Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's duet explained

Event:Women's duet
Games:2004 Summer
Venue:Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Date:23–25 August 2004
Competitors:48
Nations:24
Gold:Anastasia Davydova
Anastasia Ermakova
Goldnoc:RUS
Silver:Miya Tachibana
Miho Takeda
Silvernoc:JPN
Bronze:Alison Bartosik
Anna Kozlova
Bronzenoc:USA
Win Value:99.334
Win Label:Winning points
Prev:2000
Next:2008

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.[1] 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.[2] [3]

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.[1]

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.[1]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Monday, August 23, 2004 19:30 Preliminary technical routine
Tuesday, August 24, 2004 19:30 Preliminary free routine
style=background:lemonchiffonWednesday, August 25, 2004 style=background:lemonchiffon19:30 style=background:lemonchiffon Final free routine

Results

Qualification

RankCountryAthleteTechnicalFreeTotal
1Anastasia Davydova & Anastasia Ermakova49.41749.58499.001
2Miya Tachibana & Miho Takeda49.00049.00098.000
3Alison Bartosik & Anna Kozlova48.33448.58496.918
4Gemma Mengual & Paola Tirados47.91748.16796.084
5Virginie Dedieu & Laure Thibaud47.66747.58495.251
6Fanny Létourneau & Courtenay Stewart47.50046.66795.167
7Beatrice Spaziani & Lorena Zaffalon46.50046.91793.417
8Gu Beibei & Zhang Xiaohuan46.58446.75093.334
9Eleftheria Ftouli & Christina Thalassinidou46.33446.58492.918
10Iryna Gayvoronska & Daria Iushko45.41746.08491.501
11Magdalena Brunner & Belinda Schmid45.33446.00091.334
12Carolina Moraes & Isabela Moraes45.16745.58490.751
13Bianca van der Velden & Sonja van der Velden44.33444.83389.167
14Soňa Bernardová & Ivana Bursová43.75044.33488.084
14Kim Sung-eun & Yoo Na-mi43.83444.33488.084
16Nara Falcón & Olga Vargas42.66743.41786.084
17Anastasia Gloushkov & Inna Yoffe42.75043.00085.750
18Aliya Karimova & Arna Toktagan42.25042.66784.917
19Krystsina Markovich & Nastassia Vlasenka42.25042.58484.834
20Assia Anastassova & Bogdana Zareva41.58341.83483.417
21Heba Abdel Gawad & Dalia Allam41.16741.66782.834
22Veronika Feriancová & Katarína Havlíková41.16741.41782.584
23Luña del Mar Aguiliú & Leilani Torres39.66739.91779.584
24Amanda Laird & Leonie Nichols38.91738.83477.751

Final

RankCountryAthleteTechnicalFreeTotal
Anastasia Davydova & Anastasia Ermakova49.41749.91799.334
Miya Tachibana & Miho Takeda49.00049.41798.417
Alison Bartosik & Anna Kozlova48.33448.58496.918
4Gemma Mengual & Paola Tirados47.91748.33496.251
5Virginie Dedieu & Laure Thibaud47.66747.91795.584
6Fanny Létourneau & Courtenay Stewart47.50047.83495.334
7Gu Beibei & Zhang Xiaohuan46.58447.08493.668
8Beatrice Spaziani & Lorena Zaffalon46.50046.75093.250
9Eleftheria Ftouli & Christina Thalassinidou46.33446.58492.918
10Magdalena Brunner & Belinda Schmid45.33446.08491.418
11Iryna Gayvoronska & Daria Iushko45.41745.83491.251
12Carolina Moraes & Isabela Moraes45.16745.75090.917

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's duet at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Sports Reference. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132416/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/SYN/womens-duet.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 16 November 2014.
  2. News: American swimmers reach the medal stand in duet synchronized event. USA Today. 25 August 2004. 16 November 2014.
  3. News: Japan pair in sync for silver medal. The Japan Times. 27 August 2004. 16 November 2014.

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