Synchronized

Swimming

About The Sport

• Two sets of points: one for technical expertise and the other for artistic presentation.

Rules• Each team performs two

routines.• Each team has around the total

of nine athletes.

Technical Routine

• Made up of compulsory elements set in a order: 7 in a duet, and eight are in a team event.

• Duets have 2:20 minutes. • Teams have 2:50 minutes.

Free Choice Routine

• Swimmers present a routine of their own choice.

• Duets have a limit of 3:30 minutes.• Teams have 4:00 minutes.

Equipment

• Nose clip.• Hair gelatin• Underwater speakers

Facts

• Synchronized swimming first became and Olympic sport at Los Angeles in 1984.

• One of the only three women only sports in the Olympics.

Schedule

• Sunday, August 5• Monday, August 6• Tuesday, August 7

(medal event)

Teams

Duets•Thursday, August 8•Friday, August 9 (medal event)