Egypt's synchronized swimming team qualified for the Olympics by being the top African nation at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships. It was the second time that the nation had qualified for the team event, having previously appeared in 2008. Shaza Abdelrahman and Dalia El-Gebaly, veterans of the 2008 tournament, represented Egypt in the duet, where they placed 24th and last. In the team competition, the nation finished seventh out of eight nations, ranking higher than Australia.