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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Freestyle
Men's 50 m   details	Duje Draganja  Croatia	20.81 WR	Mark Foster  Great Britain	21.31	Gerhard Zandberg  South Africa	21.33
Men's 100 m	Nathan Adrian  United States	46.67 CR	Filippo Magnini  Italy	46.70	Duje Draganja  Croatia	46.83
Men's 200 m	Kenrick Monk  Australia	1:43.46	Kirk Palmer  Australia	1:43.50	Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy	1:44.23
Men's 400 m	Yury Prilukov  Russia	3:37.35 ER	Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy	3:39.60	Robert Renwick  Great Britain	3:40.22
Men's 1500 m	Yury Prilukov  Russia	14:22.98 CR	David Davies  Great Britain	14:36.30	Mateusz Sawrymowicz  Poland	14:43.37
Backstroke
Men's 50 m	Peter Marshall  United States	23.49	Liam Tancock  Great Britain	23.53	Ashley Delaney  Australia	23.57
Men's 100 m	Liam Tancock  Great Britain	50.14 ER	Randall Bal  United States	50.42	Stanislav Donets  Russia	50.53
Men's 200 m	Markus Rogan  Austria	1:47.84 WR	Ryan Lochte  United States	1:47.91	Stanislav Donets  Russia	1:50.45
Breaststroke
Men's 50 m	Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine	26.46	Mark Gangloff  United States	26.54	Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa	26.67
Men's 100 m	Igor Borysik  Ukraine	57.74 CR	Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa	57.92	Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine	58.08
Men's 200 m	Kristopher Gilchrist  Great Britain	2:06.18	Igor Borysik  Ukraine	2:06.21	William Diering  South Africa	2:06.85
Butterfly
Men's 50 m	Adam Pine  Australia	22.78	Sergiy Breus  Ukraine	22.86 ER	Evgeny Korotyshkin  Russia	22.94
Men's 100 m	Peter Mankoč  Slovenia	50.04 CR	Adam Pine  Australia	50.54	Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia	50.78
Men's 200 m	Moss Burmester  New Zealand	1:51.05 CR	Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia	1:51.83	Paweł Korzeniowski  Poland	1:52.25
Individual medley
Men's 100 m	Ryan Lochte  United States	51.15 WR	Peter Mankoč  Slovenia	52.21 ER	Liam Tancock  Great Britain	52.22
Men's 200 m	Ryan Lochte  United States	1:51.56 WR	Liam Tancock  Great Britain	1:53.10	James Goddard  Great Britain	1:55.15
Men's 400 m	Ryan Lochte  United States	4:03.21	Robert Margalis  United States	4:03.74	Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece	4:05.11
Freestyle relay
Men's 4×100 m	United States Ryan Lochte Bryan Lundquist Nathan Adrian Doug Van Wie	3:08.44 WR	Netherlands Robert Lijesen Bas van Velthoven Mitja Zastrow Robin van Aggele	3:09.18 ER	Sweden Petter Stymne Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander Marcus Piehl	3:10.04
Men's 4×200 m	Australia Kirk Palmer Grant Brits Nicholas Sprenger Kenrick Monk	6:55.65 CR	Great Britain Robert Renwick David Carry Andrew Hunter Ross Davenport	6:56.52 ER	Italy Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini	6:58.39
Medley relay
Men's 4×100 m	Russia Stanislav Donets Sergey Geybel Evgeny Korotyshkin Alexander Sukhorukov	3:24.29 WR	United States Randall Bal Mark Gangloff Ryan Lochte Nathan Adrian	3:24.38	New Zealand Daniel Bell Glenn Snyders Corney Swanepoel Cameron Gibson	3:27.15

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Freestyle
Women's 50 m	Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands	23.25 WR	Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands	23.83	Francesca Halsall  Great Britain	24.11
Women's 100 m	Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands	52.17 =CR	Francesca Halsall  Great Britain	52.79	Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland	52.94
Women's 200 m	Kylie Palmer  Australia	1:54.41	Femke Heemskerk  Netherlands	1:54.65	Caitlin McClatchey  Great Britain	1:55.15
