2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

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

Short Course Worlds
Host city	Manchester, United Kingdom
Date(s)	9–13 April 2008
Venue(s)	Manchester Arena
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Main article: FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

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

Medal summary

Key

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

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Freestyle
Men's 50 m	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

Women's events

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

Medals table

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
	Romania (ROM)	0	1	0	1
18	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
19	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		40	41	39	120

See also

• 2008 in swimming

References

• FINA event webpages
• Official event website
• Results from Omega Timing