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2008 South American Swimming Championships

2008 South American Swimming Championships

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The 2008 South American Aquatics Championships, or Campeonato Sudamericano de Primera Fuerza de Deportes Acuáticos (as they were called in Spanish), were held March 12–16, 2008, in São Paulo, Brazil. The Championships were an event of CONSANAT, the South American Swimming Confederation, and featured competitions in diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.

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The swimming competition at the Championships served as a qualifying event for the 2008 Olympics.

The water polo competition served as the South American qualifier for the UANA Cup: the Americas qualifier for the 2009 World Championships.

Diving

Men's results

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Women's results

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Point standings

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Swimming

Note: Competition was in a long course (50 m) pool.

Men's results

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Women's results

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Records

10 South American Records were set in:

  • Men's 100 m backstroke: 54.67, Guilherme Guido, Brazil
  • Men's 100 m breaststroke: 1:01.44, Henrique Barbosa, Brazil
  • Women's 100 m freestyle: 55.73, Tatiana Lemos, Brazil
  • Women's 200 m freestyle: 2:00.62, Monique Ferreira, Brazil
  • Women's 50 m backstroke: 28.45, Fabíola Molina, Brazil
  • Women's 100 m backstroke: 1:01.40, Fabíola Molina, Brazil
  • Women's 50 m breaststroke: 32.53, Valéria Merea, Peru
  • Women's 50 m butterfly: 27.48, Gabriella Silva, Brazil
  • Women's 100 m butterfly: 59.79, Gabriella Silva, Brazil
  • Women's 400 m medley relay: 4:11.53, Brazil (Molina, Sakemi, Silva, Lemos)

Additionally, 8 Championship Records (CRs) were set in:

  • Men's 200 m freestyle: 1:50.41, Rodrigo Castro, Brazil
  • Men's 50 m backstroke: 25.19, Guilherme Guido, Brazil
  • Men's 50 m breaststroke: 28.40, Felipe Lima, Brazil
  • Men's 50 m butterfly: 23.88, Nicholas Santos, Brazil
  • Men's 400 m individual medley: 4:17.64, Thiago Pereira, Brazil
  • Men's 800 m freestyle relay: 7:33.30, Venezuela
  • Women's 50 m freestyle: 25.25, Flávia Delaroli Cazziolato, Brazil
  • Women's 400 m freestyle: 4:13.77, Monique Ferreira, Brazil

Open water swimming

Note: Competition dates were March 7 (5 km) and March 9 (10 km).

Men's results

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Women's results

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Team results

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Note: Based on fastest total time of compiled 3 fastest times (male and female) per country in both events.

Synchronized swimming

Results

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T=Technical program score; F=Free program score (each weights equally)

Point standings

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*Aruba is not a normal CONSANAT member, and only competed in the synchro solo competition at these Championships.

Water polo

Game winners are italicized.

Men's tournament

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Women's tournament

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Final standings

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Overall medals table

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