Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's duet

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Women's duet
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Guo Jia You Yong Zhong Xin Ye Jing .jpg
Aquatics Center in Beijing
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Date18–20 August 2008
Competitors48 from 24 nations
Winning points99.251
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anastasia Davydova
Anastasia Ermakova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg Andrea Fuentes
Gemma Mengual
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg Saho Harada
Emiko Suzuki
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2004
2012  

The women's duet synchronized swimming event at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from August 18 to 20, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

24 duets competed, each consisting of two swimmers, and there were two rounds of competition. The preliminary round consisted of a technical routine and a free routine. Finalists performed a second free routine, adding that score to the preliminary technical routine round score. The technical routine consisted of ten required elements, which had to be completed in order and within a time of between 2 minutes 5 seconds and 2 minutes 35 seconds. The free routine had no restrictions other than time; this routine had to last between 3 minutes 15 seconds and 3 minutes 45 seconds.

For each routine, the team was judged by two panels of five judges each. One panel is the technical jury, the other is the artistic jury. Each judge gives marks of between 0 and 10. The highest and lowest score from each panel are dropped, leaving a total of six scores which are then summed to give the routine's score. The scores of the two routines are then added to give a final score for the team.

Results

Preliminary

RankCountryAthleteTechnicalFreeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Anastasia Davydova & Anastasiya Yermakova 49.33449.50098.834
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Andrea Fuentes & Gemma Mengual 48.83449.08497.918
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Saho Harada & Emiko Suzuki 48.25048.40096.750
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Jiang Tingting & Jiang Wenwen 48.08448.50096.584
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Christina Jones & Andrea Nott 47.75047.75095.500
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon & Isabelle Rampling 47.41747.33394.750
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Beatrice Adelizzi & Giulia Lapi 46.83447.00093.834
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Daria Iushko & Kseniya Sydorenko 46.08446.33492.418
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bianca van der Velden & Sonja van der Velden 45.58445.83491.418
9Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Evanthia Makrygianni & Despoina Solomou 45.83445.58491.418
11Flag of France.svg  France Apolline Dreyfuss & Lila Meesseman-Bakir 44.75045.25090.000
12Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Magdalena Brunner & Ariane Schneider 44.25045.00089.250
13Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Nayara Figueira & Lara Teixeira 44.33444.66789.001
14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Olivia Allison & Jenna Randall 43.91744.66788.584
15Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Anastasia Gloushkov & Inna Yoffe 43.58343.33486.917
16Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Kim Yong-Mi & Wang Ok-Gyong 42.91743.58486.501
17Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Katsiaryna Kulpo & Nastassia Parfenava 42.66742.66785.334
18Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Soňa Bernardová & Alžběta Dufková 42.50042.75085.250
19Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Mariana Cifuentes & Isabel Delgado 42.33442.83485.168
20Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Ainur Kerey & Arna Toktagan 41.75042.58384.333
21Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Myriam Glez & Erika Leal-Ramirez 41.25041.58482.834
22Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Nadine Brandl & Elisabeth Mahn 41.25041.16782.417
23Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Lisa Daniels & Nina Daniels 40.75040.41781.167
24Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Reem Abdalazem & Dalia El Gebaly 40.41740.25080.667

Final

RankCountryAthleteTechnicalFreeTotal
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Anastasia Davydova & Anastasiya Yermakova 49.33449.91799.251
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain Andrea Fuentes & Gemma Mengual 48.83449.50098.334
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Saho Harada & Emiko Suzuki 48.25048.91797.167
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Jiang Tingting & Jiang Wenwen 48.08448.25096.334
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Christina Jones & Andrea Nott 47.75047.75095.500
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon & Isabelle Rampling 47.41747.66795.084
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Beatrice Adelizzi & Giulia Lapi 46.83446.91793.751
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Daria Iushko & Kseniya Sydorenko 46.08446.58492.668
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bianca van der Velden & Sonja van der Velden 45.58446.08391.667
10Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Evanthia Makrygianni & Despoina Solomou 45.83445.66791.501
11Flag of France.svg  France Apolline Dreyfuss & Lila Meesseman-Bakir 44.75045.58390.333
12Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Magdalena Brunner & Ariane Schneider 44.25045.00089.250

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