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]
| 2022 FINA Marathon Swim World Series | |
|---|---|
| Date | 28 May – 12 November 2022 |
| Competitors | 174 from 36 nations |
Officials and athletes from Russia and Belarus were banned from the entirety of the World Series due to the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine.[5]
Calendar edit
The calendar for the 2022 World Series, was scheduled by FINA to include five legs.[1][3]
| Leg | Dates | Location | # athletes | # countries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28–29 May[a] |  Albarquel, Setúbal, Portugal[6][7] |
67 | 16 | |
| 2 | 9–10 July |  Parc de la Villette, Paris, France[8] |
89 | 26 | |
| 3 | 26–28 August |  Lake Mégantic, Lac-Mégantic, Canada[9][10] |
37 | 11 | |
| 4 | 7–9 October |  Fajardo, Puerto Rico[11] |
– | – | Cancelled[11] |
| 5 | 11–12 November |  Gulf of Eilat, Eilat, Israel[12] |
94 | 25 |
Points and standings edit
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][14][15]
Men edit
| Rank | Name | Country / Federation | Points | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setúbal | Paris | Lac-Mégantic | Fajardo | Eliat | ||||
| 1 | Kristóf Rasovszky |  Hungary |
600 | 700 | 550 | – | 550 | 2400 |
| 1 | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy |
800 | 800 | – | – | 800 | 2400 |
| 3 | Dávid Betlehem | Hungary |
400 | 550 | 600 | – | 600 | 2150 |
| 4 | Domenico Acerenza | Italy |
700 | – | 800 | – | 500 | 2000 |
| 5 | Andrea Manzi | Italy |
250 | 500 | 500 | – | 450 | 1700 |
| 6 | Nicholas Sloman |  Australia |
– | 600 | 700 | – | 200 | 1500 |
| 6 | Dario Verani | Italy |
500 | 200 | 400 | – | 400 | 1500 |
| 8 | Matteo Furlan | Italy |
0 | 350 | 450 | – | 250 | 1050 |
| 9 | Marcello Guidi | Italy |
550 | – | 190 | – | – | 740 |
| 10 | Logan Vanhuys |  Belgium |
150 | 140 | 300 | – | 110 | 700 |
| 10 | Marc-Antoine Olivier | France |
0 | – | 0 | – | 700 | 700 |
Women edit
| Rank | Name | Country / Federation | Points | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setúbal | Paris | Lac-Mégantic | Fajardo | Eliat | ||||
| 1 | Ana Marcela Cunha |  Brazil |
800 | 800 | 600 | – | 700 | 2900 |
| 2 | Sharon van Rouwendaal |  Netherlands |
700 | 700 | 800 | – | 500 | 2700 |
| 3 | Ginevra Taddeucci | Italy |
550 | 600 | 700 | – | 300 | 2150 |
| 4 | Leonie Beck |  Germany |
500 | – | 190 | – | 600 | 1290 |
| 5 | Viviane Jungblut | Brazil |
– | 550 | 500 | – | 180 | 1230 |
| 6 | Chelsea Gubecka | Australia |
– | 400 | – | – | 800 | 1200 |
| 7 | Barbara Pozzobon | Italy |
300 | 450 | 350 | – | 92 | 1192 |
| 8 | Jeannette Spiwoks | Germany |
600 | 200 | – | – | 250 | 1050 |
| 9 | Giulia Gabbrielleschi | Italy |
450 | 0 | 550 | – | – | 1000 |
| 10 | Lea Boy | Germany |
400 | 140 | 300 | – | 150 | 990 |
Points and prize money breakdown edit
Points and prize money for each leg and prize money for overall place were broken down as follows:[16]
| Place → | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
Men 10 km edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setúbal[17] | Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) |
1:53:45.40 | Domenico Acerenza (ITA) |
1:53:47.20 | Kristóf Rasovszky (HUN) |
1:53:52.10 |
| Paris[18][19] | Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) |
1:51:37.85 | Kristóf Rasovszky (HUN) |
1:51:38.98 | Nicholas Sloman (AUS) |
1:51:41.95 |
| Lac-Mégantic[20] | Domenico Acerenza (ITA) |
1:50:50.83 | Nicholas Sloman (AUS) |
1:50:51.68 | Dávid Betlehem (HUN) |
1:50:52.00 |
| Fajardo | Cancelled[11] | |||||
| Eilat[21] | Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) |
1:46:41.80 | Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA) |
1:46:43.40 | Dávid Betlehem (HUN) |
1:46:44.20 |
Women 10 km edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setúbal[22] | Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) |
2:09:29.80 | Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) |
2:09:32.30 | Jeannette Spiwoks (GER) |
2:09:32.40 |
| Paris[18] | Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) |
2:00:33.71 | Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) |
2:00:35.77 | Ginevra Taddeucci (ITA) |
2:00:35.99 |
| Lac-Mégantic[23] | Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) |
2:01:09.70 | Ginevra Taddeucci (ITA) |
2:01:10.04 | Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) |
2:01:11.00 |
| Fajardo | Cancelled[11] | |||||
| Eilat[24] | Chelsea Gubecka (AUS) |
1:56:19.80 | Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) |
1:56:23.60 | Leonie Beck (GER) |
1:56:25.30 |
Mixed 4×1500 m relay edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setúbal[25] | Italy Giulia Gabbrielleschi Ginevra Taddeucci Marcello Guidi Mario Sanzullo |
1:12:27.00 | Italy Martina De Memme Barbara Pozzobon Domenico Acerenza Gregorio Paltrinieri |
1:12:29.00 | Hungary Reka Rohacs Anna Olasz Dávid Betlehem Kristóf Rasovszky |
1:13:21.00 |
| Paris[26] | Italy Giulia Gabbrielleschi Martina De Memme Dario Verani Gregorio Paltrinieri |
1:07:51.74 | Australia Moesha Johnson Kareena Lee Nicholas Sloman Kyle Lee |
1:08:03.75 | Italy Ginevra Taddeucci Barbara Pozzobon Pasquale Sanzullo Andrea Manzi |
1:08:03.75 |
| Lac-Mégantic | Not held | |||||
| Fajardo | Cancelled[11] | |||||
| Eilat[27] | France Aurelie Muller Lisa Pou David Aubry Marc-Antoine Olivier |
1:06:35.40 | Australia Bianca Crisp Chelsea Gubecka Nicholas Sloman Kyle Lee |
1:06:36.60 | Italy Rachele Bruni Martina De Memme Dario Verani Gregorio Paltrinieri |
1:06:37.00 |
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Participating nations edit
Athletes from the following countries participated at the World Series.[28][29][30][31]
Argentina (4)
Australia (19)
Austria (1)
Belgium (2)
Bolivia (1)
Brazil (8)
Canada (8)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Croatia (1)
Czech Republic (4)
Ecuador (2)
France (17)
Germany (9)
Great Britain (2)
Greece (4)
Hong Kong (4)
Hungary (13)
Israel (6)
Italy (15)
Japan (7)
Lebanon (2)
Monaco (1)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (1)
Peru (1)
Poland (1)
Portugal (5)
San Marino (1)
Slovenia (1)
South Korea (1)
Spain (8)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (3)
Ukraine (1)
United States (12)
Venezuela (1)
National Swimming Federation withdrawals edit
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.[32] 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.[5]
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