German Thomas Rupprath broke two of them in the 50m backstroke and Swede Emma Igelstrom gained the other in the 100m freestyle. But Australian multiple world and Olympic champion Grant Hackett was the big winner of the day with the highest points-scoring win, collecting 1019 with a superb swim in the 400m freestyle.

Rupprath, who broke the 50m backstroke at the German championships last Saturday, raced home in 23.53 in the heats and 23.49 in the final. He out-touched the person who held the record until last week, home town hero Matt Welsh, who came home in 23.78 in front of the 1200-strong crowd, the same number of people who attended the morning heats.

World record holder Hackett, sporting a beard, finished just 1.59 seconds behind his July world record. He said that shaving off his beard could have made a difference to his time but that he was doing some hard work and a world record wasn't his aim. Hackett had no peer, taking a half body length lead over the USA's Chad Carvin and stretching that to two and a half lengths at 200m. At the wall, he was five seconds clear of Carvin and 10 ahead of third placed Craig Stevens (AUS).

In the morning heats of the 400m freestyle, Australian Stephen Penfold was clearly leading his heat when he stopped at the 350m mark, two laps short of the target. This caused second-placed Jens Kuhlmann to temporarily halt his stroke while he watched the timekeepers. Kuhlmann restarted and Penfold did the same when he realised his mistake but it was too late for either to record a decent time. The mistake echoes a television advertisement for a bank in Australia, which has a swimmer seemingly winning the race and cheering loudly while the rest of the participants carry on.

Great Britain's Stephen Parry easily claimed the 200m butterfly final more than six seconds outside Rupprath's world mark and nearly three seconds ahead of Australian Justin Norris, the Commonwealth champion and Olympic bronze medallist. His time of 1:57.57 was a shade slower than countryman James Hickman's time in New York.

Olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) didn't disappoint in the 100m freestyle with an Australian all-comers' record and a personal best 47.20, just 0.46 behind Alexander Popov's world record. With Olympic rival Ian Thorpe watching from the pool deck, van den Hoogenband was 0.11 under world record pace after 50m but eased up to beat Russia's Denis Pimankov (48.45) and Brazil's Gustavo Borges (48.56).

Russian Roman Sloudnov stole the 50m breaststroke from lane one, heading off South Africa's Brett Peterson, the fastest qualifier. Robert van der Zant (AUS) used his superior breaststroke and freestyle to win the 100m individual medley in a relatively slow 55.45 from Josh Taylor (AUS) and Italian Olympic 200m individual medley champion Massimiliano Rosolino.

World record holder Igelstrom was the toast of the women's competition, nudging her 100m breaststroke mark with a come-from-behind last 25m burst to register 1:05.91, half a second behind her April mark set in Moscow. Triple Commonwealth Games gold medallist Leisel Jones (AUS) touched first going into the last length but Igelstrom's push off the wall was far superior. Brooke Hanson (AUS) was third.

Sweden's Therese Alshammar failed to emulate countrywoman Anna-Karin Kammerling's world record in the 50m butterfly, posting 26.38s. The London-based swimmer said she was happy with the time, going 0.59s faster than the morning heats.

The 100m freestyle promised much and produced plenty with Australia's Elke Graham mowing down 17-year-old Lisbeth Lenton (AUS), the fastest qualifier, in the final length. The USA's Lindsay Benko was third. World record holder Alshammar was fourth nearly three seconds behind her best.

China's Tianyi Zhang won the 400m individual medley from Australia's Commonwealth champion Jennifer Reilly. Zhang went nearly five seconds faster than the heats while Reilly went a fraction slower but made up more than five metres in the freestyle leg.

Great Britain 14-year-old Stephanie Proud bettered her best by more than a second to haul in early leader South African Charlene Wittstock in the 200m backstroke. At 2:08.00, Proud was more than a second ahead of Wittstock and Australian Kelly Tucker.

Kerri-Anne Payne (GBR) cruised home with the 800m freestyle in 8:23.58, ahead of the USA's Rachel Komisarz and Australian Belinda Wilson.

