2008 FINA Short Course World Championships

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The 9th FINA Swimming World Championships (25 m) were held in the Manchester Evening News Arena, in Manchester, England April 9th - April 13th 2008. The United States topped the medal table with ten gold medals, though the United Kingdom took home the most medals, twenty-four in total.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Key 1.2 Men's events 1.3 Women's events 2 Medals table 3 External link

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Key

• WR - World record
• ER - European record
• CR - Championship record

[edit] Men's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Freestyle
Men's 50 m	Duje Draganja  Croatia	20.81 WR	Mark Foster  United Kingdom	21.31	Gerhard Zandberg  South Africa	21.33
Men's 100 m	Nathan Adrian  United States	46.67 CR	Filippo Magnini  Italy	46.70	Duje Draganja  Croatia	46.83
Men's 200 m	Kenrick Monk  Australia	1:43.46	Kirk Palmer  Australia	1:43.50	Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy	1:44.23
Men's 400 m	Yury Prilukov  Russia	3:37.35 ER	Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy	3:39.60	Robert Renwick  United Kingdom	3:40.22
Men's 1500 m	Yury Prilukov  Russia	14:22.98 CR	David Davies  United Kingdom	14:36.30	Mateusz Sawrymowicz  Poland	14:43.37
Backstroke
Men's 50 m	Peter Marshall  United States	23.49	Liam Tancock  United Kingdom	23.53	Ashley Delaney  Australia	23.57
Men's 100 m	Liam Tancock  United Kingdom	50.14 ER	Randall Bal  United States	50.42	Stanislav Donets  Russia	50.53
Men's 200 m	Markus Rogan  Austria	1:47.84 WR	Ryan Lochte  United States	1:47.91	Stanislav Donets  Russia	1:50.45
Breaststroke
Men's 50 m	Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine	26.46	Mark Gangloff  United States	26.54	Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa	26.67
Men's 100 m	Igor Borysik  Ukraine	57.74 CR	Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa	57.92	Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine	58.08
Men's 200 m	Kristopher Gilchrist  United Kingdom	2:06.18	Igor Borysik  Ukraine	2:06.21	William Diering  South Africa	2:06.85
Butterfly
Men's 50 m	Adam Pine  Australia	22.78	Sergiy Breus  Ukraine	22.86 ER	Evgeny Korotyshkin  Russia	22.94
Men's 100 m	Peter Mankoč  Slovenia	50.04 CR	Adam Pine  Australia	50.54	Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia	50.78
Men's 200 m	Moss Burmester  New Zealand	1:51.05 CR	Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia	1:51.83	Pawel Korzeniowski  Poland	1:52.25
Individual Medley
Men's 100 m	Ryan Lochte  United States	51.15 WR	Peter Mankoč  Slovenia	52.21 ER	Liam Tancock  United Kingdom	52.22
Men's 200 m	Ryan Lochte  United States	1:51.56 WR	Liam Tancock  United Kingdom	1:53.10	James Goddard  United Kingdom	1:55.15
Men's 400 m	Ryan Lochte  United States	4:03.21	Robert Margalis  United States	4:03.74	Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece	4:05.11
Freestyle Relay
Men's 4x100 m	Ryan Lochte Bryan Lundquist Nathan Adrian Doug Van Wie  United States	3:08.44 WR	Robert Lijesen Bas van Velthoven Mitja Zastrow Robin van Aggele  Netherlands	3:09.18 ER	Petter Stymne Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander Marcus Piehl  Sweden	3:10.04
Men's 4x200 m	Kirk Palmer Grant Brits Nicholas Sprenger Kenrick Monk  Australia	6:55.65 CR	Robert Renwick David Carry Andrew Hunter Ross Davenport  United Kingdom	6:56.52 ER	Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini  Italy	6:58.39
Medley Relay
Men's 4x100 m	Stanislav Donets Sergey Geybel Evgeny Korotyshkin Alexander Sukhorukov  Russia	3:24.29 WR	Randall Bal Mark Gangloff Ryan Lochte Nathan Adrian  United States	3:24.38	Daniel Bell Glenn Snyders Corney Swanepoel Cameron Gibson  New Zealand	3:27.15

