# 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships

The European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 took place in Rijeka, Croatia from 11 to 14 December 2008.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Croatia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Netherlands (NED) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Croatia (CRO)* | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Slovenia (SLO) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 39 | 38 | 38 | 115 |

## Medal summary

Legend:
* WR = World record
* ER = European record
* CR = Championships record

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Amaury Leveaux France | 20.63 | Frédérick Bousquet France | 20.69 | Duje Draganja Croatia Yevgeny Lagunov Russia | 21.15 |
| 100 m freestyle | Amaury Leveaux France | 44.94 WR | Fabien Gilot France | 45.84 | Filippo Magnini Italy | 46.62 |
| 200 m freestyle | Danila Izotov Russia | 1:43.09 | Dominik Meichtry Switzerland | 1:43.11 | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 1:43.52 |
| 400 m freestyle | Paul Biedermann Germany | 3:37.73 CR | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 3:39.33 | Mads Glæsner Denmark | 3:39.77 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Federico Colbertaldo Italy | 14:24.21 | Vitaly Romanovich Russia | 14:29.64 | Samuel Pizzetti Italy | 14:31.60 |
| 50 m backstroke | Stanislav Donets Russia | 23.22 | Aschwin Wildeboer Spain | 23.28 | Ľuboš Križko Slovakia | 23.47 |
| 100 m backstroke | Stanislav Donets Russia | 49.32 WR | Aschwin Wildeboer Spain | 49.61 | Helge Meeuw Germany | 50.89 |
| 200 m backstroke | Aschwin Wildeboer Spain Stanislav Donets Russia | 1:49.22 CR | | | Pierre Roger France | 1:52.26 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Matjaž Markič Slovenia | 26.47 CR | Aleksander Hetland Norway | 26.64 | Emil Tahirovič Slovenia | 26.66 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Igor Borysik Ukraine | 57.33 ER | Hugues Duboscq France | 57.64 | James Gibson Great Britain | 57.91 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Hugues Duboscq France | 2:04.59 ER | Edoardo Giorgetti Italy | 2:04.98 | Igor Borysik Ukraine | 2:05.47 |
| 50 m butterfly | Amaury Leveaux France | 22.23 | Milorad Čavić Serbia | 22.36 NR | Rafael Muñoz Pérez Spain | 22.46 |
| 100 m butterfly | Milorad Čavić Serbia | 49.19 ER | Rafael Muñoz Pérez Spain | 49.74 | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 49.98 |
| 200 m butterfly | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 1:50.60 WR | Dinko Jukić Austria | 1:52.31 | Maxim Ganikhin Russia | 1:52.32 |
| 100 m individual medley | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 51.97 ER | Christian Galenda Italy | 52.29 | James Goddard Great Britain | 52.36 |
| 200 m individual medley | James Goddard Great Britain | 1:53.46 | Vytautas Janušaitis Lithuania | 1:54.51 | Alan Cabello Forns Spain | 1:55.70 |
| 400 m individual medley | Dinko Jukić Austria | 4:03.01 | Gergő Kis Hungary | 4:03.81 | Lukasz Wojt Poland | 4:05.13 |
| 4 × 50 m freestyle relay | France Alain Bernard Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux Frédérick Bousquet | 1:20.77 WB | Italy Alessandro Calvi Marco Orsi Mattia Nalesso Filippo Magnini | 1:23.37 | Croatia Duje Draganja Alexei Puninski Bruno Barbic Mario Todorović | 1:23.68 |
| 4 × 50 m medley relay | Italy Mirco di Tora Alessandro Terrin Marco Belotti Filippo Magnini | 1:32.91 WB | Russia Stanislav Donets Sergey Geybel Yevgeny Korotyshkin Yevgeny Lagunov Germany Thomas Rupprath Marco Koch Johannes Dietrich Steffen Deibler | 1:33.31 | | |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 23.55 CR | Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands | 23.72 | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 24.05 |
| 100 m freestyle | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 51.95 | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 52.08 NR | Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands | 52.22 |
| 200 m freestyle | Federica Pellegrini Italy | 1:51.85 WR | Femke Heemskerk Netherlands | 1:53.79 | Daria Belyakina Russia | 1:53.85 |
| 400 m freestyle | Coralie Balmy France | 3:56.39 | Camille Muffat France | 3:57.48 | Alessia Filippi Italy | 3:59.35 |
| 800 m freestyle | Alessia Filippi Italy | 8:04.53 WR | Coralie Balmy France | 8:05.32 | Lotte Friis Denmark | 8:09.91 |
| 50 m backstroke | Sanja Jovanović Croatia | 26.23 WR | Kateryna Zubkova Ukraine | 26.65 | Elena Gemo Italy | 26.77 |
| 100 m backstroke | Sanja Jovanović Croatia | 56.87 ER | Kateryna Zubkova Ukraine | 57.01 | Laure Manaudou France | 57.16 |
| 200 m backstroke | Alexandra Putra France | 2:02.48 | Alexianne Castel France | 2:03.10 | Elizabeth Simmonds Great Britain | 2:03.12 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Valentina Artemyeva Russia | 29.96 | Janne Schaefer Germany | 30.37 | Moniek Nijhuis Netherlands | 30.45 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Valentina Artemyeva Russia | 1:05.02 | Sophie de Ronchi France | 1:05.43 | Mirna Jukić Austria | 1:05.64 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Alena Alekseeva Russia | 2:19.93 | Mirna Jukić Austria | 2:20.48 | Patrizia Humplik Switzerland | 2:21.68 |
| 50 m butterfly | Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands | 25.21 ER | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 25.54 | Diane Bui Duyet France | 25.55 |
| 100 m butterfly | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 56.70 CR NR | Diane Bui Duyet France | 56.83 | Eszter Dara Hungary | 56.88 |
| 200 m butterfly | Petra Granlund Sweden | 2:04.27 | Aurore Mongel France | 2:04.73 | Jemma Lowe Great Britain | 2:04.78 |
| 100 m individual medley | Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland | 59.24 CR NR | Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary | 59.49 | Francesca Segat Italy | 59.61 |
| 200 m individual medley | Francesca Segat Italy | 2:07.03 ER | Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary | 2:07.93 | Sophie de Ronchi France | 2:08.10 |
| 400 m individual medley | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 4:25.06 WR | Alessia Filippi Italy | 4:26.06 | Francesca Segat Italy | 4:27.12 |
| 4 × 50 m freestyle relay | Netherlands Hinkelien Schreuder Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo Marleen Veldhuis | 1:33.80 WB | Sweden Petra Granlund Claire Hedenskog Sarah Sjöström Lovisa Ericsson | 1:38.00 | Germany Dorothea Brandt Petra Dallmann Lisa Vitting Daniela Schreiber | 1:38.06 |
| 4 × 50 m medley relay | Netherlands Ranomi Kromowidjojo Moniek Nijhuis Hinkelien Schreuder Marleen Veldhuis | 1:45.73 WB | Germany Daniela Samulski Janne Schaefer Lena Kalla Petra Dallmann | 1:46.84 | Italy Elena Gemo Roberta Panara Silvia di Pietro Federica Pellegrini | 1:47.05 |