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Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's team

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Women's Team
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates6–7 August 2021
Competitors72 from 9 nations
Winning score196.0979
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vlada Chigireva
Marina Goliadkina
Svetlana Kolesnichenko
Polina Komar
Alexandra Patskevich
Svetlana Romashina
Alla Shishkina
Maria Shurochkina
 ROC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Feng Yu
Guo Li
Huang Xuechen
Liang Xinping
Sun Wenyan
Wang Qianyi
Xiao Yanning
Yin Chengxin
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maryna Aleksiiva
Vladyslava Aleksiiva
Marta Fiedina
Kateryna Reznik
Anastasiya Savchuk
Alina Shynkarenko
Kseniya Sydorenko
Yelyzaveta Yakhno
 Ukraine
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The women's team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on 6 and 7 August 2021.[1] It was the 7th time the women's team event was held at the Olympic Games.

Russian synchronized swimmers were the five-time defending champion and they successfully defended their title.

Competition format

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Only one round of competition is held. Each team will perform a technical routine and a free routine. The scores from the two routines are added together to decide the overall winners. Both free and technical routines starting lists are decided by random draw.[2]

The technical routine must be completed in between 2 minutes 35 seconds and 3 minutes 5 seconds. There are 3 panels of 5 judges for each routine. In the technical routine, one panel each considers execution (30% of score), impression (30%), and elements (40%). The execution and impression judges each give a single score, while the elements judges give a score for each element. Scores are between 0 and 10, with 0.1 point increments. The highest and lowest score from each panel (including within each element, for the elements panel) are discarded. The remaining scores are averaged and weighted by the percentage for that panel, with element scores weighted within the element panel by degree of difficulty. The maximum possible score is 100. The routine must contain two highlight moves, one with the full team and one with the team split into subgroups. It must also contain a cadence, a circle, and a straight line. There are 5 required elements, which must be done in order:[2]

  1. Difficulty 2.5: Starting in Submerged Back Pike position. A thrust to Vertical, then maintaining height while a leg is bent to Bent Knee Vertical. A 360 degree spin as the leg is extended back to Vertical.
  2. Difficulty 2.2: Starting in Vertical position. One full twist, then a 1440 degree continuous spin.
  3. Difficulty 2.6: A Cyclone into Vertical position. Legs lowered into Split position. Walkover Front to finish.
  4. Difficulty 3.1: A Flamingo into Surface Flamingo position. Keeping leg vertical, transition into Fishtail position. A 180 degree rotation while lifting other leg to Vertical position. Transitions to Bent Knee Surface Arch and then Surface Arch positions with continuous Arch to Back Layout Finish Action.
  5. Difficulty 2.5: Starting in Submerged Back Pike position. Perform a Barracuda Airborne Split.

The free routine time limits are 3 minutes 45 seconds to 4 minutes 15 seconds. There is no restriction on the routine, except that there is a maximum of 6 acrobatic movements. The 3 panels for the free routine consider execution (30% of score), artistic impression (40%), and difficulty (30%). Each judge gives a single score. The highest and lowest score from each panel are discarded, with the remaining scores averaged and weighted. The maximum possible score is 100.[2]

Qualification

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A total of 10 teams qualify for the event. The 2 National Olympic Committees (NOC) with the best result at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships qualify. Each continent also received one dedicated duet place; Africa and Oceania used the 2019 World Aquatics Championships to determine their selections, while the 2019 Pan American Games and the 2019 European Champions Cup served as qualifiers for the Americas and Europe. The Asia spot was guaranteed to the Olympic host, Japan. The final 3 places will be determined through a 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament.[3]

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The schedule for the women's team event covers two consecutive days of competition.[1]

Date Time Round
Friday, 6 August 2021 19:30 Technical Routine
Saturday, 7 August 2021 19:30 Free Routine

Results

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Rank Nation Athletes Technical Free Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  ROC Vlada Chigireva, Marina Goliadkina, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Polina Komar, Alexandra Patskevich, Svetlana Romashina, Alla Shishkina, Maria Shurochkina 97.2979 98.8000 196.0979
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China Feng Yu, Guo Li, Huang Xuechen, Liang Xinping, Sun Wenyan, Wang Qianyi, Xiao Yanning, Yin Chengxin 96.2310 97.3000 193.5310
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ukraine Maryna Aleksiiva, Vladyslava Aleksiiva, Marta Fiedina, Kateryna Reznik, Anastasiya Savchuk, Alina Shynkarenko, Kseniya Sydorenko, Yelyzaveta Yakhno 94.2685 96.0333 190.3018
4  Japan Juka Fukumura, Yukiko Inui, Moeka Kijima, Okina Kyogoku, Mayu Tsukamoto, Akane Yanagisawa, Mashiro Yasunaga, Megumu Yoshida 93.3773 94.9333 188.3106
5  Italy Beatrice Callegari, Domiziana Cavanna, Linda Cerruti, Francesca Deidda, Costanza Di Camillo, Costanza Ferro, Gemma Galli, Enrica Piccoli 91.3372 92.8000 184.1372
6  Canada Emily Armstrong, Rosalie Boissonneault, Andrée-Anne Côté, Camille Fiola-Dion, Claudia Holzner, Audrey Joly, Halle Pratt, Jacqueline Simoneau 91.4992 92.5333 184.0325
7  Spain Ona Carbonell, Berta Ferreras, Meritxell Mas, Alisa Ozhogina, Paula Ramírez, Sara Saldaña, Iris Tió, Blanca Toledano 90.3780 91.5333 181.9113
8  Egypt Laila Ali, Nora Azmy, Hanna Hiekal, Maryam Maghraby, Farida Radwan, Nehal Saafan, Shahd Samer, Jayda Sharaf 77.9147 80.0000 157.9147
9  Australia Carolyn Rayna Buckle, Hannah Burkhill, Kiera Gazzard, Alessandra Ho, Kirsten Kinash, Rachel Presser, Emily Rogers, Amie Thompson 75.6351 77.3667 153.0018
 Greece Maria Alzigkouzi Kominea, Eleni Fragkaki, Krystalenia Gialama, Pinelopi Karamesiou, Andriana Misikevych, Evangelia Papazoglou, Evangelia Platanioti, Georgia Vasilopoulou DNS[a]

Notes

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  1. ^ One of the team members had tested positive for COVID-19 during the duet, as the entire team was then withdrawn from the event

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tokyo2020 schedule". Tokyo2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "FINA Artistic Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Artistic Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 January 2020.