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Synchronized swimming
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Synchronized swimming; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Aquatics Centre
Dates	5 to 10 August 2012
Competitors	100 from 24 nations
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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.^[1] Two medal events were included in the programme — women's duet and women's team — with 100 athletes participating.^[1]

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.^[2]

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