Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Table tennis at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women

These are the results of the women's doubles competition, one of two events for female competitors in table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Medal Athlete
Gold  Wang Nan and Zhang Yining (CHN)
Silver  Lee Eun-Sil and Seok Eun-Mi (KOR)
Bronze  Guo Yue and Niu Jianfeng (CHN)

Contents

Preliminary round

Four pairs took part in a two match elimination in Round 1 to see which would advance into the main draw
winners on left in bold

Nesrine Ben Kahia & Olfa Guenni, TUN 3 - 2 Asma Menaifi & Souad Nechab, ALG
Luisana Perez & Fabiola Ramos, VEN 4 - 3 Berta Rodriguez & Maria Paulina Vega, CHI

First round

August 14
winners on left in bold

I-Hua Huang & Yun-Feng Lu, TPE 4 - 0 Nesrine Ben Kahia & Olfa Guenni, TUN
Oksana Fadeeva & Galina Melnik, RUS 4 - 3 Offiong Edem & Cecilia Otu Offiong, NGR
Petra Cada & Marie-Christine Roussy, CAN 4 - 1 Maria Mirou & Archontoula Volakaki, GRE
Nikoleta Stefanova & Wenling Tan Monfardini, ITA 4 - 3 Bose Kaffo & Funke Oshonaike, NGR
Paey Fern Tan & Xueling Zhang, SIN 4 - 0 Whitney Ping & Jasna Reed, USA
Chunli Li & Karen Li, NZL 4 - 2 Jian Fang Lay & Miao Miao, AUS
Renata Strbikova & Alena Vachovcova, CZE 4 - 2 Mariany Nonaka & Ligia Silva Santos, BRA
Tawny Banh & Jun Gao, USA 4 - 0 Luisana Perez & Fabiola Ramos, VEN

Second round

August 15
winners on left in bold
players with wiki link below had byes in 1st & 2nd round

I-Hua Huang & Yun-Feng Lu, TPE 4 - 3 Tatyana Logatzkaya & Veronika Pavlovich, BLR
Sui Fei Lau & Ling Lin, HKG 4 - 2 Oksana Fadeeva & Galina Melnik, RUS
Svetlana Ganina & Irina Palina, RUS 4 - 0 Petra Cada & Marie-Christine Roussy, CAN
Nikoleta Stefanova & Wenling Tan Monfardini, ITA 4 - 2 Tatyana Kostromina & Viktoria Pavlovich, BLR
Paey Fern Tan & Xueling Zhang, SIN 4 - 1 Mihaela Steff & Adriana Zamfir, ROM
Chunli Li & Karen Li, NZL 4 - 1 Nicole Struse & Elke Wosik, GER
Tamara Boros & Cornelia Vaida, CRO 4 - 1 Renata Strbikova & Alena Vachovcova, CZE
Bok Rae Kim & Kyung Ah Kim, KOR 4 - 0 Tawny Banh & Jun Gao, USA

Third round

August 16
winners on left in bold
players with wiki link below had byes in first three rounds

Yue Guo & Jianfeng Niu, CHN 4 - 0 I-Hua Huang & Yun-Feng Lu, TPE
Ai Fujinuma & Aya Umemura, JPN 4 - 2 Sui Fei Lau & Ling Lin, HKG
Ah Sim Song & Yana Tie, HKG 4 - 0 Svetlana Ganina & Irina Palina, RUS
Nan Wang & Yining Zhang, CHN 4 - 0 Nikoleta Stefanova & Wenling Tan Monfardini, ITA
Eun Sil Lee & Eun Mi Seok, KOR 4 - 0 Paey Fern Tan & Xueling Zhang, SIN
Hyang Mi Kim & Hyon Hui Kim, PRK 4 - 2 Chunli Li & Karen Li, NZL
Tamara Boros & Cornelia Vaida, CRO 4 - 1 Csilla Batorfi & Krisztina Toth, HUN
Bok Rae Kim & Kyung Ah Kim, KOR 4 - 3 Jun Hong Jing & Jia Wei Li, SIN

Quarterfinals

August 18
winners on left in bold

Yue Guo & Jianfeng Niu, CHN 4 - 2 Ai Fujinuma & Aya Umemura, JPN
Nan Wang & Yining Zhang, CHN 4 - 2 Ah Sim Song & Yana Tie, HKG
Eun Sil Lee & Eun Mi Seok, KOR 4 - 2 Hyang Mi Kim & Hyon Hui Kim, PRK
Bok Rae Kim & Kyung Ah Kim, KOR 4 - 0 Tamara Boros & Cornelia Vaida, CRO

Semifinals

August 19
winners on left in bold

Nan Wang & Yining Zhang, CHN 4 - 2 Yue Guo & Jianfeng Niu, CHN
Eun Sil Lee & Eun Mi Seok, KOR 4 - 0 Bok Rae Kim & Kyung Ah Kim, KOR

Bronze medal match

August 20
winners on left in bold

Yue Guo & Jianfeng Niu, CHN 4 - 3 Bok Rae Kim & Kyung Ah Kim, KOR

In an exciting match the Chinese appeared to have it won in the sixth set but the sixteen year old Guo tensed up and made a series of relatively simple mistakes to enable the South Koreans to wipe out a six point deficit and level the match at 3-3. Guo and Niu the settled back down and took a tight final set 11-9 to claim the bronze medal.

Gold medal match

August 20
winners on left in bold

Nan Wang & Yining Zhang, CHN 4 - 0 Eun Sil Lee & Eun Mi Seok, KOR

References