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.
A total of 24 duets, each composed of two swimmers, competed in the event, which consisted of two rounds. The preliminary round included both a technical routine and a free routine. Finalists then performed a second free routine, with their score combined with the preliminary technical routine score to determine the final standings.
The technical routine required the execution of ten prescribed elements in a specific order, within a time limit of 2 minutes and 5 seconds to 2 minutes and 35 seconds. The free routine, by contrast, allowed greater flexibility in content but had to be performed within a duration of 3 minutes and 15 seconds to 3 minutes and 45 seconds.
Each routine was evaluated by two panels of five judges: one for technical merit and another for artistic impression. Judges awarded scores ranging from 0 to 10. For each panel, the highest and lowest scores were discarded, and the remaining scores were summed to produce the routine’s total. The combined scores of the routines determined the final result for each duet.
Results
Preliminary RankCountryAthleteTechnicalFreeTotal 1Anastasia Davydova & Anastasiya Yermakova49.33449.50098.8342Andrea Fuentes & Gemma Mengual48.83449.08497.9183Saho Harada & Emiko Suzuki48.25048.40096.7504Jiang Tingting & Jiang Wenwen 48.084 48.500 96.5845Christina Jones & Andrea Nott47.75047.75095.5006Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon & Isabelle Rampling 47.417 47.333 94.7507Beatrice Adelizzi & Giulia Lapi46.83447.00093.8348Daria Iushko & Kseniya Sydorenko46.08446.33492.4189Bianca van der Velden & Sonja van der Velden45.58445.83491.4189 Evanthia Makrygianni & Despoina Solomou45.83445.58491.41811Apolline Dreyfuss & Lila Meesseman-Bakir44.75045.25090.00012Magdalena Brunner & Ariane Schneider44.25045.00089.25013Nayara Figueira & Lara Teixeira44.33444.66789.00114Olivia Allison & Jenna Randall43.91744.66788.58415Anastasia Gloushkov & Inna Yoffe43.58343.33486.91716Kim Yong-Mi & Wang Ok-Gyong42.91743.58486.50117Katsiaryna Kulpo & Nastassia Parfenava42.66742.66785.33418Soňa Bernardová & Alžběta Dufková42.50042.75085.25019Mariana Cifuentes & Isabel Delgado42.33442.83485.16820Ainur Kerey & Arna Toktagan41.75042.58384.33321Myriam Glez & Erika Leal-Ramirez41.25041.58482.83422Nadine Brandl & Elisabeth Mahn41.25041.16782.41723Lisa Daniels & Nina Daniels40.75040.41781.16724Reem Abdalazem & Dalia El Gebaly40.41740.25080.667
Final RankCountryAthleteTechnicalFreeTotal Anastasia Davydova & Anastasiya Yermakova49.33449.91799.251 Andrea Fuentes & Gemma Mengual48.83449.50098.334Saho Harada & Emiko Suzuki48.25048.91797.167Jiang Tingting & Jiang Wenwen 48.084 48.250 96.334Christina Jones & Andrea Nott47.75047.75095.500Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon & Isabelle Rampling 47.417 47.667 95.084Beatrice Adelizzi & Giulia Lapi46.83446.91793.751Daria Iushko & Kseniya Sydorenko46.08446.58492.668Bianca van der Velden & Sonja van der Velden45.58446.08391.66710 Evanthia Makrygianni & Despoina Solomou45.83445.66791.50111Apolline Dreyfuss & Lila Meesseman-Bakir44.75045.58390.33312Magdalena Brunner & Ariane Schneider44.25045.00089.250
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20080813211520/http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/synchronizedswimming/index.shtml
https://web.archive.org/web/20080809063105/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/SY.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220445/http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/results.asp?id=SYW_201100