The women's duet event at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens, Greece
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, took place inside the
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
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from 23 to 25 August.
Reigning world champions
Anastasia Davydova
Anastasia Semyonovna Davydova (russian: Анастасия Семёновна Давыдова; born 2 February 1983) is a Russian former synchronised swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist, and current coach.
Biography
Davydova won gold ...
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
and
Miho Takeda
is a Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming.
She received five Olympic medals at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. The silver medal from the 2000 Olympics was in the duet with Miya Tachibana, and they also received a silver medal a ...
maintained a silver-medal streak in their second Olympics with 98.417, while U.S. duo
Anna Kozlova
Anna Kozlova (russian: Анна Козлова; born 30 December 1972) is a former synchronized swimmer who competed in three Olympic Games. After competing in the 1992 Summer Olympics and winning four European Championships representing the So ...
and
Alison Bartosik
Alison Bartosik (born April 20, 1983) is an American competitor in synchronized swimming.
She won two Olympic bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, one in duet with Anna Kozlova, and one in the team
A team is a group of individuals (h ...
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.
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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.][
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Schedule
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
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Results
Qualification
Final
References
External links
Official Olympic Report
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Duet
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo ...
2004 in women's sport
Women's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics