With the beginning of the 2027 in the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup season already coming up on November 6th – 7th in Cancun, Mexico, time seems like it is flying fast towards the LA28 Olympic 10 km open water swim.
As a result of the four World Cup races in Somabay, Egypt in March, Ibiza, Spain in April, Golfo Aranci, Italy in May and Setúbal Bay, Portugal in June that were held during the 2026 season, the final World Cup rankings were announced by World Aquatics.
David Betlehem (22, Hungary, World Aquatics bio here, @betlehemdavid) proved he was the crème de la crème and is one of the odd-on favorites as the Olympic gold medalist at the LA28 Olympic Games.
2026 World Aquatics World Cup Final Rankings – Top 30 Men
- David Betlehem, 23, Hungary 10,351 points
- Gregorio Paltrinieri, 32, Italy 9,520
- Marc-Antoine Olivier, 30, France 9,373
- Andrea Filadelli, 25, Italy 9.179
- Kristóf Rasovszky, 29, Hungary 8,694
- Marcello Guidi, 29, Italy 8,609
- Sacha Velly, 21, France 8,511
- Oliver Klemet, 24, Germany 8,150
- Florian Wellbrock, 29, Germany 8,113
- Logan Fontaine, 27, France 7.617
- Martin Straka, 25, Czech Republic 7,598
- Dylan Gravley, 24, USA 7,590
- Matheus Melecchi, 20, Brazil 7,205
- Christian Schreiber, 24, Switzerland 7,002
- Luca Karl, 24, Austria 6,859
- Ivan Puskovitch, 25, USA 6,063
- Giuseppe Ilario, 22, Italy 5,987
- Kyle Lee, 24, Australia 5,962
- Ivan Giovannoni, 24, Italy 5,940
- Pasquale Giordano, 22, Italy 5,916
- Nicholas Sloman, 28, Australia 5,854
- Paul Niederberger, 22, Switzerland 5,838
- David Farinango, 25, Ecuador 5,608
- Hector Pardoe, 25, Great Britain 5,565
- Dario Verani, 31, Italy 5,538
- Athanasios Kynigakis, 28, Greece 5,447
- Kaito Tsujimori, 20, Japan 5,393
- Mario Mendez Puga, 23, Spain 4,953
- Domenico Acerenza, 31, Italy 4,909
- Ethan Parker, 19, France 4,744
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