About this event
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20 July - 2 August
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This year, the Lifesaving World Championships ('Rescue 2008', or 'The Worlds' as it is colloquially known) took place in Germany. It was arranged by the German Life Saving Organisation (DLRG) on behalf of the International Life Saving Federation (ILS). From 20 July to 2 August about 4,000 participants took part in competitions in Berlin and Warnemünde. Berlin hosts the pool-events and Warnemünde is the venue for the sea-based events.
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NZ Team Medal Table
NZ Team medals. At the end of competition:
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Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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5
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13
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12
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4 x 50m obstacle relay (mens)
100m rescue medley (Toomey, J)
Male Beach Sprint (Willis)
Male Beach Flags (Willis)
Female Board Race (Cox)
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200m obstacle swim (McMillan)
50m manikin carry (Toomey, G)
Super Life saver (Anderson)
4 x 50m medley relay (Mens)
100m rescue medley (McMillan)
4 x 25m Manikin Carry (mens)
4 x 25m Manikin Carry (womens)
SERC (Toomey, J, McMillian, Kent, Buck)
Female Board Rescue (Dunlop-Barrett, Maples)
Male Board Rescue (Buck, Morrison)
Female Beach Relay (Cox, Maples, J Toomey, Dunlop-Barrett)
Female Tube Rescue (J Toomey, G Toomey, Dunlop-Barrett, O'Connor)
Female Taplin Relay (J Toomey, Cox, Maples, Dunlop-Barrett)
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4 x 50m obstacle relay (womens)
200m obstacle swim (Dunlop-Barrett)
50m manikin carry (Toomey, J)
100m manikin carry w. fins (Toomey, J)
100m rescue medley (Anderson)
Oceanman/Ironman (Anderson)
Male Ski Race (Morrison)
Female Ski Race (Cox)
Female Beach Spint (Maples)
Female Board Race (Maples)
Male Tube Rescue (Anderson, Kent, Morrison, McMillan)
Male Taplin Relay (Anderson, Kent, Morrison, Buck)
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Point Score
At the end of competition:
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Place
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Team
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Points
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1
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Australia
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889
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2
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New Zealand
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837
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3
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Italy
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526
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4
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Germany
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490
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5
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South Africa
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473
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(all dates are NZ, not Germany)
- Final results (pdf, 64kb)
- New Zealand Team Finish second at Rescue 2008, 27 July 2008
- Kiwis settle for second at lifesaving worlds, 27 July 2008
- Gallery updated, 26 July 11am
- NZ withstand Aussie fightback, 26 July 2008
- Kiwi's Aussie wary of former lifesaving countrymen, 25 July 2008
- Toomey’s gold helps Kiwi lifesavers maintain lead, 24 July 2008
- Gallery updated, 24 July 11am
- Day Two report, 23 July 2008
- Day One: record start for NZ lifesavers, 22 July 2008
- Aussies cocky over trans-Tasman showdown at Worlds, 21 July 2008
- Sunday Team Update, 20 July 2008
- Saturday Team Update, 19 July 2008
- Siblings primed for world title bid, 18 July 2008
- The other SLSNZ representatives in Germany: The Officials, 14 July 2008
- Anderson wary of Australian surf threat, 11 July 2008
- NZ Surf Lifesaving team hopeful of win, 8 July 2008 (TV3 On Demand website - opens in new window)
- McMillan fired by surf worlds after Beijing miss, 7 July 2008
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- View our Excellence section - about NZ athletes who have brought home World records or World titles
These galleries are within the SLSNZ website, but will open in a new window:
These are external links (we do not accept any responsibility for the content of external sites) and they will open in a new window:
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Date
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Berlin
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Warnemünde
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Full details see the Rescue 2008 website - Warnemünde timetable and Berlin timetable pages (external links)
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Sunday 20 July:
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Opening National Teams
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Opening Masters
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Monday 21 July:
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Heats / Finals National Teams
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Heats Masters
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Tuesday 22 July:
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Heats / Finals National Teams
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Heats Masters
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Wednesday 23 July:
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SERC and Heats / Finals National Teams
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Heats / Finals Masters
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Thursday 24 July:
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Travelling / Training Day
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IRB Competition / Travelling / Training Day
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Friday 25 July:
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Heats Masters
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Heats /Finals National Teams
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Saturday 26 July:
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Heats / Finals Masters
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Heats / Finals National Teams / Closing National Teams / Opening Interclubs
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Sunday 27 July:
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Heats / Finals Masters / Closing Masters
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Heats / Finals Interclubs
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Monday 28 July:
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Heats / Finals Interclubs
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Tuesday 29 July:
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Heats / Finals Interclubs
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Wednesday 30 July:
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Travelling / Training Day
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Travelling day
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Thursday 31 July:
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SERC and Heats / Finals Interclubs
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Friday 1 August:
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Heats / Finals Interclubs
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Saturday 2 August:
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Heats / Finals Interclubs / Closing Interclubs
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