Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics
# Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were staged from 15 to 20 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center. A total of 104 athletes competed in two medal events, namely the women's duet and the women's team.

## Qualification

For the team competitions, the best ranked NOC in each of the five continental championships, with the exception of the host country Brazil which represented the Pan American continent, obtained a secured place for the Games, while the remaining NOCs battled out for the three highest-ranked spots at the Olympic Qualification Tournament. For the duet, the best ranked NOC in each of the five continental championships that did not have a qualified team assured a secured spot, while the other eleven top-ranked NOCs were selected through Olympic Qualification Tournament. All eight NOCs that had already qualified in the team event must each automatically selected two synchronized swimmers to form a duet.

## Participating nations

* Argentina (2)
* Australia (9)
* Austria (2)
* Belarus (2)
* Brazil (9)
* Canada (2)
* China (9)
* Colombia (2)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Egypt (9)
* France (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (2)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (9)
* Japan (9)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* Mexico (2)
* Russia (9)
* Slovakia (2)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* United States (2)
* Ukraine (9)

## Competition Schedule

| TR | Technical Routine | FR | Free Routine | F | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event↓/Date → | Aug 14 | Aug 15 | Aug 16 | Aug 17 | Aug 18 | Aug 19 |
| Duet | FR | TR | F | | | |
| Team | | | | | TR | FR |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Duet details | Russia (RUS) Natalia Ishchenko Svetlana Romashina | China (CHN) Huang Xuechen Sun Wenyan | Japan (JPN) Yukiko Inui Risako Mitsui |
| Team details | Russia (RUS) Vlada Chigireva Natalia Ishchenko Svetlana Kolesnichenko Aleksandra Patskevich Svetlana Romashina Alla Shishkina Maria Shurochkina Gelena Topilina Elena Prokofyeva | China (CHN) Gu Xiao Guo Li Li Xiaolu Liang Xinping Sun Wenyan Tang Mengni Yin Chengxin Zeng Zhen Huang Xuechen | Japan (JPN) Aika Hakoyama Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Risako Mitsui Kanami Nakamaki Mai Nakamura Kano Omata Kurumi Yoshida Aiko Hayashi |

### Medal table

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