2008 European Open Water Swimming Championships

2008 European Open Water Swimming Championships

Host city	Dubrovnik
Country	Croatia
Events	7
Opening	8 September 2008 (2008-09-08)
Closing	14 September 2008 (2008-09-14)
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The 2008 European Open Water Swimming Championships was the 11th edition of the European Open Water Swimming Championships (but the 4th stand alone after 1989, 1991 and 1993 editions) and took part from 8–14 September 2008 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.^[1]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km (10.09)	Spyridon Yannotis  Greece 52:57,2	Jan Wolfgarten  Germany 53:55,7	Thomas Lurz  Germany 54:04,3
10 km (09.09)	Thomas Lurz  Germany 1:52:48,9	Yevgueni Drattsev  Russia 1:52:50,6	Toni Franz  Germany 1:52:53,0
25 km (13.09)	Valerio Cleri  Italy 4:29:00,0	Joanes Hedel  France 4:32:40,9	Dmitri Soloviov  Russia 4:34:02,4

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km (09.09)	Rachele Bruni  Italy 58:50,7	Britta Kamrau  Germany 59:16,1	Alice Franco  Italy 59:39,0
10 km (10.09)	Larisa Ilchenko  Russia 2:00:30,9	Martina Grimaldi  Italy 2:00:31,4	Alice Franco  Italy 2:00:32,2
25 km (14.09)	Margarita Domínguez  Spain 5:38:35,3	Britta Kamrau  Germany 5:39:00,2	Anna Uvarova  Russia 5:39:06,6

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km por equipos (11.09)	Italy Andrea Volpini Rachele Bruni Luca Ferretti 56:17,5	Russia Daniil Serebrennikov Yevgueni Drattsev Yekaterina Seliverstova 57:03,6	Germany Jan Wolfgarten Britta Kamrau Thomas Lurz 57:30,0

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	3	1	2	6
2	Germany (GER)	1	3	3	7
3	Russia (RUS)	1	2	2	5
4	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
6	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
Totals (6 entries)		7	7	7	21

• 2008 European Aquatics Championships
• List of medalists at the European Open Water Swimming Championships

• Ligue Européenne de Natation LEN Official Website