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

EventGoldSilverBronze
Freestyle
Men's 50 m detailsDuje Draganja Croatia20.81 WRMark Foster Great Britain21.31Gerhard Zandberg South Africa21.33
Men's 100 mNathan Adrian United States46.67 CRFilippo Magnini Italy46.70Duje Draganja Croatia46.83
Men's 200 mKenrick Monk Australia1:43.46Kirk Palmer Australia1:43.50Massimiliano Rosolino Italy1:44.23
Men's 400 mYury Prilukov Russia3:37.35 ERMassimiliano Rosolino Italy3:39.60Robert Renwick Great Britain3:40.22
Men's 1500 mYury Prilukov Russia14:22.98 CRDavid Davies Great Britain14:36.30Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland14:43.37
Backstroke
Men's 50 mPeter Marshall United States23.49Liam Tancock Great Britain23.53Ashley Delaney Australia23.57
Men's 100 mLiam Tancock Great Britain50.14 ERRandall Bal United States50.42Stanislav Donets Russia50.53
Men's 200 mMarkus Rogan Austria1:47.84 WRRyan Lochte United States1:47.91Stanislav Donets Russia1:50.45
Breaststroke
Men's 50 mOleg Lisogor Ukraine26.46Mark Gangloff United States26.54Cameron van der Burgh South Africa26.67
Men's 100 mIgor Borysik Ukraine57.74 CRCameron van der Burgh South Africa57.92Oleg Lisogor Ukraine58.08
Men's 200 mKristopher Gilchrist Great Britain2:06.18Igor Borysik Ukraine2:06.21William Diering South Africa2:06.85
Butterfly
Men's 50 mAdam Pine Australia22.78Sergiy Breus Ukraine22.86 EREvgeny Korotyshkin Russia22.94
Men's 100 mPeter Mankoč Slovenia50.04 CRAdam Pine Australia50.54Nikolay Skvortsov Russia50.78
Men's 200 mMoss Burmester New Zealand1:51.05 CRNikolay Skvortsov Russia1:51.83Paweł Korzeniowski Poland1:52.25
Individual medley
Men's 100 mRyan Lochte United States51.15 WRPeter Mankoč Slovenia52.21 ERLiam Tancock Great Britain52.22
Men's 200 mRyan Lochte United States1:51.56 WRLiam Tancock Great Britain1:53.10James Goddard Great Britain1:55.15
Men's 400 mRyan Lochte United States4:03.21Robert Margalis United States4:03.74Ioannis Drymonakos Greece4:05.11
Freestyle relay
Men's 4 × 100 mUnited States Ryan Lochte Bryan Lundquist Nathan Adrian Doug Van Wie3:08.44 WRNetherlands Robert Lijesen Bas van Velthoven Mitja Zastrow Robin van Aggele3:09.18 ERSweden Petter Stymne Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander Marcus Piehl3:10.04
Men's 4 × 200 mAustralia Kirk Palmer Grant Brits Nicholas Sprenger Kenrick Monk6:55.65 CRGreat Britain Robert Renwick David Carry Andrew Hunter Ross Davenport6:56.52 ERItaly Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini6:58.39
Medley relay
Men's 4 × 100 mRussia Stanislav Donets Sergey Geybel Evgeny Korotyshkin Alexander Sukhorukov3:24.29 WRUnited States Randall Bal Mark Gangloff Ryan Lochte Nathan Adrian3:24.38New Zealand Daniel Bell Glenn Snyders Corney Swanepoel Cameron Gibson3:27.15

