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]
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Venue | Aquatics Centre |
Dates | 5 to 10 August 2012 |
Competitors | 100 from 24 nations |
Qualifying system
editFor 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]
Nation | Team | Duet | Athletes |
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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
editTR | Technical Routine | FR | Free Routine | F | Final |
Event↓/Date → | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Tue 7 | Wed 8 | Thr 9 | Fri 10 |
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Duet | TR | FR | F | |||
Team | TR | FR |
Medalists
editMedal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
References
edit- ^ a b "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
editMedia 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)