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Synchronized swimming first appeared at around the turn of the 20th century, though at the time it was known as water Ballet. The first recorded competition was in 1891.

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Swimming has been a sport in the Modern Olympics since the first Games in Athens in 1896.

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Swimming was an Olympic sport in 1896.

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1984 at Los Angeles

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It became an Olympic sport in 1984.

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it became it in 1996

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