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. The current Olympic program has competition in duet and team events, but in past games, there was also a solo event. The United States, Canada and Japan have traditionally been the strongest nations in the sport, winning the Olympic medals from 1984 through 1996, but Russia has recently dominated, winning every event between 2000 and 2016.

Artistic swimming at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	FINA
Events	2 (women)
Games
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Medalists

Events

Event	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Women's team	–	–	–	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Women's duet	X	X	X	–	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Women's solo	X	X	X	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Total Events	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	10	0	0	10
2	United States (USA)	5	2	2	9
3	Canada (CAN)	3	4	1	8
4	Japan (JPN)	0	4	10	14
5	China (CHN)	0	3	2	5
6	Spain (ESP)	0	3	1	4
7	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		18	16	17	51

Nations and number of national participants

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Argentina (ARG)																											2	2		2
Aruba (ARU)																					2									1
Australia (AUS)																				2	2	2		9	2	9	8	9		8
Austria (AUT)																				2		2				2	2	2		5
Barbados (BAR)																				1										1
Belarus (BLR)																								2	2	2		2		4
Belgium (BEL)																				2	1									2
Brazil (BRA)																				2	3	3		2	2	2	2	9		8
Bulgaria (BUL)																									2					1
Canada (CAN)																				3	3	3	9	8	9	9	9	2		9
China (CHN)																					3	3	8	9	8	9	9	9		8
Colombia (COL)																												2		1
Cuba (CUB)																								2						1
Czechoslovakia (TCH)																						1								1
Czech Republic (CZE)																								2	2	2	2	2		5
Dominican Republic (DOM)																				2										1
Egypt (EGY)																				3				2	2	9	8	9		6
Finland (FIN)																						1								1
France (FRA)																				3	3	3	8	8	2	2	2	2		9
Germany (GER)																						2								1
Great Britain (GBR)																				3	3	3				2	9	2		6
Greece (GRE)																						1		2	9	2	2	2		6
Hungary (HUN)																								2			2			2
Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)																						3								1
Israel (ISR)																									2	2	2	2		4
Italy (ITA)																				1		2	10	9	9	2	2	9		8
Japan (JPN)																				3	3	3	9	9	9	9	9	9		9
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																								2	2	2	2	2		5
Mexico (MEX)																				3	3	3	9	2	2	2	2	2		9
Netherlands (NED)																				3		3			2	2				4
Netherlands Antilles (AHO)																				2										1
New Zealand (NZL)																				2						2				2
North Korea (PRK)																								2		2	2			3
Puerto Rico (PUR)																									2					1
Russia (RUS)																							9	8	9	9	9	9		6
Slovakia (SVK)																								2	2			2		3
Spain (ESP)																				3	3	3		2	8	8	8	2		8
South Africa (RSA)																						2								1
South Korea (KOR)																					3			2	2		2			4
Soviet Union (URS)																					3									1
Sweden (SWE)																					1									1
Switzerland (SUI)																				3	3	3		2	2	2	2	2		8
Ukraine (UKR)																								2	2	2	2	9		5
Unified Team (EUN)																						3								1
United States (USA)																				3	3	3	10	9	9	9	2	2		9
Venezuela (VEN)																				1	1	1		2						4
West Germany (FRG)																				3	3									2
Nations																				21	18	22	8	24	24	24	24	24		47
Athletes																				50	46	53	78	102	104	104	100	104		593
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20

See also

• List of Olympic venues in synchronized swimming

References

• International Olympic Committee results database