2008 European Aquatics Championships

Alain Bernard sets the 100 m freestyle WR

The 2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13–24 March 2008. They were the European championships for swimming (50 m), diving and synchronised swimming for 2008.

Total medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	12	7	6	25
2	Italy	5	7	9	21
3	France	5	4	3	12
4	Spain	5	3	4	12
5	Germany	4	4	1	9
6	Netherlands	4	3	3	10
7	Hungary	3	4	2	9
8	Austria	3	2	2	7
9	Sweden	3	1	6	10
10	Ukraine	2	4	7	13
11	Greece	2	2		4
11	Great Britain	2	2		4
13	Norway	1	2		3
14	Slovenia	1	1		2
14	Switzerland	1	1		2
16	Serbia	1			1
17	Croatia		2	1	3
17	Finland		2	1	3
19	Romania		1	4	5
20	Poland		1	1	2
20	Belarus		1	1	2
22	Denmark			1	1
22	Lithuania			1	1
22	Slovakia			1	1
	Total	54	54	54	162

Swimming

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	8	6	5	19
2	France	5	4	3	12
3	Italy	4	4	5	13
4	Netherlands	4	3	3	10
5	Hungary	3	3	2	8
6	Austria	3	2	2	7
7	Greece	2	2		4
8	Sweden	2	1	5	8
9	Germany	2			2
10	Spain	1	3	4	8
11	Great Britain	1	2		3
11	Norway	1	2		3
13	Ukraine	1	1	1	3
14	Slovenia	1	1		2
14	Switzerland	1	1		2
16	Serbia	1			1
17	Croatia		2	1	3
18	Romania		1	4	5
19	Poland		1	1	2
20	Finland		1		1
21	Belarus			1	1
21	Denmark			1	1
21	Lithuania			1	1
21	Slovakia			1	1
	Total	40	40	40	120

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Alain Bernard  France	21.66	Duje Draganja  Croatia	22.00	Stefan Nystrand  Sweden	22.16
100 m freestyle	Alain Bernard  France	47.50 WR	Stefan Nystrand  Sweden	48.40	Filippo Magnini  Italy	48.53
200 m freestyle	Paul Biedermann  Germany	1:46.59	Amaury Leveaux  France	1:46.99	Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy	1:47.33
400 m freestyle	Yury Prilukov  Russia	3:45.10 CR	Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy	3:45.19	Nikita Lobintsev  Russia	3:46.75
800 m freestyle	Gergő Kis  Hungary	7:51.94 CR	Samuel Pizzetti  Italy	7:54.09	Dragoş Coman  Romania	7:54.37
1500 m freestyle	Yury Prilukov  Russia	14:50.40 CR	David Davies  Great Britain	14:54.28	Mateusz Sawrymowicz  Poland	14:58.78
50 m backstroke	Aristeidis Grigoriadis  Greece	25.13	Flori Lang  Switzerland	25.18	Lubos Krizko  Slovakia	25.44
100 m backstroke	Markus Rogan  Austria	54.03	Aristeidis Grigoriadis  Greece	54.27	Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia	54.45
200 m backstroke	Markus Rogan  Austria	1:55.85	Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia	1:57.04	Răzvan Florea  Romania	1:57.53
50 m breaststroke	Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine	27.43	Alexander Dale Oen  Norway	27.53 NR	Alessandro Terrin  Italy	27.64
100 m breaststroke	Alexander Dale Oen  Norway	59.76 ER	Hugues Duboscq  France	59.78	Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine	1:00.53
200 m breaststroke	Grigory Falko  Russia	2:09.64 CR	Alexander Dale Oen  Norway	2:09.74 NR	Hugues Duboscq  France	2:09.91
50 m butterfly	Milorad Čavić  Serbia	23.11 ER	Sergiy Breus  Ukraine	23.48	Rafael Muñoz Pérez  Spain	23.60
100 m butterfly	Evgeny Korotyshkin  Russia	51.89 CR	Peter Mankoč  Slovenia	52.07	Rafael Muñoz Pérez  Spain	52.09
200 m butterfly	Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece	1:54.16 ER	Paweł Korzeniowski  Poland	1:54.38	Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia	1:54.65
200 m individual medley	László Cseh  Hungary	1:58.02	Dinko Jukić  Austria	1:59.65	Vytautas Janusaitis  Lithuania	2:00.17
400 m individual medley	László Cseh  Hungary	4:09.59 ER	Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece	4:14.72	Luca Marin  Italy	4:16.69
4×100 m freestyle relay	Marcus Piehl Stefan Nystrand Petter Stymne Jonas Persson  Sweden	3:15.41	Massimiliano Rosolino Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Filippo Magnini  Italy	3:15.77	Mitja Zastrow Bas van Velthoven Robert Lijesen Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands	3:15.88
4×200 m freestyle relay	Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini  Italy	7:09.94	Nikita Lobintsev Alexander Sukhorukov Evgeny Lagunov Yury Prilukov  Russia	7:11.70	Dominik Koll Markus Rogan David Brandl Dinko Jukić  Austria	7:13.99
4×100 m medley relay	Arkady Vyatchanin Grigory Falko Evgeny Korotyshkin Andrey Grechin  Russia	3:34.25 ER	Gordan Kožulj Vanja Rogulj Mario Todorović Duje Draganja  Croatia	3:36.32	Simon Sjödin Jonas Andersson Lars Frölander Stefan Nystrand  Sweden	3:36.85

