Fina Point Scoring
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Overview
The FINA Point Scoring allows comparisons of results among different
events. The FINA Point
Scoring assigns point values to swimming performances, more
points for world class performances
typically 1000 or more and fewer points for slower
performances.
Point values are assigned every four years after
the
Olympic Games. The charts have one set of
points for Short
Course and another for Long Course.
The scoring is named by the year of the Olympic Games, after which the
base times were defined,
e.g. "FINA Point Scoring 2004" after the Games of Athen 2004.
Formula
The points are calculated using a cubic curve. With the swim
time
(T) and the base time (B) in
seconds the points (P) are calcualated with the following formula:
P = 1000 * ( B / T )3
The exact formula is used to calculate points from times.
Then
all point values are rounded to the
next integer number using normal rounding
(932.499…
-> 932, 932.50… -> 933)
If the needed time (T) for a certain number of points (P)
should
be calculated, the exact formula is
used to calculate a first estimation. Then the time should
be
reduced by one hundredth of a second as
long as the reverse calculation with the time still results
in
the original number of points.
Base
times for 1000 points
The base times are define for all common individual events
and
relays, separated for men / women
and
long course / short course.
The base times are recalculated every four years after the
Olympic Games, based on the average of
the Top Ten of the All Time World Rankings. In cases of
doubt
and for events with no accurate
fundamentals, FINA defines the base times at their's own
discretion.
The base times are published on the FINA website within one
month
after the Olympic Games.
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FINA
Performance Points to Times Conversion
700 FINA Performance Points
|
| Woman SC |
Women LC
|
Event
|
Men SC
|
Men LC
|
|
|
|
27.25
|
27.72
|
50 Free
|
23.97
|
24.64
|
|
59.48
|
1:00.84
|
100 Free
|
52.70
|
54.41
|
|
2:09.57
|
2:12.15
|
200 Free
|
1:56.34
|
1:59.34
|
|
4:31.79
|
4:36.71
|
400 Free
|
4:06.86
|
4:12.67
|
|
9:19.30
|
9:25.33
|
800 Free
|
8:37.20
|
8:47.78
|
|
17:57.30
|
18:06.11
|
1500 Free
|
16:22.78
|
16:41.33
|
|
30.68
|
32.10
|
50 Back
|
26.73
|
28.32
|
|
1:05.65
|
1:07.91
|
100 Back
|
57.61
|
1:00.75
|
|
2:20.69
|
2:24.64
|
200 Back
|
2:06.10
|
2:11.45
|
|
34.09
|
34.98
|
50 Breast
|
30.08
|
30.99
|
|
1:13.71
|
1:15.49
|
100 Breast
|
1:05.56
|
1:07.77
|
|
2:38.07
|
2:42.04
|
200 Breast
|
2:22.21
|
2:26.71
|
|
29.28
|
29.54
|
50 Fly
|
25.85
|
26.51
|
|
1:04.38
|
1:04.94
|
100 Fly
|
56.93
|
58.27
|
|
2:21.45
|
2:22.62
|
200 Fly
|
2:06.67
|
2:09.70
|
|
1:07.81
|
N/A
|
100 IM
|
1:00.05
|
N/A
|
|
2:25.09
|
2:28.06
|
200 IM
|
2:09.78
|
2:13.77
|
|
5:05.66
|
5:10.71
|
400 IM
|
4:35.75
|
4:44.08
|
|
|
|