Leading points scorers on Day 1:
Grant Hackett (AUS), 400m freestyle 1019
Thomas Rupprath (GER), 50m backstroke 1010
Emma Igelstrom (SWE), 100m breaststroke 1007
Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED), 100m freestyle 994
Matt Welsh (AUS), 50m backstroke 992
Stephen Parry (GBR), 200m butterfly 986






FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2002-2003  RESULTS

DAY 1 FINALS - FRIDAY DECEMBER 6, 2002

Event 101, 400m Freestyle Men, Final

1. HACKETT Grant 1980 AUS 3:36.17
2. CARVIN Chad 1974 USA 3:41.64 5.47
3. STEVENS Craig 1980 AUS 3:46.29 10.12
4. ROSOLINO Massimiliano 1978 ITA 3:46.32 10.15
5. LUCAS Adam 1983 AUS 3:50.72 14.55
6. SPRENGER Nicholas 1985 AUS 3:51.42 15.25
7. KUHLMANN Jens 1979 GER 3:51.45 15.28
8. LEVAILLANT Batiste 1980 FRA 3:52.26 16.09


Event 102, 50m Butterfly Women, Final

1. ALSHAMMAR Therese 1977 SWE 26.38
2. KOMISARZ Rachel 1976 USA 26.83 0.45
3. SCHREUDER Hinkelien 1984 NED 26.89 0.51
4. LENTON Lisbeth 1985 AUS 27.05 0.67
5. WEBB Jordana 1983 AUS 27.10 0.72
6. CHELLINGWORTH Nichola 1980 AUS 27.22 0.84
7. GALVEZ Felicity 1985 AUS 27.23 0.85
8. GUEHRER Marieke 1986 AUS 27.26 0.88


Event 103, 200m Butterfly Men, Final

1. PARRY Stephen 1977 GBR 1:53.71
2. NORRIS Justin 1980 AUS 1:56.57 2.86
3. FIELDING Shane 1981 AUS 1:57.57 3.86
4. KROGH Joshua 1982 AUS 1:58.32 4.61
5. HIGGINS Michael 1980 AUS 2:00.16 6.45
6. EDWARDS Matthew 1986 GBR 2:00.33 6.62
7. BROOKS Paul 1984 AUS 2:01.45 7.74
8. DODD Tim 1983 AUS 2:01.63 7.92


Event 104, 100m Breaststroke Women, Final

1. IGELSTROM Emma 1980 SWE 1:05.55 WC
2. JONES Leisel 1985 AUS 1:05.91 0.36
3. HANSON Brooke 1978 AUS 1:07.03 1.48
4. KASOULIS Sarah 1984 AUS 1:08.82 3.27
5. WHITE Tarnee 1981 AUS 1:08.91 3.36
6. EDMISTONE Jade 1982 AUS 1:09.41 3.86
7. BAKER Zoe 1976 GBR 1:10.15 4.60
8. WAITE Kelli 1985 AUS 1:10.37 4.82


Event 105, 50m Breaststroke Men, Final

1. SLUDNOV Roman 1980 RUS 27.48
2. PETERSON Brett 1976 RSA 27.67 0.19
3. DENNISTON David 1978 USA 27.71 0.23
4. RICKARD Brenton 1983 AUS 27.80 0.32
5. PIPER Jim 1981 AUS 28.03 0.55
6. WANG Haibo 1982 CHN 28.07 0.59
7. CROOK Nathan 1979 AUS 28.22 0.74
8. ROGERS Phil 1971 AUS 28.29 0.81


Event 106, 100m Freestyle Women, Final

1. GRAHAM Elka 1981 AUS 54.42
2. LENTON Lisbeth 1985 AUS 54.57 0.15
3. BENKO Lindsay 1976 USA 54.68 0.26
4. SHEALY Courtney 1977 USA 54.97 0.55
5. ALSHAMMAR Therese 1977 SWE 55.07 0.65
6. YINGWEN Zhu 1981 CHN 55.12 0.70
7. REESE Shayne 1982 AUS 55.34 0.92
8. FITCH Alison 1980 NZL 55.43 1.01


