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

São Paulo

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. The Championships were an event of CONSANAT

CONSANAT

Confederación Sudamericana de Natación is the name of the South American Swimming Confederation, which oversees international aquatics competitions among South American countries. It is affiliated to FINA, the international federation for swimming, via ASUA, the swimming continental association...

, the South American Swimming Confederation, and featured competitions in diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.

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

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

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

2009 World Aquatics Championships

The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won...

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Men's results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Ramón Fumadó Ramón Fumadó Ramón Antonio Fumadó Rodríguez is a male diver from Venezuela, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000. He claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...    Venezuela 375.80	César Castro César Castro César Augusto Aquino de Castro is a male diver from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2004. He claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...    Brazil 373.60	Luis Villarroel Luis Villarroel Luis Alberto Villarroel Vera is a male diver from Venezuela, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native country. He claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:...    Venezuela 362.95
3 m springboard	César Castro César Castro César Augusto Aquino de Castro is a male diver from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2004. He claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...    Brazil 448.60	Luis Villarroel Luis Villarroel Luis Alberto Villarroel Vera is a male diver from Venezuela, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native country. He claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:...    Venezuela 404.15	Juan Urán Juan Urán Juan Guillermo Urán Salazar is a male diver from Colombia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000...    Colombia 385.50
Platform	Juan Urán Juan Urán Juan Guillermo Urán Salazar is a male diver from Colombia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000...    Colombia 482.90	Hugo Parisi Hugo Parisi Hugo Pellicer Parisi is a male diver from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2004. A member of Associação Peneira Olimpica de Esportes he claimed two silver medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...    Brazil 411.10	Sebastian Castañeda   Colombia 384.55
Synchronized 3 m springboard	Luis Villarroel Luis Villarroel Luis Alberto Villarroel Vera is a male diver from Venezuela, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native country. He claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:...  / Ramón Fumadó Ramón Fumadó Ramón Antonio Fumadó Rodríguez is a male diver from Venezuela, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000. He claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...    Venezuela 399.45	Juan Urán Juan Urán Juan Guillermo Urán Salazar is a male diver from Colombia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000...  / Victor Ortega Víctor Ortega Víctor Ortega is a male diver from Colombia, who competed in the 2008 Olympic Games of Beijing for his native country. He and his team mate Juan Urán finished in 6th position in the 10 m synchronized platform event.-References:...    Colombia 358.47	César Castro César Castro César Augusto Aquino de Castro is a male diver from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2004. He claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...  / Ubirajara Barbos   Brazil 347.55
Synchronized platform	Juan Urán Juan Urán Juan Guillermo Urán Salazar is a male diver from Colombia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000...  / Victor Ortega Víctor Ortega Víctor Ortega is a male diver from Colombia, who competed in the 2008 Olympic Games of Beijing for his native country. He and his team mate Juan Urán finished in 6th position in the 10 m synchronized platform event.-References:...    Colombia 402.21	Hugo Parisi Hugo Parisi Hugo Pellicer Parisi is a male diver from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2004. A member of Associação Peneira Olimpica de Esportes he claimed two silver medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...  / Bira Barbosa   Brazil 340.02	Donato Neglia / Moises Abarla   Chile 214.74

