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
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|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Freestyle
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|Men's 50 m <br />
|Duje Draganja <br><small> </small>|| 20.81<br />WR
|Mark Foster <br><small> </small>|| 21.31
|Gerhard Zandberg <br><small> </small>|| 21.33
|-
|Men's 100 m
|Nathan Adrian <br><small></small>|| 46.67<br />CR
|Filippo Magnini <br><small> </small>|| 46.70
|Duje Draganja <br><small> </small>|| 46.83
|-
|Men's 200 m
| Kenrick Monk <br><small> </small>|| 1:43.46
|Kirk Palmer <br><small> </small>|| 1:43.50
|Massimiliano Rosolino<br><small> </small>|| 1:44.23
|-
|Men's 400 m
|Yury Prilukov <br><small> </small>|| 3:37.35<br />ER
|Massimiliano Rosolino <br><small> </small>|| 3:39.60
|Robert Renwick <br><small> </small>|| 3:40.22
|-
|Men's 1500 m
|Yury Prilukov <br><small> </small>|| 14:22.98<br />CR
|David Davies <br><small> </small>|| 14:36.30
|Mateusz Sawrymowicz <br><small> </small>|| 14:43.37
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Backstroke
|-
|Men's 50 m
|Peter Marshall <br><small> </small>|| 23.49
|Liam Tancock <br><small> </small>|| 23.53
|Ashley Delaney <br><small> </small>|| 23.57
|-
|Men's 100 m
|Liam Tancock <br><small> </small>|| 50.14<br />ER
|Randall Bal <br><small> </small>|| 50.42
|Stanislav Donets <br><small> </small>|| 50.53
|-
|Men's 200 m
|Markus Rogan <br><small> </small>|| 1:47.84<br />WR
|Ryan Lochte <br><small> </small>|| 1:47.91
|Stanislav Donets <br><small> </small>|| 1:50.45
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Breaststroke
|-
|Men's 50 m
|Oleg Lisogor <br><small> </small>|| 26.46
|Mark Gangloff <br><small> </small>|| 26.54
|Cameron van der Burgh <br><small> </small>|| 26.67
|-
|Men's 100 m
|Igor Borysik <br><small> </small>|| 57.74<br />CR
|Cameron van der Burgh <br><small> </small>|| 57.92
|Oleg Lisogor <br><small> </small>|| 58.08
|-
|Men's 200 m
|Kristopher Gilchrist <br><small> </small>|| 2:06.18
|Igor Borysik <br><small> </small>|| 2:06.21
|William Diering <br><small> </small>|| 2:06.85
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Butterfly
|-
|Men's 50 m
|Adam Pine <br><small> </small>|| 22.78
|Sergiy Breus <br><small> </small>|| 22.86<br />ER
|Evgeny Korotyshkin <br><small> </small>|| 22.94
|-
|Men's 100 m
|Peter Mankoč <br><small> </small>|| 50.04<br />CR
|Adam Pine <br><small> </small>|| 50.54
|Nikolay Skvortsov <br><small> </small>|| 50.78
|-
|Men's 200 m
|Moss Burmester <br><small> </small>|| 1:51.05<br />CR
|Nikolay Skvortsov <br><small> </small>||1:51.83
|Paweł Korzeniowski <br><small> </small>|| 1:52.25
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Individual medley
|-
|Men's 100 m
|Ryan Lochte <br><small> </small>|| 51.15<br />WR
|Peter Mankoč <br><small> </small>|| 52.21<br />ER
|Liam Tancock <br><small> </small>|| 52.22
|-
|Men's 200 m
| Ryan Lochte <br><small> </small>|| 1:51.56<br />WR
|Liam Tancock <br><small> </small>|| 1:53.10
|James Goddard <br><small> </small>|| 1:55.15
|-
|Men's 400 m
|Ryan Lochte <br><small> </small>|| 4:03.21
|Robert Margalis <br><small> </small>|| 4:03.74
|Ioannis Drymonakos <br><small> </small>|| 4:05.11
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Freestyle relay
|-
|Men's 4 × 100 m
|<br> <small>Ryan Lochte<br>Bryan Lundquist<br>Nathan Adrian<br>Doug Van Wie</small>|| 3:08.44<br>WR
|<br><small>Robert Lijesen<br>Bas van Velthoven<br>Mitja Zastrow<br>Robin van Aggele</small>|| 3:09.18<br>ER
|<br><small>Petter Stymne<br>Stefan Nystrand<br>Lars Frölander<br>Marcus Piehl</small>|| 3:10.04
|-
|Men's 4 × 200 m
|<br><small>Kirk Palmer<br>Grant Brits<br>Nicholas Sprenger<br>Kenrick Monk</small>|| 6:55.65<br />CR
|<br><small>Robert Renwick<br>David Carry<br>Andrew Hunter<br>Ross Davenport</small>|| 6:56.52<br />ER
|<br><small>Emiliano Brembilla<br>Massimiliano Rosolino<br>Nicola Cassio<br>Filippo Magnini</small>||6:58.39
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Medley relay
|-
|Men's 4 × 100 m
|<br><small>Stanislav Donets<br>Sergey Geybel<br>Evgeny Korotyshkin<br>Alexander Sukhorukov</small>|| 3:24.29<br />WR
|<br><small>Randall Bal<br>Mark Gangloff<br>Ryan Lochte<br>Nathan Adrian</small>|| 3:24.38
|<br><small>Daniel Bell<br>Glenn Snyders<br>Corney Swanepoel<br>Cameron Gibson</small>|| 3:27.15
|-
|}
Women's events
{|
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Freestyle
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|Women's 50 m
