Duet, Women
| Date | 5 – 7 August 2012 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London | |
| Participants | 48 from 24 countries | |
| Format | Top 12 duos from qualifying advanced to final free routine. | |
The Russian duo Nataliya Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina were the heavy favorites, having won the World Championships in 2009 and 2011, with Ishchenko winning six gold medals at 2011 Worlds and five in 2009. They won London gold with a dominant performance, as in the final they were a full two-points ahead of Spain’s Andrea Fuentes and Ona Carbonell. Fuentes and Carbonell were audience favorites for their fast routine which featured mirrored movements and connected elements. The bronze went to China’s Huang Xuechen and Liu Ou, who had been fourth in Beijing.
This was the fourth consecutive victory in this event for a Russian pair. Ishchenko and Romashina would also win gold on the Russian team that won the team event. Japan failed to medal in this event for the first time ever, as Yukiko Inui and Chisa Kobayashi placed fifth.
Qualifying Round
| Date | 5 – 6 August 2012 |
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| Format | Top 12 duos advanced to final. Qualifying Points is sum of the technical Points and the free routine Points. |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Points | Technical Routine | Free Routine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nataliya Ishchenko / Svetlana Romashina |  RUS | 196.800 | 98.200 (1) | 98.600 (1) | ||
| 2 | Huang Xuechen / Liu Ou |  CHN | 192.810 | 96.100 (2) | 96.710 (2) | ||
| 3 | Ona Carbonell / Andrea Fuentes |  ESP | 192.590 | 96.000 (3) | 96.590 (3) | ||
| 4 | Marie-Pierre Boudreau-Gagnon / Élise Marcotte |  CAN | 189.250 | 94.500 (4) | 94.750 (4) | ||
| 5 | Yukiko Inui / Chisa Kobayashi |  JPN | 186.400 | 93.200 (5) | 93.200 (5) | ||
| 6 | Dar'ia Yushko / Kseniya Sydorenko |  UKR | 184.340 | 92.200 (6) | 92.140 (6) | ||
| 7 | Giulia Lapi / Mariangela Perrupato |  ITA | 181.440 | 90.700 (7) | 90.740 (7) | ||
| 8 | Evangelia Platanioti / Despoina Solomou |  GRE | 178.040 | 89.200 (8) | 88.840 (8) | ||
| 9 | Olivia Federici / Jenna Randall |  GBR | 176.890 | 88.100 (9) | 88.790 (9) | ||
| 10 | Mary Killman / Mariya Koroleva |  USA | 176.170 | 87.900 (10) | 88.270 (11) | ||
| 11 | Sara Labrousse / Chloé Willhelm |  FRA | 176.040 | 87.700 (11) | 88.340 (10) | ||
| 12 | Park Hyeon-Ha / Park Hyeon-Seon |  KOR | 174.160 | 86.700 (13) | 87.460 (12) | ||
| 13 | Nayara Figueira / Lara Teixeira |  BRA | 174.100 | 87.100 (12) | 87.000 (13) | ||
| 14 | Soňa Bernardová / Alžběta Dufková |  CZE | 171.840 | 85.800 (14) | 86.040 (14) | ||
| 15 | Anna Kulkina / Aygerim Zheksembinova |  KAZ | 169.580 | 84.600 (15) | 84.980 (15) | ||
| 16 | Jang Hyang-Mi / Jong Yon-Hui |  PRK | 169.230 | 84.400 (16) | 84.830 (16) | ||
| 17 | Anastasia Gloushkov Leventhal / Inna Yoffe |  ISR | 166.920 | 83.400 (17) | 83.520 (18) | ||
| 18 | Isabel Delgado / Nuria Diosdado |  MEX | 166.610 | 83.000 (18) | 83.610 (17) | ||
| 19 | Nadine Brandl / Livia Lang |  AUT | 163.850 | 82.000 (19) | 81.850 (20) | ||
| 20 | Pamela Fischer / Anja Nyffeler |  SUI | 163.320 | 81.200 (20) | 82.120 (19) | ||
| 21 | Eszter Czékus / Szofi Kiss |  HUN | 158.480 | 79.400 (21) | 79.080 (21) | ||
| 22 | Etel Sánchez / Sofía Sánchez |  ARG | 157.310 | 78.900 (22) | 78.410 (22) | ||
| 23 | Eloise Amberger / Sarah Bombell |  AUS | 154.880 | 77.400 (23) | 77.480 (23) | ||
| 24 | Shaza Abdulrahman / Dalia El-Gebaly |  EGY | 152.100 | 75.700 (24) | 76.400 (24) |
Final Round
| Date | 7 August 2012 — 15:00 |
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| Format | Final Points is total of technical Points from the qualifying round and the final free routine Points. |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nataliya Ishchenko / Svetlana Romashina | RUS | 197.100 | ||
| 2 | Ona Carbonell / Andrea Fuentes | ESP | 192.900 | ||
| 3 | Huang Xuechen / Liu Ou | CHN | 192.870 | ||
| 4 | Marie-Pierre Boudreau-Gagnon / Élise Marcotte | CAN | 189.120 | ||
| 5 | Yukiko Inui / Chisa Kobayashi | JPN | 186.740 | ||
| 6 | Dar'ia Yushko / Kseniya Sydorenko | UKR | 184.870 | ||
| 7 | Giulia Lapi / Mariangela Perrupato | ITA | 181.420 | ||
| 8 | Evangelia Platanioti / Despoina Solomou | GRE | 178.560 | ||
| 9 | Olivia Federici / Jenna Randall | GBR | 177.270 | ||
| 10 | Sara Labrousse / Chloé Willhelm | FRA | 176.260 | ||
| 11 | Mary Killman / Mariya Koroleva | USA | 175.670 | ||
| 12 | Park Hyeon-Ha / Park Hyeon-Seon | KOR | 173.950 |