European Swimming Championships 2008

29th European Swimming Championships
Host location	Eindhoven
Host country	Netherlands
Beginning	March 13, 2008
The End	March 24, 2008
Venues	Pieter van den Hoogenband swimming stadium
Disciplines	Swimming , synchronized swimming , water jumping
Number of athletes	1,000
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Medal table (final result after 54 competitions)
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	Russia	12	8th	5	25th
2	Italy	5	8th	8th	21st
3	France	5	4th	4th	13
4th	Spain	5	3	4th	12
5	Germany	4th	4th	1	9
6th	Netherlands	4th	3	3	10
7th	Hungary	3	4th	2	9
8th	Austria	3	2	3	8th
9	Sweden	3	1	6th	10
10	Ukraine	2	3	8th	13
11	United Kingdom	2	2	-	4th
12	Norway	1	2	-	3
13	Greece	1	1	-	2
13	Switzerland	1	1	-	2
13	Slovenia	1	1	-	2
16	Poland	1	-	1	2
17th	Serbia	1	-	-	1
18th	Finland	-	3	-	3
19th	Croatia	-	2	1	3
20th	Romania	-	1	4th	5
21st	Belarus	-	1	1	2
22nd	Denmark	-	-	1	1
22nd	Lithuania	-	-	1	1
22nd	Slovakia	-	-	1	1

The 29th European Swimming Championships took place from March 13th to 24th, 2008 in Eindhoven . The European Swimming Federation (LEN) awarded the event to the Dutch city on December 10, 2005 on the fringes of the European Short Course Championships in Trieste . The only competitor was initially Turin . The Italian swimming federation withdrew the candidacy shortly before the decision in order to give the application of Rome for the swimming world championships 2009 more chances. This is the second time since 1966 that the Netherlands has hosted the European Swimming Championships.

The venue for the competitions was the national swimming center of the Netherlands De Tongelreep .

On February 8, 2007, the title fights were brought forward from the original date (March 26 to April 6) in order to ensure a longer period of time to the 2008 Short Course World Championships in Manchester . The 2008 European Open Water Championships took place separately in Dubrovnik .

Swimming men

Freestyle

50 meters freestyle

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	France	Alain Bernard	21.66
2	Croatia	Duje Draganja	22.00
3	Sweden	Stefan Nystrand	22.16

100 meters freestyle

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	France	Alain Bernard	47.50
2	Sweden	Stefan Nystrand	48.40
3	Italy	Filippo Magnini	48.53

Alain Bernard set a new world record after winning the 100 meters freestyle

200 meters freestyle

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Germany	Paul Biedermann	1: 46.59
2	France	Amaury Leveaux	1: 46.99
3	Italy	Massimiliano Rosolino	1: 47.33

400 meters freestyle

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Russia	Yuri Prilukov	3: 45.10
2	Italy	Massimiliano Rosolino	3: 45.19
3	Russia	Nikita Lobinsev	3: 46.75

800 meters freestyle

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Hungary	Gergő Kis	7: 51.94
2	Italy	Samuel Pizzetti	7: 54.09
3	Romania	Dragoș Coman	7: 54.37

1500 meters freestyle

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Russia	Yuri Prilukov	14: 50.40
2	United Kingdom	David Davies	14: 54.28
3	Poland	Mateusz Sawrymowicz	14: 58.78

butterfly

50 meter butterfly

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Serbia	Milorad Čavić	23.11
2	Ukraine	Serhiy Breus	23.48
3	Spain	Rafael Muñoz Pérez	23.60

100 meter butterfly

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Russia	Yevgeny Korotyshkin	51.89
2	Slovenia	Peter Mankoč	52.07
3	Spain	Rafael Muñoz Pérez	52.09

200 meter butterfly

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Poland	Paweł Korzeniowski	1: 54.38 ER
2	Russia	Nikolai Skvortsov	1: 54.65
3	France	Christophe Lebon	1: 56.57

Ioannis Drymonakos from Greece was subsequently disqualified for doping. He would have become European champion with the European record time of 1: 54.16.  

