2022 FINA Marathon Swim World Series explained

Competition:2022 FINA Marathon Swim World Series
Date:28 May – 12 November 2022
Competitors:174
Nations:36
Previous:2021
Next:2023

The 2022 FINA Marathon Swim World Series began on 28 May 2022 in Setúbal, Portugal for the first leg and ended in Eilat, Israel on 12 November 2022 for the fifth and final leg. It was the 16th edition of the FINA-sanctioned series.[1] [2] [3] The 4×1500 metre mixed relay event was brought back after its debut at the final leg of the 2021 FINA Marathon Swim World Series and as part of the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival.[4]

Officials and athletes from Russia and Belarus were banned from the entirety of the World Series due to the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2022 World Series, was scheduled by FINA to include five legs.[1] [3]

Leg Dates Location
  1. athletes
  1. countries
Notes
1 28–29 May Albarquel, Setúbal, Portugal[5] [6] 67 16
2 9–10 July Parc de la Villette, Paris, France[7] 89 26
3 26–28 August Lake Mégantic, Lac-Mégantic, Canada[8] [9] 37 11
4 7–9 October Fajardo, Puerto Rico[10] – – Cancelled
5 11–12 November Gulf of Eilat, Eilat, Israel[11] 94 25

For leg 1, men and women raced the 10 kilometre course at the same time on 28 May, with a staggered start of men starting approximately ten minutes before the women.[12]

Points and standings

At each stop of the World Series, the top ten finishers in the 10 kilometre events earned points for the place finish, overall standings and winners were determined by the total number of points each athlete has earned across all stops.[1] [13] [14]

Men

RankNameCountry / FederationPointsOverall
SetúbalParisLac-MéganticFajardoEliat
1 600 700 550 – 550 2400
1 800 800 – – 800 2400
3 400 550 600 – 600 2150
4 700 – 800 – 500 2000
5 250 500 500 – 450 1700
6 – 600 700 – 200 1500
6 500 200 400 – 400 1500
8 0 350 450 – 250 1050
9 550 – 190 – – 740
10 150 140 300 – 110 700
10 0 – 0 – 700 700

Women

RankNameCountry / FederationPointsOverall
SetúbalParisLac-MéganticFajardoEliat
1 800 800 600 – 700 2900
2 700 700 800 – 500 2700
3 550 600 700 – 300 2150
4 500 – 190 – 600 1290
5 – 550 500 – 180 1230
6 – 400 – – 800 1200
7 300 450 350 – 92 1192
8 600 200 – – 250 1050
9 450 0 550 – – 1000
10 400 140 300 – 150 990

Points and prize money breakdown

Points and prize money for each leg and prize money for overall place were broken down as follows:[15]

width=140Place →width=501stwidth=502ndwidth=503rdwidth=504thwidth=505thwidth=506thwidth=507thwidth=508thwidth=509thwidth=5010th
Per leg (Setúbal, Paris, Lac-Mégantic, Fajardo, Eilat)
Points 800 700 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 250
Prize money (US$) 3,500 3,000 2,500 1,700 1,500 1,200 950 650 – –
Overall winners
Prize money (US$) 50,000 35,000 25,500 20,000 15,000 12,000 8,500 5,000 3,500 1,500

Medal summary

Men 10 km

Setúbal[16] width=2251:53:45.40 width=2251:53:47.20 width=2251:53:52.10
Paris[17] [18] width=2251:51:37.85 width=2251:51:38.98 width=2251:51:41.95
Lac-Mégantic[19] width=2251:50:50.83width=2251:50:51.68width=2251:50:52.00
FajardoCancelled
Eilat[20] width=2251:46:41.80width=2251:46:43.40width=2251:46:44.20

Women 10 km

Setúbal[21] width=2252:09:29.80 width=2252:09:32.30 width=2252:09:32.40
Pariswidth=2252:00:33.71 width=2252:00:35.77 width=2252:00:35.99
Lac-Mégantic[22] width=2252:01:09.70width=2252:01:10.04width=2252:01:11.00
FajardoCancelled
Eilat[23] width=2251:56:19.80width=2251:56:23.60width=2251:56:25.30

Mixed 4×1500 m relay

Setúbal[24] valign=top1:12:27.00 valign=top1:12:29.00 valign=top1:13:21.00
Paris[25] valign=top1:07:51.74 valign=top1:08:03.75 valign=top1:08:03.75
Lac-Méganticalign=center colspan=6Not held
FajardoCancelled
Eilat[26] valign=top1:06:35.40 valign=top1:06:36.60 valign=top1:06:37.00

Medal table

Participating nations

Athletes from the following countries participated at the World Series.[27] [28] [29] [30]