Women's results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Alejandra Fuentes Alejandra Fuentes Alejandra Fuentes Persson is a female diver from Venezuela, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics for her native country. She claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...    Venezuela 270.35	Juliana Veloso Juliana Veloso Juliana Rodrigues Veloso is a female diver from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...    Brazil 259.45	Diana Pineda Diana Pineda Diana Isabel Pineda Zuletra is a female diver from Colombia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo....    Colombia 232.25
3 m springboard	Alejandra Fuentes Alejandra Fuentes Alejandra Fuentes Persson is a female diver from Venezuela, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics for her native country. She claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...    Venezuela 306.60	Diana Pineda Diana Pineda Diana Isabel Pineda Zuletra is a female diver from Colombia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo....    Colombia 306.40	Juliana Veloso Juliana Veloso Juliana Rodrigues Veloso is a female diver from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...    Brazil 300.30
Platform	Juliana Veloso Juliana Veloso Juliana Rodrigues Veloso is a female diver from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...    Brazil 335.50	Kiara Buelva   Venezuela 281.65	Milena Canto Sae   Brazil 258.75
Synchronized 3 m springboard	Juliana Veloso Juliana Veloso Juliana Rodrigues Veloso is a female diver from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...  / Tammy Galera   Brazil 272.34	Kiara Buelvas / Yhessen Hernandez   Venezuela 252.69	Rafaella Suarez / Gabriela Sabando   Ecuador 241.95
Synchronized platform	Milena Canto Sae / Evelyn Winkler   Brazil 259.32	Diana Pineda Diana Pineda Diana Isabel Pineda Zuletra is a female diver from Colombia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo....  / Laura Vasquez   Colombia 233.88	Rafaella Suarez / Gabriela Sabando   Ecuador 227.76

Point standings

Rank	Country	Points
1	Brazil	223
2	Colombia	203
3	Venezuela	172
4	Ecuador	61
5	Chile	52

