| Women's duet at the 2018 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | 27–28 August 2018 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 11 nations | |||||||||
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| Artistic swimming at the 2018 Asian Games | |
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| Duet | women |
| Team | women |
The Women's duet event at the 2018 Asian Games took place from 27 to 28 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium. [1]
All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 27 August 2018 | 10:00 | Technical routine |
| Tuesday, 28 August 2018 | 10:00 | Free routine |
| Rank | Team | Technical | Free | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  China (CHN)Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen | 92.4101 | 94.1000 | 186.5101 |
 |  Japan (JPN)Yukiko Inui Megumu Yoshida | 90.2363 | 92.1000 | 182.3363 |
 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ)Alexandra Nemich Yekaterina Nemich | 84.7178 | 86.1667 | 170.8845 |
| 4 |  North Korea (PRK)Jang Hyon-ok Min Hae-yon | 82.8094 | 83.8000 | 166.6094 |
| 5 |  Uzbekistan (UZB)Anna Eltisheva Anastasiya Morozova Nafisa Shomirzaeva (RR) | 77.7847 | 78.1333 | 155.9180 |
| 6 |  South Korea (KOR)Choi Jung-yeon Lee Ri-young (TR) Uhm Ji-wan (FR) | 75.8941 | 78.8000 | 154.6941 |
| 7 |  Singapore (SGP)Debbie Soh Rachel Thean | 73.5593 | 76.4000 | 149.9593 |
| 8 |  Malaysia (MAS)Foong Yan Nie (FR) Gan Hua Wei Zylane Lee (TR) | 73.2032 | 75.1333 | 148.3365 |
| 9 |  Macau (MAC)Au Ieong Sin Ieng (RR) Chau Cheng Han Lo Wai Lam | 68.5963 | 69.9000 | 138.4963 |
| 10 |  Hong Kong (HKG)Haruka Kawazoe Christie Poon | 65.6146 | 67.7000 | 133.3146 |
| 11 |  Indonesia (INA)Andriani Shintya Ardhana Naima Syeeda Sharita | 62.6657 | 65.9667 | 128.6324 |
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