Synchronized swimming appeared as a full medal sport at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and has been on the program of the Canada Games since the very first Canada Winter Games in 1967 in Quebec City.
For the 2011 Games, synchro will take place during week 2 at the Canada Games Centre.
In the 1920s, a group of Canadian women, led by Margaret Sellers, developed what they called ‘ornamental swimming’, which later became synchronized swimming.
Synchronized swimming is one of the few disciplines to be contested only by women (rhythmic gymnastics and ringette are the others).