Synchronised Swimming
It looks like perhaps the most effortless event in the Olympic Games, but there is more to synchronised swimming than what appears on the surface. Besides demanding strength, endurance, flexibility, grace and artistry, it requires exceptional breath control. [Full story]
List of Events
- • duet Women
- • team Women
Athlete numbers:
Athlete quota:
8 teams of 9 athletes (72 athletes)
16 additional duets of 2 athletes (32 athletes)
Total of 104 athletes
- PRINCIPLES
- TIMELINE
- QUAL
- TEAM
- DUET
PRINCIPLES
QUALIFICATION SYSTEM PRINCIPLES |
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| Event | Qualification | Total |
| Team qualification | Host nation The host nation directly qualifies 1 team (1 team = 9 athletes) |
9 |
| Continental Championships The top team from the Continental Championships (other than the continent of the host nation) (4 teams x 9 athletes) |
36 | |
| Olympic Qualifying Tournament The top 3 placed teams qualify (3 teams x 9 athletes) |
27 | |
| Duet qualification | Team competition Each qualified team may enter a duet selected from among athletes entered in the team competition (8 duets x 2 athletes) |
16 |
| Olympic Qualifying Tournament The highest ranked duets from each continent not qualified in the team event plus the next ranked duets for a total of 24 duets qualify (16 additional duets x 2 athletes) |
32 | |
TIMELINE:
| TBC Continental Championships: Africa, Asia and Oceania | |
| July 2007 | European Synchronised Swimming Cup |
| 13 – 29 July 2007 | Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) |
| 16 – 20 April 2008 | Synchronised Swimming Olympic Qualification Tournament, Beijing (CHN) |
| 15 May 2008 | NFs/NOCs to confirm the participation of their team/duet to FINA |
| 23 July 2008 | Deadline for Beijing 2008 Organising Committee to receive entry forms submitted by NOCs |
REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA POSITIONS
The NFs/NOCs must confirm to FINA the participation of their synchronised swimming team and duet
by not later than 15 May 2008.
Should an NF/NOC not enter a qualified team or duet, the unused quota place will be ransferred to
the next highest ranked duet(s) or teams(s) from the Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament.
QUAL:
QUALIFICATION SYSTEM
Team Qualification (8 teams)
FINA Rule BL 8.3.9.5.1
1. Continental Championships: 5 teams
Automatically one (1) team from the Continental Championships of the five (5) continents. The
host nation will be representative of that continent
2. Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 3 teams
The top three (3) placed teams from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualify for the Olympic
Games
Duet Qualification (24 duets)
1. NFs/NOCs qualified in the team event:
8 duets
FINA Rule BL 8.3.9.5.2
The eight (8) NFs/NOCs qualified for the teams event may also enter a duet in the duet
competition, using the same athletes as entered for the team event.
2. Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 16 duets
FINA Rule BL 8.3.9.5.2
In addition to the eight (8) duets of NFs/NOCs qualified through the team event, one (1) duet from
each continent not represented, plus the next ranked duets for a total of twenty-four (24) duets
from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualify for the Olympic Games.
TEAM:
Teams qualified:
China (Host nation)
US (American Champion)
Russia(European Champion)
Egypt(African Champion)
Australia(Oceanian Champion)
Spain(Olympic Qualifying Tournament)
Japn(Olympic Qualifying Tournament)
Canada(Olympic Qualifying Tournament)
DUET:
Duets qualified:
China 1US 1
Russia 1
Egypt 1
Australia 1
Spain 1
Japan 1
Canada
New Zealand 1
Italy 1
Ukraine 1
Greece 1
Netherlands 1
Greece 1
Brazil 1
France 1
Israel 1
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1
Kazakhstan 1
Mexico 1
Great Britain 1
Belarus 1
Czech Republic 1
Austria 1
Competition Venue
Hall of Fame
Olga BrusnikinaOlga Brusnikina first attracted attention when, at the age of 14, she performed a mesmerizing solo routine at the 1993 world junior synchro championships that earned her a standing ovation. When team synchronized swimming was added to the Olympic programme in 1996 ... [Full story]
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