move

50 meters back

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Greece	Aristeidis Grigoriadis	25.13
2	Switzerland	Flori Lang	25.18
3	Slovakia	Luboš Križko	25.44

100 meters back

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Austria	Markus Rogan	54.03
2	Greece	Aristeidis Grigoriadis	54.27
3	Russia	Arkady Vyatchanin	54.45

200 meters back

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Austria	Markus Rogan	1: 55.85
2	Russia	Arkady Vyatchanin	1: 57.04
3	Romania	Răzvan Florea	1: 57.53

chest

50 meters chest

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Ukraine	Oleh Lissohor	27.43
2	Norway	Alexander Dale Oen	27.53
3	Italy	Alessandro Terrin	27.64

100 meters chest

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Norway	Alexander Dale Oen	59.76
2	France	Hugues Duboscq	59.78
3	Ukraine	Oleh Lissohor	1: 00.53

200 meters chest

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Russia	Grigori Falko	2: 09.64
2	Norway	Alexander Dale Oen	2: 09.74
3	France	Hugues Duboscq	2: 09.91

Locations

200 meter locations

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Hungary	László Cseh	1: 58.02
2	Austria	Dinko Jukić	1: 59.65
3	Lithuania	Vytautas Janusaitis	2: 00.17

400 meter locations

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Hungary	László Cseh	4: 09.59
2	Italy	Luca Marin	4: 16.69
3	Austria	Dinko Jukić	4: 17.24

The originally runner-up Ioannis Drymonakos ( Greece , 4: 14.72) was subsequently disqualified for doping.  

Season

4 × 100 meter freestyle

space	country	Athletes	Final time
1	Sweden	Marcus Piehl Stefan Nystrand Petter Stymne Jonas Persson	3: 15.41
2	Italy	Massimiliano Rosolino Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Filippo Magnini	3: 15.77
3	Netherlands	Mitja Zastrow Bas van Velthoven Robert Lijesen Pieter van den Hoogenband	3: 15.88

4 × 200 meter freestyle

space	country	Athletes	Final time
1	Italy	Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini	7: 09.94
2	Russia	Nikita Lobinzew Alexander Sukhorukov Andrei Lagunow Juri Prilukow	7: 11.70
3	Austria	Dominik Koll Markus Rogan David Brandl Dinko Jukić	7: 13.99

4 × 100 meter layers

space	country	Athletes	Final time
1	Russia	Arkady Vyatchanin Grigori Falko Yevgeny Korotyshkin Andrei Grechin	3: 34.25
2	Croatia	Gordan Kozulj Vanja Rogulj Mario Todorovic Duje Draganja	3: 36.32
3	Sweden	Simon Sjoedin Jonas Andersson Lars Frölander Stefan Nystrand	3: 36.85

Swimming women

Freestyle

50 meters freestyle

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Netherlands	Marleen Veldhuis	24.09
2	Netherlands	Hinkelien Schreuder	24.59
3	Sweden	Therese Alshammar	24.71

After the race, Marleen Veldhuis celebrates winning the gold medal in a new world record time

100 meters freestyle

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Netherlands	Marleen Veldhuis	53.77
2	Finland	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	54.04
3	Netherlands	Inge Dekker	54.12

200 meters freestyle

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Slovenia	Sara Isakovič	1: 57.45
2	Romania	Camelia Potec	1: 57.47
3	Hungary	Agnes Mutina	1: 58.06

400 meters freestyle

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Italy	Federica Pellegrini	4: 01.53
2	France	Coralie Balmy	4: 04.15
3	Romania	Camelia Potec	4: 05.62

Start of the women's 400 meter freestyle final

800 meters freestyle

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Italy	Alessia Filippi	8: 23.50
2	Spain	Érika Villaécija García	8: 24.08
3	Romania	Camelia Potec	8: 25.28

