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.

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.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Ramón Fumadó  Venezuela 375.80	César Castro  Brazil 373.60	Luis Villarroel  Venezuela 362.95
3 m springboard	César Castro  Brazil 448.60	Luis Villarroel  Venezuela 404.15	Juan Urán  Colombia 385.50
Platform	Juan Urán  Colombia 482.90	Hugo Parisi  Brazil 411.10	Sebastián Villa  Colombia 384.55
Synchronized 3 m springboard	Luis Villarroel / Ramón Fumadó  Venezuela 399.45	Juan Urán / Víctor Ortega  Colombia 358.47	César Castro / Ubirajara Barbos  Brazil 347.55
Synchronized platform	Juan Urán / Víctor Ortega  Colombia 402.21	Hugo Parisi / Bira Barbosa  Brazil 340.02	Donato Neglia / Moises Abarla  Chile 214.74

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Alejandra Fuentes  Venezuela 270.35	Juliana Veloso  Brazil 259.45	Diana Pineda  Colombia 232.25
3 m springboard	Alejandra Fuentes  Venezuela 306.60	Diana Pineda  Colombia 306.40	Juliana Veloso  Brazil 300.30
Platform	Juliana Veloso  Brazil 335.50	Kiara Buelva  Venezuela 281.65	Milena Canto Sae  Brazil 258.75
Synchronized 3 m springboard	Juliana Veloso / 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 / Laura Vasquez  Colombia 233.88	Rafaella Suarez / Gabriela Sabando  Ecuador 227.76

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

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Nicholas Santos  Brazil	22.72	Lucas Del Piccolo  Argentina	23.14	Camilo Becerra  Colombia	23.20
100 m freestyle	Fernando Souza da Silva  Brazil	50.60	Crox Acuña  Venezuela Eduardo Deboni  Brazil	51.16
200 m freestyle	Rodrigo Castro  Brazil	1:50.41 CR	Martin Kutscher  Uruguay	1:52.45	Crox Acuña  Venezuela	1:52.49
400 m freestyle	Ricardo Monasterio  Venezuela	3:56.50	Rodrigo Castro  Brazil	3:56.99	Armando Negreiros  Brazil	4:01.89
800 m freestyle	Ricardo Monasterio  Venezuela	8:12.04	Daniele Tirabasi  Venezuela	8:21.84	Luiz Rogerio Arapiraca  Brazil	8:23.03
1500 m freestyle	Ricardo Monasterio  Venezuela	15:43.07	Juan Martin Pereira  Argentina	15:57.42	Mateo de Angulo  Colombia	15:57.88
50 m backstroke	Guilherme Guido  Brazil	25.41	Eduardo German Otero  Argentina	26.59	Camilo Becerra  Colombia	27.43
100 m backstroke	Guilherme Guido  Brazil	55.54	Thiago Pereira  Brazil	57.27	Eduardo German Otero  Argentina	58.33
200 m backstroke	Lucas Salatta  Brazil	2:01.22	Thiago Pereira  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  Brazil	23.88 CR	Candido da Silva  Brazil	24.72	Camilo Becerra  Colombia	24.88
100 m butterfly	Fernando Souza da Silva  Brazil	54.61	Camilo Becerra  Colombia	54.76	Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw  Suriname	54.80
200 m butterfly	Andres José Gonzalez  Argentina	2:01.77	Julio Galofre  Colombia	2:01.95	Alexis Marquez  Venezuela	2:02.62
200 m individual medley	Thiago Pereira  Brazil	2:05.22	Tales Rocha Cerdeira  Brazil	2:06.16	Diego Bonilla  Colombia	2:08.05
400 m individual medley	Thiago Pereira  Brazil	4:27.58	Lucas Salatta  Brazil	4:36.39	Benjamin Guzmán  Chile	4:37.29
400 m freestyle relay	Brazil Nicholas Santos, Fernando Souza da Silva, Eduardo Deboni, Tales Rocha Cerdeira	3:24.47	Uruguay Francisco Picasso, José Gabriel Álvez, Paul Kutscher, Martin Kutscher	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	7:33.30 CR	Brazil Lucas Salatta, Armando Negreiros, Thiago Pereira, Rodrigo Castro	7:45.06	Argentina Agustín Fiorilli, Damian Roth, Freddy Renzo Zschach, Juan Martín Pereira	7:46.24
400 m medley relay	Brazil Guilherme Guido, Henrique Barbosa, Lucas Salatta, 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, Paul Kutscher	3:50.00

