How much did Leon Marchand, Kate Douglass and other winners earn at the Swimming World Cup? Complete prize money breakdown

Leon Marchand and Kate Douglass bagged significant prize money at the Swimming World Cup 2024, making $174,000 and $184,000, respectively. The 2024 Swimming World Cup, a three-stop series featured lucrative prize money with each stop offering substantial rewards.

The Olympic year's Swimming World Cup edition was scheduled in Shanghai, China from October 18 to 20 before moving to Incheon, South Korea from October 24 to 26, and concluded at the third stop in Singapore from October 31 to November 2.

Each stop offered prize money of $12,000, $10,000, $8,000, $6,000, $5,500, $5,400, $5,300, $5,200, $5,100, and $5,000 for the first 10 finishers of each event, respectively. Swimmers were permitted to compete in multiple events at each stop, but only their top three scores were combined to determine their total score for that stop.

The top 8 swimmers emerging from the three series were awarded a staggering cash prize with the first three athletes on the table collecting $100,000, $70,000, and $30,000, respectively. An additional cash award was earned by swimmers registering a world record and dominating the same event at all three stops, known as the Triple Crown.

Leon Marchand bagged a staggering cash award after earning the prize money in all aspects at the three-stop Swimming World Cup 2024 series

Leon Marchand of Team France celebrates winning gold in the final of the Men's 200m Breaststroke Final at the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris, France on July 31, 2024. (Photo via Getty Images)

Leon Marchand collected the highest cash prize at the 2024 Swimming World Cup, earning a total of $174,000. He collected 53.8, 58.1, and 59.3 points in China, South Korea, and Singapore, respectively, earning $12,000, $10,000, and $12,000, apiece from each stop.

The French swimming star dominated the 100m, 200m, and 400m medley events at all three stops, collecting the Triple Crown's prize money of $30,000, $10,000 for each event. At the Singapore stop, Leon Marchand lowered the world record in the men's 200m IM event to 1:48.88, for which he earned $10,000 more.

He topped the three-stop series with a total of 175.7 points, bagging an additional $100,000.

Kate Douglass collected the highest prize money at the 2024 Swimming World Cup

Kate Douglass surpassed Leon Marchand to collect prize money of $1,84,000 at the 2024 Swimming World Cup, including all three stops.

After posting 59.1, 59.2, and 60.2 points in China, South Korea, and Singapore, respectively, she also earned $12,000, $10,000, and $12,000, respectively from each stop like Leon Marchand.

Further, after dominating the points table from the overall World Cup with 178.5 points, she took home $100,000. The 22-year-old registered a world record in 200m breaststroke at the Incheon and Singapore halt, collecting $20,000. The American swimmer recorded 2:14.16 and 2:12.72 in South Korea and Singapore, respectively.

Further, she also earned a triple crown in the 200m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, and 100m medley event, gathering an additional cash prize of $30,000. With her extraordinary feat, she collected the highest prize money.