Ning Zetao | $500 | $0 | |
| Renato Prono | $500 | $0 | |
| Shi Weijia | $500 | $0 | |
| Wang Shun | $500 | $0 | |
| Nosy Pelagie | $250 | $0 | |
| Tommaso D’Orsogna | $250 | $0 |
Please do not forget the virtual 800/1500:
1. Hosszu 8:40.58 Beijing 1,500$
2. Jakabos 8:40.81 Beijing 1,000$
no third
1. Sakai 15:28.04 Hkg 1,500$
2. Verraszto 16:07.29 Hkg 1,000 $
no third