Following are the women's doubles medalists from previous Olympic Games tennis event since 1988 when the sport came back to the Olympic family as a medal event:

2004 Athens

Gold: Li Ting/Sun Tiantian, China

Silver: Conchita Martinez/Virginia Ruano, Spain

Bronze: Paola Suarez/Patricia Tarabini, Argentina

2000 Sydney

Gold: Serena Williams/Venus Williams, United States

Silver: Kristie Boogert/Miriam Oremans, Netherlands

Bronze: Els Callens/Dominique Van Roost, Belgium

1996 Atlanta

Gold: Gigi Gernandez/Mary Joe Fernandez, United States

Silver: Jana Novotna/Helena Sukova, Czech Republic

Bronze: Conchita Martinez/Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spain

1992 Barcelona

Gold: Gigi Fernandez/Mary Joe Fernandez, United States

Silver: Conchita Martinez/Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spain

Bronze: Rachel Mcquillan/Nicole Provis, Australia and Leila Meskhi/Natasha Zvereva, Unified Team

1988 Seoul

Gold: Zina Garrison/Pam Shriver, United States

Silver: Jana Snovotna/Helena Sukova, (former) Czechoslovakia

Bronze: Steffi Graf/Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, West Germany and Liz Smylie/Wendy Turnbull, Australia

(Xinhua News Agency August 10, 2008)