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{{Infobox swimming meet|year=2008|name=European Short Course Swimming Championships|dates=11—14 December 2018|hostcity=[[Rijeka]], [[Croatia]]|venues=Kantrida Pool|events=38|previous=[[2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2007]]|next=[[2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2009]]}}[[Image:Bazen Kantrida novi 280708.jpg|thumb|right|Kantrida Pool, site of the Championships]]
[[Image:Rijeka 08 Valko 111208.jpg|thumb|right|Championship mascot "Valko"]]
The '''[[European Short Course Swimming Championships]] 2008''' took place in [[Rijeka]], [[Croatia]] from 11 to 14 December 2008.

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = CRO
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_RUS = 8 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 4
 | gold_FRA = 7 | silver_FRA = 9 | bronze_FRA = 4
 | gold_ITA = 5 | silver_ITA = 5 | bronze_ITA = 8
 | gold_NED = 5 | silver_NED = 2 | bronze_NED = 2
 | gold_ESP = 2 | silver_ESP = 3 | bronze_ESP = 2
 | gold_CRO = 2 | silver_CRO = 0 | bronze_CRO = 2 | host_CRO = yes 
 | gold_SLO = 2 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 1
 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 2 | bronze_DEN = 3
 | gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 2 | bronze_AUT = 1
 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 2 | bronze_UKR = 1
 | gold_SRB = 1 | silver_SRB = 1 | bronze_SRB = 0
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 0
 | gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 4
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 0
 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 3 | bronze_HUN = 1
 | gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 1
 | gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 1 | bronze_LTU = 0
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
 | gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 0 | bronze_SVK = 1
}}

==Medal summary==
Legend:
* '''WR''' = [[List of world records in swimming|World record]]
* '''ER''' = [[List of European records in swimming|European record]]
* '''CR''' = [[List of European Championships records in swimming|Championships record]]

