The 2008 South American Aquatics Championships, or Campeonato Sudamericano de Primera Fuerza de Deportes Acuáticos (as they were called in Spanish), were held March 12–16, 2008, in São Paulo, Brazil. The Championships were an event of CONSANAT, the South American Swimming Confederation, and featured competitions in diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.
| XXXIX South American Swimming Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Date(s) | March 12–16, 2008 |
The swimming competition at the Championships served as a qualifying event for the 2008 Olympics.
The water polo competition served as the South American qualifier for the UANA Cup: the Americas qualifier for the 2009 World Championships.
Diving
editMen's results
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Ramón Fumadó  Venezuela 375.80
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César Castro  Brazil 373.60
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Luis Villarroel Venezuela 362.95
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| 3 m springboard | César Castro Brazil 448.60
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Luis Villarroel Venezuela 404.15
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Juan Urán  Colombia 385.50
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| Platform | Juan Urán Colombia 482.90
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Hugo Parisi Brazil 411.10
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Sebastián Villa Colombia 384.55
|
| Synchronized 3 m springboard |
Luis Villarroel / Ramón Fumadó Venezuela 399.45
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Juan Urán / Víctor Ortega Colombia 358.47
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César Castro / Ubirajara Barbos Brazil 347.55
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| Synchronized platform |
Juan Urán / Víctor Ortega Colombia 402.21
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Hugo Parisi / Bira Barbosa Brazil 340.02
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Donato Neglia / Moises Abarla  Chile 214.74
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Women's results
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Alejandra Fuentes Venezuela 270.35
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Juliana Veloso Brazil 259.45
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Diana Pineda Colombia 232.25
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| 3 m springboard | Alejandra Fuentes Venezuela 306.60
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Diana Pineda Colombia 306.40
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Juliana Veloso Brazil 300.30
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| Platform | Juliana Veloso Brazil 335.50
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Kiara Buelva Venezuela 281.65
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Milena Canto Sae Brazil 258.75
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| Synchronized 3 m springboard |
Juliana Veloso / Tammy Galera Brazil 272.34
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Kiara Buelvas / Yhessen Hernandez Venezuela 252.69
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Rafaella Suarez / Gabriela Sabando  Ecuador 241.95
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| Synchronized platform |
Milena Canto Sae / Evelyn Winkler Brazil 259.32
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Diana Pineda / Laura Vasquez Colombia 233.88
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Rafaella Suarez / Gabriela Sabando Ecuador 227.76
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Point standings
edit| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
223 |
| 2 | Colombia |
203 |
| 3 | Venezuela |
172 |
| 4 | Ecuador |
61 |
| 5 | Chile |
52 |
Swimming
editNote: Competition was in a long course (50 m) pool.
Men's results
editWomen's results
editRecords
edit10 South American Records were set in:
- Men's 100 m backstroke: 54.67, Guilherme Guido, Brazil
- Men's 100 m breaststroke: 1:01.44, Henrique Barbosa, Brazil
- Women's 100 m freestyle: 55.73, Tatiana Lemos, Brazil
- Women's 200 m freestyle: 2:00.62, Monique Ferreira, Brazil
- Women's 50 m backstroke: 28.45, Fabíola Molina, Brazil
- Women's 100 m backstroke: 1:01.40, Fabíola Molina, Brazil
- Women's 50 m breaststroke: 32.53, Valéria Merea, Peru
- Women's 50 m butterfly: 27.48, Gabriella Silva, Brazil
- Women's 100 m butterfly: 59.79, Gabriella Silva, Brazil
- Women's 400 m medley relay: 4:11.53, Brazil (Molina, Sakemi, Silva, Lemos)
Additionally, 8 Championship Records (CRs) were set in:
- Men's 200 m freestyle: 1:50.41, Rodrigo Castro, Brazil
- Men's 50 m backstroke: 25.19, Guilherme Guido, Brazil
- Men's 50 m breaststroke: 28.40, Felipe Lima, Brazil
- Men's 50 m butterfly: 23.88, Nicholas Santos, Brazil
- Men's 400 m individual medley: 4:17.64, Thiago Pereira, Brazil
- Men's 800 m freestyle relay: 7:33.30, Venezuela
- Women's 50 m freestyle: 25.25, Flávia Delaroli Cazziolato, Brazil
- Women's 400 m freestyle: 4:13.77, Monique Ferreira, Brazil
Open water swimming
editNote: Competition dates were March 7 (5 km) and March 9 (10 km).
