| | Event type
Doubles, Women
| Date | 14 – 20 August 2004 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Olympiako Gymnastirio Galatsiou, Galatsi | |
| Participants | 68 from 26 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. Top 8 seeds advanced to round four. Seeds 9-16 advanced to round three. | |
Chinese women had not lost a doubles championship at the Olympics or World Championships since the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and the 1987 Worlds. Wang Nan had won the 2000 Olympics with partner Li Ju, and also won the 1999 and 2001 Worlds with her. But in 2003 Wang joined up with a new partner, Zhang Yining, and they again won the World title – they were nicknamed table tennis’s “Dream Team.” The final came down to Wang and Zhang against Koreans Suk En-Mi and Lee Eun-Sil, but it was not close, the Chinese winning in four easy games.
Round One (14 August 2004)
Winners advanced to round two.
| Match #1 | Nesrine Ben Kahia / Olfa Guenni |  TUN | 4 – 2 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8 | Asma Menaifi / Souad Nechab |  ALG |
| Match #2 | Luisana Pérez / Fabiola Ramos |  VEN | 4 – 3 12-14, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-5, 11-7 | Berta Rodríguez / María Paulina Vega |  CHI |
Round Two (15 August 2004)
Winners advanced to round three.
| Match #1 | Huang Yi-Hua / Lu Yun-Feng |  TPE | 4 – 0 11-4, 11-4, 11-6, 11-4 | Nesrine Ben Kahia / Olfa Guenni | TUN |
| Match #2 | Oksana Kushch-Fadeyeva / Galina Melnik |  RUS | 4 – 3 7-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-2, 6-11, 10-12, 11-6 | Offiong Edem / Cecilia Otu |  NGR |
| Match #3 | Petra Cada / Marie-Christine Roussy |  CAN | 4 – 1 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 | Maria Moirou / Archontoula Volakaki |  GRE |
| Match #4 | Nikoleta Stefanova / Wenling Tan Monfardini |  ITA | 4 – 3 11-9, 11-6, 12-10, 10-12, 5-11, 10-12, 11-9 | Bose Kaffo / Funke Oshonaike | NGR |
| Match #5 | Sharon Tan / Zhang Xueling |  SGP | 4 – 0 11-8, 11-4, 11-5, 13-11 | Whitney Ping / Jasna Reed |  USA |
| Match #6 | Chunli Li / Karen Li |  NZL | 4 – 2 12-10, 8-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-2, 14-12 | Jian-Fang Lay / Miao Miao |  AUS |
| Match #7 | Renáta Štrbíková / Alena Vachovcová |  CZE | 4 – 2 11-2, 11-4, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9 | Mariany Nonaka / Lígia da Silva |  BRA |
| Match #8 | Tawny Banh / Jun Gao | USA | 4 – 0 11-3, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6 | Luisana Pérez / Fabiola Ramos | VEN |
Round Three (16 August 2004)
Winners advanced to round four.