===Men's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-valign="top"
|50 m freestyle
|[[Amaury Leveaux]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 20.63
|[[Frédérick Bousquet]]<br>{{flagu|France}}||align="right"| 20.69
|[[Duje Draganja]]<br>{{CRO}}<br>[[Yevgeny Lagunov]]<br>{{flagu|Russia}}||align="right"| 21.15 
|-valign="top"
|100 m freestyle
|[[Amaury Leveaux]]<br>{{flagu|France}}||align="right"| 44.94<br>'''WR'''
|[[Fabien Gilot]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 45.84
|[[Filippo Magnini]]<br><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>||align="right"| 46.62
|-valign="top"
|200 m freestyle
|[[Danila Izotov]]<br><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>||align="right"|1:43.09
|[[Dominik Meichtry]]<br><small>{{flagu|Switzerland}}</small>||align="right"| 1:43.11
|[[Massimiliano Rosolino]]<br><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>||align="right"| 1:43.52
|-valign="top"
|400 m freestyle
|[[Paul Biedermann]]<br><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small>||align="right"| 3:37.73<br>'''CR'''
|[[Massimiliano Rosolino]]<br>{{flagu|Italy}}||align="right"| 3:39.33
|[[Mads Glæsner]]<br>{{DEN}}||align="right"| 3:39.77
|-valign="top"
|1500 m freestyle
|[[Federico Colbertaldo]]<br>{{flagu|Italy}}||align="right"| 14:24.21
|[[Vitaly Romanovich]]<br><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>||align="right"| 14:29.64
|[[Samuel Pizzetti]]<br><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>||align="right"| 14:31.60
|-valign="top"
|50 m backstroke
|[[Stanislav Donets]]<br><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>||align="right"|23.22
|[[Aschwin Wildeboer]]<br><small>{{flagu|Spain}}</small>||align="right"|23.28
|[[Ľuboš Križko]]<br><small>{{SVK}}</small>||align="right"|23.47
|-valign="top"
|100 m backstroke
|[[Stanislav Donets]]<br><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>||align="right"|49.32<br />'''WR'''
|[[Aschwin Wildeboer]]<br><small>{{flagu|Spain}}</small>||align="right"| 49.61
|[[Helge Meeuw]]<br><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small>||align="right"| 50.89
|-valign="top"
|200 m backstroke
|[[Aschwin Wildeboer]]<br><small>{{flagu|Spain}}</small><br>[[Stanislav Donets]]<br><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>||align="right"| 1:49.22<br>'''CR'''
| || 
|[[Pierre Roger (swimmer)|Pierre Roger]]<br>{{flagu|France}}||align="right"| 1:52.26 
|-valign="top"
|50 m breaststroke
|[[Matjaž Markič]]<br>{{SLO}}||align="right"| 26.47<br>'''CR'''
|[[Aleksander Hetland]]<br>{{NOR}}||align="right"| 26.64
|[[Emil Tahirovič]]<br><small>{{SLO}}</small>||align="right"| 26.66
|-valign="top"
|100 m breaststroke
|[[Igor Borysik]]<br><small>{{UKR}}</small>||align="right"|57.33<br>'''ER'''
|[[Hugues Duboscq]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 57.64
|[[James Gibson (swimmer)|James Gibson]]<br><small>{{flagu|Great Britain}}</small>||align="right"| 57.91
|-valign="top"
|200 m breaststroke
|[[Hugues Duboscq]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"|2:04.59<br />'''ER'''
|[[Edoardo Giorgetti]]<br><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>||align="right"| 2:04.98
|[[Igor Borysik]]<br><small>{{UKR}}</small>||align="right"| 2:05.47
|-valign="top"
|50 m butterfly
|[[Amaury Leveaux]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 22.23
|[[Milorad Čavić]]<br>{{SRB}}||align="right"|22.36<br />'''[[List of Serbian records in swimming|NR]]'''
|[[Rafael Muñoz (swimmer)|Rafael Muñoz Pérez]]<br>{{flagu|Spain}}||align="right"| 22.46 
|-valign="top"
|100 m butterfly
|[[Milorad Čavić]]<br>{{SRB}}||align="right"|49.19<br>'''ER'''
|[[Rafael Muñoz (swimmer)|Rafael Muñoz Pérez]]<br><small>{{flagu|Spain}}</small>||align="right"| 49.74
|[[Nikolay Skvortsov (swimmer)|Nikolay Skvortsov]]<br><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>||align="right"| 49.98
|-valign="top"
|200 m butterfly
|[[Nikolay Skvortsov (swimmer)|Nikolay Skvortsov]]<br><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>||align="right"| 1:50.60<br>'''WR'''
|[[Dinko Jukić]]<br>{{AUT}}||align="right"| 1:52.31
|[[Maxim Ganikhin]]<br>{{flagu|Russia}}||align="right"| 1:52.32
|-valign="top"
|100 m individual medley
|[[Peter Mankoč]]<br>{{SLO}}||align="right"|51.97<br />'''ER'''
|[[Christian Galenda]]<br><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>||align="right"| 52.29
|[[James Goddard]]<br><small>{{flagu|Great Britain}}</small>||align="right"| 52.36
|-valign="top"
|200 m individual medley
|[[James Goddard]]<br><small>{{flagu|Great Britain}}</small>||align="right"| 1:53.46
|[[Vytautas Janušaitis]]<br>{{LTU}}||align="right"| 1:54.51
|[[Alan Cabello Forns]]<br>{{flagu|Spain}}||align="right"| 1:55.70 
|-valign="top"
|400 m individual medley
|[[Dinko Jukić]]<br>{{AUT}}||align="right"|4:03.01
|[[Gergő Kis]]<br><small>{{HUN}}</small>||align="right"|4:03.81
|[[Lukasz Wojt]]<br><small>{{flagu|Poland}}</small>||align="right"|4:05.13
|-valign="top"
|4 × 50 m freestyle relay
|{{flagu|France}}<br><small>[[Alain Bernard]]<br>[[Fabien Gilot]]<br>[[Amaury Leveaux]]<br>[[Frédérick Bousquet]]</small>||align="right"| 1:20.77<br />'''WB'''
|{{flagu|Italy}}<br><small>[[Alessandro Calvi]]<br>[[Marco Orsi]]<br>[[Mattia Nalesso]]<br>[[Filippo Magnini]]</small>||align="right"| 1:23.37
|{{CRO}}<br><small>[[Duje Draganja]]<br>[[Alexei Puninski]]<br>[[Bruno Barbic]]<br>[[Mario Todorović]]</small>||align="right"| 1:23.68
|-valign="top"
|4 × 50 m medley relay
|{{flagu|Italy}}<br><small>[[Mirco di Tora]]<br>[[Alessandro Terrin]]<br>[[Marco Belotti]]<br>[[Filippo Magnini]]</small>||align="right"| 1:32.91<br>'''WB'''
|{{flagu|Russia}}<br><small>[[Stanislav Donets]]<br>[[Sergey Geybel]]<br>[[Yevgeny Korotyshkin]]<br>[[Yevgeny Lagunov]]</small><br>{{flagu|Germany}}<br><small>[[Thomas Rupprath]]<br>[[Marco Koch]]<br>[[Johannes Dietrich]]<br>[[Steffen Deibler]]</small>||align="right"| 1:33.31
| ||
|}

