The women's duet synchronized swimming

Synchronized swimming

Synchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....

 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 was held from August 18 to 20, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.
24 duets competed, each consisting of two swimmers. 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

Results

Rank	Country	Athlete	Technical	Free	Total
		Anastasia Davydova Anastasia Davydova Anastasia Semyonovna Davydova is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming and four-time Olympic champion.She won gold medals in the duet competition with Anastasia Ermakova at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was part of the Russian gold medal team...  & Anastasia Ermakova Anastasia Ermakova Anastasiya Nikolayevna Yermakova is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming and four-time Olympic champion.She won gold medals in the duet competition with Anastasia Davydova at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was part of the Russian gold medal...	49.334	49.917	99.251
		Andrea Fuentes Andrea Fuentes Andrea Fuentes is a Spanish synchronized swimmer. She has competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...  & Gemma Mengual Gemma Mengual Gemma Mengual Civil is a Spanish synchronized swimmer. She has competed at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics.- Medals :...	48.834	49.500	98.334
		Saho Harada Saho Harada is a Japanese synchronized swimmer. She has competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...  & Emiko Suzuki Emiko Suzuki is a Japanese synchronized swimmer. She has competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:**...	48.250	48.917	97.167
4		Tingting Jiang & Wenwen Jiang	48.084	48.250	96.334
5		Christina Jones Christina Jones Christina Jones is an American competitor in synchronized swimming. She grew up in Fremont, CA and currently lives in the Bay Area. She swam with Andrea Nott in the duet event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, placing fifth. She also participated on the American team that placed fifth in...  & Andrea Nott Andrea Nott Andrea Nott is an American competitor in synchronized swimming. She swam with Christina Jones in the duet event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, placing fifth.- External links :*...	47.750	47.750	95.500
6		Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon is a Canadian synchronized swimmer from Montreal. She is currently swimming on Canada's National "A" Team, where the team has been centralized to the National Training Centre – Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal...  & Isabelle Rampling Isabelle Rampling Isabelle Rampling is a Canadian synchronized swimmer. Originally from Burlington, Ontario, she currently lives in Montreal....	47.417	47.667	95.084
7		Beatrice Adelizzi & Giulia Lapi	46.834	46.917	93.751
8		Darya Yushko & Kseniya Sydorenko	46.084	46.584	92.668
9		Bianca van der Velden Bianca van der Velden Bianca van der Velden is a Dutch competitor in synchronized swimming in which she forms a duet with her twin sister Sonja....  & Sonja van der Velden Sonja van der Velden Sonja van der Velden is a Dutch competitor in synchronized swimming in which she forms a duet with her twin sister Bianca.Sonja and Bianca took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where they finished in 13th position...	45.584	46.083	91.667
10		Evanthia Makrygianni & Despoina Solomou	45.834	45.667	91.501
11		Apolline Dreyfuss & Lila Meessemann-Bakir	44.750	45.583	90.333
12		Magdalena Brunner & Ariane Schneider	44.250	45.000	89.250