# 2008 European Aquatics Championships

The 2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13–24 March 2008. They were the European championships for swimming (50 m), diving and synchronised swimming for 2008. Two new events were contested: the 800 m freestyle men and the 1500 m freestyle women. This is the first time that the men's and women's swimming programs are identical.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 12 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | France | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Germany | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Netherlands* | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Hungary | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Norway | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Croatia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Finland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 54 | 54 | 54 | 162 |

## Swimming
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Italy | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 34 | 31 | 31 | 96 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Alain Bernard France | 21.66 | Duje Draganja Croatia | 22.00 | Stefan Nystrand Sweden | 22.16 |
| 100 m freestyle | Alain Bernard France | 47.50 WR | Stefan Nystrand Sweden | 48.40 | Filippo Magnini Italy | 48.53 |
| 200 m freestyle | Paul Biedermann Germany | 1:46.59 | Amaury Leveaux France | 1:46.99 | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 1:47.33 |
| 400 m freestyle | Yury Prilukov Russia | 3:45.10 CR | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 3:45.19 | Nikita Lobintsev Russia | 3:46.75 |
| 800 m freestyle | Gergő Kis Hungary | 7:51.94 CR | Samuel Pizzetti Italy | 7:54.09 | Dragoș Coman Romania | 7:54.37 NR |
| 1500 m freestyle | Yury Prilukov Russia | 14:50.40 CR | David Davies Great Britain | 14:54.28 | Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland | 14:58.78 |
| 50 m backstroke | Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece | 25.13 | Flori Lang Switzerland | 25.18 | Ľuboš Križko Slovakia | 25.44 |
| 100 m backstroke | Markus Rogan Austria | 54.03 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece | 54.27 | Arkady Vyatchanin Russia | 54.45 |
| 200 m backstroke | Markus Rogan Austria | 1:55.85 | Arkady Vyatchanin Russia | 1:57.04 | Răzvan Florea Romania | 1:57.53 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | 27.43 | Alexander Dale Oen Norway | 27.53 NR | Alessandro Terrin Italy | 27.64 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Alexander Dale Oen Norway | 59.76 ER | Hugues Duboscq France | 59.78 | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | 1:00.53 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Grigory Falko Russia | 2:09.64 CR | Alexander Dale Oen Norway | 2:09.74 NR | Hugues Duboscq France | 2:09.91 |
| 50 m butterfly | Milorad Čavić Serbia | 23.11 ER | Sergiy Breus Ukraine | 23.48 | Rafael Muñoz Pérez Spain | 23.60 |
| 100 m butterfly | Evgeny Korotyshkin Russia | 51.89 CR | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 52.07 | Rafael Muñoz Pérez Spain | 52.09 |
| 200 m butterfly | Ioannis Drymonakos Greece | 1:54.16 ER | Paweł Korzeniowski Poland | 1:54.38 | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 1:54.65 |
| 200 m individual medley | László Cseh Hungary | 1:58.02 | Dinko Jukić Austria | 1:59.65 | Vytautas Janušaitis Lithuania | 2:00.17 |