Men's results

50 m freestyle	Nicholas Santos Nicholas Santos Nicholas Araújo Dias dos Santos is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer who specializes in sprint events. Nicholas swims for Esporte Clube Pinheiros. He swam the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:...    Brazil	22.72	Lucas Del Piccolo   Argentina	23.14	Camilo Becerra Camilo Becerra Camilo Becerra is a three-time Olympic freestyle swimmer from Colombia. He swam from Colombia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....    Colombia	23.20
100 m freestyle	Fernando Souza da Silva   Brazil	50.60	Crox Acuña Crox Acuña Crox Acuña is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Venezuela.He swam for Venezuela at the:*2006 South American Games*2006 Central American & Caribbean Games*2007 World Championships...    Venezuela Eduardo Deboni   Brazil	51.16
200 m freestyle	Rodrigo Castro Rodrigo Castro Rodrigo Rocha Castro is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . He twice won the silver medal with the men's relay team in the 4×200 m freestyle at the Pan American Games: in 1999 and 2003.-References:*...    Brazil	1:50.41 CR	Martin Kutscher Martín Kutscher Martín Kutscher is a national-record holding freestyle swimmer from Uruguay who swam for Uruguay at 2004 and 2008 Olympics...    Uruguay	1:52.45	Crox Acuña Crox Acuña Crox Acuña is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Venezuela.He swam for Venezuela at the:*2006 South American Games*2006 Central American & Caribbean Games*2007 World Championships...    Venezuela	1:52.49
400 m freestyle	Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Andrés Monasterio Guimaraes is a Venezuelan international swimmer who represented his native country in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.Monasterio was born in Caracas, Venezuela...    Venezuela	3:56.50	Rodrigo Castro Rodrigo Castro Rodrigo Rocha Castro is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . He twice won the silver medal with the men's relay team in the 4×200 m freestyle at the Pan American Games: in 1999 and 2003.-References:*...    Brazil	3:56.99	Armando Negreiros   Brazil	4:01.89
800 m freestyle	Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Andrés Monasterio Guimaraes is a Venezuelan international swimmer who represented his native country in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.Monasterio was born in Caracas, Venezuela...    Venezuela	8:12.04	Daniele Tirabasi   Venezuela	8:21.84	Luiz Rogerio Arapiraca   Brazil	8:23.03
1500 m freestyle	Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Andrés Monasterio Guimaraes is a Venezuelan international swimmer who represented his native country in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.Monasterio was born in Caracas, Venezuela...    Venezuela	15:43.07	Juan Martin Pereira   Argentina	15:57.42	Mateo de Angulo Velasco   Colombia	15:57.88
50 m backstroke	Guilherme Guido Guilherme Guido Guilherme Guido is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer who specializes in sprint events.-See also:*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships*List of South American records in swimming...    Brazil	25.41	Eduardo German Otero   Argentina	26.59	Camilo Becerra Camilo Becerra Camilo Becerra is a three-time Olympic freestyle swimmer from Colombia. He swam from Colombia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....    Colombia	27.43
100 m backstroke	Guilherme Guido Guilherme Guido Guilherme Guido is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer who specializes in sprint events.-See also:*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships*List of South American records in swimming...    Brazil	55.54	Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...    Brazil	57.27	Eduardo German Otero   Argentina	58.33
200 m backstroke	Lucas Salatta Lucas Salatta Lucas Vinícius Yokoo Salatta is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer.At his 1998 state championship, Salatta set two age records in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly with only 11 years old....    Brazil	2:01.22	Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...    Brazil	2:05.70	Luciano Sales Rubio   Argentina	2:08.10
50 m breaststroke	Felipe Lima   Brazil	28.46	Felipe Silva   Brazil	28.74	Walter Archiprete   Argentina	29.28
100 m breaststroke	Henrique Barbosa   Brazil	1:01.44 CR SAR	Felipe Lima   Brazil	1:01.89	Walter Archiprete   Argentina	1:05.44
200 m breaststroke	Henrique Barbosa   Brazil	2:18.14	Bastian Nordenflytch   Chile	2:24.46	Diego Bonilla   Colombia	2:24.78
50 m butterfly	Nicholas Santos Nicholas Santos Nicholas Araújo Dias dos Santos is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer who specializes in sprint events. Nicholas swims for Esporte Clube Pinheiros. He swam the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:...    Brazil	23.88 CR	Candido da Silva   Brazil	24.72	Camilo Becerra Camilo Becerra Camilo Becerra is a three-time Olympic freestyle swimmer from Colombia. He swam from Colombia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....    Colombia	24.88
