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Artistic swimming
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueParis Aquatic Centre
Dates5–10 August 2024
No. of events2 (1 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors96 from 18 nations
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Artistic swimming (formerly called synchronized swimming) competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France are scheduled to run between 5 and 10 August at the Paris Aquatic Centre.[1][2] For the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the competition featured fewer than 100 athletes, with a total of 96 athletes competing in two medal events, namely the women's duet and the mixed team.

Several significant changes were instituted in the artistic swimming program for Paris 2024 to reinforce the Games-wide effort to achieve gender equality and vast diversity among the nations in the qualifying process. On 7 October 2022, World Aquatics (then FINA) favored nearly 99 percent of the votes to amend the artistic swimming rules between 2022 and 2025, such as the composition of an eight-member mixed team (previously a women's team event) with a maximum number of two males in the team.[3][4] However, no men were selected to compete.

This will also be the first time since 2000 that a team other than Russia will win the gold in either discipline as Russia is currently banned from the Olympics due to Russia and Belarus' invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Qualification

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

For the team event, the highest-ranked NOC in each of the five continental meets, except for the host nation France (representing Europe), obtained a quota place, while the remaining NOCs competed for the five available spots at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. For the duet, the highest-ranked NOC from each of the five continental meets that did not have a qualified team received a spot, with the remaining NOCs competed for the three remaining spots through the 2024 Worlds. All ten NOCs eligible to compete in the team event were required to select two members to form a duet.[6]

Qualification summary

Nation Team Duet Athletes
 Australia Yes Yes 8
 Austria — Yes 2
 Canada Yes Yes 8
 China Yes Yes 8
 Egypt Yes Yes 8
 France Yes Yes 8
 Great Britain — Yes 2
 Greece — Yes 2
 Italy Yes Yes 8
 Israel — Yes 2
 Japan Yes Yes 8
 South Korea — Yes 2
 Mexico Yes Yes 8
 Netherlands — Yes 2
 New Zealand — Yes 2
 Spain Yes Yes 8
 Ukraine — Yes 2
 United States Yes Yes 8
Total: 18 NOCs 80 16 96

Participating nations

Competition schedule

Day Date Start Finish Event Phase
Day 10 Monday 5 August 2024 19:30 21:00 Team Technical routine
Day 11 Tuesday 6 August 2024 19:30 21:00 Team Free routine
Day 12 Wednesday 7 August 2024 19:30 21:15 Team Acrobatic routine
Day 14 Friday 9 August 2024 19:30 21:30 Duet Technical routine
Day 15 Saturday 10 August 2024 19:30 22:00 Duet Free routine

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China2002
2 Great Britain0101
 United States0101
4 Netherlands0011
 Spain0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Duet
details 		 China
Wang Qianyi
Wang Liuyi 		 Great Britain
Kate Shortman
Isabelle Thorpe 		 Netherlands
Bregje de Brouwer
Noortje de Brouwer
Team
details 		 China
Chang Hao
Cheng Wentao
Feng Yu
Wang Ciyue
Wang Liuyi
Wang Qianyi
Xiang Binxuan
Xiao Yanning
Zhang Yayi 		 United States
Anita Alvarez
Jaime Czarkowski
Megumi Field
Keana Hunter
Audrey Kwon
Calista Liu
Jacklyn Luu
Daniella Ramirez
Ruby Remati 		 Spain
Txell Ferré
Marina García Polo
Lilou Lluís Valette
Meritxell Mas
Alisa Ozhogina
Paula Ramírez
Sara Saldaña
Iris Tió
Blanca Toledano

US doping controversies

In July 2024, it was revealed that United States artistic swimmer Calista Liu had tested positive for dorzolamide, a masking agent used in doping to dilute urine samples and tamper with urinalyses on May 13, 21⁄2 months prior to the Olympic Games.[8]

USADA, the anti-doping agency responsible for US athletes, had claimed it was a "No Fault Violation", and allowed her to compete in the Paris Olympic Games as part of the artistic swimming team.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paris 2024 – Artistic Swimming". Paris 2024. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  2. ^ Martin, Marta; Fava, Giselle (14 September 2022). "How to qualify for artistic swimming at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (7 October 2022). "Men and women set to compete together in artistic swimming group events at Paris 2024". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  4. ^ "World Aquatics updates and clarification on the Paris 2024 Rules and Qualification" (Press release). FINA. 22 December 2022. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  5. ^ "The Surprising History of Synchronized Swimming in the Olympics".
  6. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Artistic Swimming" (PDF). FINA. International Olympic Committee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Competition Schedule". Paris 2024. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  8. ^ Lo Faro, Alfredo Fabrizio; Tini, Anastasio; Bambagiotti, Giulia; Pirani, Filippo; Faragalli, Andrea; Carle, Flavia; Pacella, Elena; Ceka, Artan; Moretti, Marco; Gottardi, Massimo; Lassandro, Nicola Vito; Nicolai, Michele; Lupidi, Marco; Mariotti, Cesare; Busardò, Francesco Paolo (21 September 2022). "Quantification of Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors and Metabolites in Urine and Hair of Patients and Their Relatives". Biology. 11 (10): 1379. doi:10.3390/biology11101379. ISSN 2079-7737. PMC 9598937. PMID 36290285.
  9. ^ Perishable (7 May 2019). "Media Request | U.S. Anti-Doping Agency". Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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