▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁the ▁Ok an agan ▁Category : Can ad ian ▁women ▁short ▁story ▁writers ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁Canadian ▁women ▁writers ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁Canadian ▁short ▁story ▁writers <0x0A> </s> ▁S ynchron ized ▁sw imming ▁compet itions ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁in ▁Rio ▁de ▁Janeiro ▁were ▁st aged ▁from ▁ 1 5 ▁to ▁ 2 0 ▁August ▁at ▁the ▁Maria ▁L enk ▁Aqu atic ▁Center . ▁A ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 0 4 ▁athlet es ▁competed ▁in ▁two ▁medal ▁events , ▁namely ▁the ▁women ' s ▁du et ▁and ▁the ▁women ' s ▁team . ▁ ▁Qual ification ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁team ▁compet itions , ▁the ▁best ▁ranked ▁NO C ▁in ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁five ▁contin ental ▁champion ships , ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁the ▁host ▁country ▁Brazil ▁which ▁represented ▁the ▁Pan ▁American ▁continent , ▁obtained ▁a ▁secured ▁place ▁for ▁the ▁Games , ▁while ▁the ▁remaining ▁NO C s ▁batt led ▁out ▁for ▁the ▁three ▁highest - rank ed ▁sp ots ▁at ▁the ▁Olympic ▁Qual ification ▁Tournament . ▁For ▁the ▁du et , ▁the ▁best ▁ranked ▁NO C ▁in ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁five ▁contin ental ▁champion ships ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁qualified ▁team ▁assured ▁a ▁secured ▁spot , ▁while ▁the ▁other ▁eleven ▁top - rank ed ▁NO C s ▁were ▁selected ▁through ▁Olympic ▁Qual ification ▁Tournament . ▁All ▁eight ▁NO C s ▁that ▁had ▁already ▁qualified ▁in ▁the ▁team ▁event ▁must ▁each ▁automatically ▁selected ▁two ▁synchron