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]
| 5 km (10.09) | Spyridon Yannotis 52:57,2 | Jan Wolfgarten 53:55,7 | Thomas Lurz 54:04,3 | |
| 10 km (09.09) | Thomas Lurz 1:52:48,9 | Yevgueni Drattsev 1:52:50,6 | Toni Franz 1:52:53,0 | |
| 25 km (13.09) | Valerio Cleri 4:29:00,0 | Joanes Hedel 4:32:40,9 | Dmitri Soloviov 4:34:02,4 |
| 5 km (09.09) | Rachele Bruni 58:50,7 | Britta Kamrau 59:16,1 | Alice Franco 59:39,0 | |
| 10 km (10.09) | Larisa Ilchenko 2:00:30,9 | Martina Grimaldi 2:00:31,4 | Alice Franco 2:00:32,2 | |
| 25 km (14.09) | Margarita Domínguez 5:38:35,3 | Britta Kamrau 5:39:00,2 | Anna Uvarova 5:39:06,6 |
| 5 km por equipos (11.09) | Andrea Volpini Rachele Bruni Luca Ferretti 56:17,5 | Daniil Serebrennikov Yevgueni Drattsev Yekaterina Seliverstova 57:03,6 | Jan Wolfgarten Britta Kamrau Thomas Lurz 57:30,0 |