Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Synchronized swimming
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
JO Atlanta 1996 - Piscine.jpg
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Venue Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center
Dates30 July 2 August 1996
Competitors78 from 8 nations
Winning points99.720
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Suzannah Bianco, Tammy Cleland, Becky Dyroen-Lancer, Heather Pease, Jill Savery, Nathalie Schneyder, Heather Simmons-Carrasco, Jill Sudduth, Emily LeSueur, Margot Thien
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Karen Clark, Sylvie Fréchette, Janice Bremner, Karen Fonteyne, Christine Larsen, Erin Woodley, Cari Read, Lisa Alexander, Valérie Hould-Marchand, Kasia Kulesza
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)
Miya Tachibana, Akiko Kawase, Rei Jimbo, Miho Takeda, Raika Fujii, Miho Kawabe, Junko Tanaka, Riho Nakajima, Mayuko Fujiki, Kaori Takahashi
  1992 (summary)
2000 (summary)
2000 (team) 

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the team event in women's synchronized swimming was contested. It was the first appearance of the team event, which replaced the duet and solo events held previously. (The duet event would return four years later.)

Eight countries qualified for the Olympic Games at an Olympic qualifying event held in conjunction with the 1995 FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup. Each team consisted of eight swimmers (chosen from a total team of ten). The competition included two events, the technical routine program and the free routine program.

The technical routine required entries to perform a series of required elements in prescribed order. It had a time limit of two minutes and 50 seconds. Music selection and choreography was up to the discretion of each team. In the free routine, there were no specifications for the routine other than the five-minute time limit. In both the technical and free routines, a panel of 10 judges (five giving scores for technical merit and five awarding scores for artistic impression) awarded points from 0 to 10 in one tenth point increments.

When the technical merit and artistic impression scores were calculated for a total score, the technical routine score was weighted to 35 percent and the free routine to 65 percent. These two scores were then combined to determine overall medal placement. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, July 30, 199619:30 Free routine
Friday, August 2, 199619:30 Technical routine

Results

RankCountryAthletesTechnicalFreeTotal
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Suzannah Bianco, Tammy Cleland, Becky Dyroen-Lancer, Heather Pease, Jill Savery, Nathalie Schneyder, Heather Simmons-Carrasco, Jill Sudduth, Emily LeSueur, Margot Thien 34.72065.00099.720
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Karen Clark, Sylvie Fréchette, Janice Bremner, Karen Fonteyne, Christine Larsen, Erin Woodley, Cari Read, Lisa Alexander, Valérie Hould-Marchand, Kasia Kulesza 34.27764.09098.367
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Miya Tachibana, Akiko Kawase, Rei Jimbo, Miho Takeda, Raika Fujii, Miho Kawabe, Junko Tanaka, Riho Nakajima, Mayuko Fujiki, Kaori Takahashi 34.18363.57097.753
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Elena Azarova, Anna Iouriaeva, Mariya Kiselyova, Olga Brusnikina, Yelena Antonova, Marina Lobova, Youlia Pankratova, Olga Novokshchenova, Gana Maximova, Olga Sedakova 33.95063.31097.260
5Flag of France.svg  France Virginie Dedieu, Marianne Aeschbacher, Myriam Lignot, Celine Leveque, Julie Fabre, Isabelle Manable, Magali Rathier, Charlotte Massardier, Delphine Maréchal, Éva Riffet 33.46062.61696.076
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Serena Bianchi, Giada Ballan, Manuela Carnini, Mara Brunetti, Giovanna Burlando, Brunella Carrafelli, Roberta Farinelli, Paola Celli, Maurizia Cecconi, Letizia Nuzzo 32.80761.44694.253
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Li Min, Long Yan, Chen Xuan, Wu Chunlan, Li Yuanyuan, Jin Na, Fu Yuling, Li Fei, Guo Cui, Pan Yan 33.11061.01494.124
8Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Wendy Aguilar, Olivia González, Lilián Leal, Ingrid Reich, Aline Reich, Patricia Vila, Ariadna Medina, Berenice Guzmán, Perla Ramírez, Erika Leal 33.0460.79693.836

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References

  1. "Teams Make Olympic Debut". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 26 December 1996. Retrieved 31 May 2015.