Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Artist swimming
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Artistic Swimming, Tokyo 2020.svg
Artistic swimming pictogram for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates2–7 August 2021
No. of events2
Competitors104 from 22 nations
  2016
2024  

Artistic swimming (formerly synchronised swimming) competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan featured a total of 104 athletes competing in two medal events, namely the women's duet and the women's team. The events took place in 2021 following the Games' postponement from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

Qualification

For the team competitions, the best ranked NOC in each of the five continental championships, with the exception of the host country Japan, qualified. The remaining NOCs are able to qualify for the two highest-ranked spots at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships and the three highest-ranked spots at the Olympic Qualification Tournament. For the duet, the best ranked NOC in each of the five continental championships that did not have a qualified team is to be assured of a secured spot, while the other seven top-ranked NOCs are to be selected through the Olympic Qualification Tournament. All 10 NOCs that had already qualified in the team event automatically qualify a duet (which much consist of members of the team).

Participating nations

Competition schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9). [2] [3]

DayDateStartFinishEventPhase
Day 10Monday 2 August 202119:3021:30 Duet Free Routine Preliminary
Day 11Tuesday 3 August 202119:3021:00 Duet Technical Routine
Day 12Wednesday 4 August 202119:3021:00 Duet Free Routine Final
Day 14Friday 6 August 202119:3021:30 Team Technical Routine
Day 15Saturday 7 August 202119:3021:00 Team Free Routine

Medalists

Ukrainian artistic swimming team performing their free routine in the team event on 7 August 2021 Ukrainian artistic swimming team at Tokyo 2020.jpg
Ukrainian artistic swimming team performing their free routine in the team event on 7 August 2021

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Olympic flag.svg  ROC 2002
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0202
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0022
Totals (3 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Duet
details
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Svetlana Kolesnichenko
Svetlana Romashina
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Huang Xuechen
Sun Wenyan
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Marta Fiedina
Anastasiya Savchuk
Team
details
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Vlada Chigireva
Marina Goliadkina
Svetlana Kolesnichenko
Polina Komar
Alexandra Patskevich
Svetlana Romashina
Alla Shishkina
Maria Shurochkina
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Feng Yu
Guo Li
Huang Xuechen
Liang Xinping
Sun Wenyan
Wang Qianyi
Xiao Yanning
Yin Chengxin
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Maryna Aleksiyiva
Vladyslava Aleksiyiva
Marta Fiedina
Kateryna Reznik
Anastasiya Savchuk
Alina Shynkarenko
Kseniya Sydorenko
Yelyzaveta Yakhno

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References

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