Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Synchronized swimming
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	National Aquatics Centre
Dates:	18 to 23 August 2008
Competitors:	104
Nations:	24
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

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

Duet
Team	Anastasia Davydova Anastasia Ermakova Maria Gromova Natalia Ishchenko Elvira Khasyanova Olga Kuzhela Yelena Ovchinnikova Anna Shorina Svetlana Romashina	Alba María Cabello Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual Thaïs Henríquez Laura López Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados	Gu Beibei Huang Xuechen Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen Liu Ou Luo Xi Sun Qiuting Wang Na Zhang Xiaohuan

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
European Synchronized Swimming Cup	May 30 - June 2, 2007		1
	July 13–29, 2007		1
African Championship	December 4–5, 2007		1
Oceania Qualifying Tournament	July 19–22, 2007		1
Olympic Qualifying Tournament	April 16–20, 2008		3
TOTAL			8

Duet

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
NOCs qualified for the team event	-	-	8
Oceania Qualifying Tournament	July 19–22, 2007		1
Olympic Qualifying Tournament	April 16–20, 2008		15
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