Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics
# Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were held from Sunday 5 August to Friday 10 August, at the London Aquatics Centre. Two medal events were included in the programme — women's duet and women's team — with 100 athletes participating.

## Qualifying system

For the team event, the 5 continental champions and 3 further non-qualified teams from an Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. For the duet event, the same teams qualified, plus a further 16 non-qualified teams from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualified. The host nation is considered European champion, whilst the best-placed teams from Asia, Africa & Oceania at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships were to be considered as the respective continental champions.

| Nation | Team | Duet | Athletes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | | X | 2 |
| Australia | X | X | 8 |
| Austria | | X | 2 |
| Brazil | | X | 2 |
| Canada | X | X | 8 |
| Czech Republic | | X | 2 |
| China | X | X | 8 |
| France | | X | 2 |
| Great Britain | X | X | 8 |
| Greece | | X | 2 |
| Egypt | X | X | 8 |
| Hungary | | X | 2 |
| Israel | | X | 2 |
| Italy | | X | 2 |
| Japan | X | X | 8 |
| Kazakhstan | | X | 2 |
| Mexico | | X | 2 |
| North Korea | | X | 2 |
| Russia | X | X | 8 |
| South Korea | | X | 2 |
| Spain | X | X | 8 |
| Switzerland | | X | 2 |
| Ukraine | | X | 2 |
| United States | | X | 2 |
| Total: 24 NOC | 8 | 24 | |

## Competition schedule

| TR | Technical Routine | FR | Free Routine | F | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Tue 7 | Wed 8 | Thr 9 | Fri 10 |
| Duet | TR | FR | F | | | |
| Team | | | | | TR | FR |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Duet details | Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina (RUS) | Ona Carbonell and Andrea Fuentes (ESP) | Huang Xuechen and Liu Ou (CHN) |
| Team details | Russia (RUS) Anastasia Davydova Maria Gromova Natalia Ischenko Elvira Khasyanova Daria Korobova Aleksandra Patskevich Svetlana Romashina Alla Shishkina Angelika Timanina | China (CHN) Chang Si Chen Xiaojun Huang Xuechen Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen Liu Ou Luo Xi Sun Wenyan Wu Yiwen | Spain (ESP) Clara Basiana Alba Cabello Ona Carbonell Margalida Crespí Andrea Fuentes Thaïs Henríquez Paula Klamburg Irene Montrucchio Laia Pons |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
