At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the team event in women's synchronized swimming was contested. It was the first appearance of the team event, which replaced the duet and solo events held previously. (The duet event would return four years later.)
Eight countries qualified for the Olympic Games at an Olympic qualifying event held in conjunction with the 1995 FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup. Each team consisted of eight swimmers (chosen from a total team of ten). The competition included two events, the technical routine program and the free routine program.
The technical routine required entries to perform a series of required elements in prescribed order. It had a time limit of two minutes and 50 seconds. Music selection and choreography was up to the discretion of each team. In the free routine, there were no specifications for the routine other than the five-minute time limit. In both the technical and free routines, a panel of 10 judges (five giving scores for technical merit and five awarding scores for artistic impression) awarded points from 0 to 10 in one tenth point increments.
When the technical merit and artistic impression scores were calculated for a total score, the technical routine score was weighted to 35 percent and the free routine to 65 percent. These two scores were then combined to determine overall medal placement.
Schedule Date Time Round Tuesday, July 30, 1996 19:30 Free routine Friday, August 2, 1996 19:30 Technical routine
Results RankCountryAthletesTechnicalFreeTotal Suzannah Bianco, Tammy Cleland, Becky Dyroen-Lancer, Heather Pease, Jill Savery, Nathalie Schneyder, Heather Simmons-Carrasco, Jill Sudduth, Emily LeSueur, Margot Thien34.72065.00099.720 Karen Clark, Sylvie Fréchette, Janice Bremner, Karen Fonteyne, Christine Larsen, Erin Woodley, Cari Read, Lisa Alexander, Valérie Hould-Marchand, Kasia Kulesza34.27764.09098.367 Miya Tachibana, Akiko Kawase, Rei Jimbo, Miho Takeda, Raika Fujii, Miho Kawabe, Junko Tanaka, Riho Nakajima, Mayuko Fujiki, Kaori Takahashi34.18363.57097.753 4 Elena Azarova, Anna Iouriaeva, Mariya Kiselyova, Olga Brusnikina, Yelena Antonova, Marina Lobova, Youlia Pankratova, Olga Novokshchenova, Gana Maximova, Olga Sedakova33.95063.31097.2605 Virginie Dedieu, Marianne Aeschbacher, Myriam Lignot, Celine Leveque, Julie Fabre, Isabelle Manable, Magali Rathier, Charlotte Massardier, Delphine Maréchal, Éva Riffet33.46062.61696.0766 Serena Bianchi, Giada Ballan, Manuela Carnini, Mara Brunetti, Giovanna Burlando, Brunella Carrafelli, Roberta Farinelli, Paola Celli, Maurizia Cecconi, Letizia Nuzzo32.80761.44694.2537 Li Min, Long Yan, Chen Xuan, Wu Chunlan, Li Yuanyuan, Jin Na, Fu Yuling, Li Fei, Guo Cui, Pan Yan 33.11061.01494.1248 Wendy Aguilar, Olivia González, Lilián Leal, Ingrid Reich, Aline Reich, Patricia Vila, Ariadna Medina, Berenice Guzmán, Perla Ramírez, Erika Leal33.0460.79693.836
References
External links Official Olympic Report