The 2016 Spanish Open was a great opportunity for numerous nations to send their Olympic duets as a preparation before the Games and to get last-minute feedbacks from the judges.
The results are listed below:
Duet Competition (Top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Technical | Free Prelim | Free Final | Total |
| 1 | Spain | 90.9317 | 93.6001 | 93.7667 | 184.6984 |
| 2 | China Sichuan | 89.1566 | 90.3668 | 90.700 | 179.8566 |
| 3 | Japan | 85.7607 | 87.1999 | 87.6333 | 173.3940 |
| 4 | Mexico | 84.5843 | 85.9332 | 86.3668 | 170.9511 |
| 5 | France | 84.0664 | 85.1999 | 85.8000 | 169.8664 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 81.9607 | 84.1669 | 83.8332 | 165.7939 |
| 7 | Colombia | 81.9369 | 82.8000 | 83.5334 | 165.4703 |
| 8 | Belarus | 81.2770 | 80.6001 | 81.6670 | 162.9440 |
| 9 | Argentina | 79.7499 | 79.6334 | 80.5669 | 160.3168 |
| 10 | Egypt | 76.2450 | 76.7667 | 77.8334 | 154.0784 |
In the duet competition, Spain’s Ona Carbonell and Gemma Mengual easily won the event. They have been hiding from the public eye for a while, and did not even compete at the 2016 European Championships back in May. China did not send their official duet, but the audience and fans had a nice surprise in the reappearance of the famous Jiang twins who used to be on the national team a few years ago. The Jiang sisters are renowned for their very fluid and graceful movements. Finally, Japan won the bronze with a duet composed of Minami Kono and Yuriko Oosawa. This was their B duet.
In an interesting battle for fourth place, Mexico continued its steady rise and passed the French duet once again. The two nations have been going back and forth all season in the rankings, and the battle should be interesting in Rio. Mexico is increasing its lead. Switzerland, Colombia, Belarus, Argentina, Egypt and Australia also sent their duets to prepare before the Games.
Mixed Duet Competition
| Rank | Nation | Technical | Free Prelim | Free Final |
| 1 | Spain | N/A | N/A | 82.7000 |
| 2 | C.N. Metropole | N/A | N/A | 68.3000 |
Spain’s national mixed duet of Pau Ribes and Berta Ferreras dominated the competition and won by a landslide against the mixed duet from the Spanish club C.N. Metropole. Ribes and Ferreras won two bronze medals during the 2016 European Championships.
Team Competition
| Rank | Nation | Technical | Free Prelim | Free Final | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 87.2115 | N/A | 89.0333 | 176.2448 |
| 2 | Spain | 84.9416 | N/A | 87.7000 | 172.6416 |
| 3 | Egypt | 75.4056 | N/A | 77.8667 | 153.2723 |
| 4 | Australia | 74.3277 | N/A | 76.1330 | 150.4607 |
| 5 | C.N. Kallipolis | 71.7796 | N/A | 76.7332 | 148.5128 |
| 6 | A.D. Sincro Retiro | 69.7053 | N/A | 72.668 | 142.3721 |
| 7 | C.N. Sincro Sevilla | 68.6752 | N/A | 72.001 | 140.6753 |
Japan came out on top with their B team roster, and Spain only had seven swimmers in the team competition and thus incurred a 0.5 penalty. Egypt and Australia rounded up the nations that are expected to compete in a few weeks in Rio.
Free Combination Competition
| Rank | Nation | Prelim | Final |
| 1 | Japan | N/A | 91.1999 |
| 2 | Spain | N/A | 88.6668 |
| 3 | C.N. Kallipolis | N/A | 77.1000 |
| 4 | C.N. Granollers | N/A | 76.0331 |
| 5 | Real Canoe N.C | N/A | 74.2331 |
| 6 | A.D. Sincro Retiro | N/A | 73.3670 |
| 7 | C.N. Sinchro Sevilla | N/A | 72.2002 |
Once again Japan won gold in this category followed by Spain and Barcelona’s club C.N. Kallipolis.
Detailed results are available on the RFEN official website.
Videos
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- Full Free Duet Competition
- Full Technical Duet and Mixed Duet Competition
- Full Free Combination Competition
- Full Free Team Competition
- Full Technical Team Competition