The top of winnings at the World Natation Championship »Incredible place that David Popovici is

Romania finished in 8th place in the medals ranking from swimming competitions from Singapore and 14th in the top of the winnings.

Swimswam.com has presented the amounts offered to medalists at the World Swimming Championships, where Each gold medal was rewarded with $ 20,000 each.

David Popovici, on the 13th place in the top of the winnings

The Canadian swimmer Summer Mcintosh and the French Leon Marchand were the stars of the competition, after a year ago they shone at the Paris Olympics. Thanks to the developments, the two were the best rewarded athletes of the competition regarding the money prizes.

Mcintosh won about $ 90,833, thanks to the 4 gold medals and a bronze medal obtained individually, while Marchand, who obtained two gold medals by winning both mixed samples, plus a silver medal in the 4×100 meters mixed of France, passed over $ 70,000.

David Popovici, with $ 40,000, was the 13th in this hierarchy.

1. Summer Mcintosh – Canada – $ 90,833

2. Leon Marchand – France – $ 73,300

3. Regan Smith – United States – $ 70,000

4. Kate Douglass – United States – $ 58,357

5. Gretchen Walsh – United States – $ 56,000

6. Haiyang Qin – China – $ 52,143

7. Katie Ledecky – United States – $ 52,143

8. Pieter Coetze – South Africa – $ 47,500

9. Maxime Groousset – France – $ 47,167

10. Mollie O'callaghan – Australia – $ 44,190

11. Kaylee McKeown – Australia – $ 43,714

12. Bingjie Li – China – $ 42,667

13. David Popovici – Romania – $ 40,000

14. Ahmed Jaouadi – Tunisia – $ 40,000

15. Jack Alexy – United States – $ 39,024

16. Hubert Kos – Hungary – $ 38,800

17. Torri Huske – United States – $ 37,357

18. Lani Pallister – Australia – $ 33,857

19. Katharine Berkoff – United States – $ 32

20. Thomas Ceccon – Italy – $ 30,857

According to the quoted source, in total, about 30% of the 1,079 swimmers who participated in the competition won at least $ 500. Athletes from 39 different countries have obtained financial rewards.

Awards offered at the World Natation Championship, according to the busy place:

• 1st place: $ 20,000

• 2nd place: $ 15,000

• 3rd place: $ 10,000

• 4th place: $ 6,000

• 5th place: $ 5,000

• 6th place: $ 4,000

• 7th place: $ 3,000

• 8th place: $ 2,000

Each world record offered a bonus of $ 30,000, and three such records were set at this competition:

• Leon Marchand – 200 meters mixed

• The women's female pole – 4×100 meters mixed

• The mixed state of the United States – 4×100 meters free

Top of earnings by countries at natation world

• United States – $ 563,000

• Australia – $ 352,500

• China – $ 272,000

• The delegation of neutral athletes B – $ 201.500

• France – $ 187,000

• Canada – $ 175,000

• Italy – $ 173,000

• Germany – $ 128,500

• UK – $ 105,000

• Japan – $ 95,500

• Netherlands – $ 76,500

• South Africa – $ 61,500

• Hungary – $ 60,000

• Romania – $ 40,000

• Tunisia – $ 40,000

• Switzerland – $ 33,000

• Poland – $ 30,000

• Lithuania – $ 29,000

• Belgium – $ 28,000

• Korea – $ 27,000