| Match #1 | Huang Yi-Hua / Lu Yun-Feng | TPE | 4 – 3 10-12, 10-12, 11-7, 7-11, 14-12, 11-9, 11-7 | Tatsiana Lohatskaya / Veranika Paulovich |  BLR |
| Match #2 | Lau Sui Fei / Lin Ling |  HKG | 4 – 2 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-13, 11-8 | Oksana Kushch-Fadeyeva / Galina Melnik | RUS |
| Match #3 | Svetlana Ganina / Irina Palina | RUS | 4 – 0 11-5, 11-2, 11-7, 11-6 | Petra Cada / Marie-Christine Roussy | CAN |
| Match #4 | Nikoleta Stefanova / Wenling Tan Monfardini | ITA | 4 – 2 11-7, 10-12, 11-13, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 | Tatsiana Kostromina / Viktoryia Paulovich | BLR |
| Match #5 | Sharon Tan / Zhang Xueling | SGP | 4 – 1 8-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8 | Mihaela Șteff / Adriana Zamfir |  ROU |
| Match #6 | Chunli Li / Karen Li | NZL | 4 – 1 11-6, 11-7, 11-7, 10-12, 11-6 | Nicole Struse / Elke Wosik |  GER |
| Match #7 | Tamara Boroš / Cornelia Vajda-Molnar |  CRO | 4 – 1 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7, 11-3 | Renáta Štrbíková / Alena Vachovcová | CZE |
| Match #8 | Kim Bok-Rae / Kim Gyeong-A |  KOR | 4 – 0 11-4, 11-3, 11-7, 11-9 | Tawny Banh / Jun Gao | USA |
Round Four (16 August 2004)
Winners advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Match #1 | Guo Yue / Niu Jianfeng |  CHN | 4 – 0 11-9, 11-4, 11-6, 11-2 | Huang Yi-Hua / Lu Yun-Feng | TPE |
| Match #2 | Ai Fujinuma / Aya Umemura |  JPN | 4 – 2 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7 | Lau Sui Fei / Lin Ling | HKG |
| Match #3 | Song Ah Sim / Tie Ya Na | HKG | 4 – 0 11-7, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 | Svetlana Ganina / Irina Palina | RUS |
| Match #4 | Wang Nan / Zhang Yining | CHN | 4 – 0 11-6, 11-3, 12-10, 14-12 | Nikoleta Stefanova / Wenling Tan Monfardini | ITA |
| Match #5 | Lee Eun-Sil / Seok Eun-Mi | KOR | 4 – 0 14-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 | Sharon Tan / Zhang Xueling | SGP |
| Match #6 | Kim Hyang-Mi / Kim Hyon-Hui |  PRK | 4 – 2 11-8, 11-13, 11-6, 11-13, 11-5, 11-4 | Chunli Li / Karen Li | NZL |
| Match #7 | Tamara Boroš / Cornelia Vajda-Molnar | CRO | 4 – 1 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-3 | Csilla Bátorfi / Krisztina Tóth |  HUN |
| Match #8 | Kim Bok-Rae / Kim Gyeong-A | KOR | 4 – 3 9-11, 11-5, 12-10, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8 | Jing Jun Hong / Li Jia Wei | SGP |
Quarter-Finals (18 August 2004)
Winners advanced to the semi-finals.
| Match #1 | Guo Yue / Niu Jianfeng | CHN | 4 – 2 11-3, 12-10, 9-11, 12-14, 11-4, 11-8 | Ai Fujinuma / Aya Umemura | JPN |
| Match #2 | Wang Nan / Zhang Yining | CHN | 4 – 2 11-4, 3-11, 11-13, 11-8, 12-10, 11-8 | Song Ah Sim / Tie Ya Na | HKG |
| Match #3 | Lee Eun-Sil / Seok Eun-Mi | KOR | 4 – 2 12-10, 4-11, 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7 | Kim Hyang-Mi / Kim Hyon-Hui | PRK |
| Match #4 | Kim Bok-Rae / Kim Gyeong-A | KOR | 4 – 0 11-4, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 | Tamara Boroš / Cornelia Vajda-Molnar | CRO |
Semi-Finals (19 August 2004)
Winners advanced to the final match. Runners-up advanced to bronze medal match.
| Match #1 | Wang Nan / Zhang Yining | CHN | 4 – 2 11-7, 13-11, 9-11, 13-11, 6-11, 13-11 | Guo Yue / Niu Jianfeng | CHN |
| Match #2 | Lee Eun-Sil / Seok Eun-Mi | KOR | 4 – 0 11-6, 12-10, 11-7, 11-2 | Kim Bok-Rae / Kim Gyeong-A | KOR |
Final Round (20 August 2004)
| Match 1/2 | Wang Nan / Zhang Yining | CHN | 4 – 0 11-9, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 | Lee Eun-Sil / Seok Eun-Mi | KOR |
| Match 3/4 | Guo Yue / Niu Jianfeng | CHN | 4 – 3 11-7, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9 | Kim Bok-Rae / Kim Gyeong-A | KOR |