Artistic swimming at the 2028 Summer Olympics

Artistic swimming at the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad
Venue	Long Beach Aquatics Center
Dates	25–29 July 2028
No. of events	2 (1 mixed, 1 women)
Competitors	96 from 18 nations
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Artistic swimming (formerly called synchronized swimming) competitions at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States, are scheduled to be held in the Long Beach Aquatics Center.

Several significant changes were instituted in the artistic swimming program for the previous Paris 2024 Summer Olympics to reinforce the Games-wide effort to achieve gender equality and vast diversity among the nations in the qualifying process. On October 7, 2022, World Aquatics (then FINA) favored nearly 99 percent of the votes to amend the artistic swimming rules between 2022 and 2025, such as the composition of an eight-member mixed team (previously a women's team event) with a maximum number of two males in the team. ^{[1] [2]}

Qualification

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2028 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification summary

For the team event, qualification is parted in four priorities. In priority one, the three highest-ranked NOCs in the 2027 World Aquatics Championships will obtain a quota place. In priority two, the host NOC (United States) will obtain a quota place. In priority three, the highest-ranked NOC from each of the five continental meets will obtain a quota place. However, continental quotas will be available for the continents that have not received a quota via priorities one and two. Also, the continent that is not represented in priority one will lose its continental quota. In priority four, the remaining quotas (up to 10) will be allocated in the 2028 World Cup Super Final. For the duet, qualification is parted in three priorities. In priority one, the 10 NOCs qualified for the team event will obtain a duet quota. In priority two, the five highest-ranked NOCs in the 2027 World Aquatics Championships that did not have a qualified team received a quota. In priority three, the three highest-ranked NOCs not yet qualified via a team event and in the 2027 World Aquatics Championships, at the 2028 World Cup Super Final will obtain the last quotas. All ten NOCs eligible to compete in the team event are required to select two members to form a duet. ^[3]

Nation	Team	Duet	Athletes
United States			8
Total: 18 NOCs	80	16	96

Participating nations

•   United States  (8)

Competition schedule

All times use Pacific Time (PT) (UTC–7) ^[4]

Day	Date	Start	Finish	Event	Phase
Day 11	Tuesday 25 July 2028	11:00	13:00	Duet	Technical routine
Day 12	Wednesday 26 July 2028	11:00	13:15	Duet	Free routine
Day 13	Thursday 27 July 2028	11:00	12:30	Team	Technical routine
Day 14	Friday 28 July 2028	11:00	12:30	Team	Free routine
Day 15	Saturday 29 July 2028	10:45	12:30	Team	Acrobatic routine

See also

• Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

1. Rowbottom, Mike (7 October 2022). "Men and women set to compete together in artistic swimming group events at Paris 2024". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
2. "World Aquatics updates and clarification on the Paris 2024 Rules and Qualification" (Press release). FINA. 22 December 2022. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
3. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIV Olympiad – Artistic Swimming" (PDF). World Aquatics . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 7 January 2026.
4. "LA28 Olympic Games Competition Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 14 July 2025.