Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Beijing National Aquatics Center a.k.a. The Water Cube
VenueNational Aquatics Centre
Dates18 to 23 August 2008
Competitors104 from 24 nations
at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Duetwomen
Teamwomen

Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place from August 18 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Duet
  Anastasia Davydova
and Anastasiya Yermakova (RUS) 		 Andrea Fuentes
and Gemma Mengual (ESP) 		 Saho Harada
and Emiko Suzuki (JPN)
Team
  Russia (RUS)
Anastasia Davydova
Anastasia Ermakova
Maria Gromova
Natalia Ishchenko
Elvira Khasyanova
Olga Kuzhela
Yelena Ovchinnikova
Anna Shorina
Svetlana Romashina 		 Spain (ESP)
Alba María Cabello
Raquel Corral
Andrea Fuentes
Gemma Mengual
Thaïs Henríquez
Laura López
Gisela Morón
Irina Rodríguez
Paola Tirados 		 China (CHN)
Gu Beibei
Huang Xuechen
Jiang Tingting
Jiang Wenwen
Liu Ou
Luo Xi
Sun Qiuting
Wang Na
Zhang Xiaohuan

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)2002
2 Spain (ESP)0202
3 China (CHN)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Day Time Event
Monday, August 18, 2008 15:00-16:40 Duet Technical Routine
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 15:00-17:10 Duet Free Routine (Preliminary)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 15:00-16:30 Duet Free Routine (Final)
Friday, August 22, 2008 15:00-15:45 Team Technical Routine
Saturday, August 23, 2008 15:00-15:45 Team Free Routine (Final)

Qualifying criteria

Team

Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation - - 1  China
European Synchronized Swimming Cup May 30 - June 2, 2007 Italy Rome 1  Russia
2007 Pan American Games July 13–29, 2007 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 1  United States
African Championship December 4–5, 2007 Egypt Cairo 1  Egypt
Oceania Qualifying Tournament July 19–22, 2007 Switzerland Zürich 1  Australia
Olympic Qualifying Tournament April 16–20, 2008 China Beijing 3  Spain
 Japan
 Canada
TOTAL 8

Duet

Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
NOCs qualified for the team event - - 8  China
 Russia
 United States
 Egypt
 Australia
 Spain
 Japan
 Canada
Oceania Qualifying Tournament July 19–22, 2007 Switzerland Zürich 1  New Zealand
Olympic Qualifying Tournament April 16–20, 2008 China Beijing 15  Italy
 Ukraine
 Greece
 Netherlands
 Switzerland
 Brazil
 France
 Israel
 North Korea
 Kazakhstan
 Mexico
 Great Britain
 Belarus
 Czech Republic
 Austria
TOTAL 24

References


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