Synchronized swimming at the 2006 Asian Games

Synchronized swimming at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Dates	8 December 2006 (2006-12-08) – 9 December 2006 (2006-12-09)
Competitors	67 from 9 nations

Synchronized swimming was contested from December 8 to December 9 at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, with all events taking place at the Hamad Aquatic Centre. For the first time in this edition the organizers replaced the solo event with a team event. China won both gold medals and topped the medal table, Japan finished second with two silver medals. North Korea and Kazakhstan won one bronze medal each.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Duet	China Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen Wang Na	Japan Saho Harada Ayako Matsumura Emiko Suzuki	Kazakhstan Ainur Kerey Anna Kulkina Arna Toktagan
Team	China Gu Beibei Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen Liu Ou Sun Qiuting Wang Na Wu Yiwen Zhang Xiaohuan Zhu Zheng	Japan Ai Aoki Reiko Fujimori Saho Harada Hiromi Kobayashi Erika Komura Takako Konishi Ayako Matsumura Emiko Suzuki Erina Suzuki Masako Tachibana	North Korea Hwang Kum-song Kim Ok-gyong Kim Yong-mi So Un-byol Tokgo Pom Wang Ok-gyong Yun Hui

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	2	0	0	2
2	Japan	0	2	0	2
3	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Participating nations

A total of 67 athletes from 9 nations competed in synchronized swimming at the 2006 Asian Games:

•  China (9)
•  Japan (10)
•  Kazakhstan (10)
•  Macau (7)
•  Malaysia (10)

•  North Korea (7)
•  South Korea (2)
•  Sri Lanka (9)
•  Uzbekistan (3)

References

• "Synchronised Swimming Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 2006-12-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

• Olympic Council of Asia