Artistic swimming at the Summer Olympics

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Artistic swimming at the Summer Olympics
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IOC CodeSWA
Governing body World Aquatics
Events2 (women: 1; mixed: 1)
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Artistic swimming (known as synchronised swimming until 2017) has been an event at the Summer Olympics since the 1984 Games. The current Olympic program consists of a Women's Duet event and a Mixed Team event.

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In the Women's Duet, pairs complete two routines, the Duet Technical routine and Duet Free routine, with medals awarded on cumulative scores. [1]

In the Mixed Team, teams of eight complete three routines, the Team Technical, Team Free, and Team Acrobatic, with medals awarded on cumulative scores. [2] Male athletes were permitted to enter this event from Paris 2024, however no male athletes have yet competed in this event. [3]

A Women's Solo event was removed from the Olympic program after the 1992 Olympic Games.

The United States, Canada and Japan were initially the strongest nations in the sport, however from 2000 to 2020, Russian athletes competing as either Russia or under the Russian Olympic Committee flag won all twelve gold medals contested.

Following sanctions being placed on Russia competing in international events from 2021 onwards, [4] the People's Republic of China have become the dominant force in the sport.

New rules were introduced into the sport in 2023, with the 2024 Olympic Games the first to be conducted under these rules. [5]

Summary

Events

Medal table

As of the conclusion of the 2024 Olympics, eleven NOCs have won Olympic medals across 21 events. [6] The Women's solo event at the 1992 Olympics saw a tie for first place, with no silver presented.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 100010
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53210
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3418
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2529
5Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC (ROC)2002
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 041014
7Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0325
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0101
9Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0022
10Flag of France.svg  France 0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0011
Totals (11 entries)22202163

Nations and number of national participants

See also

References

  1. "Competition Results | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. "Competition Results | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  3. "For the first time, men eligible to compete in Artistic Swimming at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024". World Aquatics. 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  4. "CRITERIA FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF RUSSIAN AND BELARUSIAN ATHLETES IN WORLD AQUATICS COMPETITIONS" (PDF). aquaticsintegrity.com.
  5. "Artistic Swimming Rules". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  6. "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.