1979 FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup
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The 1st FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held 1979 in Tokyo, Japan.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-dD3p8eTYUC&pg=PA230 | title=Synchronized Swimming: An American History | publisher=McFarland | author=Bean, Dawn Pawson | year=2005 | pages=312| isbn=9780786419487 }} It had swimmers from eight nations, swimming in three events: solo, duet and team.[http://www.fina.org/project/docs/histoFina/HistoFINA_IX.pdf HistoFINA, volume 9] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924051803/http://www.fina.org/project/docs/histoFina/HistoFINA_IX.pdf |date=2015-09-24 }} published by FINA on 1 July 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
Participating nations
Eight nations swam at the 1979 Synchro World Cup:
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- {{flag|Canada}}
- {{flag|Federal Republic of Germany}}
- {{flag|Great Britain}}
- {{flag|Japan}}
- {{flag|Mexico}}
- {{flag|Netherlands}}
- {{flag|Switzerland}}
- {{flag|USA}}
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Results
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| Solo details | Helen Vanderburg | 193.0334
| Michelle Beaulieu | 188.5333
| Yuki Ishii | 179.1833 |
| Duet details | Helen Vanderburg | 187.4167
| Michelle Barone | 186.1417
| Yasuko Unezaki | 179.6003 |
| Team details | {{USA}} | 188.4958
| {{JPN}} | 183.8917
| {{CAN}} | 183.0750 |
Point standings
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! Place !! Nation !! Total | ||
| 1 | align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} United States | 34 |
| 2 | align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada | | 34 |
| 3 | align=left| {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan | 27 |
| 4 | align=left| {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands | 18 |
| 5 | align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain | 17 |
| 6 | align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico | 6 |
| 7 | align=left| {{flagicon|FRG}} Federal Republic of Germany | | 7 |
| 8 | align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland | 8 |