100 m butterfly	Fernando Souza da Silva   Brazil	54.61	Camilo Becerra Camilo Becerra Camilo Becerra is a three-time Olympic freestyle swimmer from Colombia. He swam from Colombia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....    Colombia	54.76	Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw   Suriname	54.80
200 m butterfly	Andres José Gonzalez   Argentina	2:01.77	Julio Cesar Montes   Colombia	2:01.95	Alexis Marquez   Venezuela	2:02.62
200 m individual medley	Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...    Brazil	2:05.22	Tales Rocha Cerdeira   Brazil	2:06.16	Diego Bonilla   Colombia	2:08.05
400 m individual medley	Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...    Brazil	4:27.58	Lucas Salatta Lucas Salatta Lucas Vinícius Yokoo Salatta is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer.At his 1998 state championship, Salatta set two age records in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly with only 11 years old....    Brazil	4:36.39	Benjamin Guzmán   Chile	4:37.29
400 m freestyle relay	Brazil Nicholas Santos Nicholas Santos Nicholas Araújo Dias dos Santos is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer who specializes in sprint events. Nicholas swims for Esporte Clube Pinheiros. He swam the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:... , Fernando Souza da Silva, Eduardo Deboni, Tales Rocha Cerdeira	3:24.47	Uruguay Francisco Picasso Francisco Picasso Francisco Picasso Risso is a national-record holding swimmer from Uruguay.He swam for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He competed in the 50-meter freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, but did not qualify his heat.-External links:*... , José Gabriel Álvez, Paul Kutscher Paul Kutscher Paul Kutscher is a male freestyle swimmer from Uruguay who swam for Uruguay at 2000 and 2004 Olympics. His brother Martín is also an Olympic swimmer, having swum for Uruguay at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.... , Martin Kutscher Martín Kutscher Martín Kutscher is a national-record holding freestyle swimmer from Uruguay who swam for Uruguay at 2004 and 2008 Olympics...	3:25.40	Argentina Lucas del Piccolo, Eduardo German Otero, Sergio Ferreira, Damian Roth	3:32.05
800 m freestyle relay	Venezuela Daniel Tirabasi, Juan Francisco Morales, Jesus Casanova, Crox Acuña Crox Acuña Crox Acuña is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Venezuela.He swam for Venezuela at the:*2006 South American Games*2006 Central American & Caribbean Games*2007 World Championships...	7:33.30 CR	Brazil Lucas Salatta Lucas Salatta Lucas Vinícius Yokoo Salatta is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer.At his 1998 state championship, Salatta set two age records in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly with only 11 years old.... , Armando Negreiros, Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year... , Rodrigo Castro Rodrigo Castro Rodrigo Rocha Castro is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . He twice won the silver medal with the men's relay team in the 4×200 m freestyle at the Pan American Games: in 1999 and 2003.-References:*...	7:45.06	Argentina Agustín Fiorilli Agustín Fiorilli Agustín Ignacio Fiorilli is a freestyle swimmer from Argentina, who represented his native country at the two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 -References:... , Damian Roth, Freddy Renzo Zschach, Juan Martín Pereira	7:46.24
400 m medley relay	Brazil Guilherme Guido Guilherme Guido Guilherme Guido is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer who specializes in sprint events.-See also:*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships*List of South American records in swimming... , Henrique Barbosa, Lucas Salatta Lucas Salatta Lucas Vinícius Yokoo Salatta is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer.At his 1998 state championship, Salatta set two age records in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly with only 11 years old.... , Eduardo Deboni	3:43.87	Argentina Eduardo German Otero, Sergio Ferreira, Gustavo Daniel Paschetta, Damian Roth	3:49.41	Uruguay Nicolas Francia, Martin Melconiam, Martin Kutscher Martín Kutscher Martín Kutscher is a national-record holding freestyle swimmer from Uruguay who swam for Uruguay at 2004 and 2008 Olympics... , Paul Kutscher Paul Kutscher Paul Kutscher is a male freestyle swimmer from Uruguay who swam for Uruguay at 2000 and 2004 Olympics. His brother Martín is also an Olympic swimmer, having swum for Uruguay at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....	3:50.00