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands	24.09 WR	Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands	24.59	Therese Alshammar  Sweden	24.71
100 m freestyle	Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands	53.77	Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland	54.04	Inge Dekker  Netherlands	54.12
200 m freestyle	Sara Isakovič  Slovenia	1:57.45	Camelia Potec  Romania	1:57.47	Ágnes Mutina  Hungary	1:58.06
400 m freestyle	Federica Pellegrini  Italy	4:01.53 WR	Coralie Balmy  France	4:04.15	Camelia Potec  Romania	4:05.62
800 m freestyle	Alessia Filippi  Italy	8:23.50	Erika Villaecija Garcia  Spain	8:24.08	Camelia Potec  Romania	8:25.28
1,500 m freestyle	Flavia Rigamonti  Switzerland	15:58.54 CR	Erika Villaecija Garcia  Spain	16:02.08	Lotte Friis  Denmark	16:11.26
50 m backstroke	Anastasia Zueva  Russia	28.05 ER	Nina Zhivanevskaya  Spain	28.11	Sanja Jovanović  Croatia	28.17
100 m backstroke	Anastasia Zueva  Russia	59.41 ER	Laure Manaudou  France	1:00.05	Nina Zhivanevskaya  Spain	1:00.29
200 m backstroke	Laure Manaudou  France	2:07.99	Anastasia Zueva  Russia	2:09.59	Nikolett Szepesi  Hungary	2:09.90
50 m breaststroke	Janne Schaefer  Germany	31.08 CR	Yuliya Efimova  Russia	31.41	Mirna Jukić  Austria	31.59
100 m breaststroke	Mirna Jukić  Austria	1:08.18	Alena Alekseeva  Russia	1:08.91	Joline Höstman  Sweden	1:08.94
200 m breaststroke	Yuliya Efimova  Russia	2:24.09 CR	Mirna Jukić  Austria	2:24.58	Alena Alekseeva  Russia	2:25.22
50 m butterfly	Chantal Groot  Netherlands	26.03	Inge Dekker  Netherlands	26.30	Sviatlana Khakhlova  Belarus	26.52
100 m butterfly	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	58.44	Inge Dekker  Netherlands	58.50	Aurore Mongel  France	58.54
200 m butterfly	Aurore Mongel  France	2:06.59	Emese Kovács  Hungary	2:06.71	Mireia Belmonte Garcia  Spain	2:09.32
200 m individual medley	Mireia Belmonte Garcia  Spain	2:11.16 CR	Evelyn Verrasztó  Hungary	2:12.93	Camille Muffat  France	2:13.63
400 m individual medley	Alessia Filippi  Italy	4:36.68	Katinka Hosszú  Hungary	4:37.43	Yana Martynova  Russia	4:37.86
4×100 m freestyle relay	Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo Femke Heemskerk Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands	3:33.62 WR	Erika Ferraioli Federica Pellegrini Maria Laura Simonetto Cristina Chiuso  Italy	3:41.06	Claire Hedenskog Josefin Lillhage Ida Marko-Varga Magdalena Kuras  Sweden	3:41.28
4×200 m freestyle relay	Laure Manaudou Coralie Balmy Mylene Lazare Alena Popchanka  France	7:52.09	Joanne Jackson Melanie Marshall Ellen Gandy Caitlin McClatchey  Great Britain	7:52.36	Alice Carpanese Federica Pellegrini Alessia Filippi Renata Spagnolo  Italy	7:55.69
4×100 m medley relay	Elizabeth Simmonds Kate Haywood Jemma Lowe Francesca Halsall  Great Britain	3:59.33 ER	Anastasia Zueva Yuliya Efimova Natalia Sutyagina Daria Belyakina  Russia	4:00.47	Hinkelien Schreuder Jolijn van Valkengoed Inge Dekker Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands	4:04.41

