| | Event type
Duet, Women
| Date | 6 – 9 August 1984 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Olympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California |
| Participants | 36 from 18 countries |
The 1982 World Champions were Canadians Sharon Hambrook and Kelly Kryczka, who had comfortably defeated Tracie Ruiz and Candy Costie (USA) in Guayaquil, Ecuador. But Ruiz and Costie had won the 1983 Pan-American Games, although Hambrook and Kryczka did not compete at that meet. The two North American pairs dominated the event, with Ruiz and Costie winning a fairly close competition. Ruiz returned a few days later to win the solo event.
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Figures | Qualifying | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tracie Ruiz / Candy Costie |  USA | 96.584 (1) | 194.984 (1) | 195.584 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Sharon Hambrook / Kelly Kryczka |  CAN | 96.034 (2) | 193.834 (2) | 194.234 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Saeko Kimura / Miwako Motoyoshi |  JPN | 90.992 (3) | 187.792 (3) | 187.992 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Caroline Holmyard / Carolyn Wilson |  GBR | 89.650 (4) | 182.250 (4) | 184.050 (4) | |||
| 5 | Edith Boss / Karin Singer |  SUI | 87.109 (5) | 178.509 (5) | 180.109 (5) | |||
| 6 | Catrien Eijken / Marijke Engelen |  NED | 87.058 (6) | 178.058 (6) | 179.058 (6) | |||
| 7 | Pascale Besson / Muriel Hermine |  FRA | 85.909 (7) | 176.309 (7) | 176.709 (7) | |||
| 8 | Claudia Novelo / Pilar Ramírez |  MEX | 85.209 (8) | 175.409 (8) | 176.409 (8) | |||
| 9 | Gudrun Hänisch / Gerlind Scheller |  FRG | 84.567 (9) | 174.367 (9) | – | |||
| 10 | Eva-Maria Edinger / Alexandra Worisch |  AUT | 82.767 (10) | 171.367 (10) | – | |||
| 11 | Paula Carvalho / Tessa |  BRA | 82.092 (11) | 166.292 (11) | – | |||
| 12 | Katie Sadleir / Lynette Sadleir |  NZL | 79.442 (12) | 164.642 (12) | – | |||
| 13 | Donella Burridge / Lisa Steanes |  AUS | 79.192 (13) | 164.592 (13) | – | |||
| 14 | Ximena Carias / Maribel Solís |  DOM | 77.817 (14) | 158.017 (14) | – | |||
| 15 | Katia Overfeldt / Patricia Serneels |  BEL | 75.366 (15) | 156.566 (15) | – | |||
| 16 | Mónica Antich / Ana Tarrés |  ESP | 73.551 (16) | 154.151 (16) | – | |||
| 17 | Dahlia Mokbel / Sahar Faruq |  EGY | 70.266 (17) | 150.866 (17) | – | |||
| 18 | Esther Croes / Nicole Hoevertsz |  AHO | 65.484 (18) | 141.884 (18) | – |
Figures
| Date | 8 August 1984 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | The technical figure competition served as a qualifying round for the solo and duet event. All swimmers performed individually, with scores for the duets being the average of the two swimmers. The figure scores counted towards the qualifying and the final score. |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tracie Ruiz / Candy Costie | USA | 96.584 | ||
| 2 | Sharon Hambrook / Kelly Kryczka | CAN | 96.034 | ||
| 3 | Saeko Kimura / Miwako Motoyoshi | JPN | 90.992 | ||
| 4 | Caroline Holmyard / Carolyn Wilson | GBR | 89.650 | ||
| 5 | Edith Boss / Karin Singer | SUI | 87.109 | ||
| 6 | Catrien Eijken / Marijke Engelen | NED | 87.058 | ||
| 7 | Pascale Besson / Muriel Hermine | FRA | 85.909 | ||
| 8 | Claudia Novelo / Pilar Ramírez | MEX | 85.209 | ||
| 9 | Gudrun Hänisch / Gerlind Scheller | FRG | 84.567 | ||
| 10 | Eva-Maria Edinger / Alexandra Worisch | AUT | 82.767 | ||
| 11 | Paula Carvalho / Tessa | BRA | 82.092 | ||
| 12 | Katie Sadleir / Lynette Sadleir | NZL | 79.442 | ||
| 13 | Donella Burridge / Lisa Steanes | AUS | 79.192 | ||
| 14 | Ximena Carias / Maribel Solís | DOM | 77.817 | ||
| 15 | Katia Overfeldt / Patricia Serneels | BEL | 75.366 | ||
| 16 | Mónica Antich / Ana Tarrés | ESP | 73.551 | ||
| 17 | Dahlia Mokbel / Sahar Faruq | EGY | 70.266 | ||
| 18 | Esther Croes / Nicole Hoevertsz | AHO | 65.484 |
Qualifying Round
| Date | 6 – 8 August 1984 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top eight advanced to the final, based on score from the musical routine and technical figure round. |
Final
| Date | 9 August 1984 |
|---|---|
| Format | Score composed of scores from the musical routine and technical figure round. |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Points | Musical Routine Points | Figure Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tracie Ruiz / Candy Costie | USA | 195.584 | 99.00 | 96.584 | ||
| 2 | Sharon Hambrook / Kelly Kryczka | CAN | 194.234 | 98.20 | 96.034 | ||
| 3 | Saeko Kimura / Miwako Motoyoshi | JPN | 187.992 | 97.00 | 90.992 | ||
| 4 | Caroline Holmyard / Carolyn Wilson | GBR | 184.050 | 94.40 | 89.650 | ||
| 5 | Edith Boss / Karin Singer | SUI | 180.109 | 93.00 | 87.109 | ||
| 6 | Catrien Eijken / Marijke Engelen | NED | 179.058 | 92.00 | 87.058 | ||
| 7 | Pascale Besson / Muriel Hermine | FRA | 176.709 | 90.80 | 85.909 | ||
| 8 | Claudia Novelo / Pilar Ramírez | MEX | 176.409 | 91.20 | 85.209 |