| 400 m individual medley | László Cseh Hungary | 4:09.59 ER | Ioannis Drymonakos Greece | 4:14.72 | Luca Marin Italy | 4:16.69 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Marcus Piehl (50.56) Stefan Nystrand (47.52) Petter Stymne (49.30) Jonas Persson (48.03) Sweden | 3:15.41 | Massimiliano Rosolino (49.94) Alessandro Calvi (48.79) Christian Galenda (48.74) Filippo Magnini (48.20) Italy | 3:15.77 | Mitja Zastrow (49.14) Bas van Velthoven (49.33) Robert Lijesen (48.60) Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.81) Netherlands | 3:15.88 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Emiliano Brembilla (1:48.36) Massimiliano Rosolino (1:47.38) Nicola Cassio (1:46.57) Filippo Magnini (1:47.63) Italy | 7:09.94 | Nikita Lobintsev (1:48.20) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:46.97) Evgeny Lagunov (1:48.37) Yury Prilukov (1:48.16) Russia | 7:11.70 | Dominik Koll (1:48.21) Markus Rogan (1:48.42) David Brandl (1:48.52) Dinko Jukić (1:48.84) Austria | 7:13.99 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Arkady Vyatchanin (54.13) Grigory Falko (1:00.45) Evgeny Korotyshkin (51.35) Andrey Grechin (48.32) Russia | 3:34.25 ER | Gordan Kožulj (55.28) Vanja Rogulj (1:00.93) Mario Todorović (51.83) Duje Draganja (48.28) Croatia | 3:36.32 | Simon Sjödin (56.08) Jonas Andersson (1:01.13) Lars Frölander (52.21) Stefan Nystrand (47.43) Sweden | 3:36.85 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 24.09 WR | Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands | 24.59 | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 24.71 |
| 100 m freestyle | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 53.77 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland | 54.04 | Inge Dekker Netherlands | 54.12 |
| 200 m freestyle | Sara Isaković Slovenia | 1:57.45 | Camelia Potec Romania | 1:57.47 | Ágnes Mutina Hungary | 1:58.06 |
| 400 m freestyle | Federica Pellegrini Italy | 4:01.53 WR | Coralie Balmy France | 4:04.15 | Camelia Potec Romania | 4:05.62 |
| 800 m freestyle | Alessia Filippi Italy | 8:23.50 | Erika Villaécija García Spain | 8:24.08 | Camelia Potec Romania | 8:25.28 |
| 1,500 m freestyle | Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland | 15:58.54 CR | Erika Villaécija García Spain | 16:02.08 | Lotte Friis Denmark | 16:11.26 |
| 50 m backstroke | Anastasia Zuyeva Russia | 28.05 ER | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | 28.11 | Sanja Jovanović Croatia | 28.17 |
| 100 m backstroke | Anastasia Zuyeva Russia | 59.41 ER | Laure Manaudou France | 1:00.05 | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | 1:00.29 |
| 200 m backstroke | Laure Manaudou France | 2:07.99 | Anastasia Zuyeva Russia | 2:09.59 | Nikolett Szepesi Hungary | 2:09.90 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Janne Schäfer Germany | 31.08 CR | Yuliya Yefimova Russia | 31.41 | Mirna Jukić Austria | 31.59 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Mirna Jukić Austria | 1:08.18 | Alena Alekseeva Russia | 1:08.91 | Joline Höstman Sweden | 1:08.94 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Yuliya Yefimova Russia | 2:24.09 CR | Mirna Jukić Austria | 2:24.58 | Alena Alekseeva Russia | 2:25.22 |
| 50 m butterfly | Chantal Groot Netherlands | 26.03 | Inge Dekker Netherlands | 26.30 | Sviatlana Khakhlova Belarus | 26.52 |
| 100 m butterfly | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 58.44 | Inge Dekker Netherlands | 58.50 | Aurore Mongel France | 58.54 |
| 200 m butterfly | Aurore Mongel France | 2:06.59 | Emese Kovács Hungary | 2:06.71 | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 2:09.32 |
| 200 m individual medley | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 2:11.16 CR | Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary | 2:12.93 | Camille Muffat France | 2:13.63 |
| 400 m individual medley | Alessia Filippi Italy | 4:36.68 | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 4:37.43 | Yana Martynova Russia | 4:37.86 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Inge Dekker (53.77) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.61) Femke Heemskerk (53.62) Marleen Veldhuis (52.62) Netherlands | 3:33.62 WR | Erika Ferraioli (56.14) Federica Pellegrini (53.68) Maria Laura Simonetto (55.54) Cristina Chiuso (55.70) Italy | 3:41.06 | Claire Hedenskog (55.56) Josefin Lillhage (54.36) Ida Marko-Varga (55.33) Magdalena Kuras (56.03) Sweden | 3:41.28 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Laure