Diving

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	4		1	5
2	Germany	2	4	1	7
3	Ukraine	1	3	3	7
4	Italy	1		3	4
5	Sweden	1		1	2
6	Great Britain	1			1
7	Finland		1	1	2
8	Hungary		1		1
8	Belarus		1		1
	Total	10	10	10	30

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m springboard	Illya Kvasha  Ukraine	454.65	Joona Puhakka  Finland	432.80	Christopher Sacchin  Italy	423.80
3 m springboard	Dmitry Sautin  Russia	493.70	Illya Kvasha  Ukraine	468.70	Joona Puhakka  Finland	441.80
3 m springboard synchro	Yuriy Kunakov Dmitry Sautin  Russia	440.76	Tobias Schellenberg Andreas Wels  Germany	413.94	Dmytro Lysenko Anton Zakharov  Ukraine	406.56
10 m platform	Tom Daley  Great Britain	491.95	Sascha Klein  Germany	487.60	Francesco Dell'Uomo  Italy	481.30
10 m platform synchro	Patrick Hausding Sascha Klein  Germany	453.24	Vadim Kaptur Aliaksandr Varlamau  Belarus	427.35	Konstantin Khanbekov Oleg Vikulov  Russia	426.24

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m springboard	Anna Lindberg  Sweden	293.85	Nóra Barta  Hungary	270.60	Katja Dieckow  Germany	264.15
3 m springboard	Yuliya Pakhalina  Russia	347.40	Katja Dieckow  Germany	330.80	Olena Fedorova  Ukraine	319.70
3 m springboard synchro	Yuliya Pakhalina Anastasia Pozdnyakova  Russia	327.57	Heike Fischer Ditte Kotzian  Germany	305.64	Olena Fedorova Alevtina Korolyova  Ukraine	301.86
10 m platform	Tania Cagnotto  Italy	355.35	Iulia Prokopchuk  Ukraine	328.35	Elina Eggers  Sweden	319.65
10 m platform synchro	Annett Gamm Nora Subschinski  Germany	336.63	Alina Chaplenko Iulia Prokopchuk  Ukraine	334.20	Noemi Batki Tania Cagnotto  Italy	323.13

Synchronised swimming

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain	4	0	0	4
2	Italy	0	3	1	4
3	Russia	0	1	0	1
4	Ukraine	0	0	3	3
Total		4	4	4	12

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Solo free routine	Gemma Mengual  Spain	98.400	Natalia Ishchenko  Russia	98.300	Beatrice Adelizzi  Italy	94.000
Duet free routine	Gemma Mengual Andrea Fuentes  Spain	97.800	Beatrice Adelizzi Giulia Lapi  Italy	94.900	Daria Yushko Xenia Sidorenko  Ukraine	93.900
Team free routine	Alba Cabello Ona Carbonell Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Thais Henríquez Gemma Mengual Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados  Spain	97.800	Alessia Bigi Elisa Bozzo Costanza Fiorentini Manila Flamini Francesca Gangemi Mariangela Perrupato Sara Sgarzi Federica Tommasi  Italy	95.200	Anna Bagirova Nadiya Berezhna Anastasiya Chepak Daria Iushko Ganna Khmelnytska Olga Kondrashova Yuliya Maryanko Kseniya Sydorenko  Ukraine	93.300
Free combination routine	Alba Cabello Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Thais Henríquez Laura López Gemma Mengual Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados Cristina Violán  Spain	97.900	Alessia Bigi Elisa Bozzo Costanza Fiorentini Manila Flamini Francesca Gangemi Mariangela Perrupato Dalila Schiesaro Sara Sgarzi Federica Tommasi  Italy	95.100	Anna Bagirova Nadiya Berezhna Anastasiya Chepak Inga Giller Daria Iushko Ganna Khmelnytska Olga Kondrashova Yuliya Maryanko Olga Shevchuk Kseniya Sydorenko  Ukraine	94.100

See also

• LEN European Aquatics Championships
• Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN)

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