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. duo Anna Kozlova and Alison Bartosik climbed out from behind to earn a bronze with 96.918.
The preliminary phase consisted of a technical routine and a free routine. The scores from the two routines were added together and the top 12 duets qualified for the final.
The final consisted of one free routine, the score from the final free routine was added to the score from the preliminary technical routine to decide the overall winners.
Schedule All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2) Date Time RoundMonday, August 23, 2004 19:30 Preliminary technical routineTuesday, August 24, 2004 19:30 Preliminary free routineWednesday, August 25, 2004 19:30 Final free routine
Results
Qualification RankCountryAthleteTechnicalFreeTotal1Anastasia Davydova & Anastasia Ermakova49.41749.58499.0012Miya Tachibana & Miho Takeda49.00049.00098.0003Alison Bartosik & Anna Kozlova48.33448.58496.9184Gemma Mengual & Paola Tirados47.91748.16796.0845Virginie Dedieu & Laure Thibaud47.66747.58495.2516 Fanny Létourneau & Courtenay Stewart47.50046.66795.1677 Beatrice Spaziani & Lorena Zaffalon46.50046.91793.4178 Gu Beibei & Zhang Xiaohuan46.58446.75093.3349 Eleftheria Ftouli & Christina Thalassinidou46.33446.58492.91810 Iryna Gayvoronska & Daria Iushko45.41746.08491.50111 Magdalena Brunner & Belinda Schmid45.33446.00091.33412 Carolina Moraes & Isabela Moraes45.16745.58490.75113 Bianca van der Velden & Sonja van der Velden44.33444.83389.16714 Soňa Bernardová & Ivana Bursová43.75044.33488.08414 Kim Sung-eun & Yoo Na-mi43.83444.33488.08416 Nara Falcón & Olga Vargas42.66743.41786.08417 Anastasia Gloushkov & Inna Yoffe42.75043.00085.75018 Aliya Karimova & Arna Toktagan42.25042.66784.91719 Krystsina Markovich & Nastassia Vlasenka42.25042.58484.83420 Assia Anastassova & Bogdana Zareva41.58341.83483.41721 Heba Abdel Gawad & Dalia Allam41.16741.66782.83422 Veronika Feriancová & Katarína Havlíková41.16741.41782.58423 Luña del Mar Aguiliú & Leilani Torres39.66739.91779.58424 Amanda Laird & Leonie Nichols38.91738.83477.751
Final RankCountryAthleteTechnicalFreeTotalAnastasia Davydova & Anastasia Ermakova49.41749.91799.334Miya Tachibana & Miho Takeda49.00049.41798.417Alison Bartosik & Anna Kozlova48.33448.58496.9184Gemma Mengual & Paola Tirados47.91748.33496.2515Virginie Dedieu & Laure Thibaud47.66747.91795.5846 Fanny Létourneau & Courtenay Stewart47.50047.83495.3347 Gu Beibei & Zhang Xiaohuan46.58447.08493.6688 Beatrice Spaziani & Lorena Zaffalon46.50046.75093.2509 Eleftheria Ftouli & Christina Thalassinidou46.33446.58492.91810 Magdalena Brunner & Belinda Schmid45.33446.08491.41811 Iryna Gayvoronska & Daria Iushko45.41745.83491.25112 Carolina Moraes & Isabela Moraes45.16745.75090.917
References
External links Official Olympic Report