Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Duet		women
Team		women

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]

Qualification Summary

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  Russia	Ona Carbonell and Andrea Fuentes  Spain	Huang Xuechen and Liu Ou  China
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
Total		2	2	2	6

References

1. "Synchronised Swimming". London 2012 website. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
2. Synchronized swimming qualification system

Coordinates: 51°32′25″N 0°00′38″W / 51.5402°N 0.0106°W