The women's double sculls competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 6–11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.
The medals for the competition were presented by Nenad Lalović, Serbia, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Lenka Dientsbach-Wech, Germany, Member of the Executive Committee of the International Rowing Federation.
Results
Heats First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Donata VištartaitėMilda Valčiukaitė 7:04.82SF2Victoria ThornleyKatherine Grainger7:05.32SF3Hélène LefebvreElodie Ravera-Scaramozzino7:05.65SF4Marie-Cathérine ArnoldMareike Adams7:13.49R5Lisbet JakobsenNina Hollensen7:18.92R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Magdalena Fularczyk-KozłowskaNatalia Madaj7:16.16SF2Lü YangZhu Weiwei7:25.19SF3Yuliya BichykTatsiana Kukhta 7:27.22SF4Meghan O'LearyEllen Tomek7:46.92R
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Eve MacfarlaneZoe Stevenson7:14.31SF2Sally KehoeGenevieve Horton7:17.34SF3Aikaterini NikolaidouSofia Asoumanaki7:20.64SF4Kristýna FleissnerováLenka Antošová7:35.85R
Repechage First three of heat qualify to the semifinals.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Marie-Cathérine ArnoldMareike Adams7:00.54SF2Meghan O'LearyEllen Tomek7:00.60SF3Kristýna FleissnerováLenka Antošová7:03.68SF4Lisbet JakobsenNina Hollensen7:04.35
Semifinals First three of each heat qualify to the Final A, remainder goes to the Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Aikaterini NikolaidouSofia Asoumanaki6:51.99FA2Donata VištartaitėMilda Valčiukaitė6:52.46FA3Meghan O'LearyEllen Tomek6:52.92FA4Eve MacfarlaneZoe Stevenson6:52.97FB5Marie-Cathérine ArnoldMareike Adams6:58.70FB6Lü YangZhu Weiwei7:05.31FB
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Magdalena Fularczyk-KozłowskaNatalia Madaj6:50.63FA2Victoria ThornleyKatherine Grainger6:52.47FA3Hélène LefebvreElodie Ravera-Scaramozzino6:54.34FA4Sally KehoeGenevieve Horton6:55.37FB5Yuliya BichykTatsiana Kukhta6:57.64FB6Kristýna FleissnerováLenka Antošová7:03.79FB
Final
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Marie-Cathérine ArnoldMareike Adams7:39.82 2Yuliya BichykTatsiana Kukhta7:40.48 3Sally KehoeGenevieve Horton7:42.30 4Kristýna FleissnerováLenka Antošová7:43.775Lü YangZhu Weiwei7:45.686Eve MacfarlaneZoe Stevenson7:50.74
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesMagdalena Fularczyk-KozłowskaNatalia Madaj7:40.10Victoria ThornleyKatherine Grainger7:41.05Donata VištartaitėMilda Valčiukaitė7:43.764Aikaterini NikolaidouSofia Asoumanaki7:48.625Hélène LefebvreElodie Ravera-Scaramozzino7:52.036Meghan O'LearyEllen Tomek8:06.18
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