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Freestyle
Women's 50 mMarleen Veldhuis Netherlands23.25 WRHinkelien Schreuder Netherlands23.83Francesca Halsall Great Britain24.11
Women's 100 mMarleen Veldhuis Netherlands52.17 =CRFrancesca Halsall Great Britain52.79Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland52.94
Women's 200 mKylie Palmer Australia1:54.41Femke Heemskerk Netherlands1:54.65Caitlin McClatchey Great Britain1:55.15
Women's 400 mKylie Palmer Australia3:59.23 CRCamelia Potec Romania4:01.06Joanne Jackson Great Britain4:01.11
Women's 800 mRebecca Adlington Great Britain8:08.25 ER, CRKylie Palmer Australia8:12.32Erika Villaécija García Spain8:13.93
Backstroke
Women's 50 mSanja Jovanović Croatia26.37 WRGao Chang China26.70Kateryna Zubkova Ukraine26.81
Women's 100 mKirsty Coventry Zimbabwe57.10 CRKateryna Zubkova Ukraine57.15 ERSanja Jovanović Croatia57.80
Women's 200 mKirsty Coventry Zimbabwe2:00.91 WRElizabeth Simmonds Great Britain2:02.60 ERMargaret Hoelzer United States2:03.85
Breaststroke
Women's 50 mJessica Hardy United States29.58 WRKate Haywood Great Britain Sarah Katsoulis Australia30.35
Women's 100 mJessica Hardy United States1:04.22 CRJade Edmistone Australia1:04.93Suzaan van Biljon South Africa1:05.38
Women's 200 mSuzaan van Biljon South Africa2:18.73 CRSally Foster Australia2:20.11Yuliya Yefimova Russia2:20.48
Butterfly
Women's 50 mFelicity Galvez Australia25.32 WRHinkelien Schreuder Netherlands25.40Inge Dekker Netherlands25.60
Women's 100 mFelicity Galvez Australia55.89 WRRachel Komisarz United States56.32Jemma Lowe Great Britain56.84
Women's 200 mMary Descenza United States2:04.27 CRFelicity Galvez Australia2:04.90Jessica Dickons Great Britain2:05.09
Individual medley
Women's 100 mShayne Reese Australia59.58Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland59.62 ERKirsty Coventry Zimbabwe59.77
Women's 200 mKirsty Coventry Zimbabwe2:06.13 WRMireia Belmonte García Spain2:07.47 ERHannah Miley Great Britain2:08.79
Women's 400 mKirsty Coventry Zimbabwe4:26.52 WRHannah Miley Great Britain4:27.27 ERMireia Belmonte García Spain4:27.55
Freestyle relay
Women's 4 × 100 mNetherlands Hinkelien Schreuder Femke Heemskerk Inge Dekker Marleen Veldhuis3:29.42 WRAustralia Alice Mills Shayne Reese Kelly Stubbins Angie Bainbridge3:32.00Great Britain Francesca Halsall Caitlin McClatchey Julia Beckett Melanie Marshall3:32.88
Women's 4 × 200 mNetherlands Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk Marleen Veldhuis Ranomi Kromowidjojo7:38.90 WRGreat Britain Joanne Jackson Melanie Marshall Caitlin McClatchey Rebecca Adlington7:38.96Australia Bronte Barratt Angie Bainbridge Kelly Stubbins Kylie Palmer7:39.01
Medley relay
Women's 4 × 100 mUnited States Margaret Hoelzer Jessica Hardy Rachel Komisarz Kara Denby3:51.36 WRAustralia Rachel Goh Sarah Katsoulis Felicity Galvez Alice Mills3:52.01Great Britain Elizabeth Simmonds Kate Haywood Jemma Lowe Francesca Halsall3:53.02 ER

Medals table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1United States (USA)106117
2Australia (AUS)89219
3Netherlands (NED)4419
4Zimbabwe (ZIM)4015
5Great Britain (GBR)3101124
6Russia (RUS)3159
7Ukraine (UKR)2327
8Croatia (CRO)2024
9South Africa (RSA)1146
10Slovenia (SLO)1102
11New Zealand (NZL)1012
12Austria (AUT)1001
13Italy (ITA)0224
14Spain (ESP)0123
15Finland (FIN)0112
16China (CHN)0101
Romania (ROM)0101
18Poland (POL)0022
19Greece (GRE)0011
Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (20 entries)404139120

See also