National Swimming Federation withdrawals

On 23 March 2022, FINA announced that for the remaining duration of the 2022 year, the Russian Swimming Federation had withdrawn its athletes from all FINA events, which included the Marathon Swim World Series.[31] On 21 April 2022, FINA banned all Belarusian and Russian athletes and officials from all FINA events through the end of 2022, including the World Series, attributing the intentional exclusion of these countries to the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine.[32]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Koos, Torin (3 March 2022). "FINA announces FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 calendar". FINA. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  2. https://swimswam.com/fina-announces-2022-marathon-swim-world-series-calendar/ "FINA Announces 2022 Marathon Swim World Series Calendar"
  3. Koos, Torin (29 April 2022). "2022 Open Water calendar updates | Fajardo (PUR) added to FINA Marathon Swim World Series". FINA. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. https://www.fina.org/news/2416426/italian-team-powered-by-gregorio-paltrinieri-wins-inaugural-open-water-mixed-team-relay-in-abu-dhabi "Italy wins inaugural Open Water Mixed Team Relay in Abu Dhabi"
  5. https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2022/05/03/80421394-aa7a-4b92-b246-7ba7d86d0da4/FINA_MSWS_Info-Bulletin_2022-Set-bal_30.03.2022.pdf "Fina Marathon Swim World Series: May 28-29 / Setubal (POR) Albarquel Urban Park"
  6. https://visitsetubal.com/en/setubal-desafia-elite-da-natacao-em-aguas-abertas/ "Setúbal challenges open water swimming elite"
  7. https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/sport/nuoto/2022/07/09/nuoto-world-series-fondo-paltrinieri-vince-a-parigi_66af9316-844c-4dd4-b3f6-739e6ea4df97.html "Nuoto: World Series Fondo; Paltrinieri vince a Parigi"
  8. https://musz.hu/betlehem-david-elso-egyeni-dobogoja-rasovszky-mar-vezet-osszetettben/ "Betlehem Dávid első egyéni dobogója – Rasovszky már vezet összetettben"
  9. Csurka, Gergely (28 August 2022). "Nyílt vízi úszás: Betlehem Dávid első egyéni vk-dobogója" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  10. https://www.fina.org/news/2773391/fajardo-leg-of-fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022-cancelled "Fajardo leg of FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 cancelled"
  11. http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-11/12/content_78515863.htm "Paltrinieri, Rasovszky share men's 10km overall title of Marathon Swim World Series"
  12. [FINA]
  13. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2916/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/rankings?scoringId=86d140fb-7a35-43b0-b7e2-996a3e5e219f "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022: Men Ranking 2022"
  14. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2916/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/rankings?scoringId=f99c1a09-1f50-4900-abd4-7ffadd229960 "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022: Women Ranking 2022"
  15. https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2022/03/03/e99241b7-423a-4a6c-976e-439b7f2164bf/FINA-MSWS-2022_R-R_Final_20220303.pdf "FINA Marathon Swim World Series: Rules & Regulations 2022 Edition"
  16. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2916/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/results?event=02599242-2cc0-4744-91ba-ff93b2c15269 "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 1: Results Men 10km"
  17. [FINA]
  18. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2917/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/results?event=5635fa99-67e6-429e-aa6f-02c72206c8e0 "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 2: Results Men 10km"
  19. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2918/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/results?event=73bc80ff-06c7-4c58-9542-c487fc7145f0 "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 3: Results Men 10km"
  20. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2919/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/results?event=dc61beeb-f4f6-46a9-bbdd-463259c59161 "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 5: Results Men 10km"
  21. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2916/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/results?event=bca7655e-7371-4bdd-a06e-9d63d04d4a74 "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 1: Results Women 10km"
  22. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2918/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/results?event=53022ce6-d2b9-4808-baa1-d2ac27e24673 "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 3: Results Women 10km"
  23. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2919/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/results?event=9c7e98dd-e0ba-42bb-9c97-3a723a8031a6 "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 5: Results Women 10km"
  24. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2916/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/results?event=64ce4350-08fa-46e9-a091-e72263b96b6f "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 1: Results Mixed 4x1500m"
  25. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2917/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/results?event=f1a30c11-d58a-4fb9-bf25-15ca69494893 "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 2: Results Mixed 4x1500m"
  26. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2919/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/results?event=034c3005-caa9-405b-9cf0-1daf056f5f3d "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 5: Results Mixed 4x1500m"
  27. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2916/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/athletes?gender=&countryId= "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 1: Athletes"
  28. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2917/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/athletes?gender=&countryId= "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 2: Athletes"
  29. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2918/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/athletes?gender=&countryId= "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 3: Athletes"
  30. https://www.fina.org/competitions/2919/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2022/athletes?gender=&countryId= "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 5: Athletes"
  31. https://www.fina.org/news/2547346/press-release-fina-bureau-meets-makes-further-decisions-on-russian-and-belarusian-athletes-and-event-hosting "PRESS RELEASE | FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting"
  32. https://www.fina.org/news/2584646/press-release-fina-bureau-meets-acknowledges-decision-to-suspend-russian-swimmer-evgeny-rylov "PRESS RELEASE | FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"

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