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Doubles, Women

Date	16 – 21 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Gymnastirio Goudiou, Olympiako Syngrotima Goudiou, Athina
Participants	46 from 16 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

The two-time defending champions, Ge Fei and Gu Jun, were no longer competing, which left the tournament open. Of the four semi-finalists, three teams were Chinese – Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei, Huang Sui and Gao Ling, and Zhao Tingting and Wei Yili. They were joined by the Korean team of Na Gyeong-Min and Lee Gyeong-Won. They were the top four seeds and all four had a top pedigree, but Huang/Gao had won the All-Englands from 2001-04 (and would win again in 2005-06). Zhao/Wei were the 2003 World Champions. The 2001 World Championships had been won by Zhang and Wei, who were now competing with different partners. The final came down to Zhang/Yang against Huang/Gao. Huang/Gao had a 7-4 career advantage over their teammates, but Zhang/Yang won in three sets, 7-15, 15-4, 15-8.

Pos	Pair	NOC
1	Zhang Jiewen / Yang Wei	CHN	Gold
2	Huang Sui / Gao Ling	CHN	Silver
3	Na Gyeong-Min / Lee Gyeong-Won	KOR	Bronze
4	Zhao Tingting / Wei Yili	CHN
=5	Saralee Thungthongkam / Sathinee Chankrachangwong	THA
=5	Lotte Bruil-Jonathans / Mia Audina	NED
=5	Lee Hyo-Jeong / Hwang Yu-Mi	KOR
=5	Ann-Lou Jørgensen / Rikke Olsen	DEN
=9	Jo Novita / Lita Nurlita	INA
=9	Chikako Nakayama / Keiko Yoshitomi	JPN
=9	Pernille Harder / Mette Schjoldager	DEN
=9	Ella Tripp / Jo Wright	GBR
=9	Cheng Wen-Hsing / Chien Yu-Chin	TPE
=9	Gail Emms / Donna Kellogg	GBR
=9	Nicole Grether / Juliane Schenk	GER
=9	Chin Eei Hui / Wong Pei Tty	MAS
=17	Denyse Julien / Anna Rice	CAN
=17	Jane Crabtree / Kate Wilson-Smith	AUS
=17	Petya Nedelcheva / Neli Nedyalkova-Boteva	BUL
=17	Helen Nichol / Charmaine Reid	CAN
=17	Louisa Koon / Li Wing Mui	HKG
=17	Michelle Edwards / Chantal Botts	RSA
=17	Shizuka Yamamoto / Seiko Yamada	JPN

Round One

Date	16 August 2004
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Pair (Seed)	NOC	Result	Pair (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug		Zhang / Yang (1)	CHN				bye
Match #2	16 Aug		Novita / Nurlita	INA				bye
Match #3	16 Aug		Nakayama / Yoshitomi (8)	JPN				bye
Match #4	16 Aug 19:30	Court 2	Thungthongkam / Chankrachangwong	THA	15-3, 15-4	Julien / Rice	CAN
Match #5	16 Aug		Na / Lee (3)	KOR				bye
Match #6	16 Aug 9:40	Court 2	Harder / Schjoldager	DEN	15-2, 15-3	Crabtree / Wilson-Smith	AUS
Match #7	16 Aug		Bruil-Jonathans / Mia Audina (5)	NED				bye
Match #8	16 Aug 9:50	Court 3	Tripp / Wright	GBR	17-15, 17-14	Nedelcheva / Nedyalkova-Boteva	BUL
Match #9	16 Aug 11:00	Court 2	Cheng / Chien	TPE	15-0, 15-10	Nichol / Reid	CAN
Match #10	16 Aug		Lee / Hwang (6)	KOR				bye
Match #11	16 Aug 20:10	Court 2	Emms / Kellogg	GBR	15-4, 15-3	Koon / Li	HKG
Match #12	16 Aug		Zhao / Wei (4)	CHN				bye
Match #13	16 Aug 9:30	Court 1	Grether / Schenk	GER	15-0, 15-0	Edwards / Botts	RSA
Match #14	16 Aug		Jørgensen / Olsen (7)	DEN				bye
Match #15	16 Aug 10:20	Court 2	Chin / Wong	MAS	15-7, 15-9	Yamamoto / Yamada	JPN
Match #16	16 Aug		Huang / Gao (2)	CHN				bye

Round Two

Date	17 August 2004
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Pair (Seed)	NOC	Result	Pair (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	17 Aug 10:20	Court 3	Zhang / Yang (1)	CHN	15-2, 6-15, 15-7	Novita / Nurlita	INA
Match #2	17 Aug 15:30	Court 2	Thungthongkam / Chankrachangwong	THA	15-4, 15-11	Nakayama / Yoshitomi (8)	JPN
Match #3	17 Aug 10:50	Court 1	Na / Lee (3)	KOR	15-8, 15-8	Harder / Schjoldager	DEN
Match #4	17 Aug 14:10	Court 2	Bruil-Jonathans / Mia Audina (5)	NED	15-7, 15-7	Tripp / Wright	GBR
Match #5	17 Aug 9:40	Court 3	Lee / Hwang (6)	KOR	15-13, 8-15, 15-5	Cheng / Chien	TPE
Match #6	17 Aug 16:20	Court 1	Zhao / Wei (4)	CHN	13-15, 15-7, 15-5	Emms / Kellogg	GBR
Match #7	17 Aug 14:00	Court 1	Jørgensen / Olsen (7)	DEN	15-12, 16-17, 15-5	Grether / Schenk	GER
Match #8	17 Aug 9:30	Court 1	Huang / Gao (2)	CHN	15-12, 15-8	Chin / Wong	MAS

Quarter-Finals

Date	18 August 2004
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Pair (Seed)	NOC	Result	Pair (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	18 Aug 11:00	Court 1	Zhang / Yang (1)	CHN	15-2, 15-4	Thungthongkam / Chankrachangwong	THA
Match #2	18 Aug 22:40	Court 1	Na / Lee (3)	KOR	15-5, 15-2	Bruil-Jonathans / Mia Audina (5)	NED
Match #3	18 Aug 12:00	Court 1	Zhao / Wei (4)	CHN	8-15, 15-6, 15-13	Lee / Hwang (6)	KOR
Match #4	18 Aug 21:30	Court 1	Huang / Gao (2)	CHN	15-6, 15-7	Jørgensen / Olsen (7)	DEN

Semi-Finals

Date	20 August 2004
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Pair (Seed)	NOC	Result	Pair (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug 14:00	Court 1	Zhang / Yang (1)	CHN	15-6, 15-4	Na / Lee (3)	KOR
Match #2	20 Aug 15:30	Court 1	Huang / Gao (2)	CHN	15-10, 17-14	Zhao / Wei (4)	CHN

Final Round

Date	21 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Location	Pair (Seed)	NOC	Result	Pair (Seed)	NOC
Match 1/2	21 Aug 14:00	Court 1	Zhang / Yang (1)	CHN	7-15, 15-4, 15-8	Huang / Gao (2)	CHN
Match 3/4	21 Aug 9:00	Court 1	Na / Lee (3)	KOR	10-15, 15-9, 15-7	Zhao / Wei (4)	CHN