Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Synchronized swimming; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Aquatics Centre
Dates	5 to 10 August 2012
Competitors	100 from 24 nations

Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were held from Sunday 5 August to Friday 10 August, at the London Aquatics Centre.^[1] Two medal events were included in the programme — women's duet and women's team — with 100 athletes participating.^[1]

Qualifying system

For the team event, the 5 continental champions and 3 further non-qualified teams from an Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. For the duet event, the same teams qualified, plus a further 16 non-qualified teams from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualified. The host nation is considered European champion, whilst the best-placed teams from Asia, Africa & Oceania at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships were to be considered as the respective continental champions.^[2]

Park Hyun-ha and Park Hyun-sun of South Korea performing their routine at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Nation	Team	Duet	Athletes
Argentina		X	2
Australia	X	X	8
Austria		X	2
Brazil		X	2
Canada	X	X	8
Czech Republic		X	2
China	X	X	8
France		X	2
Great Britain	X	X	8
Greece		X	2
Egypt	X	X	8
Hungary		X	2
Israel		X	2
Italy		X	2
Japan	X	X	8
Kazakhstan		X	2
Mexico		X	2
North Korea		X	2
Russia	X	X	8
South Korea		X	2
Spain	X	X	8
Switzerland		X	2
Ukraine		X	2
United States		X	2
Total: 24 NOC	8	24

Competition schedule

TR	Technical Routine	FR	Free Routine	F	Final

Event↓/Date →	Sun 5	Mon 6	Tue 7	Wed 8	Thr 9	Fri 10
Duet	TR	FR	F
Team					TR	FR

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Duet	Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Ona Carbonell and Andrea Fuentes (ESP)	Huang Xuechen and Liu Ou (CHN)
Team	Russia (RUS) Anastasia Davydova Maria Gromova Natalia Ischenko Elvira Khasyanova Daria Korobova Aleksandra Patskevich Svetlana Romashina Alla Shishkina Angelika Timanina	China (CHN) Chang Si Chen Xiaojun Huang Xuechen Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen Liu Ou Luo Xi Sun Wenyan Wu Yiwen	Spain (ESP) Clara Basiana Alba Cabello Ona Carbonell Margalida Crespí Andrea Fuentes Thaïs Henríquez Paula Klamburg Irene Montrucchio Laia Pons

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	2	0	0	2
2	China	0	1	1	2
2	Spain	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

References

1 2 "Synchronised Swimming". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
↑ Synchronized swimming qualification system Archived 2012-02-03 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

Synchronised swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
Official results book – Synchronised Swimming. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
Synchronized Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)

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[london2012-1] 1 2 "Synchronised Swimming". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

[2] Synchronized swimming qualification system Archived 2012-02-03 at the Wayback Machine

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