2008 European Aquatics Championships

Host city|  Eindhoven
Date(s)| 13–24 March 2008

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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.

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Netherlands)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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
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

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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  | Dragoș 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  | Ľuboš Križko
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 Janušaitis
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 (50.56)
Stefan Nystrand (47.52)
Petter Stymne (49.30)
Jonas Persson (48.03)
Sweden | 3:15.41  | Massimiliano Rosolino (49.94)
Alessandro Calvi (48.79)
Christian Galenda (48.74)
Filippo Magnini (48.20)
Italy | 3:15.77  | Mitja Zastrow (49.14)
Bas van Velthoven (49.33)
Robert Lijesen (48.60)
Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.81)
Netherlands | 3:15.88
4×200 m freestyle relay  | Emiliano Brembilla (1:48.36)
Massimiliano Rosolino (1:47.38)
Nicola Cassio (1:46.57)
Filippo Magnini (1:47.63)
Italy | 7:09.94  | Nikita Lobintsev (1:48.20)
Alexander Sukhorukov (1:46.97)
Evgeny Lagunov (1:48.37)
Yury Prilukov (1:48.16)
Russia | 7:11.70  | Dominik Koll (1:48.21)
Markus Rogan (1:48.42)
David Brandl (1:48.52)
Dinko Jukić (1:48.84)
Austria | 7:13.99
4×100 m medley relay  | Arkady Vyatchanin (54.13)
Grigory Falko (1:00.45)
Evgeny Korotyshkin (51.35)
Andrey Grechin (48.32)
Russia | 3:34.25
ER | Gordan Kožulj (55.28)
Vanja Rogulj (1:00.93)
Mario Todorović (51.83)
Duje Draganja (48.28)
Croatia | 3:36.32  | Simon Sjödin (56.08)
Jonas Andersson (1:01.13)
Lars Frölander (52.21)
Stefan Nystrand (47.43)
Sweden | 3:36.85

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

### Results

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#### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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 Iushko
Xenia Sidorenko
Ukraine | 93.900
Team free routine  | Alba Cabello
Ona Carbonell
Raquel Corral
Andrea Fuentes
Thaïs 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
Thaïs 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

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

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