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

The women's duet event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from 2 to 4 August 2021.[1] It was the 9th time the women's duet event was held at the Olympic Games.

Women's Duet
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates2–4 August 2021
Competitors44 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Svetlana Kolesnichenko
Svetlana Romashina
 ROC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Huang Xuechen
Sun Wenyan
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marta Fiedina
Anastasiya Savchuk
 Ukraine
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Russian synchronized swimmers won this event for the sixth time in a row, with Svetlana Romashina becoming a six-time Olympic champion.[2]

Competition format

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The preliminary phase consisted of a free routine, then a technical routine with required elements. The scores from the two routines were added together and the top twelve duets qualified for the final. The final repeated the same free routine and the score from the final free routine was added to the score from the preliminary technical routine to decide the overall winners. Both preliminary free and technical routines starting lists were decided by random draw. For the final however, two groups were made: the last six and the first six qualified duets, the former group starting first.[3]

The technical routine must be completed in between 2 minutes 5 seconds and 2 minutes 35 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. In addition to a lift, jump, or throw (which can be placed anywhere in the routine, there are 5 required elements, which must be done in order:[3]

  1. Difficulty 2.3: Starting in Vertical position. Full twist as one leg is bent to Bent Knee Vertical position. Another full twist while the leg is straightened. Finally, a 1080 degree continuous spin.
  2. Difficulty 2.9: Starting in Back Layout position. Transitions to Ballet Leg, then Surface Flamingo, then Surface Ballet Leg Double, then Submerged Back Pike positions. A 360 degree rotation ends in Surface Flamingo position. Transitions back through Ballet Leg to Back Layout position.
  3. Difficulty 2.8: Starting in Fishtail position. 2 rapid rotations, totaling 720 degrees. One full twist as leg is raised into Vertical position. A 720 degree continuous spin.
  4. Difficulty 3.0: Begins with a Cyclone into Vertical position. Half twist. Another 180 degree rotation while transitioning into Split position. Ending with a Walkout Front.
  5. Difficulty 2.5: Starting in Submerged Back Pike position. Thrust to Vertical; maintaining height, one leg brought down to Fishtail position. A 360 spin while returning to Vertical position.

The free routine time limits are 2 minutes 45 seconds to 3 minutes 15 seconds. There is no restriction on the routine. 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.[3]

Qualification

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A total of 22 duets qualify for the event. The 10 National Olympic Committees (NOC) qualified for the team competition were automatically awarded a place for duets. Each continent also received one dedicated duet place; Africa, Asia, 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 final 7 places will be determined through a 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament.[4]

New Zealand declined the duet quota.[5]

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

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

Date Time Round
Monday, 2 August 2021 19:30 Preliminary Free Routine
Tuesday, 3 August 2021 19:30 Preliminary Technical Routine
Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:30 Final Free Routine

Results

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Preliminary

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Top 12 qualify for the Final[6]

Rank Nation Athletes Free
Preliminary
Technical Total
1   ROC Svetlana Kolesnichenko & Svetlana Romashina 97.9000 97.1079 195.0079
2   China Huang Xuechen & Sun Wenyan 96.2333 95.5499 191.7832
3   Ukraine Marta Fiedina & Anastasiya Savchuk 94.9333 93.8620 188.7953
4   Japan Yukiko Inui & Megumu Yoshida 93.9333 93.3499 187.2832
5   Canada Claudia Holzner & Jacqueline Simoneau 91.2333 91.4798 182.7131
6   Italy Linda Cerruti & Costanza Ferro 91.2000 91.1035 182.3035
7   Austria Anna-Maria Alexandri & Eirini Alexandri 90.5000 90.3773 180.8773
8   France Charlotte Tremble & Laura Tremble 88.5667 87.3474 175.9141
9   Netherlands Bregje de Brouwer & Noortje de Brouwer 88.1667 87.2612 175.4279
10   Belarus Vasilina Khandoshka & Daria Kulagina 88.0333 87.2101 175.2434
11   Spain Alisa Ozhogina & Iris Tió 88.3000 86.9281 175.2281
12   Mexico Nuria Diosdado & Joana Jiménez 86.5333 86.6190 173.1523
13   United States Anita Alvarez & Lindi Schroeder 86.5333 86.1960 172.7293
14   Great Britain Kate Shortman & Isabelle Thorpe 84.7333 85.1548 169.8881
15   Israel Eden Blecher & Shelly Bobritsky 84.6333 83.8580 168.4913
16   Kazakhstan Alexandra Nemich & Yekaterina Nemich 83.8667 83.2338 167.1005
17   Liechtenstein Lara Mechnig & Marluce Schierscher 83.0333 83.2489 166.2822
18   Colombia Estefanía Álvarez & Mónica Arango 81.9667 82.0526 164.0193
19   Egypt Hanna Hiekal & Laila Mohsen 78.9000 77.8625 156.7625
20   Australia Emily Rogers & Amie Thompson 76.3667 75.5343 151.9010
21   South Africa Clarissa Johnston & Laura Strugnell 72.1667 70.9099 143.0766
  Greece Evangelia Platanioti & Evangelia Papazoglou 88.1667 DNS[a] 88.1667

Final

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Fiedina and Savchuk with their bronze medals during the victory ceremony

The final will be contested by the top 12 duets in the preliminary round. The technical routine score will carry over from the preliminary round to the final, but the free routine will be repeated.[7]

Rank Nation Athletes Technical Free Final Total
    ROC Svetlana Kolesnichenko & Svetlana Romashina 97.1079 98.8000 195.9079
    China Huang Xuechen & Sun Wenyan 95.5499 96.9000 192.4499
    Ukraine Marta Fiedina & Anastasiya Savchuk 93.8620 95.6000 189.4620
4   Japan Yukiko Inui & Megumu Yoshida 93.3499 94.4667 187.8166
5   Canada Claudia Holzner & Jacqueline Simoneau 91.4798 93.0000 184.4798
6   Italy Linda Cerruti & Costanza Ferro 91.1035 92.4667 183.5702
7   Austria Anna-Maria Alexandri & Eirini Alexandri 90.3773 91.8000 182.1773
8   France Charlotte Tremble & Laura Tremble 87.3474 89.6333 176.9807
9   Netherlands Bregje de Brouwer & Noortje de Brouwer 87.2612 88.9000 176.1612
10   Spain Alisa Ozhogina & Iris Tió 86.9281 88.6667 175.5948
11   Belarus Vasilina Khandoshka & Daria Kulagina 87.2101 87.8000 175.0101
12   Mexico Nuria Diosdado & Joana Jiménez 86.6190 86.5667 173.1857

Notes

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  1. ^ Originally advanced to the preliminary technical routine, but one of the team members tested positive for COVID-19 as the team was forced to withdraw from the event

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tokyo2020 schedule". Tokyo2020. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ "ROC swim duet gold sets record for Romashina". ESPN.com. 4 August 2021. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "FINA Artistic Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Artistic Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Preliminary results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Final Results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.