# 2008 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships

The 2nd FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, or 2008 Youth Worlds, were held on July 8–13, 2008, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
The Championships were held at the Aquatics Center of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Centro Acuático Olímpico Universitario). In May 2008, this same pool hosted the swimming portion of the 2008 Mexican National Olympiad, which served as the country's selection meet for Mexico's teams to the 2008 Olympics.
The male participants had to be 18 years or younger on the 31 December 2008 (i.e. born 1990 or later). The female participants had to be 17 years or younger on the 31 December 2008 (i.e. born 1991 or later).

## Medals table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | United States | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Russia | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Australia | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Italy | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Germany | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | France | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Serbia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 14 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

## Medal summary
### Boy's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Boy's freestyle |||||||
| 50 m | Orinoco Faamausili-Banse New Zealand | 22.37 CR | Luca Dotto Italy | 22.63 | Luca Leonardi Italy | 22.70 |
| 100 m | Luca Dotto Italy | 50.06 CR | Luca Leonardi Italy | 50.11 | Oleg Tikhobaev Russia | 50.33 |
| 200 m | Danila Izotov Russia | 1:47.63 CR | Robert Bale Great Britain | 1:49.44 | Lucien Hassdenteufel Germany | 1:49.72 |
| 400 m | Danila Izotov Russia | 3:51.81 CR | Alex di Giorgio Italy | 3:53.19 | Krzysztof Pielowski Poland | 3:53.66 |
| 800 m | Heerden Herman South Africa | 8:01.77 CR | Krzystof Pielowski Poland | 8:02.02 | Raoul Shaw France | 8:04.71 |
| 1500 m | Krzystof Pielowski Poland | 15:25.01 CR | Artem Podyakov Russia | 15:26.56 | Raoul Shaw France | 15:31.07 |
| Boy's backstroke |||||||
| 50 m | Benjamin Treffers Australia | 25.60 CR | Pavel Sankovich Belarus | 25.93 | Artem Dubovskoy Russia | 26.17 |
| 100 m | Daniel Bell New Zealand | 55.32 | Benjamin Treffers Australia | 55.77 | Chris Walker-Hebborn Great Britain | 56.04 |
| 200 m | Kurt Basset New Zealand | 1:59.67 CR | Matthew Swanston Canada | 2:00.53 | Radosław Kawęcki Poland | 2:00.72 |
| Boy's breaststroke |||||||
| 50 m | Daniel Sliwinski Great Britain | 28.37 CR | Csaba Szilágyi Serbia | 28.38 | Andrea Toniato Italy | 28.40 |
| 100 m | Daniel Sliwinski Great Britain | 1:02.19 CR | Marco Koch Germany | 1:02.56 | Csaba Szilágyi Serbia | 1:02.57 |
| 200 m | Alexey Zinovyev Russia | 2:14.78 CR | Marco Koch Germany | 2:15.27 | Robert Holderness Great Britain | 2:15.67 |
| Boy's butterfly |||||||
| 50 m | Daniel Bell New Zealand | 23.61 CR | Ivan Lenđer Serbia | 23.97 | Pavel Sankovich Belarus | 24.26 |
| 100 m | Daniel Bell New Zealand | 52.52 CR | Ivan Lenđer Serbia | 52.62 | Timothy Phillips United States | 52.87 |
| 200 m | Yuya Horihata Japan | 1:59.03 CR | Federico Bussolin Italy | 1:59.13 | Yusuke Mori Japan | 1:59.32 |
| Boy's individual medley |||||||
| 200 m | Dimitri Colupaev Germany | 2:02.28 CR | Austin Surhoff United States | 2:02.51 | Yuya Horihata Japan | 2:02.99 |
| 400 m | Andrew Gemmell United States | 4:21.58 | Jan-David Schepers Germany | 4:22.10 | Keita Sameshima Japan | 4:29.93 |
| Boy's relays |||||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle | Italy Luca Dotto Marco Orsi Fabio Gimondi Luca Leonardi | 3:19.09 CR | Russia Artem Lobuzov Vladimir Bryukhov Oleg Tikhobaev Danila Izotov | 3:20.64 | Brazil Marcos Macedo João de Lucca Renner Lima Henrique Rodrigues | 3:22.81 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle | Great Britain Robert Bale Thomas Parris Ryan Bennett Christopher Walker-Hebborn | 7:20.18 CR | Germany Joel Ax Lucien Hassdenteufel Jan-David Schepers Dimitri Colupaev | 7:20.27 | Japan Kohei Masuda Yuta Takahashi Yuki Kobori Yuya Horihata | 7:24.72 |
| 4 × 100 m medley | Great Britain Christopher Walker-Hebborn Daniel Sliwinski James Doolan Robert Bale | 3:41.69 CR | Japan Takashi Iyobe Takeshi Yamada Shinri Shioura Kenta Ito | 3:42.61 | United States Timothy Johnson Eric Friedland Timothy Phillips Walter Rumans | 3:42.79 |