===Women's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-valign="top"
|50 m freestyle
|[[Marleen Veldhuis]]<br><small>{{flagu|Netherlands}}</small>||align="right"|23.55<br>'''CR'''
|[[Hinkelien Schreuder]]<br>{{flagu|Netherlands}}||align="right"|23.72
|[[Jeanette Ottesen]]<br>{{DEN}}||align="right"| 24.05
|-valign="top"
|100 m freestyle
|[[Marleen Veldhuis]]<br>{{flagu|Netherlands}}||align="right"|51.95
|[[Jeanette Ottesen]]<br><small>{{DEN}}</small>||align="right"| 52.08 <br><small>[[List of Danish records in swimming|NR]]</small>
|[[Ranomi Kromowidjojo]]<br><small>{{flagu|Netherlands}}</small>||align="right"| 52.22 
|-valign="top"
|200 m freestyle
|[[Federica Pellegrini]]<br>{{flagu|Italy}}||align="right"| 1:51.85<br> {{WR|swimming}}
|[[Femke Heemskerk]]<br><small>{{flagu|Netherlands}}</small>||align="right"| 1:53.79
|[[Daria Belyakina]]<br><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>||align="right"| 1:53.85
|-valign="top"
|400 m freestyle
|[[Coralie Balmy]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 3:56.39
|[[Camille Muffat]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 3:57.48
|[[Alessia Filippi]]<br><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>||align="right"| 3:59.35
|-valign="top"
|800 m freestyle
|[[Alessia Filippi]]<br><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>||align="right"|8:04.53<br> {{WR|swimming}}
|[[Coralie Balmy]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 8:05.32
|[[Lotte Friis]]<br><small>{{DEN}}</small>||align="right"| 8:09.91
|-valign="top"
|50 m backstroke
|[[Sanja Jovanović]]<br><small>{{CRO}}</small>||align="right"| 26.23<br> {{WR|swimming}}
|[[Kateryna Zubkova]]<br><small>{{UKR}}</small>||align="right"| 26.65
|[[Elena Gemo]]<br><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>||align="right"| 26.77
|-valign="top"
|100 m backstroke
|[[Sanja Jovanović]]<br><small>{{CRO}}</small>||align="right"|56.87<br>'''[[List of European records in swimming|ER]]'''
|[[Kateryna Zubkova]]<br><small>{{UKR}}</small>||align="right"| 57.01
|[[Laure Manaudou]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 57.16
|-valign="top"
|200 m backstroke
|[[Alexandra Putra]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"|2:02.48
|[[Alexianne Castel]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 2:03.10
|[[Elizabeth Simmonds]]<br><small>{{flagu|Great Britain}}</small>||align="right"| 2:03.12
|-valign="top"
|50 m breaststroke
|[[Valentina Artemyeva]]<br><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>||align="right"| 29.96
|[[Janne Schaefer]]<br>{{flagu|Germany}}||align="right"| 30.37
|[[Moniek Nijhuis]]<br>{{flagu|Netherlands}}||align="right"| 30.45 
|-valign="top"
|100 m breaststroke
|[[Valentina Artemyeva]]<br>{{flagu|Russia}}||align="right"|1:05.02
|[[Sophie de Ronchi]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 1:05.43
|[[Mirna Jukić]]<br><small>{{AUT}}</small>||align="right"| 1:05.64
|-valign="top"
|200 m breaststroke
|[[Alena Alekseeva]]<br><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>||align="right"|2:19.93
|[[Mirna Jukić]]<br>{{AUT}}||align="right"| 2:20.48
|[[Patrizia Humplik]]<br>{{flagu|Switzerland}}||align="right"| 2:21.68
|-valign="top"
|50 m butterfly
|[[Hinkelien Schreuder]]<br>{{flagu|Netherlands}}||align="right"|25.21<br>'''[[List of European records in swimming|ER]]'''
