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. It was the 9th time the women's duet event was held at the Olympic Games.
Russian synchronized swimmers won this event for the sixth time in a row, with Svetlana Romashina becoming a six-time Olympic champion.
Competition format
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.
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:
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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
Qualification
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.
New Zealand declined the duet quota.
Schedule
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
The schedule for the women's duet event covers three consecutive days of competition.
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 Preliminary Top 12 qualify for the Final RankNationAthletesFree PreliminaryTechnicalTotal1 Svetlana Kolesnichenko & Svetlana Romashina97.900097.1079195.00792 Huang Xuechen & Sun Wenyan96.233395.5499191.78323 Marta Fiedina & Anastasiya Savchuk94.933393.8620188.79534 Yukiko Inui & Megumu Yoshida93.933393.3499187.28325 Claudia Holzner & Jacqueline Simoneau91.233391.4798182.71316 Linda Cerruti & Costanza Ferro91.200091.1035182.30357 Anna-Maria Alexandri & Eirini Alexandri90.500090.3773180.87738 Charlotte Tremble & Laura Tremble88.566787.3474175.91419 Bregje de Brouwer & Noortje de Brouwer88.166787.2612175.427910 Vasilina Khandoshka & Daria Kulagina88.033387.2101175.243411 Alisa Ozhogina & Iris Tió88.300086.9281175.228112 Nuria Diosdado & Joana Jiménez86.533386.6190173.152313 Anita Alvarez & Lindi Schroeder86.533386.1960172.729314 Kate Shortman & Isabelle Thorpe84.733385.1548169.888115 Eden Blecher & Shelly Bobritsky84.633383.8580168.491316 Alexandra Nemich & Yekaterina Nemich83.866783.2338167.100517 Lara Mechnig & Marluce Schierscher83.033383.2489166.282218 Estefanía Álvarez & Mónica Arango81.966782.0526164.019319 Hanna Hiekal & Laila Mohsen78.900077.8625156.762520 Emily Rogers & Amie Thompson76.366775.5343151.901021 Clarissa Johnston & Laura Strugnell72.166770.9099143.0766 Evangelia Platanioti & Evangelia Papazoglou88.1667DNS88.1667
Final
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.
RankNationAthletesTechnicalFree FinalTotal Svetlana Kolesnichenko & Svetlana Romashina97.107998.8000195.9079 Huang Xuechen & Sun Wenyan95.549996.9000192.4499 Marta Fiedina & Anastasiya Savchuk93.862095.6000189.46204 Yukiko Inui & Megumu Yoshida93.3499 94.4667187.81665 Claudia Holzner & Jacqueline Simoneau91.4798 93.0000184.47986 Linda Cerruti & Costanza Ferro91.1035 92.4667183.57027 Anna-Maria Alexandri & Eirini Alexandri90.3773 91.8000182.17738 Charlotte Tremble & Laura Tremble87.3474 89.6333176.9807 9 Bregje de Brouwer & Noortje de Brouwer87.2612 88.9000176.161210 Alisa Ozhogina & Iris Tió86.9281 88.6667175.594811 Vasilina Khandoshka & Daria Kulagina87.210187.8000175.010112 Nuria Diosdado & Joana Jiménez86.6190 86.5667173.1857
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