Event 107, 100m Freestyle Men, Final

1. VAN DEN HOOGENBAND Pieter 1978 NED 47.20
2. PIMANKOV Denis 1975 RUS 48.45 1.25
3. BORGES Gustavo 1972 BRA 48.56 1.36
4. HACKETT Grant 1980 AUS 48.67 1.47
5. PINE Adam 1976 AUS 48.93 1.73
6. ZWERING Klaas Erik 1981 NED 49.40 2.20
7. MATKOVICH Antony 1977 AUS 49.71 2.51
8. FLOUCH Casey 1981 AUS 49.85 2.65


Event 8, 400m Individual Medley Women, Timed Final

1. ZHANG Tianyi 1990 CHN 4:35.69
2. REILLY Jennifer 1983 AUS 4:36.37 0.68
3. ABBOTT Jessica 1985 AUS 4:42.36 6.67
4. LEANE Tammy 1982 AUS 4:44.95 9.26
5. CARROLL Lara 1986 AUS 4:47.22 11.53
6. RODIER Yvette 1981 AUS 4:48.39 12.70
7. NORFOLK Helen 1981 NZL 4:48.50 12.81
8. CROSSINGHAM Charnelle 1985 AUS 4:52.48 16.79
9. SPROAL Penny 1988 AUS 4:56.21 20.52
10. HENNESSY Megan 1987 AUS 4:56.26 20.57
11. WILLIAMS Sian 1986 AUS 4:56.33 20.64


Event 109, 100m Individual Medley Men, Final

1. VAN DER ZANT Robert 1975 AUS 55.45
2. TAYLOR Josh 1983 AUS 56.02 0.57
3. ROSOLINO Massimiliano 1978 ITA 56.21 0.76
4. COHEN Jason 1982 AUS 56.33 0.88
5. FIELDING Shane 1981 AUS 56.95 1.50
6. PEREIRA Thiago 1986 BRA 57.54 2.09
7. RILEY Mark 1982 AUS 57.65 2.20
8. TAYLOR Nathan 1982 AUS 57.67 2.22


Event 110, 200m Backstroke Women, Final

1. PROUD Stephanie 1988 GBR 2:08.00
2. WITTSTOCK Charlene 1978 RSA 2:09.14 1.14
3. TUCKER Kelly 1985 AUS 2:09.59 1.59
4. HANSON Pam 1979 USA 2:10.14 2.14
5. INGRAM Melissa 1985 NZL 2:11.28 3.28
6. ROONEY Giaan 1982 AUS 2:12.09 4.09
7. ZIMMER Tayliah 1985 AUS 2:12.57 4.57
8. MCLEAN Hannah 1981 NZL 2:12.67 4.67


Event 111, 50m Backstroke Men, Final

1. RUPPRATH Thomas 1977 GER 23.49 WC
2. WELSH Matt 1976 AUS 23.78 0.29
3. HELBIG Toni 1982 GER 24.76 1.27
4. TANCOCK Liam 1985 GBR 24.95 1.46
5. GILLIAM Michael 1979 USA 25.02 1.53
6. WATSON Josh 1977 AUS 25.11 1.62
7. ROLFF Ethan 1982 AUS 25.39 1.90
8. BLACKBORROW Daniel 1984 AUS 25.61 2.12


Event 12, 800m Freestyle Women, Timed Final

1. PAYNE Kerri-Anne 1987 GBR 8:23.58
2. KOMISARZ Rachel 1976 USA 8:25.23 1.65
3. WILSON Belinda 1984 AUS 8:33.14 9.56
4. REILLY Jennifer 1983 AUS 8:38.61 15.03
5. GORMAN Melissa 1985 AUS 8:40.40 16.82
6. SMITH Tammie 1984 AUS 8:41.26 17.68
7. AFFLECK Jessica 1984 AUS 8:41.92 18.34
8. HUNTER Nicole 1984 AUS 8:43.08 19.50
9. WALKER Meagan 1984 AUS 8:46.38 22.80
10. ZHANG Yan 1985 CHN 8:47.70 24.12
11. WARE Catherine 1981 AUS 8:50.79 27.21
12. MITCHELL Rachel 1989 AUS 8:52.69 29.11
13. PATON Sarah 1986 AUS 8:56.84 33.26
14. GEORGE Katherine 1987 AUS 8:57.31 33.73
15. BROWN Renee 1987 AUS 8:59.78 36.20