Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Synchronized swimming at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Beijing National Aquatics Center a.k.a. The Water Cube
Venue	National Aquatics Centre
Dates	18 to 23 August 2008
Competitors	104 from 24 nations
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Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Duet	women
Team	women
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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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Duet details	Anastasia Davydova and Anastasiya Yermakova (RUS)	Andrea Fuentes and Gemma Mengual (ESP)	Saho Harada and Emiko Suzuki (JPN)
Team details	Russia (RUS) Anastasia Davydova Anastasia Ermakova Maria Gromova Natalia Ishchenko Elvira Khasyanova Olga Kuzhela Yelena Ovchinnikova Anna Shorina Svetlana Romashina	Spain (ESP) Alba María Cabello Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual Thaïs Henríquez Laura López Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados	China (CHN) Gu Beibei Huang Xuechen Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen Liu Ou Luo Xi Sun Qiuting Wang Na Zhang Xiaohuan

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	0	0	2
2	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
3	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)	2	2	2	6

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)

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	-	-	1	China
European Synchronized Swimming Cup	May 30 - June 2, 2007	Rome	1	Russia
2007 Pan American Games	July 13–29, 2007	Rio de Janeiro	1	United States
African Championship	December 4–5, 2007	Cairo	1	Egypt
Oceania Qualifying Tournament	July 19–22, 2007	Zürich	1	Australia
Olympic Qualifying Tournament	April 16–20, 2008	Beijing	3	Spain Japan Canada
TOTAL			8

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
NOCs qualified for the team event	-	-	8	China Russia United States Egypt Australia Spain Japan Canada
Oceania Qualifying Tournament	July 19–22, 2007	Zürich	1	New Zealand
Olympic Qualifying Tournament	April 16–20, 2008	Beijing	15	Italy Ukraine Greece Netherlands Switzerland Brazil France Israel North Korea Kazakhstan Mexico Great Britain Belarus Czech Republic Austria
TOTAL			24

v t e Events at the 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing)
Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu (unofficial)

v t e Artistic swimming at the Summer Olympics
Known as "Synchronized swimming" until 2017
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