|Marleen Veldhuis <br><small> </small>|| 23.25<br />WR
|Hinkelien Schreuder <br><small> </small>|| 23.83
|Francesca Halsall <br><small> </small>|| 24.11
|-
|Women's 100 m
|Marleen Veldhuis <br><small> </small>|| 52.17<br />=CR
|Francesca Halsall <br><small> </small>|| 52.79
|Hanna-Maria Seppälä <br><small> </small>|| 52.94
|-
|Women's 200 m
|Kylie Palmer <br><small> </small>|| 1:54.41
|Femke Heemskerk <br><small> </small>|| 1:54.65
|Caitlin McClatchey <br><small> </small>|| 1:55.15
|-
|Women's 400 m
|Kylie Palmer <br><small> </small>|| 3:59.23<br />CR
|Camelia Potec <br><small> </small>|| 4:01.06
|Joanne Jackson <br><small> </small>|| 4:01.11
|-
|Women's 800 m
|Rebecca Adlington <br><small> </small>|| 8:08.25 <br />ER, CR
|Kylie Palmer <br><small> </small>|| 8:12.32
|Erika Villaécija García <br><small> </small>|| 8:13.93
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Backstroke
|-
|Women's 50 m
|Sanja Jovanović <br><small> </small>|| 26.37<br />WR
|Gao Chang <br><small> </small>|| 26.70
|Kateryna Zubkova <br><small> </small>|| 26.81
|-
|Women's 100 m
|Kirsty Coventry <br><small></small>|| 57.10<br />CR
|Kateryna Zubkova <br><small> </small>|| 57.15<br />ER
|Sanja Jovanović <br><small> </small>|| 57.80
|-
|Women's 200 m
|Kirsty Coventry <br><small> </small>|| 2:00.91<br />WR
|Elizabeth Simmonds <br><small> </small>|| 2:02.60<br />ER
|Margaret Hoelzer <br><small> </small>|| 2:03.85
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Breaststroke
|-
|Women's 50 m
|Jessica Hardy <br><small> </small>|| 29.58<br />WR
|Kate Haywood <br><small> </small><br />Sarah Katsoulis<br><small> </small>|| 30.35
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|Women's 100 m
|Jessica Hardy <br><small> </small>|| 1:04.22<br />CR
|Jade Edmistone <br><small> </small>|| 1:04.93
|Suzaan van Biljon <br><small> </small>|| 1:05.38
|-
|Women's 200 m
|Suzaan van Biljon <br><small> </small>|| 2:18.73<br />CR
|Sally Foster<br><small> </small>|| 2:20.11
|Yuliya Yefimova <br><small> </small>|| 2:20.48
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Butterfly
|-
|Women's 50 m
|Felicity Galvez <br><small> </small>|| 25.32<br />WR
|Hinkelien Schreuder <br><small> </small>|| 25.40
|Inge Dekker <br><small> </small>|| 25.60
|-
|Women's 100 m
|Felicity Galvez <br><small> </small>|| 55.89<br />WR
|Rachel Komisarz <br><small> </small>|| 56.32
|Jemma Lowe <br><small> </small>|| 56.84
|-
|Women's 200 m
|Mary Descenza <br><small> </small>||2:04.27<br />CR
|Felicity Galvez <br><small> </small>|| 2:04.90
|Jessica Dickons <br><small> </small>|| 2:05.09
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Individual medley
|-
|Women's 100 m
|Shayne Reese <br><small> </small>|| 59.58
|Hanna-Maria Seppälä <br><small> </small>||59.62 <br />ER
|Kirsty Coventry <br><small> </small>|| 59.77
|-
|Women's 200 m
|Kirsty Coventry <br><small> </small>|| 2:06.13<br />WR
|Mireia Belmonte García <br><small> </small>|| 2:07.47<br />ER
|Hannah Miley <br><small> </small>|| 2:08.79
|-
|Women's 400 m
|Kirsty Coventry <br><small></small>|| 4:26.52<br />WR
|Hannah Miley <br><small> </small>|| 4:27.27<br />ER
|Mireia Belmonte García <br><small> </small>|| 4:27.55
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Freestyle relay
|-
|Women's 4 × 100 m
|<br><small>Hinkelien Schreuder<br />Femke Heemskerk<br />Inge Dekker<br />Marleen Veldhuis</small>|| 3:29.42<br />WR
|<br><small>Alice Mills<br />Shayne Reese<br />Kelly Stubbins<br />Angie Bainbridge</small>|| 3:32.00
|<br><small>Francesca Halsall<br />Caitlin McClatchey<br />Julia Beckett<br />Melanie Marshall</small>||3:32.88
|-
|Women's 4 × 200 m
|<br><small>Inge Dekker<br />Femke Heemskerk<br />Marleen Veldhuis<br />Ranomi Kromowidjojo</small>|| 7:38.90<br />WR
|<br><small>Joanne Jackson<br />Melanie Marshall<br />Caitlin McClatchey<br />Rebecca Adlington</small>|| 7:38.96
|<br><small>Bronte Barratt<br />Angie Bainbridge<br />Kelly Stubbins<br />Kylie Palmer</small>|| 7:39.01
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| colspan=7 | Medley relay
|-
|Women's 4 × 100 m
|<br><small>Margaret Hoelzer<br />Jessica Hardy<br />Rachel Komisarz<br />Kara Denby</small>|| 3:51.36<br />WR
|<br><small>Rachel Goh<br />Sarah Katsoulis<br />Felicity Galvez<br />Alice Mills</small>|| 3:52.01
|<br><small>Elizabeth Simmonds<br />Kate Haywood<br />Jemma Lowe<br />Francesca Halsall</small>|| 3:53.02<br />ER
|-
|}
Medals table
See also
- 2008 in swimming
References
- FINA event webpages
- Official event website
- Results from Omega Timing
