Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Beijing National Aquatics Center
Venue National Aquatics Centre
Dates 18 to 23 August
Competitors 104 from 24 nations

Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place from August 18 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Duet
  Anastasia Davydova
and Anastasiya Yermakova (RUS)		  Andrea Fuentes
and Gemma Mengual (ESP)		  Saho Harada
and Emiko Suzuki (JPN)
Team
  Russia (RUS)
Anastasia Davydova
Anastasia Ermakova
Maria Gromova
Natalia Ishchenko
Elvira Khasyanova
Olga Kuzhela
Yelena Ovchinnikova
Anna Shorina
Svetlana Romashina		  Spain (ESP)
Alba María Cabello
Raquel Corral
Andrea Fuentes
Gemma Mengual
Thaïs Henríquez
Laura López
Gisela Morón
Irina Rodríguez
Paola Tirados		  China (CHN)
Gu Beibei
Huang Xuechen
Jiang Tingting
Jiang Wenwen
Liu Ou
Luo Xi
Sun Qiuting
Wang Na
Zhang Xiaohuan

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Day Time Event
Monday, August 18, 200815:00-16:40Duet Technical Routine
Tuesday, August 19, 200815:00-17:10Duet Free Routine (Preliminary)
Wednesday, August 20, 200815:00-16:30Duet Free Routine (Final)
Friday, August 22, 200815:00-15:45Team Technical Routine
Saturday, August 23, 200815:00-15:45Team Free Routine (Final)

Qualifying criteria

Team

EventDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host nation--1 China
European Synchronized Swimming CupMay 30 - June 2, 2007Italy Rome1 Russia
2007 Pan American GamesJuly 13–29, 2007Brazil Rio de Janeiro1 United States
African ChampionshipDecember 4–5, 2007Egypt Cairo1 Egypt
Oceania Qualifying TournamentJuly 19–22, 2007Switzerland Zurich1 Australia
Olympic Qualifying TournamentApril 16–20, 2008China Beijing3 Spain
 Japan
 Canada
TOTAL8

Duet

EventDateVenueVacanciesQualified
NOCs qualified for the team event--8 China
 Russia
 United States
 Egypt
 Australia
 Spain
 Japan
 Canada
Oceania Qualifying TournamentJuly 19–22, 2007Switzerland Zurich1 New Zealand
Olympic Qualifying TournamentApril 16–20, 2008China Beijing15 Italy
 Ukraine
 Greece
 Netherlands
 Switzerland
 Brazil
 France
 Israel
 North Korea
 Kazakhstan
 Mexico
 Great Britain
 Belarus
 Czech Republic
 Austria
TOTAL24

References


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