Women's results

50 m freestyle	Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato   Brazil	25.25 CR	Ximena Vilar   Venezuela	26.51	Yamilé Bahamonde   Ecuador Julyana Bassi Kury   Brazil	26.64
100 m freestyle	Tatiana Lemos Tatiana Lemos Tatiana Lemos de Lima Barbosa is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She twice won the bronze medal in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay at the Pan American Games....    Brazil	56.06	Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato   Brazil	56.16	Carolina Colorado Henao Carolina Colorado Henao Carolina Colorado Henao is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Colombia. She swam for Colombia at the 2008 Olympics.-References:...    Colombia	57.49
200 m freestyle	Monique Ferreira Monique Ferreira Monique Andrade Ferreira is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A member of Santos, she also represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,...    Brazil	2:00.62	Tatiana Lemos Tatiana Lemos Tatiana Lemos de Lima Barbosa is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She twice won the bronze medal in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay at the Pan American Games....    Brazil	2:02.26	Cecilia Elizabet Biagioli   Argentina	2:04.47
400 m freestyle	Monique Ferreira Monique Ferreira Monique Andrade Ferreira is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A member of Santos, she also represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,...    Brazil	4:13.77	Kristel Köbrich Kristel Köbrich Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games....    Chile	4:17.94	Cecilia Elizabet Biagioli   Argentina	4:19.81
800 m freestyle	Kristel Köbrich Kristel Köbrich Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games....    Chile	8:51.90	Cecilia Elizabet Biagioli   Argentina	8:59.89	Darneyis Orozco   Venezuela	9:06.17
1500 m freestyle	Kristel Köbrich Kristel Köbrich Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games....    Chile	16:38.57	Sofia Osaba   Argentina	17:29.64	Darneyis Orozco   Venezuela	17:35.73
50 m backstroke	Fabíola Molina Fabíola Molina Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....    Brazil	29.11	Etiene Medeiros   Brazil	29.91	Carolina Colorado Henao Carolina Colorado Henao Carolina Colorado Henao is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Colombia. She swam for Colombia at the 2008 Olympics.-References:...    Colombia	30.62
100 m backstroke	Fabíola Molina Fabíola Molina Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....    Brazil	1:01.93	Carolina Colorado Henao Carolina Colorado Henao Carolina Colorado Henao is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Colombia. She swam for Colombia at the 2008 Olympics.-References:...    Colombia	1:04.04	Juanita Barreto   Colombia	1:05.26
200 m backstroke	Erin Volcán Erin Volcán Erin Nicole Volcán Smith is an international backstroke and individual medley swimmer from Venezuela. She is a former South American record holder, and current Venezuelan record holder. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She swam collegiately at the USA's Auburn University...    Venezuela	2:17.47 CR	Eliana Cassini   Argentina	2:22.16	Julyana Bassi Kury   Brazil	2:23.38
50 m breaststroke	Valeria Silva Merea   Peru	32.53 CR	Javiera Salcedo   Argentina	33.22	Liliana Guiscardo   Argentina	33.27
100 m breaststroke	Valeria Silva Merea   Peru	1:12.46	Javiera Salcedo   Argentina	1:12.78	Tatiane Mayumi Sakemi   Brazil	1:13.39
200 m breaststroke	Tatiane Mayumi Sakemi   Brazil	2:38.49	Carolina Hurga Mussi   Brazil	2:39.70	Nora Miro Quesada Woll   Peru	2:40.61
50 m butterfly	Gabriella Silva Gabriella Silva Gabriella M. Silva is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer and Olympian. As of October 2008, she is the South American and Brazilian record holder in the long-course 100 fly....    Brazil	27.49	Carolina Colorado Henao Carolina Colorado Henao Carolina Colorado Henao is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Colombia. She swam for Colombia at the 2008 Olympics.-References:...    Colombia	28.22	Yamile Bahamonde   Ecuador	28.44
100 m butterfly	Gabriella Silva Gabriella Silva Gabriella M. Silva is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer and Olympian. As of October 2008, she is the South American and Brazilian record holder in the long-course 100 fly....    Brazil	1:00.74	Daiene Marçal Dias   Brazil	1:01.77	Carolina Colorado Henao Carolina Colorado Henao Carolina Colorado Henao is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Colombia. She swam for Colombia at the 2008 Olympics.-References:...    Colombia	1:01.96
200 m butterfly	Joanna Maranhão Joanna Maranhão Joanna de Albuquerque Maranhão Bezerra de Melo, or Joanna Maranhão is a medley swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 400m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...    Brazil	2:13.41 CR	Georgina Bardach Georgina Bardach Georgina Bardach Martin is a swimmer from Argentina. At the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, she finished third in the 400 m Individual Medley race...    Argentina	2:18.21	Daiene Marçal Dias   Brazil	2:19.02