1500 meters freestyle

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Switzerland	Flavia Rigamonti	15: 58.54
2	Spain	Érika Villaécija García	16:02.08
3	Denmark	Lotte Friis	16: 11.26

butterfly

50 meter butterfly

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Netherlands	Chantal Groot	26.03
2	Netherlands	Inge Dekker	26.30
3	Belarus	Svetlana Kaklova	26.52

100 meter butterfly

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström	58.44
2	Netherlands	Inge Dekker	58.50
3	France	Aurore Mongel	58.54

200 meter butterfly

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	France	Aurore Mongel	2: 06.58
2	Hungary	Emese Kovacs	2: 06.71
3	Spain	Mireia Belmonte García	2: 09.32

move

50 meters back

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Russia	Anastassija Sujewa	28.05
2	Spain	Nina Zhivanevskaya	28.11
3	Croatia	Sanja Jovanović	28.17

100 meters back

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Russia	Anastassija Sujewa	59.41
2	France	Laure Manaudou	1: 00.05
3	Spain	Nina Zhivanevskaya	1: 00.29

200 meters back

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	France	Laure Manaudou	2: 07.99
2	Russia	Anastassija Sujewa	2: 09.59
3	Hungary	Nikolett Szepesi	2: 09.90

chest

50 meters chest

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Germany	Janne Schäfer	31.08
2	Russia	Yulia Efimova	31.41
3	Austria	Mirna Jukić	31.59

100 meters chest

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Austria	Mirna Jukić	1: 08.18
2	Russia	Alena Alexeyeva	1: 08.91
3	Sweden	Joline Höstman	1: 08.94

200 meters chest

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Russia	Yulia Efimova	2: 24.09
2	Austria	Mirna Jukić	2: 24.58
3	Russia	Alena Alexeyeva	2: 25.22

Locations

200 meter locations

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Spain	Mireia Belmonte García	2: 11.16
2	Hungary	Evelyn Verrasztó	2: 12.93
3	France	Camille Muffat	2: 13.63

400 meter locations

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Italy	Alessia Filippi	4: 36.68
2	Hungary	Katinka Hosszú	4: 37.43
3	Russia	Jana Martynova	4: 37.86

Season

4 × 100 meter freestyle

space	country	Athletes	Final time
1	Netherlands	Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis	3: 33.62
2	Italy	Erika Ferraioli , Federica Pellegrini , Maria Laura Simonetto , Christina Chiuso	3: 41.06
3	Sweden	Claire Hedenskog , Josefin Lillhage , Ida Marko-Varga , Magdalena Kuras	3: 41.28

4 × 200 meter freestyle

space	country	Athletes	Final time
1	France	Laure Manaudou , Coralie Balmy , Mylene Lazare , Alena Popchanka	7: 52.09
2	United Kingdom	Joanne Jackson , Melanie Marshall , Ellen Gandy , Caitlin McClatchey	7: 52.36
3	Italy	Alice Carpanese , Federica Pellegrini , Alessia Filippi , Renata Spagnolo	7: 55.69

4 × 100 meter layers

space	country	Athletes	Final time
1	United Kingdom	Elizabeth Simmonds , Kate Haywood , Jemma Lowe , Francesca Halsall	3: 59.332
2	Russia	Anastasia Zueva , Julija Jefimowa , Natalia Sutyagina , Daria Belyakina	4: 00.473
3	Netherlands	Hinkelien Schreuder , Jolien Van Valkengoed , Inge Dekker , Marleen Veldhuis	4: 04.414

The Dutch relay team is happy to have won the bronze medal after the race

Synchronized swimming

solo

Final on March 16

space	country	Athlete	Points
1	Spain	Gemma Mengual Civil	98,400
2	Russia	Natalia Ishchenko	98,300
3	Italy	Beatrice Adelizzi	94,000

duet

Final on March 17th

space	country	Athletes	Points
1	Spain	Andrea Fuentes Fache , Gemma Mengual Civil	97,800
2	Italy	Beatrice Adelizzi , Giulia Lapi	94,900
3	Ukraine	Darja Juschko , Xenia Sidorenko	93,900