|[[Jeanette Ottesen]]<br><small>{{DEN}}</small>||align="right"| 25.54
|[[Diane Bui Duyet]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 25.55
|-valign="top"
|100 m butterfly
|[[Jeanette Ottesen]]<br><small>{{DEN}}</small>||align="right"|56.70<br />'''CR''' <small>[[List of Danish records in swimming|NR]]</small>
|[[Diane Bui Duyet]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 56.83
|[[Eszter Dara]]<br><small>{{HUN}}</small>||align="right"| 56.88
|-valign="top"
|200 m butterfly
|[[Petra Granlund]]<br><small>{{flagu|Sweden}}</small>||align="right"| 2:04.27
|[[Aurore Mongel]]<br>{{flagu|France}}||align="right"| 2:04.73
|[[Jemma Lowe]]<br>{{flagu|Great Britain}}||align="right"| 2:04.78 
|-valign="top"
|100 m individual medley
|[[Hanna-Maria Seppälä]]<br>{{FIN}}||align="right"| 59.24<br>'''CR''' <small>[[List of Nordic records in swimming|NR]]</small>
|[[Evelyn Verrasztó]]<br><small>{{HUN}}</small>||align="right"| 59.49
|[[Francesca Segat]]<br>{{flagu|Italy}}||align="right"| 59.61 
|-valign="top"
|200 m individual medley
|[[Francesca Segat]]<br><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>||align="right"| 2:07.03<br>'''[[List of European records in swimming|ER]]'''
|[[Evelyn Verrasztó]]<br><small>{{HUN}}</small>||align="right"| 2:07.93
|[[Sophie de Ronchi]]<br><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>||align="right"| 2:08.10
|-valign="top"
|400 m individual medley
|[[Mireia Belmonte García]]<br><small>{{flagu|Spain}}</small>||align="right"|4:25.06<br> {{WR|swimming}}
|[[Alessia Filippi]]<br><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>||align="right"| 4:26.06
|[[Francesca Segat]]<br><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>||align="right"| 4:27.12
|-valign="top"
|4 × 50 m freestyle relay
|{{flagu|Netherlands}}<br><small>[[Hinkelien Schreuder]]<br>[[Inge Dekker]]<br>[[Ranomi Kromowidjojo]]<br>[[Marleen Veldhuis]]</small>||align="right"| 1:33.80<br>'''WB'''
|{{flagu|Sweden}}<br><small>[[Petra Granlund]]<br>[[Claire Hedenskog]]<br>[[Sarah Sjöström]]<br>[[Lovisa Ericsson]]</small>||align="right"| 1:38.00
|{{flagu|Germany}}<br><small>[[Dorothea Brandt]]<br>[[Petra Dallmann]]<br>[[Lisa Vitting]]<br>[[Daniela Schreiber]]</small>||align="right"| 1:38.06
|-valign="top"
|4 × 50 m medley relay
|{{flagu|Netherlands}}<br><small>[[Ranomi Kromowidjojo]]<br>[[Moniek Nijhuis]]<br>[[Hinkelien Schreuder]]<br>[[Marleen Veldhuis]]</small>||align="right"| 1:45.73<br>'''WB'''
|{{flagu|Germany}}<br><small>[[Daniela Samulski]]<br>[[Janne Schaefer]]<br>[[Lena Kalla]]<br>[[Petra Dallmann]]</small>||align="right"| 1:46.84
|{{flagu|Italy}}<br><small>[[Elena Gemo]]<br>[[Roberta Panara]]<br>[[Silvia di Pietro]]<br>[[Federica Pellegrini]]</small>||align="right"| 1:47.05
|}

==See also==
*[[2008 in swimming]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
* Omega Timing [https://web.archive.org/web/20081215161847/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2008/rijeka2008/index.htm Results]

== External links ==
* [http://www.rijeka2008.net Official Site]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* Swim Rankings [http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=16570290 Results]
* [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001080000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf Results book]

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