Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics
| Artistic swimming at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Paris Aquatic Centre |
| Dates | 5–10 August 2024 |
| No. of events | 2 (1 women, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors | 96 from 18 nations |
| Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| Qualification | |
| Duet | women |
| Team | open |
Artistic swimming (formerly called synchronized swimming) competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France ran between 5 and 10 August at the Paris Aquatic Centre.[1][2] For the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the competition featured fewer than 100 athletes, with a total of 96 athletes competing in two medal events, namely the women's duet and the mixed team.
Several significant changes were instituted in the artistic swimming program for Paris 2024 to reinforce the Games-wide effort to achieve gender equality and vast diversity among the nations in the qualifying process. On 7 October 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.[3][4] However, no men were selected to compete.
This was also the first time since 2000 that a team other than Russia won the gold in either discipline, as Russia was banned from the 2024 Olympics due to Russia's and Belarus's invasion of Ukraine.[5]
Qualification
[edit]For the team event, the highest-ranked NOC in each of the five continental meets, except for the host nation France (representing Europe), obtained a quota place, while the remaining NOCs competed for the five available spots at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. For the duet, the highest-ranked NOC from each of the five continental meets that did not have a qualified team received a spot, with the remaining NOCs competing for the three remaining spots through the 2024 Worlds. All ten NOCs eligible to compete in the team event were required to select two members to form a duet.[6]
Qualification summary
[edit]| Nation | Team | Duet | Athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
 |
|
8 |
 Austria |
— | |
2 |
 Canada |
|
|
8 |
 China |
|
|
8 |
 Egypt |
|
|
8 |
 France |
|
|
8 |
 Great Britain |
— | |
2 |
 Greece |
— | |
2 |
 Italy |
|
|
8 |
 Israel |
— | |
2 |
 Japan |
|
|
8 |
 South Korea |
— | |
2 |
 Mexico |
|
|
8 |
 Netherlands |
— | |
2 |
 New Zealand |
— | |
2 |
 Spain |
|
|
8 |
 Ukraine |
— | |
2 |
 United States |
|
|
8 |
| Total: 18 NOCs | 80 | 16 | 96 |
Participating nations
[edit]- Australia (8)
- Austria (2)
- Canada (8)
- China (8)
- Egypt (8)
- France (8)
- Great Britain (2)
- Greece (2)
- Italy (8)
- Israel (2)
- Japan (8)
- South Korea (2)
- Mexico (8)
- Netherlands (2)
- New Zealand (2)
- Spain (8)
- Ukraine (2)
- United States (8)
Competition schedule
[edit]| Day | Date | Start | Finish | Event | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 10 | Monday 5 August 2024 | 19:30 | 21:00 | Team | Technical routine |
| Day 11 | Tuesday 6 August 2024 | 19:30 | 21:00 | Team | Free routine |
| Day 12 | Wednesday 7 August 2024 | 19:30 | 21:15 | Team | Acrobatic routine |
| Day 14 | Friday 9 August 2024 | 19:30 | 21:30 | Duet | Technical routine |
| Day 15 | Saturday 10 August 2024 | 19:30 | 22:00 | Duet | Free routine |
Competition on August 6th was opened by Bill May.
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (France)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medalists
[edit]See also
[edit]- Artistic swimming at the 2022 Asian Games
- Artistic swimming at the 2023 European Games
- Artistic swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games
References
[edit]- ^ "Paris 2024 – Artistic Swimming". Paris 2024. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ Martin, Marta; Fava, Giselle (14 September 2022). "How to qualify for artistic swimming at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Surprising History of Synchronized Swimming in the Olympics". 6 August 2024. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Artistic Swimming" (PDF). FINA. International Olympic Committee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Competition Schedule". Paris 2024. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
Known as "Synchronized swimming" until 2017 | ||
| Editions | | |
| Women's duet | ||
| Women's team | ||
| Open team | ||
| Women's solo | ||