2008 FINA Swimming World Cup

The 2008 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup was held in October and November 2008.

The series winners were Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa and Marieke Guehrer of Australia.

The 2008 World Cup was staged at seven venues on five continents, with each meet following a heats and finals format for all events, with the exception of the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley events which were heat-declared winners.

The Brazil meet at Belo Horizonte was held as a three-day meet with evening heats and finals the following morning, with the remaining six meets being held over two days with morning heats and evening finals on each day.

[10] Bonus points were awarded to eight swimmers for each of the twelve new world record standards set during the meets.

César Cielo Filho , winner of the men's 50 m and 100 m freestyle at the first leg of the 2008 World Cup in Belo Horizonte.
Oussama Mellouli , winner of twenty-eight World Cup titles in 2008, including six titles the 400 m freestyle.
Emily Seebohm , winner of the women's 50 m and 100 m backstroke and 100 m individual medley at the Sydney leg of the 2008 World Cup.
Sophie Edington , winner of the women's 50 m and 100 m backstroke at the Singapore meet.
Christian Sprenger , winner of nine World Cup titles in 2008, including the men's 200 m breaststroke at each of the first five meets.
Hanna-Maria Seppälä , winner of the women's 100 m freestyle and 100 m individual medley at Stockholm.
Thiago Pereira , winner of the men's 100 m and 200 m individual medley at both Belo Horizonte and Singapore.