2008_FINA_Short_Course_World_Championships

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Host city	Manchester, United Kingdom
Date(s)	9–13 April 2008
Venue(s)	Manchester Arena
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2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

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The 9th FINA Swimming World Championships (25 m) were held at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, United Kingdom 9–13 April 2008.

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The United States topped the medal table with 10 gold medals, though host team Great Britain took home the most medals (24).

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Freestyle
Men's 50 m details	Duje Draganja Croatia	20.81 WR	Mark Foster Great Britain	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 Great Britain	3:40.22
Men's 1500 m	Yury Prilukov Russia	14:22.98 CR	David Davies Great Britain	14:36.30	Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland	14:43.37
Backstroke
Men's 50 m	Peter Marshall United States	23.49	Liam Tancock Great Britain	23.53	Ashley Delaney Australia	23.57
Men's 100 m	Liam Tancock Great Britain	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 Great Britain	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	Paweł 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 Great Britain	52.22
Men's 200 m	Ryan Lochte United States	1:51.56 WR	Liam Tancock Great Britain	1:53.10	James Goddard Great Britain	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 4×100 m	United States Ryan Lochte Bryan Lundquist Nathan Adrian Doug Van Wie	3:08.44 WR	Netherlands Robert Lijesen Bas van Velthoven Mitja Zastrow Robin van Aggele	3:09.18 ER	Sweden Petter Stymne Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander Marcus Piehl	3:10.04
Men's 4×200 m	Australia Kirk Palmer Grant Brits Nicholas Sprenger Kenrick Monk	6:55.65 CR	Great Britain Robert Renwick David Carry Andrew Hunter Ross Davenport	6:56.52 ER	Italy Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini	6:58.39
Medley relay
Men's 4×100 m	Russia Stanislav Donets Sergey Geybel Evgeny Korotyshkin Alexander Sukhorukov	3:24.29 WR	United States Randall Bal Mark Gangloff Ryan Lochte Nathan Adrian	3:24.38	New Zealand Daniel Bell Glenn Snyders Corney Swanepoel Cameron Gibson	3:27.15

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Freestyle
Women's 50 m	Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands	23.25 WR	Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands	23.83	Francesca Halsall Great Britain	24.11
Women's 100 m	Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands	52.17 =CR	Francesca Halsall Great Britain	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 Great Britain	1:55.15
Women's 400 m	Kylie Palmer Australia	3:59.23 CR	Camelia Potec Romania	4:01.06	Joanne Jackson Great Britain	4:01.11
Women's 800 m	Rebecca Adlington Great Britain	8:08.25 ER, CR	Kylie Palmer Australia	8:12.32	Erika Villaécija García Spain	8:13.93
Backstroke
Women's 50 m	Sanja Jovanović Croatia	26.37 WR	Gao Chang 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 Great Britain	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 Great Britain 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 Yefimova 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 Great Britain	56.84
Women's 200 m	Mary Descenza United States	2:04.27 CR	Felicity Galvez Australia	2:04.90	Jessica Dickons Great Britain	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 García Spain	2:07.47 ER	Hannah Miley Great Britain	2:08.79
Women's 400 m	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe	4:26.52 WR	Hannah Miley Great Britain	4:27.27 ER	Mireia Belmonte García Spain	4:27.55
Freestyle relay
Women's 4×100 m	Netherlands Hinkelien Schreuder Femke Heemskerk Inge Dekker Marleen Veldhuis	3:29.42 WR	Australia Alice Mills Shayne Reese Kelly Stubbins Angie Bainbridge	3:32.00	Great Britain Francesca Halsall Caitlin McClatchey Julia Beckett Melanie Marshall	3:32.88
Women's 4×200 m	Netherlands Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk Marleen Veldhuis Ranomi Kromowidjojo	7:38.90 WR	Great Britain Joanne Jackson Melanie Marshall Caitlin McClatchey Rebecca Adlington	7:38.96	Australia Bronte Barratt Angie Bainbridge Kelly Stubbins Kylie Palmer	7:39.01
Medley relay
Women's 4×100 m	United States Margaret Hoelzer Jessica Hardy Rachel Komisarz Kara Denby	3:51.36 WR	Australia Rachel Goh Sarah Katsoulis Felicity Galvez Alice Mills	3:52.01	Great Britain Elizabeth Simmonds Kate Haywood Jemma Lowe Francesca Halsall	3:53.02 ER

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	10	6	1	17
2	Australia (AUS)	8	9	2	19
3	Netherlands (NED)	4	4	1	9
4	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	4	0	1	5
5	Great Britain (GBR)	3	10	11	24
6	Russia (RUS)	3	1	5	9
7	Ukraine (UKR)	2	3	2	7
8	Croatia (CRO)	2	0	2	4
9	South Africa (RSA)	1	1	4	6
10	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	0	2
11	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	1	2
12	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
13	Italy (ITA)	0	2	2	4
14	Spain (ESP)	0	1	2	3
15	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
16	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
16	Romania (ROM)	0	1	0	1
18	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
19	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
19	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		40	41	39	120

2008_FINA_Short_Course_World_Championships

2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

Medal summary

Key

Men's events

Women's events

Medals table

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