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Olympic Tennis Women's Doubles Medalists

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Trace Olympic tennis history through this list of every past gold, silver, and bronze medalist in Olympic women's doubles.

  • 1920
    GOLD Winifred McNair & Kathleen “Kitty” McKane, GBR 8-6, 6-4
    SILVER Geraldine Beamish & Dorothy Holman, GBR
    BRONZE Suzanne Lenglen & Elisabeth d'Ayen, FRA

  • 1924
    GOLD Hazel Wightman & Helen Wills, USA 7-5, 8-6
    SILVER Phyllis Covell & Kathleen “Kitty” McKane, GBR
    BRONZE Dorothy Shepherd-Barron & Evelyn Colyer, GBR

  • 1928-84 Not held

  • 1988
    GOLD Pam Shriver & Zina Garrison, USA 4-6, 6-2, 10-8
    SILVER Jana Novotna & Helena Sukova, TCH
    BRONZE Elizabeth Smylie & Wendy Turnbull, AUS Steffi Graf & Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, FRG

  • 1992
    GOLD Beatriz “Gigi” Fernandez & Mary Joe Fernandez, USA 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
    SILVER Conchita Martinez & Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, ESP
    BRONZE Rachel McOuillan & Nicole Provis, AUS Leila Meskhi & Natalya Zvereva, EUN

  • 1996
    GOLD Beatriz “Gigi” Fernandez & Mary Joe Fernandez, USA 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
    SILVER Jana Novotna & Helena Sukova, CZE
    BRONZE Conchita Martinez & Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, ESP

  • 2000
    GOLD Serena Williams & Venus Williams, USA 6-1, 6-1
    SILVER Kristie Boogert & Miriam Oremans, NED
    BRONZE Els Callens & Dominique Van Roost, BEL

  • 2004
    GOLD Li Ting & Sun Tian Tian, CHN 6-3, 6-3
    SILVER Conchita Martinez & Virginia Ruano Pascual, ESP
    BRONZE Patricia Tarabini & Paola Suarez, ARG

  • 2008
    GOLD Serena Williams & Venus Williams, USA 6-2, 6-0
    SILVER Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual, ESP
    BRONZE Yan Zi & Zheng Jie , CHN

  • 2012
    GOLD Serena Williams & Venus Williams, USA 6-4, 6-4
    SILVER Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka, CZE
    BRONZE Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova, RUS

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