Men's results
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Luiz Lima Brazil 57:34.85
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Roberto Penailillo Chile 57:40.28
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Carlos Pavão Brazil 57:41.04
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| 10 km | Allan do Carmo Brazil 2:02:19
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Roberto Penailillo Chile 2:02:22
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Marcelo Romanelli Brazil 2:02:25
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Women's results
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Kristel Köbrich Chile 1:03:15
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Ana Marcela Cunha Brazil 1:03:16
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Maria de Penha Cruz Brazil 1:03:53
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| 10 km | Kristel Köbrich Chile 2:02:33
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Ana Marcela Cunha Brazil 2:06:22
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Andreína Pinto Venezuela 2:06:43
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Team results
edit| Place | Country | Time (hours/minutes/seconds) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
9h 09m 38s |
| 2 | Venezuela |
9h 14m 57s |
| 3 | Chile |
9h 20m 31s |
| 4 |  Argentina |
9h 27m 06s |
| 5 | Ecuador |
9h 35m 25s |
Note: Based on fastest total time of compiled 3 fastest times (male and female) per country in both events.
Synchronized swimming
editResults
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Giovana Stephan Brazil 87.498 (T=42.915 / F=44.583) |
Jennifer Cerquera Colombia 83.498 (T=40.665 / F=42.833) |
Julieta Díaz Argentina 81.915 (T=40.250 / F=41.666) |
| Duet | Lara Teixeira / Nayara Figueira Giovana Stephan (r) Brazil 89.748 (T=44.499 / F=45.249) |
Anna Soto / Mary Soto Venezuela 84.665 (T=41.416 / F=43.249) |
Jennifer Cerquera / Ingrid Cubillos Stefanie Garcia (r) Colombia 82.332 (T=40.333 / F=41.999) |
| Team | Brazil Maria Bruno, Michelle Frota, Joseane Martins, Lorena Molinos, Pamela Nogueira, Gláucia Souza, Giovana Stephan, Camila Ururay (r): Nayara Figueira and Lara Teixeira 87.999 (T=43.583 / F=44.416) |
Colombia Ailin Alegria, Asly Alegria, Paula Arcila, Jennifer Cerquera, Ingrid Cubillos, Luana Prato, Mónica Arango, Marilza Valencia, (r): Stefanie Garcia and Maria Reyna 84.332 (T=41.749 / F=42.583) |
Venezuela Rosa Maria Avila, Ariana Bencomo, Paula Fernandez, Geraldine Narvaez, Adriana Scotton, Fredmary Zambrano (r): Darlin Hernandez and Amanda Mendez 82.415 (T=40.999 / F=41.416) |
T=Technical program score; F=Free program score (each weights equally)
Point standings
edit| Rank | Country | Solo | Duet | Team | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
24 | 36 | 72 | 132 |
| 2 | Colombia |
22 | 30 | 66 | 118 |
| 3 | Venezuela |
18 | 33 | 60 | 111 |
| 4 | Argentina |
20 | 27 | 54 | 101 |
| 5 |  Aruba* |
16 | - | - | 16 |
*Aruba is not a normal CONSANAT member, and only competed in the synchro solo competition at these Championships.
Water polo
editGame winners are italicized.
Men's tournament
edit| Round | Teams | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Day 5 games | Colombia v. Argentina | 6-5 |
| Venezuela v. Brazil | 5-14 | |
| Venezuela v. Argentina | 6-10 | |
| Colombia v. Brazil | 1-13 | |
| Day 6 games | Colombia v. Venezuela | 9-11 |
| Brazil v. Argentina | 11-6 | |
| Semifinals | ||
| Venezuela v. Argentina | 6-8 | |
| Brazil v. Colombia | 16-6 | |
| Finals | ||
| Bronze medal | Argentina v. Colombia | 7-8 |
| Gold medal | Brazil v. Venezuela | 15-4 |
Women's tournament
edit| Round | Teams | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Day 4 games | Venezuela v. Chile | 23-1 |
| Brazil v. Argentina | 13-4 | |
| Day 5 games | Venezuela v. Argentina | 10-4 |
| Brazil v. Chile | 27-3 | |
| Day 6 games | Chile v. Argentina | 0-17 |
| Brazil v. Venezuela | 13-6 | |
| Semifinals | ||
| Venezuela v. Argentina | 8-10 | |
| Brazil v. Chile | 25-4 | |
| Finals | ||
| Bronze medal | Venezuela v. Chile | 28-0 |
| Gold medal | Brazil v. Argentina | 11-3 |
Final standings
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Brazil |
Venezuela |
Colombia |
Argentina
|
| Women | Brazil |
Argentina |
Venezuela |
Chile
|
Overall medals table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 75 |
| 2 | Venezuela (VEN) | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Colombia (COL) | 2 | 10 | 15 | 27 |
| 5 |  Peru (PER) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 15 | 12 | 28 |
| 7 |  Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 |  Suriname (SUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 60 | 61 | 60 | 181 | |
External links
edit- Event page on the Brazilian Swimming Federation website Archived 2010-11-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish and Portuguese)