| Artistic swimming at the Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC Code | SWA |
| Governing body | World Aquatics |
| Events | 2 (women: 1; mixed: 1) |
| Summer Olympics | |
Artistic swimming (known as synchronised swimming until 2017) has been an event at the Summer Olympics since the 1984 Games. The current Olympic program consists of a Women's Duet event and a Mixed Team event.
In the Women's Duet, pairs complete two routines, the Duet Technical routine and Duet Free routine, with medals awarded on cumulative scores.[1]
In the Mixed Team, teams of eight complete three routines, the Team Technical, Team Free, and Team Acrobatic, with medals awarded on cumulative scores.[2] Male athletes were permitted to enter this event from Paris 2024, however no male athletes have yet competed in this event.[3]
A Women's Solo event was removed from the Olympic program after the 1992 Olympic Games.
The United States, Canada and Japan were initially the strongest nations in the sport, however from 2000 to 2020, Russian athletes competing as either Russia or under the Russian Olympic Committee flag won all twelve gold medals contested.
Following sanctions being placed on Russia competing in international events from 2021 onwards,[4] the People's Republic of China have become the dominant force in the sport.
New rules were introduced into the sport in 2023, with the 2024 Olympic Games the first to be conducted under these rules.[5]
- ^ "Competition Results | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
- ^ "Competition Results | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
- ^ "For the first time, men eligible to compete in Artistic Swimming at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024". World Aquatics. 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
- ^ "CRITERIA FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF RUSSIAN AND BELARUSIAN ATHLETES IN WORLD AQUATICS COMPETITIONS" (PDF). aquaticsintegrity.com.
- ^ "Artistic Swimming Rules". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-08-16.