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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  Brazil	56.06	Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato  Brazil	56.16	Carolina Colorado Henao  Colombia	57.49
200 m freestyle	Monique Ferreira  Brazil	2:00.62	Tatiana Lemos  Brazil	2:02.26	Cecilia Elizabeth Biagioli  Argentina	2:04.47
400 m freestyle	Monique Ferreira  Brazil	4:13.77	Kristel Köbrich  Chile	4:17.94	Cecilia Elizabeth Biagioli  Argentina	4:19.81
800 m freestyle	Kristel Köbrich  Chile	8:51.90	Cecilia Elizabeth Biagioli  Argentina	8:59.89	Darneyis Orozco  Venezuela	9:06.17
1500 m freestyle	Kristel Köbrich  Chile	16:38.57	Sofia Osaba  Argentina	17:29.64	Darneyis Orozco  Venezuela	17:35.73
50 m backstroke	Fabíola Molina  Brazil	29.11	Etiene Medeiros  Brazil	29.91	Carolina Colorado Henao  Colombia	30.62
100 m backstroke	Fabíola Molina  Brazil	1:01.93	Carolina Colorado Henao  Colombia	1:04.04	Juanita Barreto  Colombia	1:05.26
200 m backstroke	Erin Volcán  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, NR	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  Brazil	27.49	Carolina Colorado Henao  Colombia	28.22	Yamile Bahamonde  Ecuador	28.44
100 m butterfly	Gabriella Silva  Brazil	1:00.74	Daiene Marçal Dias  Brazil	1:01.77	Carolina Colorado Henao  Colombia	1:01.96
200 m butterfly	Joanna Maranhão  Brazil	2:13.41 CR	Georgina Bardach  Argentina	2:18.21	Daiene Marçal Dias  Brazil	2:19.02
200 m individual medley	Joanna Maranhão  Brazil	2:17.10	Georgina Bardach  Argentina	2:23.08	Erin Volcán  Venezuela	2:23.81
400 m individual medley	Joanna Maranhão  Brazil	4:49.62	Georgina Bardach  Argentina	4:55.59	Virginia Bardach  Argentina	5:06.27
400 m freestyle relay	Brazil Julyaana Bassi Kury, Etiene Medeiros, Monique Ferreira, Tatiana Lemos Barbosa	3:49.21	Argentina Nadia Soledad Colovini, Manuela Morano, Ariadna Ghirard, Cecilia Elizabeth Biagioli	3:55.02	Venezuela Ximena Vilar, Jesserick Pinto, Jenifer Marquez, Erin Volcán	3:56.50
800 m freestyle relay	Brazil Manuela Lyrio, Tatiana Lemos Barbosa, Joanna Maranhão, Monique Ferreira	8:23.77	Argentina Nadia Soledad Colovini, Adriadna Ghirard, Georgina Bardach, Cecilia Elizabeth Biagioli		Venezuela Jenifer Marquez, Darneyis Orozco, Patricia Maldonado, Erin Volcán
400 m medley relay	Brazil Fabíola Molina, Tatiane Mayumi Sakemi, Gabriella Silva, Tatiana Lemos Barbosa	4:11.53 CR SAR	Venezuela Erin Volcán, Gloria González, Elimar Barrios, Ximena Vilar	4:23.39	Argentina Eliana Cassini, Javiera Salcedo, Florencia Ghione, Nadia Soledad Colovini	4:25.01

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

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km	Luiz Lima  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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km	Kristel Köbrich  Chile 1:03:15	Ana Marcela Cunha  Brazil 1:03:16	Maria de Penha Cruz  Brazil 1:03:53
10 km	Kristel Köbrich  Chile 2:02:33	Ana Marcela Cunha  Brazil 2:06:22	Andreína Pinto  Venezuela 2:06:43

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.

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, Mónica Arango, 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)

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

Game winners are italicized.

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	42	21	12	75
2	Venezuela (VEN)	9	9	12	30
3	Chile (CHI)	4	4	2	10
4	Colombia (COL)	2	10	15	27
5	Peru (PER)	2	0	1	3
6	Argentina (ARG)	1	15	12	28
7	Uruguay (URU)	0	2	1	3
8	Ecuador (ECU)	0	0	4	4
9	Suriname (SUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		60	61	60	181

• Event page on the Brazilian Swimming Federation website Archived 2010-11-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish and Portuguese)