# 2008 European Junior Swimming Championships

The 2008 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 30 to August 3, 2008, in Belgrade, Serbia. The age groups for this event are girls born in 1992 or 1993 and boys born in 1990 and 1991. The tournament is held in a 50 m pool. All events which are held in senior championships are included in the junior championships, including non-Olympic events.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Serbia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Serbia (SRB)* | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Faroe Islands (FRO) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

## Medal summary
### Male events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Boy's freestyle |||||||
| 50 m | Luca Dotto Italy | 22.36 | Oleg Tikhobaev Russia | 22.47 | Vlad Razvan Caciuc Romania | 22.56 |
| 100 m | Oleg Tikhobaev Russia | 50.03 | Marcin Tarczyński Poland | 50.11 | Marco Orsi Italy | 50.16 |
| 200 m | Robert Bale Great Britain | 1:49.05 | Artem Lobuzov Russia | 1:49.29 | Alex Di Giorgio Italy | 1:49.33 |
| 400 m | Pál Joensen Faroe Islands | 3:51.44 | Alex Di Giorgio Italy | 3:51.55 | Xavier Mohammed Great Britain | 3:54.21 |
| 800 m | Pál Joensen Faroe Islands | 7:56.90 | Raoul Shaw France | 8:02.70 | Pavel Medvetskiy Russia | 8:04.56 |
| 1500 m | Pál Joensen Faroe Islands | 15:18.37 | Krzysztof Pielowski Poland | 15:24.63 | Raoul Shaw France | 15:25.02 |
| Boy's backstroke |||||||
| 50 m | Artem Dubovskoy Russia | 26.25 | Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio Italy | 26.34 | Vitaly Melnikov Russia | 26.36 |
| 100 m | Christopher Walker-Hebborn Great Britain | 55.44 | Artem Dubovskoy Russia | 55.58 | Vitaly Borisov Russia | 56.07 |
| 200 m | Christopher Walker-Hebborn Great Britain | 1:59.61 | Gábor Balog Hungary | 2:01.01 | Eric Ress France | 2:01.43 |
| Boy's breaststroke |||||||
| 50 m | Nicolo Ossola Italy | 28.26 | Csaba Szilágyi Serbia | 28.28 | Marco Koch Germany | 28.32 |
| 100 m | Csaba Szilágyi Serbia | 1:01.91 | Marco Koch Germany | 1:01.98 | Daniel Sliwinski Great Britain | 1:02.45 |
| 200 m | Marco Koch Germany | 2:12.25 | Artem Babikhin Russia | 2:14.89 | Maxim Shcherbakov Russia | 2:15.36 |
| Boy's butterfly |||||||
| 50 m | Ivan Lenđer Serbia | 24.17 | James Doolan Great Britain | 24.58 | Goksu Bicer Turkey | 24.63 |
| 100 m | Ivan Lenđer Serbia | 52.53 EJCR | James Doolan Great Britain | 53.16 | Alex Villaecija Garcia Spain | 54.28 |
| 200 m | Federico Bussolin Italy | 1:59.29 | Roberto Pavoni Great Britain | 1:59.94 | Jan Šefl Czech Republic | 1:59.96 |
| Boy's individual medley |||||||
| 200 m | Xavier Mohammed Great Britain | 2:00.73 EJC | Jan David Schepers Germany | 2:03.22 | Roberto Pavoni Great Britain | 2:04.03 |
| 400 m | Roberto Pavoni Great Britain | 4:19.95 | Xavier Mohammed Great Britain | 4:20.74 | Jan David Schepers Germany | 4:22.87 |
| Boy's relays |||||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle | Germany Lucien Hassdenteufel Jan David Schepers Joel Ax Dmitri Colupaev | 3:19.36 EJC | Italy Luca Dotto Luca Leonardi Francesco Donin Marco Orsi | 3:20.00 | Russia Oleg Tikhobaev Alexander Shumaylov Artem Lobuzov Vladimir Bryukhov | 3:20.84 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle | Great Britain Robert Bale Thomas Parris Ryan Bennett Christopher Walker-Hebborn | 7:19.98 | Italy Fabio Donanzan Filippo Barbacini Niccolò Maschi Alex Di Giorgio | 7:22.72 | Russia Evgeniy Ayzetullov Pavel Medvetskiy Dmitry Bokankhel Artem Lobuzov | 7:23.78 |
| 4 × 100 m medley | Great Britain Christopher Walker-Hebborn James Doolan Daniel Sliwinski Robert Bale | 3:39.75 EJCR | Russia Artem Dubovskoy Kirill Chibisov Maxim Shcherbakov Oleg Tikhobaev | 3:41.16 | Italy Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio Federico Bussolin Andrea Toniato Marco Orsi | 3:43.10 |