team

Final on March 16

space	country	Athletes	Points
1	Spain	Alba Cabello Rodilla, Ona Carbonell Ballestero, Andrea Fuentes Fache, Thais Henríquez, Gemma Mengual Civil, Raquel Corral, Irina Rodríguez Álvarez, Paola Tirados Sánchez	97,800
2	Italy	Alessia Bigi, Elisa Bozzo, Constanza Fiorentini, Manila Flamini, Francesca Gangemi, Mariangela Perrupato, Sara Sgarzi, Federica Tommasi	95,200
3	Ukraine	Anna Bagirowa, Nadija Beredschna, Anastasija Tschepak, Darja Juschko, Ganna Chmelnytska, Olha Kondraschowa, Julija Marjanko, Xenia Sidorenko	93,300

Free combination

Final on March 17th

space	country	Athletes	Points
1	Spain	Alba Cabello Rodilla, Ona Carbonell Ballestero, Andrea Fuentes Fache, Thais Henríquez, Gemma Mengual Civil, Raquel Corral, Irina Rodríguez Álvarez, Paola Tirados Sánchez	97,900
2	Italy	Alessia Bigi, Elisa Bozzo, Constanza Fiorentini, Manila Flamini, Francesca Gangemi, Mariangela Perrupato, Sara Sgarzi, Federica Tommasi	95.100
3	Ukraine	Anna Bagirowa, Nadija Beredschna, Anastasija Tschepak, Darja Juschko, Ganna Chmelnytska, Olga Kondrashova, Julija Marjanko, Xenia Sidorenko	94,100

Art and high diving men

Diving tower of the European Swimming Championships 2008

1 meter

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Ukraine	Illja Kwascha	454.65
2	Finland	Joona Puhakka	432.80
3	Italy	Christopher Sacchin	423.80

3 meter

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Russia	Dmitri Sautin	493.70
2	Ukraine	Illja Kwascha	468.70
3	Finland	Joona Puhakka	441.80

10 meters

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United Kingdom	Thomas Daley	491.95
2	Germany	Sascha Klein	487.60
3	Italy	Francesco Dell'Uomo	481.30

3 meters synchronous

space	country	Athletes	Points
1	Russia	Yuri Kunakov / Dmitri Sautin	440.76
2	Germany	Tobias Schellenberg / Andreas Wels	413.94
3	Ukraine	Dmytro Lysenko / Anton Sakharov	406.56

10 meters synchronous

space	country	Athletes	Points
1	Germany	Patrick Hausding / Sascha Klein	453.24
2	Belarus	Wadim Kaptur / Alexander Varlamow	427.35
3	Russia	Konstantin Khanbekov / Oleg Wikulow	426.24

Art and diving women

1 meter

space	country	Athlete	Points
1	Sweden	Anna Lindberg	293.85
2	Hungary	Nóra Barta	270.60
3	Germany	Katja Dieckow	264.15

3 meter

space	country	Athlete	Points
1	Russia	Julija Pachalina	347.40
2	Germany	Katja Dieckow	330.80
3	Ukraine	Olena Fedorova	319.70

10 meters

space	country	Athlete	Points
1	Italy	Tania Cagnotto	355.35
2	Ukraine	Yulia Prokopchuk	328.35
3	Sweden	Elina Eggers	319.65

3 meters synchronous

space	country	Athletes	Points
1	Russia	Julija Pachalina / Anastassija Posdnjakowa	327.57
2	Germany	Heike Fischer / Ditte Kotzian	305.64
3	Ukraine	Olena Fedorova / Alevtina Korolyova	301.86

10 meters synchronous

space	country	Athletes	Points
1	Germany	Annett Gamm / Nora Subschinski	336.63
2	Ukraine	Alina Tschaplenko / Julija Prokoptschuk	334.20
3	Italy	Noemi Bátki / Tania Cagnotto	323.13

See also

• List of swimming world records
• List of European swimming records

Web links

Commons : European Swimming Championships 2008  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2008/eindhoven2008/index.htm
• Swim rankings results