2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Recap: Top Female Earners

The 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup series was filled with world records, crowns, cash and excitement for the swimming community. Olympians Regan Smith, Leon Marchand, Kate Douglass and Noe Ponti set new short course world records throughout the series. Smith broke the 100 and 200 backstroke records, while Douglass set a new time in the 200 breaststroke. Marchand, from France, established a new world record in the 200 IM, and Ponti, from Switzerland, set a new mark in the 50 butterfly.

In addition to earning prize money for their placements at each stop and for overall rankings in the series, bonuses were awarded to those who broke world records and won the same event at all three locations, an accomplishment known as a triple crown. With the series wrapping up last weekend, let’s review the top female earners and those who secured triple crown bonuses.

Top 5 Female Earners At The Swimming World Cup

1.Kate Douglass

Kate Douglass topped the list of earners, with a total of US$184,000, which includes US$20,000 for breaking the 200 breaststroke world record twice during the series. Douglass claimed a triple crown in the 200 breaststroke, 50 butterfly and 100 IM.

In addition to her World Cup success, Douglass won gold in the 200 breaststroke at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and she holds multiple American records in both long course and short course events: in long course, she holds the 50 freestyle and 200 breaststroke records, while in short course, she holds the 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 50 butterfly and 200 IM records.

2.Regan Smith

Regan Smith, who finished second overall with a total of US$152,000, received US$30,000 for setting three world records during the competition—twice in the 100 backstroke and once in the 200 backstroke. She also achieved a triple crown in both the 100 and 200 backstroke.

Smith has won eight Olympic medals across the Paris and Tokyo Games and holds U.S. long course records in all backstroke events, as well as in the 200 butterfly. In short course, she holds the 100 and 200 backstroke records.

3.Siobhan Haughey

Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong finished the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup series with US$61,400 in earnings. Haughey achieved a triple crown in the 200 freestyle. She represented her country at the 2024 Paris Olympics as well, where she secured two bronze medals in the 100 and 200 freestyle events.

In 2021, she made history by becoming Hong Kong’s first swimmer to hold a world record when she broke the 200 freestyle time at the Short Course World Championships. Haughey holds numerous national swimming records for Hong Kong. Her long course records include the 50, 100, 200, 400 and 800 freestyle, as well as the 50 and 100 breaststroke, the 100 butterfly and the 200 IM. In short course, she holds national records in the 50, 100, 200 and 400 freestyle, along with all the breaststroke and IM events.

4.Tang Qianting

Tang Qianting from China took home US$48,100 from the World Cup, which includes a US$20,000 bonus for claiming a triple crown in both the 50 and 100 breaststroke. At the Paris Olympics, she won three medals: a bronze in the 4×100 medley relay, and silver medals in both the 4×100 mixed medley relay and the 100 breaststroke.

She holds national records for China in the long course 50 and 100 breaststroke and set new national short course records in both events at the World Cup.

5.Kasia Wasick

Kasia Wasick, representing Poland, was awarded US$35,100 in total. A five-time Olympian, Wasick achieved a triple crown in the 50 freestyle. She holds Poland’s national records in both the long course and short course 50 freestyle, as well as the short course 100 freestyle record.

Wasick has also secured four medals in the 50 freestyle at various World Swimming Championships: two silver medals in 2022, including one in Budapest (long course) and another in Melbourne (short course), and two bronze medals—one in Doha in 2024 (long course) and the other in Abu Dhabi in 2021 (short course).