# 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 9th FINA Swimming World Championships (25 m) were held at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, United Kingdom 9–13 April 2008.
The United States topped the medal table with 10 gold medals, though host team Great Britain took home the most medals (24).

## Medal summary
### Key

* WR - World record
* ER - European record
* CR - Championship record

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Freestyle |||||||
| Men's 50 m details | Duje Draganja Croatia | 20.81 WR | Mark Foster Great Britain | 21.31 | Gerhard Zandberg South Africa | 21.33 |
| Men's 100 m | Nathan Adrian United States | 46.67 CR | Filippo Magnini Italy | 46.70 | Duje Draganja Croatia | 46.83 |
| Men's 200 m | Kenrick Monk Australia | 1:43.46 | Kirk Palmer Australia | 1:43.50 | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 1:44.23 |
| Men's 400 m | Yury Prilukov Russia | 3:37.35 ER | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 3:39.60 | Robert Renwick Great Britain | 3:40.22 |
| Men's 1500 m | Yury Prilukov Russia | 14:22.98 CR | David Davies Great Britain | 14:36.30 | Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland | 14:43.37 |
| Backstroke |||||||
| Men's 50 m | Peter Marshall United States | 23.49 | Liam Tancock Great Britain | 23.53 | Ashley Delaney Australia | 23.57 |
| Men's 100 m | Liam Tancock Great Britain | 50.14 ER | Randall Bal United States | 50.42 | Stanislav Donets Russia | 50.53 |
| Men's 200 m | Markus Rogan Austria | 1:47.84 WR | Ryan Lochte United States | 1:47.91 | Stanislav Donets Russia | 1:50.45 |
| Breaststroke |||||||
| Men's 50 m | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | 26.46 | Mark Gangloff United States | 26.54 | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 26.67 |
| Men's 100 m | Igor Borysik Ukraine | 57.74 CR | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 57.92 | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | 58.08 |
| Men's 200 m | Kristopher Gilchrist Great Britain | 2:06.18 | Igor Borysik Ukraine | 2:06.21 | William Diering South Africa | 2:06.85 |
| Butterfly |||||||
| Men's 50 m | Adam Pine Australia | 22.78 | Sergiy Breus Ukraine | 22.86 ER | Evgeny Korotyshkin Russia | 22.94 |
| Men's 100 m | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 50.04 CR | Adam Pine Australia | 50.54 | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 50.78 |
| Men's 200 m | Moss Burmester New Zealand | 1:51.05 CR | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 1:51.83 | Paweł Korzeniowski Poland | 1:52.25 |
| Individual medley |||||||
| Men's 100 m | Ryan Lochte United States | 51.15 WR | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 52.21 ER | Liam Tancock Great Britain | 52.22 |
| Men's 200 m | Ryan Lochte United States | 1:51.56 WR | Liam Tancock Great Britain | 1:53.10 | James Goddard Great Britain | 1:55.15 |
| Men's 400 m | Ryan Lochte United States | 4:03.21 | Robert Margalis United States | 4:03.74 | Ioannis Drymonakos Greece | 4:05.11 |
| Freestyle relay |||||||
| Men's 4×100 m | United States Ryan Lochte Bryan Lundquist Nathan Adrian Doug Van Wie | 3:08.44 WR | Netherlands Robert Lijesen Bas van Velthoven Mitja Zastrow Robin van Aggele | 3:09.18 ER | Sweden Petter Stymne Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander Marcus Piehl | 3:10.04 |
| Men's 4×200 m | Australia Kirk Palmer Grant Brits Nicholas Sprenger Kenrick Monk | 6:55.65 CR | Great Britain Robert Renwick David Carry Andrew Hunter Ross Davenport | 6:56.52 ER | Italy Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini | 6:58.39 |
| Medley relay |||||||
| Men's 4×100 m | Russia Stanislav Donets Sergey Geybel Evgeny Korotyshkin Alexander Sukhorukov | 3:24.29 WR | United States Randall Bal Mark Gangloff Ryan Lochte Nathan Adrian | 3:24.38 | New Zealand Daniel Bell Glenn Snyders Corney Swanepoel Cameron Gibson | 3:27.15 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Freestyle |||||||