[edit] Women's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Freestyle
Women's 50 m	Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands	23.25 WR	Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands	23.83	Francesca Halsall  United Kingdom	24.11
Women's's 100 m	Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands	52.17 =CR	Francesca Halsall  United Kingdom	52.79	Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland	52.94
Women's 200 m	Kylie Palmer  Australia	1:54.41	Femke Heemskerk  Netherlands	1:54.65	Caitlin McClatchey  United Kingdom	1:55.15
Women's 400 m	Kylie Palmer  Australia	3:59.23 CR	Camelia Potec  Romania	4:01.06	Joanne Jackson  United Kingdom	4:01.11
Women's 800 m	Rebecca Adlington  United Kingdom	8:08.25 ER, CR	Kylie Palmer  Australia	8:12.32	Erika Villaecija  Spain	8:13.93
Backstroke
Women's 50 m	Sanja Jovanović  Croatia	26.37 WR	Chang Gao  China	26.70	Kateryna Zubkova  Ukraine	26.81
Women's 100 m	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	57.10 CR	Kateryna Zubkova  Ukraine	57.15 ER	Sanja Jovanović  Croatia	57.80
Women's 200 m	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	2:00.91 WR	Elizabeth Simmonds  United Kingdom	2:02.60 ER	Margaret Hoelzer  United States	2:03.85
Breaststroke
Women's 50 m	Jessica Hardy  United States	29.58 WR	Kate Haywood  United Kingdom Sarah Katsoulis  Australia	30.35
Women's 100 m	Jessica Hardy  United States	1:04.22 CR	Jade Edmistone  Australia	1:04.93	Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa	1:05.38
Women's 200 m	Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa	2:18.73 CR	Sally Foster  Australia	2:20.11	Yuliya Efimova  Russia	2:20.48
Butterfly
Women's 50 m	Felicity Galvez  Australia	25.32 WR	Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands	25.40	Inge Dekker  Netherlands	25.60
Women's 100 m	Felicity Galvez  Australia	55.89 WR	Rachel Komisarz  United States	56.32	Jemma Lowe  United Kingdom	56.84
Women's 200 m	Mary Descenza  United States	2:04.27 CR	Felicity Galvez  Australia	2:04.90	Jessica Dickons  United Kingdom	2:05.09
Individual Medley
Women's 100 m	Shayne Reese  Australia	59.58	Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland	59.62 ER	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	59.77
Women's 200 m	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	2:06.13 WR	Mireia Belmonte Garcia  Spain	2:07.47 ER	Hannah Miley  United Kingdom	2:08.79
Women's 400 m	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	4:26.52 WR	Hannah Miley  United Kingdom	4:27.27 ER	Mireia Belmonte Garcia  Spain	4:27.55
Freestyle Relay
Women's 4x100 m	Hinkelien Schreuder Femke Heemskerk Inge Dekker Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands	3:29.42 WR	Alice Mills Shayne Reese Kelly Stubbins Angie Bainbridge  Australia	3:32.00	Francesca Halsall Caitlin McClatchey Julia Beckett Melanie Marshall  United Kingdom	3:32.88
Women's 4x200 m	Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk Marleen Veldhuis Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands	7:38.90 WR	Joanne Jackson Melanie Marshall Caitlin McClatchey Rebecca Adlington  United Kingdom	7:38.96	Bronte Barratt Angie Bainbridge Kelly Stubbins Kylie Palmer  Australia	7:39.01
Medley Relay
Women's 4x100 m	Margaret Hoelzer Jessica Hardy Rachel Komisarz Kara Denby  United States	3:51.36 WR	Rachel Goh Sarah Katsoulis Felicity Galvez Alice Mills  Australia	3:52.01	Elizabeth Simmonds Kate Haywood Jemma Lowe Francesca Halsall  United Kingdom	3:53.02 ER

[edit] Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	10	6	1	17
2	Australia	8	9	2	19
3	Netherlands	4	4	1	9
4	Zimbabwe	4	0	1	5
5	United Kingdom	3	10	11	24
6	Russia	3	1	5	9
7	Ukraine	2	3	2	7
8	Croatia	2	0	2	4
9	South Africa	1	1	4	6
10	Slovenia	1	1	0	2
11	New Zealand	1	0	1	2
12	Austria	1	0	0	1
13	Italy	0	2	2	4
14	Spain	0	1	2	3
15	Finland	0	1	1	2
16	China	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
18	Poland	0	0	2	2
19	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	Total	40	41	39	120

[edit] External link

• Official website
• Swim Rankings Results

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