200 m individual medley	Joanna Maranhão Joanna Maranhão Joanna de Albuquerque Maranhão Bezerra de Melo, or Joanna Maranhão is a medley swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 400m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...    Brazil	2:17.10	Georgina Bardach Georgina Bardach Georgina Bardach Martin is a swimmer from Argentina. At the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, she finished third in the 400 m Individual Medley race...    Argentina	2:23.08	Erin Volcán Erin Volcán Erin Nicole Volcán Smith is an international backstroke and individual medley swimmer from Venezuela. She is a former South American record holder, and current Venezuelan record holder. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She swam collegiately at the USA's Auburn University...    Venezuela	2:23.81
400 m individual medley	Joanna Maranhão Joanna Maranhão Joanna de Albuquerque Maranhão Bezerra de Melo, or Joanna Maranhão is a medley swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 400m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...    Brazil	4:49.62	Georgina Bardach Georgina Bardach Georgina Bardach Martin is a swimmer from Argentina. At the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, she finished third in the 400 m Individual Medley race...    Argentina	4:55.59	Virginia Bardach   Argentina	5:06.27
400 m freestyle relay	Brazil Julyaana Bassi Kury, Etiene Medeiros, Monique Ferreira Monique Ferreira Monique Andrade Ferreira is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A member of Santos, she also represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,... , Tatiana Lemos Barbosa Tatiana Lemos Tatiana Lemos de Lima Barbosa is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She twice won the bronze medal in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay at the Pan American Games....	3:49.21	Argentina Nadia Soledad Colovini, Manuela Morano, Ariadna Ghirard, Cecilia Elizabet Biagioli	3:55.02	Venezuela Ximena Vilar, Jesserick Pinto, Jenifer Marquez, Erin Volcán Erin Volcán Erin Nicole Volcán Smith is an international backstroke and individual medley swimmer from Venezuela. She is a former South American record holder, and current Venezuelan record holder. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She swam collegiately at the USA's Auburn University...	3:56.50
800 m freestyle relay	Brazil Manuela Lyrio, Tatiana Lemos Barbosa Tatiana Lemos Tatiana Lemos de Lima Barbosa is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She twice won the bronze medal in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay at the Pan American Games.... , Joanna Maranhão Joanna Maranhão Joanna de Albuquerque Maranhão Bezerra de Melo, or Joanna Maranhão is a medley swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 400m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic... , Monique Ferreira Monique Ferreira Monique Andrade Ferreira is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A member of Santos, she also represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,...	8:23.77	Argentina Nadia Soledad Colovini, Adriadna Ghirard, Georgina Bardach Georgina Bardach Georgina Bardach Martin is a swimmer from Argentina. At the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, she finished third in the 400 m Individual Medley race... , Cecilia Elizabet Biagioli		Venezuela Jenifer Marquez, Darneyis Orozco, Patricia Maldonado Patricia Maldonado (swimmer) Patricia Maldonado is a long-distance and open water swimmer from Venezuela. She has swum for Venezuela at the:*2008 Open Water Worlds *2008 South American Championships*2009 World Championships -References:... , Erin Volcán Erin Volcán Erin Nicole Volcán Smith is an international backstroke and individual medley swimmer from Venezuela. She is a former South American record holder, and current Venezuelan record holder. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She swam collegiately at the USA's Auburn University...
400 m medley relay	Brazil Fabíola Molina Fabíola Molina Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics.... , Tatiane Mayumi Sakemi, Gabriella Silva Gabriella Silva Gabriella M. Silva is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer and Olympian. As of October 2008, she is the South American and Brazilian record holder in the long-course 100 fly.... , Tatiana Lemos Barbosa Tatiana Lemos Tatiana Lemos de Lima Barbosa is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She twice won the bronze medal in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay at the Pan American Games....	4:11.53 CR SAR	Venezuela Erin Volcán Erin Volcán Erin Nicole Volcán Smith is an international backstroke and individual medley swimmer from Venezuela. She is a former South American record holder, and current Venezuelan record holder. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She swam collegiately at the USA's Auburn University... , Gloria González, Elimar Barrios, Ximena Vilar	4:23.39	Argentina Eliana Cassini, Javiera Salcedo, Florencia Ghione, Nadia Soledad Colovini	4:25.01

