| | Event type
Duet, Women
| Date | 18 – 20 August 2008 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Beijing Guojia Youyong Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing | |
| Participants | 48 from 24 countries | |
| Format | Top 12 duos from qualifying advanced to final free routine. Final score is 50% of technical score from the qualifying round and 50% of free routine score. | |
The defending champions were Russians Anastasiya Davydova and Anastasiya Yermakova, who had also won the 2003, 2005, and 2007 World Championships. They won easily, taking a huge lead in the preliminaries. The results mirrored the Melbourne 2007 World Championships with the top eight teams finishing in the same order.
Qualifying Round
| Date | 18 – 19 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 12 duos advanced to final. Qualifying score is sum of 50% of technical score and 50% of free routine score. |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Points | Free Routine | Technical Routine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastasiya Davydova / Anastasiya Yermakova |  RUS | 98.834 | 49.334 (1) | 49.500 (1) | ||
| 2 | Andrea Fuentes / Gemma Mengual |  ESP | 97.918 | 48.834 (2) | 49.084 (2) | ||
| 3 | Saho Harada / Emiko Suzuki |  JPN | 96.750 | 48.250 (3) | 48.500 (=3) | ||
| 4 | Jiang Tingting / Jiang Wenwen |  CHN | 96.584 | 48.084 (4) | 48.500 (=3) | ||
| 5 | Christina Jones / Andrea Nott |  USA | 95.500 | 47.750 (5) | 47.750 (5) | ||
| 6 | Marie-Pierre Boudreau-Gagnon / Isabelle Rampling |  CAN | 94.750 | 47.417 (6) | 47.333 (6) | ||
| 7 | Beatrice Adelizzi / Giulia Lapi |  ITA | 93.834 | 46.834 (7) | 47.000 (7) | ||
| 8 | Dar'ia Yushko / Kseniya Sydorenko |  UKR | 92.418 | 46.084 (8) | 46.334 (8) | ||
| =9 | Bianca van der Velden / Sonja van der Velden |  NED | 91.418 | 45.584 (10) | 45.834 (9) | ||
| =9 | Evanthia Makrygianni / Despoina Solomou |  GRE | 91.418 | 45.834 (9) | 45.584 (10) | ||
| 11 | Apolline Dreyfuss / Lila Meesseman-Bakir |  FRA | 90.000 | 44.750 (11) | 45.250 (11) | ||
| 12 | Magdalena Brunner / Ariane Schneider |  SUI | 89.250 | 44.250 (13) | 45.000 (12) | ||
| 13 | Nayara Figueira / Lara Teixeira |  BRA | 89.001 | 44.334 (12) | 44.667 (=13) | ||
| 14 | Olivia Allison / Jenna Randall |  GBR | 88.584 | 43.917 (14) | 44.667 (=13) | ||
| 15 | Anastasia Gloushkov Leventhal / Inna Yoffe |  ISR | 86.917 | 43.583 (15) | 43.334 (16) | ||
| 16 | Kim Yong-Mi / Wang Ok-Gyong |  PRK | 86.501 | 42.917 (16) | 43.584 (15) | ||
| 17 | Nastassia Parfionava / Katsiaryna Kulpo |  BLR | 85.334 | 42.667 (17) | 42.667 (19) | ||
| 18 | Soňa Bernardová / Alžběta Dufková |  CZE | 85.250 | 42.500 (18) | 42.750 (18) | ||
| 19 | Mariana Cifuentes / Isabel Delgado |  MEX | 85.168 | 42.334 (19) | 42.834 (17) | ||
| 20 | Aynur Kerey / Arna Toktagan |  KAZ | 84.333 | 41.750 (20) | 42.583 (20) | ||
| 21 | Myriam Glez / Érika Leal Ramírez |  AUS | 82.834 | 41.250 (=21) | 41.584 (21) | ||
| 22 | Nadine Brandl / Lisbeth Mahn |  AUT | 82.417 | 41.250 (=21) | 41.167 (22) | ||
| 23 | Lisa Daniels / Nina Daniels |  NZL | 81.167 | 40.750 (23) | 40.417 (23) | ||
| 24 | Reem Abdalazem / Dalia El-Gebaly |  EGY | 80.667 | 40.417 (24) | 40.250 (24) |
Final
| Date | 20 August 2008 |
|---|
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Points | Technical Routine Points | Free Routine Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastasiya Davydova / Anastasiya Yermakova | RUS | 99.251 | 49.334 | 49.917 | ||
| 2 | Andrea Fuentes / Gemma Mengual | ESP | 98.334 | 48.834 | 49.500 | ||
| 3 | Saho Harada / Emiko Suzuki | JPN | 97.167 | 48.250 | 48.917 | ||
| 4 | Jiang Tingting / Jiang Wenwen | CHN | 96.334 | 48.084 | 48.250 | ||
| 5 | Christina Jones / Andrea Nott | USA | 95.500 | 47.750 | 47.750 | ||
| 6 | Marie-Pierre Boudreau-Gagnon / Isabelle Rampling | CAN | 95.084 | 47.417 | 47.667 | ||
| 7 | Beatrice Adelizzi / Giulia Lapi | ITA | 93.751 | 46.834 | 46.917 | ||
| 8 | Dar'ia Yushko / Kseniya Sydorenko | UKR | 92.668 | 46.084 | 46.584 | ||
| 9 | Bianca van der Velden / Sonja van der Velden | NED | 91.667 | 45.584 | 46.083 | ||
| 10 | Evanthia Makrygianni / Despoina Solomou | GRE | 91.501 | 45.834 | 45.667 | ||
| 11 | Apolline Dreyfuss / Lila Meesseman-Bakir | FRA | 90.333 | 44.750 | 45.583 | ||
| 12 | Magdalena Brunner / Ariane Schneider | SUI | 89.250 | 44.250 | 45.000 |