| Women's duet at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Uytengsu Aquatics Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 6–9 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning points | 195.584 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | |
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| Solo | women |
| Duet | women |
The women's duet was one of two events in the synchronized swimming program at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [1] The final was held on August 9.
| Rank | Country | Athlete | Technical | Free | Total |
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 |  United States | Candy Costie & Tracie Ruiz | 96.584 | 99.00 | 195.584 |
 |  Canada | Sharon Hambrook & Kelly Kryczka | 96.034 | 98.20 | 194.234 |
 |  Japan | Saeko Kimura & Miwako Motoyoshi | 90.992 | 97.00 | 187.992 |
| 4 |  Great Britain | Caroline Holmyard & Carolyn Wilson | 89.650 | 94.40 | 184.050 |
| 5 |  Switzerland | Edith Boss & Karin Singer | 87.109 | 93.00 | 180.109 |
| 6 |  Netherlands | Catrien Eijken & Marijke Engelen | 87.058 | 92.00 | 179.058 |
| 7 |  France | Pascale Besson & Muriel Hermine | 85.909 | 90.80 | 176.709 |
| 8 |  Mexico | Claudia Novelo & Pilar Ramírez | 85.209 | 91.20 | 176.409 |
Synchronized swimming or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by FINA. It is traditionally a women's sport, although FINA introduced a new mixed gender duet competition that included one male swimmer in each duet at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships and LEN introduced men's individual events at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships.
Artistic swimming has been an event at the Summer Olympics since the 1984 Games. The current Olympic program has competition in duet and team events, but in past games there was also a solo event. The United States, Canada and Japan have traditionally been the strongest nations in the sport, winning the Olympic medals from 1984 through 1996, but Russia has recently dominated, winning every event between 2000 and 2020.
The women's duet event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, took place inside the Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre from 23 to 25 August. Reigning world champions Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova of Russia overwhelmed the audience with an extraordinarily synchronous and impressive performance to defend their Olympic title with a final merit of 99.334 points. Japan's Miya Tachibana and Miho Takeda maintained a silver-medal streak in their second Olympics with 98.417, while U.S.A. duo Anna Kozlova and Alison Bartosik climbed out from behind to earn a bronze with 96.918.
Tracie Lehuanani Ruiz-Conforto is a three-time Olympic medalist from the United States in synchronised swimming.
Sarah Gay Josephson is an American Olympic champion and former competitor in synchronized swimming.
Candace Costie is an American competitor and Olympic champion in synchronized swimming.
Sharon Hambrook is a Canadian former world champion and Olympic medalist in synchronized swimming.
Kelly Kryczka is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming, world champion and Olympic medalist.
Penny Vilagos was a Canadian synchronized swimmer and an Olympic medalist.
Lynette Grant Sadleir is a New Zealand paediatric neurologist and epileptologist, and a former synchronised swimmer and coach.
Natalia Sergeyevna Ishchenko is a retired Russian synchronized swimmer, five-times Olympic champion and nineteen-times world champion.
Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were held from Sunday 5 August to Friday 10 August, at the London Aquatics Centre. Two medal events were included in the programme — women's duet and women's team — with 100 athletes participating.
The Women's duet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at the Aquatics Centre from 5 to 7 August.
Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were staged from 15 to 20 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center. A total of 104 athletes competed in two medal events, namely the women's duet and the women's team.
The women's duet event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, took place inside the Sydney International Aquatic Centre from 24 to 26 September.
The women's duet was one of two events in the synchronized swimming program at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The final was held on 7 August 1992.
The women's duet was one of two events in the synchronised swimming program at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The final was held on 1 October.
Paula Carvalho is a former synchronized swimmer from Brazil. She competed in both the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.
Tessa Carvalho is a former synchronized swimmer from Brazil. She competed in both the women's solo and women's duet competitions at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Donella Burridge is a former synchronised swimmer from Australia. She competed in both the women's solo and women's duet competitions at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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