Women's 400 m	Kylie Palmer  Australia	3:59.23 CR	Camelia Potec  Romania	4:01.06	Joanne Jackson  Great Britain	4:01.11
Women's 800 m	Rebecca Adlington  Great Britain	8:08.25 ER, CR	Kylie Palmer  Australia	8:12.32	Erika Villaécija García  Spain	8:13.93
Backstroke
Women's 50 m	Sanja Jovanović  Croatia	26.37 WR	Gao Chang  China	26.70	Kateryna Zubkova  Ukraine	26.81
Women's 100 m	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	57.10 CR	Kateryna Zubkova  Ukraine	57.15 ER	Sanja Jovanović  Croatia	57.80
Women's 200 m	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	2:00.91 WR	Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain	2:02.60 ER	Margaret Hoelzer  United States	2:03.85
Breaststroke
Women's 50 m	Jessica Hardy  United States	29.58 WR	Kate Haywood  Great Britain Sarah Katsoulis  Australia	30.35
Women's 100 m	Jessica Hardy  United States	1:04.22 CR	Jade Edmistone  Australia	1:04.93	Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa	1:05.38
Women's 200 m	Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa	2:18.73 CR	Sally Foster  Australia	2:20.11	Yuliya Yefimova  Russia	2:20.48
Butterfly
Women's 50 m	Felicity Galvez  Australia	25.32 WR	Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands	25.40	Inge Dekker  Netherlands	25.60
Women's 100 m	Felicity Galvez  Australia	55.89 WR	Rachel Komisarz  United States	56.32	Jemma Lowe  Great Britain	56.84
Women's 200 m	Mary Descenza  United States	2:04.27 CR	Felicity Galvez  Australia	2:04.90	Jessica Dickons  Great Britain	2:05.09
Individual medley
Women's 100 m	Shayne Reese  Australia	59.58	Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland	59.62 ER	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	59.77
Women's 200 m	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	2:06.13 WR	Mireia Belmonte García  Spain	2:07.47 ER	Hannah Miley  Great Britain	2:08.79
Women's 400 m	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	4:26.52 WR	Hannah Miley  Great Britain	4:27.27 ER	Mireia Belmonte García  Spain	4:27.55
Freestyle relay
Women's 4×100 m	Netherlands Hinkelien Schreuder Femke Heemskerk Inge Dekker Marleen Veldhuis	3:29.42 WR	Australia Alice Mills Shayne Reese Kelly Stubbins Angie Bainbridge	3:32.00	Great Britain Francesca Halsall Caitlin McClatchey Julia Beckett Melanie Marshall	3:32.88
Women's 4×200 m	Netherlands Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk Marleen Veldhuis Ranomi Kromowidjojo	7:38.90 WR	Great Britain Joanne Jackson Melanie Marshall Caitlin McClatchey Rebecca Adlington	7:38.96	Australia Bronte Barratt Angie Bainbridge Kelly Stubbins Kylie Palmer	7:39.01
Medley relay
Women's 4×100 m	United States Margaret Hoelzer Jessica Hardy Rachel Komisarz Kara Denby	3:51.36 WR	Australia Rachel Goh Sarah Katsoulis Felicity Galvez Alice Mills	3:52.01	Great Britain Elizabeth Simmonds Kate Haywood Jemma Lowe Francesca Halsall	3:53.02 ER

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	10	6	1	17
2	Australia (AUS)	8	9	2	19
3	Netherlands (NED)	4	4	1	9
4	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	4	0	1	5
5	Great Britain (GBR)	3	10	11	24
6	Russia (RUS)	3	1	5	9
7	Ukraine (UKR)	2	3	2	7
8	Croatia (CRO)	2	0	2	4
9	South Africa (RSA)	1	1	4	6
10	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	0	2
11	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	1	2
12	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
13	Italy (ITA)	0	2	2	4
14	Spain (ESP)	0	1	2	3
15	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
16	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
	Romania (ROM)	0	1	0	1
18	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
19	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		40	41	39	120