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历史
花样游泳于上世纪20年代起源于德国、英国等欧洲国家。原为游泳比赛间歇时的水中表演项目。由游泳、技巧、舞蹈和音乐编排而成，有"水中芭蕾"之称。1920年花样游泳创始人柯蒂斯（KatherineCurtis）将跳水和体操的翻滚动作编排成套在水中表演。后传入美国和加拿大。1934年在美国芝加哥万国博览会上举行首次表演。1937年考斯特成立世界上第一家花样游泳俱乐部。1942年美国业余体育联合会确认花样游泳为正式比赛项目。1952年被列为奥运会表演项目。1956年得到国际游泳联合会承认。1973年举行世界花样游泳锦标赛。1984年成为奥运会正式比赛项目，有单人和双人两项，1996年改为团体赛。
While there is some evidence that swimmers performed ballet-like maneuvers in the water in ancient times, the origin of synchronized swimming as an organized, competitive sport dates to the early twentieth century. In 1890 and 1891 we find the first competitions in Berlin, and in 1892 in London. At that time, only men could compete. The first mention of women participating in a competition is 1907. The names used at that time to describe the sport ranged from artistic, ornamental, figure or pattern swimming, to scientific swimming. In the 1920s, a group of Canadian women, led by water polo player and diver Margaret Sellers, developed what they called 'ornamental swimming' from life saving and swimming techniques.
In 1907, Australian, Annette Kellerman, performing in a glass tank, had attracted national attention at the New York Hippodrome as the first underwater ballerina. Katherine Curtis, a student at the University of Wisconsin, experimented with diving actions