Artistic swimming at the Summer Olympics

Artistic swimming (known as synchronised swimming until 2017) has been an event at the Summer Olympics since the 1984 Games. It is a beautiful sport where swimmers perform graceful, coordinated routines in the water. The Olympic program today includes a Women's Duet event and a Mixed Team event.

In the Women's Duet, pairs of swimmers complete two routines, and medals are awarded based on their combined scores. In the Mixed Team event, teams of eight perform three different routines, with medals also given based on their total scores. Men were allowed to join this event starting from Paris 2024, but no men have competed yet.

The United States, Canada, and Japan were the top countries in artistic swimming for many years. However, from the 2000 Summer Olympics to the 2020 Summer Olympics, athletes from Russia won all the gold medals. After Russia faced sanctions from 2021, the People's Republic of China became the leading nation in the sport.

New rules were introduced in 2023, and the 2024 Olympic Games were the first to use these new rules, making the competition even more exciting.

Summary

Artistic swimming, called synchronised swimming before 2017, has been part of the Summer Olympics since 1984. Today, there are two events: a Women's Duet and a Mixed Team event. In the Women's Duet, pairs perform two routines, called the Duet Technical routine and the Duet Free routine. Medals are given based on the combined scores of both routines.

Games	Year	Events	Best nation
23	1984	2	United States (1)
24	1988	2	Canada (1)
25	1992	2	United States (2)
26	1996	1	United States (3)
27	2000	2	Russia (1)
28	2004	2	Russia (2)
29	2008	2	Russia (3)
30	2012	2	Russia (4)
31	2016	2	Russia (5)
32	2020	2	ROC (1)
33	2024	2	China (1)

Events

Artistic swimming, called synchronised swimming before 2017, has been part of the Summer Olympics since 1984. Today, there are two events: a Women's Duet and a Mixed Team event. In the Women's Duet, pairs perform two routines, and medals are given based on their total scores.

Medal table

As of the end of the 2024 Olympics, eleven different countries have won medals in artistic swimming across 21 events. There was one event where two swimmers shared the first place, so no silver medal was given for that event.

See also: List of Olympic medalists in artistic swimming

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	10	0	0	10
2	United States	5	3	2	10
3	Canada	3	4	1	8
4	China	2	5	2	9
5	ROC (ROC)	2	0	0	2
6	Japan	0	4	10	14
7	Spain	0	3	2	5
8	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
9	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
10	France	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		22	20	21	63

Nations and number of national participants

The number of countries taking part and the total number of athletes in artistic swimming at the Summer Olympics can vary from one Games to another. Each country may enter up to eight athletes for the women's duet event and up to six athletes for the mixed team event, for a maximum of ten athletes per nation across both events. The specific number of participating nations is determined during the Olympic qualification process.