2008 European Aquatics Championships
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. Two new events were contested: the 800 m freestyle men and the 1500 m freestyle women. This is the first time that the men's and women's swimming programs are identical.
| 2008 European Aquatics Championships | |
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| Host city |  Eindhoven |
| Date(s) | 13–24 March 2008 |
Medal table
* Host nation (Netherlands)
| 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 |  Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 13 |  Norway | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 |  Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Croatia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Finland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 19 |  Romania | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 |  Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 entries) | 54 | 54 | 54 | 162 | |
Swimming
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Italy | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 34 | 31 | 31 | 96 | |
Men's events
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 Isaković 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 Villaécija García Spain | 8:24.08 | Camelia Potec Romania | 8:25.28 |
| 1,500 m freestyle | Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland | 15:58.54 CR |
Erika Villaécija García Spain | 16:02.08 | Lotte Friis Denmark | 16:11.26 |
| 50 m backstroke | Anastasia Zuyeva Russia | 28.05 ER |
Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | 28.11 | Sanja Jovanović Croatia | 28.17 |
| 100 m backstroke | Anastasia Zuyeva 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 Zuyeva Russia | 2:09.59 | Nikolett Szepesi Hungary | 2:09.90 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Janne Schäfer Germany | 31.08 CR |
Yuliya Yefimova 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 Yefimova 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 García Spain | 2:09.32 |
| 200 m individual medley | Mireia Belmonte García 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 (53.77) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.61) Femke Heemskerk (53.62) Marleen Veldhuis (52.62) Netherlands | 3:33.62 WR |
Erika Ferraioli (56.14) Federica Pellegrini (53.68) Maria Laura Simonetto (55.54) Cristina Chiuso (55.70) Italy | 3:41.06 | Claire Hedenskog (55.56) Josefin Lillhage (54.36) Ida Marko-Varga (55.33) Magdalena Kuras (56.03) Sweden | 3:41.28 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Laure Manaudou (1:58.51) Coralie Balmy (1:56.58) Mylène Lazare (1:59.39) Alena Popchanka (1:57.61) France | 7:52.09 | Joanne Jackson (1:59.10) Melanie Marshall (1:57.81) Ellen Gandy (1:59.26) Caitlin McClatchey (1:56.19) Great Britain | 7:52.36 | Alice Carpanese (2:01.06) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.98) Alessia Filippi (1:58.47) Renata Spagnolo (2:01.18) Italy | 7:55.69 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Elizabeth Simmonds (1:01.20) Kate Haywood (1:07.11) Jemma Lowe (58.00) Francesca Halsall (53.02) Great Britain | 3:59.33 ER |
Anastasia Zuyeva (59.72) Yuliya Yefimova (1:07.30) Natalya Sutyagina (58.29) Daria Belyakina (55.16) Russia | 4:00.47 | Hinkelien Schreuder (1:03.30) Jolijn van Valkengoed (1:10.67) Inge Dekker (57.69) Marleen Veldhuis (52.75) Netherlands | 4:04.41 |
Diving
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
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 | Iuliia Prokopchuk Ukraine | 328.35 | Elina Eggers Sweden | 319.65 |
| 10 m platform synchro | Annett Gamm Nora Subschinski Germany | 336.63 | Alina Chaplenko Iuliia 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 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Results
See also
External links
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