Manaudou (1:58.51) Coralie Balmy (1:56.58) Mylène Lazare (1:59.39) Alena Popchanka (1:57.61) France | 7:52.09 | Joanne Jackson (1:59.10) Melanie Marshall (1:57.81) Ellen Gandy (1:59.26) Caitlin McClatchey (1:56.19) Great Britain | 7:52.36 | Alice Carpanese (2:01.06) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.98) Alessia Filippi (1:58.47) Renata Spagnolo (2:01.18) Italy | 7:55.69 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Elizabeth Simmonds (1:01.20) Kate Haywood (1:07.11) Jemma Lowe (58.00) Francesca Halsall (53.02) Great Britain | 3:59.33 ER | Anastasia Zuyeva (59.72) Yuliya Yefimova (1:07.30) Natalya Sutyagina (58.29) Daria Belyakina (55.16) Russia | 4:00.47 | Hinkelien Schreuder (1:03.30) Jolijn van Valkengoed (1:10.67) Inge Dekker (57.69) Marleen Veldhuis (52.75) Netherlands | 4:04.41 |

## Diving
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Results
#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Illya Kvasha Ukraine | 454.65 | Joona Puhakka Finland | 432.80 | Christopher Sacchin Italy | 423.80 |
| 3 m springboard | Dmitry Sautin Russia | 493.70 | Illya Kvasha Ukraine | 468.70 | Joona Puhakka Finland | 441.80 |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Yuriy Kunakov Dmitry Sautin Russia | 440.76 | Tobias Schellenberg Andreas Wels Germany | 413.94 | Dmytro Lysenko Anton Zakharov Ukraine | 406.56 |
| 10 m platform | Tom Daley Great Britain | 491.95 | Sascha Klein Germany | 487.60 | Francesco Dell'Uomo Italy | 481.30 |
| 10 m platform synchro | Patrick Hausding Sascha Klein Germany | 453.24 | Vadim Kaptur Aliaksandr Varlamau Belarus | 427.35 | Konstantin Khanbekov Oleg Vikulov Russia | 426.24 |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Anna Lindberg Sweden | 293.85 | Nóra Barta Hungary | 270.60 | Katja Dieckow Germany | 264.15 |
| 3 m springboard | Yuliya Pakhalina Russia | 347.40 | Katja Dieckow Germany | 330.80 | Olena Fedorova Ukraine | 319.70 |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Yuliya Pakhalina Anastasia Pozdnyakova Russia | 327.57 | Heike Fischer Ditte Kotzian Germany | 305.64 | Olena Fedorova Alevtina Korolyova Ukraine | 301.86 |
| 10 m platform | Tania Cagnotto Italy | 355.35 | Iuliia Prokopchuk Ukraine | 328.35 | Elina Eggers Sweden | 319.65 |
| 10 m platform synchro | Annett Gamm Nora Subschinski Germany | 336.63 | Alina Chaplenko Iuliia Prokopchuk Ukraine | 334.20 | Noemi Batki Tania Cagnotto Italy | 323.13 |

## Synchronised swimming
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Spain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Italy | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Solo free routine | Gemma Mengual Spain | 98.400 | Natalia Ishchenko Russia | 98.300 | Beatrice Adelizzi Italy | 94.000 |
| Duet free routine | Gemma Mengual Andrea Fuentes Spain | 97.800 | Beatrice Adelizzi Giulia Lapi Italy | 94.900 | Daria Iushko Xenia Sidorenko Ukraine | 93.900 |
| Team free routine | Alba Cabello Ona Carbonell Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Thaïs Henríquez Gemma Mengual Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados Spain | 97.800 | Alessia Bigi Elisa Bozzo Costanza Fiorentini Manila Flamini Francesca Gangemi Mariangela Perrupato Sara Sgarzi Federica Tommasi Italy | 95.200 | Anna Bagirova Nadiya Berezhna Anastasiya Chepak Daria Iushko Ganna Khmelnytska Olga Kondrashova Yuliya Maryanko Kseniya Sydorenko Ukraine | 93.300 |
| Free combination routine | Alba Cabello Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Thaïs Henríquez Laura López Gemma Mengual Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados Cristina Violán Spain | 97.900 | Alessia Bigi Elisa Bozzo Costanza Fiorentini Manila Flamini Francesca Gangemi Mariangela Perrupato Dalila Schiesaro Sara Sgarzi Federica Tommasi Italy | 95.100 | Anna Bagirova Nadiya Berezhna Anastasiya Chepak Inga Giller Daria Iushko Ganna Khmelnytska Olga Kondrashova Yuliya Maryanko Olga Shevchuk Kseniya Sydorenko Ukraine | 94.100 |