Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Synchronized swimming at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Beijing National Aquatics Center a.k.a. The Water Cube
Venue	National Aquatics Centre
Dates	18 to 23 August 2008
Competitors	104 from 24 nations

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	0	0	2
2	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
3	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

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	Rome	1	Russia
2007 Pan American Games	July 13–29, 2007	Rio de Janeiro	1	United States
African Championship	December 4–5, 2007	Cairo	1	Egypt
Oceania Qualifying Tournament	July 19–22, 2007	Zürich	1	Australia
Olympic Qualifying Tournament	April 16–20, 2008	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	Zürich	1	New Zealand
Olympic Qualifying Tournament	April 16–20, 2008	Beijing	15	Italy  Ukraine  Greece  Netherlands  Switzerland  Brazil  France  Israel  North Korea  Kazakhstan  Mexico  Great Britain  Belarus  Czech Republic  Austria
TOTAL			24

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220445/http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/results.asp?id=SYW_201100

External links

• Synchronized Swimming – Official Results Book