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[email protected] MEDIA BOOK FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2005-2006 CONTENTS 3 - INTRODUCTION 3 - CALENDAR 4 - FINA REPRESENTATIVES 4 - COMPETITION PROGRAMME 5 - RULES AND REGULATIONS 13 - HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 15 - CHRONOLOGY OF WORLD RECORDS SET AT WORLD CUP MEETS 18 - WORLD CUP WINNERS 29 - WORLD RECORDS (25m) 29 - Women 31 - Men 33 - WORLD RECORDS DURING FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 34 - WORLD CUP RECORDS 35 - SWIMMING WORLD CUP VENUES 35 - Chronology 40 - By country 42 - CONTACTS 43 – 2005/2006 Edition event by event 43 - November 11-13, 2005 Durban RSA 44 - November 19-20, 2005 Sydney AUS 45 - November 24-25, 2005 Daejon KOR 46 - January 17-18, 2006 Stockholm SWE 47 - January 21-22, 2006 Berlin GER 48 - January 25-26, 2006 Moscow RUS 49 - February 3-4, 2006 New York USA 50 - February 10-12, 2006 Belo Horizonte BRA 2 EDITED BY FINA COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT – UPDATED November 28, 2005 MEDIA BOOK FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2005-2006 INTRODUCTION By Mustapha Larfaoui, FINA President Year after year, the FINA Swimming World Cup has had a strong impact on the development of the Sport, and certainly a considerable influence on two important decisions made by FINA some years ago: the recognition of world records set in 25m pools (back in 1991) and the introduction of the FINA Swimming World Championships in 25m pools.