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

Men's results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km	Luiz Lima Luiz Lima Luiz Eduardo Carneiro da Silva de Souza Lima is a long-distance freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1997 Universiade.-References:*...    Brazil 57:34.85	Roberto Penailillo  Chile 57:40.28	Carlos Pavão  Brazil 57:41.04
10 km	Allan do Carmo  Brazil 2:02:19	Roberto Penailillo  Chile 2:02:22	Marcelo Romanelli  Brazil 2:02:25

Women's results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km	Kristel Köbrich Kristel Köbrich Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games....    Chile 1:03:15	Ana Marcela Cunha  Brazil 1:03:16	Maria de Penha Cruz  Brazil 1:03:53
10 km	Kristel Köbrich Kristel Köbrich Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games....    Chile 2:02:33	Ana Marcela Cunha  Brazil 2:06:22	Andreína Pinto  Venezuela 2:06:43

Team results

Place	Country	Time (hours/minutes/seconds)
1	Brazil	9h 09m 38s
2	Venezuela	9h 14m 57s
3	Chile	9h 20m 31s
4	Argentina	9h 27m 06s
5	Ecuador	9h 35m 25s

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

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Solo	Giovana Stephan  Brazil 87.498 (T=42.915 / F=44.583)	Jennifer Cerquera  Colombia 83.498 (T=40.665 / F=42.833)	Julieta Díaz  Argentina 81.915 (T=40.250 / F=41.666)
Duet	Lara Teixeira / Nayara Figueira Giovana Stephan (r)  Brazil 89.748 (T=44.499 / F=45.249)	Anna Soto / Mary Soto  Venezuela 84.665 (T=41.416 / F=43.249)	Jennifer Cerquera / Ingrid Cubillos Stefanie Garcia (r)  Colombia 82.332 (T=40.333 / F=41.999)
Team	Brazil Maria Bruno, Michelle Frota, Joseane Martins, Lorena Molinos, Pamela Nogueira, Gláucia Souza, Giovana Stephan, Camila Ururay (r): Nayara Figueira and Lara Teixeira 87.999 (T=43.583 / F=44.416)	Colombia Ailin Alegria, Asly Alegria, Paula Arcila, Jennifer Cerquera, Ingrid Cubillos, Luana Prato, Monica Sarai, Marilza Valencia, (r): Stefanie Garcia and Maria Reyna 84.332 (T=41.749 / F=42.583)	Venezuela Rosa Maria Avila, Ariana Bencomo, Paula Fernandez, Geraldine Narvaez, Adriana Scotton, Fredmary Zambrano (r): Darlin Hernandez and Amanda Mendez 82.415 (T=40.999 / F=41.416)

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

Point standings

Rank	Country	Solo	Duet	Team	Total
1	Brazil	24	36	72	132
2	Colombia	22	30	66	118
3	Venezuela	18	33	60	111
4	Argentina	20	27	54	101
5	Aruba*	16	-	-	16

*Aruba is not a normal CONSANAT

CONSANAT

Confederación Sudamericana de Natación is the name of the South American Swimming Confederation, which oversees international aquatics competitions among South American countries. It is affiliated to FINA, the international federation for swimming, via ASUA, the swimming continental association...

member, and only competed in the synchro solo competition at these Championships.

Men's tournament

Round	Teams	Score
Day 5 games	Colombia v. Argentina	6-5
	Venezuela v. Brazil	5-14
	Venezuela v. Argentina	6-10
	Colombia v. Brazil	1-13
Day 6 games	Colombia v. Venezuela	9-11
	Brazil v. Argentina	11-6
Semifinals
	Venezuela v. Argentina	6-8
	Brazil v. Colombia	16-6
Finals
Bronze medal	Argentina v. Colombia	7-8
Gold medal	Brazil v. Venezuela	15-4

Women's tournament

Round	Teams	Score
Day 4 games	Venezuela v. Chile	23-1
	Brazil v. Argentina	13-4
Day 5 games	Venezuela v. Argentina	10-4
	Brazil v. Chile	27-3
Day 6 games	Chile v. Argentina	0-17
	Brazil v. Venezuela	13-6
Semifinals
	Venezuela v. Argentina	8-10
	Brazil v. Chile	25-4
Finals
Bronze medal	Venezuela v. Chile	28-0
Gold medal	Brazil v. Argentina	11-3

Final standings

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th
Men	Brazil	Venezuela	Colombia	Argentina
Women	Brazil	Argentina	Venezuela	Chile

Overall medals table

1		42	21	12	75
2		9	9	12	30
3		4	4	2	10
4		2	10	15	27
5		2	-	1	3
6		1	15	12	28
7		-	2	1	3
8		-	-	4	4
9		-	-	1	1
	Total	60	61	60	181

External links

• Event page on the Brazilian Swimming Federation website