| Women's 50 m | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 23.25 WR | Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands | 23.83 | Francesca Halsall Great Britain | 24.11 |
| Women's 100 m | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 52.17 =CR | Francesca Halsall Great Britain | 52.79 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland | 52.94 |
| Women's 200 m | Kylie Palmer Australia | 1:54.41 | Femke Heemskerk Netherlands | 1:54.65 | Caitlin McClatchey Great Britain | 1:55.15 |
| Women's 400 m | Kylie Palmer Australia | 3:59.23 CR | Camelia Potec Romania | 4:01.06 | Joanne Jackson Great Britain | 4:01.11 |
| Women's 800 m | Rebecca Adlington Great Britain | 8:08.25 ER, CR | Kylie Palmer Australia | 8:12.32 | Erika Villaécija García Spain | 8:13.93 |
| Backstroke |||||||
| Women's 50 m | Sanja Jovanović Croatia | 26.37 WR | Gao Chang China | 26.70 | Kateryna Zubkova Ukraine | 26.81 |
| Women's 100 m | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 57.10 CR | Kateryna Zubkova Ukraine | 57.15 ER | Sanja Jovanović Croatia | 57.80 |
| Women's 200 m | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:00.91 WR | Elizabeth Simmonds Great Britain | 2:02.60 ER | Margaret Hoelzer United States | 2:03.85 |
| Breaststroke |||||||
| Women's 50 m | Jessica Hardy United States | 29.58 WR | Kate Haywood Great Britain Sarah Katsoulis Australia | 30.35 | | |
| Women's 100 m | Jessica Hardy United States | 1:04.22 CR | Jade Edmistone Australia | 1:04.93 | Suzaan van Biljon South Africa | 1:05.38 |
| Women's 200 m | Suzaan van Biljon South Africa | 2:18.73 CR | Sally Foster Australia | 2:20.11 | Yuliya Yefimova Russia | 2:20.48 |
| Butterfly |||||||
| Women's 50 m | Felicity Galvez Australia | 25.32 WR | Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands | 25.40 | Inge Dekker Netherlands | 25.60 |
| Women's 100 m | Felicity Galvez Australia | 55.89 WR | Rachel Komisarz United States | 56.32 | Jemma Lowe Great Britain | 56.84 |
| Women's 200 m | Mary Descenza United States | 2:04.27 CR | Felicity Galvez Australia | 2:04.90 | Jessica Dickons Great Britain | 2:05.09 |
| Individual medley |||||||
| Women's 100 m | Shayne Reese Australia | 59.58 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland | 59.62 ER | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 59.77 |
| Women's 200 m | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:06.13 WR | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 2:07.47 ER | Hannah Miley Great Britain | 2:08.79 |
| Women's 400 m | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 4:26.52 WR | Hannah Miley Great Britain | 4:27.27 ER | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 4:27.55 |
| Freestyle relay |||||||
| Women's 4×100 m | Netherlands Hinkelien Schreuder Femke Heemskerk Inge Dekker Marleen Veldhuis | 3:29.42 WR | Australia Alice Mills Shayne Reese Kelly Stubbins Angie Bainbridge | 3:32.00 | Great Britain Francesca Halsall Caitlin McClatchey Julia Beckett Melanie Marshall | 3:32.88 |
| Women's 4×200 m | Netherlands Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk Marleen Veldhuis Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 7:38.90 WR | Great Britain Joanne Jackson Melanie Marshall Caitlin McClatchey Rebecca Adlington | 7:38.96 | Australia Bronte Barratt Angie Bainbridge Kelly Stubbins Kylie Palmer | 7:39.01 |
| Medley relay |||||||
| Women's 4×100 m | United States Margaret Hoelzer Jessica Hardy Rachel Komisarz Kara Denby | 3:51.36 WR | Australia Rachel Goh Sarah Katsoulis Felicity Galvez Alice Mills | 3:52.01 | Great Britain Elizabeth Simmonds Kate Haywood Jemma Lowe Francesca Halsall | 3:53.02 ER |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 8 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 40 | 41 | 39 | 120 |