### Female events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Girl's freestyle |||||||
| 50 m | Jolien Sysmans Belgium | 25.40 | Elodie Schmitt France | 25.47 | Kristel Vourna Greece | 25.94 |
| 100 m | Jolien Sysmans Belgium | 56.00 | Silvia di Pietro Italy | 56.17 | Viktoriya Andreeva Russia | 56.20 |
| 200 m | Patricia Castro Ortega Spain | 2:00.45 | Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands | 2:01.30 | Camille Radou France | 2:01.74 |
| 400 m | Anne Bochmann Great Britain | 4:12.51 | Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands | 4:12.53 | Margaux Fabre France | 4:12.60 |
| 800 m | Nika Karlina Petric Slovenia | 8:36.92 | Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands | 8:39.00 | Melanie Radicke Germany | 8:45.80 |
| 1500 m | Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands | 16:36.44 | Margaux Fabre France | 16:43.79 | Neja Skufca Slovenia | 16:46.99 |
| Girl's backstroke |||||||
| 50 m | Eva Dobar Hungary | 29.42 | Klaudia Nazieblo Poland | 29.62 | Kseniya Grygorenko Ukraine | 29.63 |
| 100 m | Alicja Tchorz Poland | 1:02.98 | Pernille Larsen Denmark | 1:03.29 | Kseniya Grygorenko Ukraine | 1:03.38 |
| 200 m | Kseniya Grygorenko Ukraine | 2:13.32 | Valentina Lucconi Italy | 2:14.16 | Klaudia Nazieblo Poland | 2:14.83 |
| Girl's breaststroke |||||||
| 50 m | Ekaterina Baklakova Russia | 32.34 | Paulina Zachoszsz Poland | 32.83 | Vitalina Simonova Russia | 32.85 |
| 100 m | Ekaterina Baklakova Russia | 1:09.65 | Paulina Zachoszsz Poland | 1:10.83 | Yuliya Banach Israel | 1:10.90 |
| 200 m | Ekaterina Baklakova Russia | 2:28.42 | Vitalina Simonova Russia | 2:29.63 | Paulina Zachoszsz Poland | 2:31.22 |
| Girl's butterfly |||||||
| 50 m | Beatrix Bordas Hungary | 26.43 EJCR | Silvia Di Pietro Italy | 26.83 | Lena Kalla Germany | 26.86 |
| 100 m | Silvia Di Pietro Italy | 59.28 | Lena Kalla Germany | 1:00.28 | Beatrix Bordas Hungary | 1:00.77 |
| 200 m | Mirela Olczak Poland | 2:11.50 | Silvia Meschiari Italy | 2:12.65 | Alicja Tchorz Poland | 2:13.28 |
| Girl's individual medley |||||||
| 200 m | Viktoriya Andreeva Russia | 2:16.09 | Sophie Allen Great Britain | 2:16.40 | Alexandra Musienko Russia | 2:17.24 |
| 400 m | Anne Bochmann Great Britain | 4:46.58 | Alexandra Musienko Russia | 4:48.30 | Nika Petric Slovenia | 4:49.04 |
| Girl's relays |||||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle | France Camille Radou Marie Sophie Castelle Margaux Fabre Elodie Schmitt | 3:45.75 | Germany Franziska Jansen Rebecca Ottke Lena Kalla Melanie Radicke | 3:47.60 | Russia Anna Martynova Vitalina Simonova Ksenia Lavrentyeva Viktoriya Andreeva | 3:49.02 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle | Great Britain Rebecca Turner Lucy Worrall Alexandra Hooper Anne Bochmann | 8:08.82 EJCR | France Marie Sophie Castelle Adeline Martin Margaux Fabre Camille Radou | 8:12.15 | Germany Theresa Michalak Katharina David Melanie Radicke Franziska Jansen | 8:16.05 |
| 4 × 100 m medley | Poland Alicja Tchorz Mirela Olczak Paulina Zachoszcz Katarzyna Wilk | 4:10.96 | Greece Aspasia Petradaki Panagiota Tsialta Maria Georgia Michalaka Theodora Drakou | 4:12.40 | Russia Maria Khan Elena Shamaeva Ekaterina Baklakova Viktoriya Andreeva | 4:12.71 |