2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships

The 2nd FINA World Youth Swimming Championships, or 2008 Youth Worlds, were held on July 8–13, 2008, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

The Championships were held at the Aquatics Center of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Centro Acuático Olímpico Universitario). In May 2008, this same pool hosted the swimming portion of the 2008 Mexican National Olympiad, which served as the country's selection meet for Mexico's teams to the 2008 Olympics.

The male participants had to be 18 years or younger on the 31 December 2008 (i.e. born 1990 or later). The female participants had to be 17 years or younger on the 31 December 2008 (i.e. born 1991 or later).

Medals table[]

Place	Nation				Total
1	United States	9	6	6	21
2	Russia	7	2	4	13
3	New Zealand	5	0	0	5
4	Australia	4	4	2	10
5	Great Britain	4	2	2	8
6	Italy	3	5	2	10
7	Japan	3	3	6	12
8	Poland	2	1	3	6
9	Germany	1	7	1	9
10	France	1	2	2	5
11	South Africa	1	0	0	1
12	Serbia	0	3	1	4
13	Canada	0	2	6	8
14	Belarus	0	1	1	2
14	Brazil	0	1	1	2
16	Greece	0	1	0	1
17	Venezuela	0	0	2	2
18	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		40	40	40	120

Medal summary[]

Boy's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Boy's freestyle
50 m	Orinoco Faamausili-Banse New Zealand	22.37 CR	Luca Dotto Italy	22.63	Luca Leonardi Italy	22.70
100 m	Luca Dotto Italy	50.06 CR	Luca Leonardi Italy	50.11	Russia	50.33
200 m	Danila Izotov Russia	1:47.63 CR	Great Britain	1:49.44	Germany	1:49.72
400 m	Danila Izotov Russia	3:51.81 CR	Alex di Giorgio Italy	3:53.19	Poland	3:53.66
800 m	Heerden Herman South Africa	8:01.77 CR	Poland	8:02.02	France	8:04.71
1500 m	Poland	15:25.01 CR	Russia	15:26.56	France	15:31.07
Boy's backstroke
50 m	Benjamin Treffers Australia	25.60 CR	Pavel Sankovich Belarus	25.93	Russia	26.17
100 m	Daniel Bell New Zealand	55.32	Benjamin Treffers Australia	55.77	Chris Walker-Hebborn Great Britain	56.04
200 m	New Zealand	1:59.67 CR	Canada	2:00.53	Radoslaw Kawecki Poland	2:00.72
Boy's breaststroke
50 m	Great Britain	28.37 CR	Csaba Szilágyi Serbia	28.38	Andrea Toniato Italy	28.40
100 m	Great Britain	1:02.19 CR	Marco Koch Germany	1:02.56	Csaba Szilágyi Serbia	1:02.57
200 m	Alexey Zinovyev Russia	2:14.78 CR	Marco Koch Germany	2:15.27	Great Britain	2:15.67
Boy's butterfly
50 m	Daniel Bell New Zealand	23.61 CR	Ivan Lenđer Serbia	23.97	Pavel Sankovich Belarus	24.26
100 m	Daniel Bell New Zealand	52.52 CR	Ivan Lenđer Serbia	52.62	Timothy Phillips United States	52.87
200 m	Yuya Horihata Japan	1:59.03 CR	Italy	1:59.13	Japan	1:59.32
Boy's individual medley
200 m	Dimitri Colupaev Germany	2:02.28 CR	Austin Surhoff United States	2:02.51	Yuya Horihata Japan	2:02.99
400 m	Andrew Gemmell United States	4:21.58	Germany	4:22.10	Japan	4:29.93
Boy's relays
4×100 m freestyle	Italy Luca Dotto Marco Orsi Luca Leonardi	3:19.09 CR	Russia Artem Lobuzov Danila Izotov	3:20.64	Brazil Marcos Macedo João de Lucca Henrique Rodrigues	3:22.81
4×200 m freestyle	Great Britain Christopher Walker-Hebborn	7:20.18 CR	Germany Dimitri Colupaev	7:20.27	Japan Yuta Takahashi Yuki Kobori Yuya Horihata	7:24.72
4×100 m medley	Great Britain Christopher Walker-Hebborn	3:41.69 CR	Japan Takeshi Yamada Shinri Shioura Kenta Ito	3:42.61	United States Timothy Phillips	3:42.79

Girl's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Girl's freestyle
50 m	France	25.88	Hannah Riordan Canada	25.95	Nathalie Lindborg Sweden	26.01
100 m	United States	55.59 CR	Silke Lippok Germany	56.08	Megan Romano United States	56.32
200 m	Dagny Knutson United States	1:59.78 CR	United States	2:00.41	Australia	2:01.18
400 m	Elena Sokolova Russia	4:06.30 CR, NR	Margaux Fabre France	4:12.44	United States	4:13.00
800 m	Elena Sokolova Russia	8:32.75 CR	United States	8:37.08	Andreina Pinto Venezuela	8:37.82
1500 m	Elena Sokolova Russia	16:28.77 CR	Kalliopi Araouzou Greece	16:33.68	Andreina Pinto Venezuela	16:36.33
Girl's backstroke
50 m	Grace Loh Australia	28.83 CR	Etiene Medeiros Brazil	29.44	Elizabeth Pelton United States	29.45
100 m	Grace Loh Australia	1:02.02	Elizabeth Pelton United States	1:02.37	Tess Simpson Canada	1:02.96
200 m	Zuzanna Mazurek Poland	2:12.56 CR	Elizabeth Pelton United States	2:13.53	Poland	2:13.83
Girl's breaststroke
50 m	United States	31.81	Laura Sogar United States	31.94	Amanda Reason Canada	32.02
100 m	Samantha Marshall Australia	1:08.72 CR	Mina Matsushima Japan	1:08.99	Russia	1:09.06
200 m	Olga Detenyuk Russia	2:25.19 CR	Japan	2:25.39	Laura Sogar United States	2:26.41
Girl's butterfly
50 m	Silvia di Pietro Italy	26.77 CR	Mélanie Henique France	27.09	Australia	27.13
100 m	Japan	59.58	Silvia di Pietro Italy	59.60	Japan	1:00.05
200 m	Japan	2:08.10 CR	Germany	2:09.36	Japan	2:09.41
Girl's individual medley
200 m	Dagny Knutson United States	2:12.97 CR	Australia	2:14.73	Victoria Andreeva Russia	2:16.21
400 m	Dagny Knutson United States	4:43.49 CR	Australia	4:45.17	Barbara Jardin Canada	4:49.10
Girl's relays
4×100 m freestyle	United States Dagny Knutson Megan Romano Elizabeth Pelton	3:43.54 CR	Germany Silke Lippok Lisa Vitting	3:46.63	Canada Hannah Riordan Hilary Bell	3:47.30
4×200 m freestyle	United States Dagny Knutson Elizabeth Pelton	8:04.49 CR	Great Britain Rebecca Turner	8:06.52	Canada Barbara Jardin Hilary Bell	8:10.08
4×100 m medley	United States Elizabeth Pelton Laura Sogar	4:06.90 CR	Australia Grace Loh Samantha Marshall	4:07.59	Canada Tess Simpson Amanda Reason Hannah Riordan	4:07.76

External links[]

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