| Date | 23 September 2000 — 10:10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Participants | 16 from 8 countries | |
| Format | 3 metre springboards. Five dives. Final round only. | |
The Chinese pair of Guo Jingjing and Fu Mingxia seemed unbeatable, consisting of two of the greatest female divers ever. But Irina Lashko and Yuliya Pakhalina had won the 1998 World Championships and they defeated the Chinese duo, leading from start-to-finish, and posting the highest score on four of the five dives.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 332.64 | Gold | |||||
| Vera Ilyina • Yuliya Pakhalina | |||||||||
| 2 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 321.60 | Silver | |||||
| Guo Jingjing • Fu Mingxia | |||||||||
| 3 | Ukraine |  UKR | 290.34 | Bronze | |||||
| Hanna Sorokina • Olena Zhupina | |||||||||
| 4 | Australia |  AUS | 283.05 | ||||||
| Loudy Tourky • Chantelle Michell | |||||||||
| 5 | Canada |  CAN | 279.00 | ||||||
| Eryn Bulmer • Blythe Hartley | |||||||||
| 6 | Mexico |  MEX | 273.84 | ||||||
| Jashia Luna • María José Alcalá | |||||||||
| 7 | Germany |  GER | 263.76 | ||||||
| Conny Schmalfuß • Dörte Lindner | |||||||||
| 8 | Switzerland |  SUI | 256.20 | ||||||
| Jacqueline Schneider • Catherine Maliev-Aviolat | |||||||||
