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.
Alain Bernard breaks the 100 m freestyle WR
Medal table
* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 12 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 |  Italy | 5 | 8 | 8 | 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 |
 Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 13 |  Norway | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 |  Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Croatia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Finland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 19 |  Romania | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 |  Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 nations) | 54 | 55 | 53 | 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 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (10 nations) | 32 | 29 | 31 | 92 | |
Men's events
Women's events
Diving
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | 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 | Silver | 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 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Results
See also
External links
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