### Girl's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Girl's freestyle |||||||
| 50 m | Elodie Schmitt France | 25.88 | Hannah Riordan Canada | 25.95 | Nathalie Lindborg Sweden | 26.01 |
| 100 m | Samantha Tucker United States | 55.59 CR | Silke Lippok Germany | 56.08 | Megan Romano United States | 56.32 |
| 200 m | Dagny Knutson United States | 1:59.78 CR | Samantha Tucker United States | 2:00.41 | Ellen Fullerton Australia | 2:01.18 |
| 400 m | Elena Sokolova Russia | 4:06.30 CR, NR | Margaux Fabre France | 4:12.44 | Katie Gardocki United States | 4:13.00 |
| 800 m | Elena Sokolova Russia | 8:32.75 CR | Katie Gardocki United States | 8:37.08 | Andreina Pinto Venezuela | 8:37.82 |
| 1500 m | Elena Sokolova Russia | 16:28.77 CR | Kalliopi Araouzou Greece | 16:33.68 | Andreina Pinto Venezuela | 16:36.33 |
| Girl's backstroke |||||||
| 50 m | Grace Loh Australia | 28.83 CR | Etiene Medeiros Brazil | 29.44 | Elizabeth Pelton United States | 29.45 |
| 100 m | Grace Loh Australia | 1:02.02 | Elizabeth Pelton United States | 1:02.37 | Tess Simpson Canada | 1:02.96 |
| 200 m | Zuzanna Mazurek Poland | 2:12.56 CR | Elizabeth Pelton United States | 2:13.53 | Karolina Urbanska Poland | 2:13.83 |
| Girl's breaststroke |||||||
| 50 m | Anna Carlson United States | 31.81 | Laura Sogar United States | 31.94 | Amanda Reason Canada | 32.02 |
| 100 m | Samantha Marshall Australia | 1:08.72 CR | Mina Matsushima Japan | 1:08.99 | Ekaterina Baklakova Russia | 1:09.06 |
| 200 m | Olga Detenyuk Russia | 2:25.19 CR | Keiko Fukudome Japan | 2:25.39 | Laura Sogar United States | 2:26.41 |
| Girl's butterfly |||||||
| 50 m | Silvia di Pietro Italy | 26.77 CR | Mélanie Henique France | 27.09 | Ellese Zallewsky Australia | 27.13 |
| 100 m | Natsuki Akiyama Japan | 59.58 | Silvia di Pietro Italy | 59.60 | Yui Miyamoto Japan | 1:00.05 |
| 200 m | Natsuki Akiyama Japan | 2:08.10 CR | Nina Schiffer Germany | 2:09.36 | Yui Miyamoto Japan | 2:09.41 |
| Girl's individual medley |||||||
| 200 m | Dagny Knutson United States | 2:12.97 CR | Ellen Fullerton Australia | 2:14.73 | Victoria Andreeva Russia | 2:16.21 |
| 400 m | Dagny Knutson United States | 4:43.49 CR | Ellen Fullerton Australia | 4:45.17 | Barbara Jardin Canada | 4:49.10 |
| Girl's relays |||||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle | United States Dagny Knutson Megan Romano Elizabeth Pelton Samantha Tucker | 3:43.54 CR | Germany Silke Lippok Franziska Jansen Lisa Vitting Sina Sutter | 3:46.63 | Canada Hannah Riordan Hilary Bell Paige Schultz Alexandra Gabor | 3:47.30 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle | United States Samantha Tucker Lily Moldenhauer Dagny Knutson Elizabeth Pelton | 8:04.49 CR | Great Britain Sasha Matthews Rebecca Turner Lucy Worrall Lauren Collins | 8:06.52 | Canada Alexandra Gabor Barbara Jardin Hilary Bell Paige Schultz | 8:10.08 |
| 4 × 100 m medley | United States Elizabeth Pelton Laura Sogar Caroline McElhany Samantha Tucker | 4:06.90 CR | Australia Grace Loh Samantha Marshall Ellese Zalewski Ellen Fullerton | 4:07.59 | Canada Tess Simpson Amanda Reason Kendra Chernoff Hannah Riordan | 4:07.76 |