The women's double sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.
Results Heats SA/B denotes qualification to Semifinal A/B. R denotes qualification to Repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1 Kathleen HeddleMarnie McBean7:23.07SA/B2 Zhang XiuyunCao Mianying7:26.47SA/B3 Michelle Knox-ZaloomJennifer Devine7:31.98SA/B4 Sanita OzoliņaLiene Lutere7:36.18R5 Erika BelloMarianna Barelli7:47.07R Heat 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1 Marina HatzakisBronwyn Roye7:20.10SA/B2 Jana ThiemeManuela Lutze7:21.13SA/B3 Daniela OronovaGalina Kamenova7:36.48SA/B4 Dolores AmayaMaría Garisoain7:57.05R5 Min Byeong-sunPark Yeong-ja8:34.55R Heat 3 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1 Irene EijsEeke van Nes7:23.12SA/B2 Philippa BakerBrenda Lawson7:26.83SA/B3 Tetiana UstiuzhaninaOlena Reutova7:27.12SA/B4 Kristine BjerknesKristine Klaveness7:30.32R Repechage First three qualify to the semifinals, the remainder are eliminated.
Repechage 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1 Kristine BjerknesKristine Klaveness7:43.75SA/B2 Sanita OzoliņaLiene Lutere7:48.02SA/B3 Erika BelloMarianna Barelli7:52.07SA/B4 Dolores AmayaMaría Garisoain8:09.24E5 Min Byeong-sunPark Yeong-ja8:44.34E
Semi-finals A denotes qualification to Final A. B denotes qualification to Final B.
Semi-final 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1 Kathleen HeddleMarnie McBean7:11.21 A2 Philippa BakerBrenda Lawson7:15.57 A3 Marina HatzakisBronwyn Roye7:15.58 A4 Daniela OronovaGalina Kamenova 7:18.33 B5 Michelle Knox-ZaloomJennifer Devine7:21.97 B6 Erika BelloMarianna Barelli7:38.85 B Semi-final 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1 Zhang XiuyunCao Mianying7:15.47 A2 Irene EijsEeke van Nes7:16.39 A3 Jana ThiemeManuela Lutze7:19.62 A4 Kristine BjerknesKristine Klaveness7:26.24 B5 Tetiana UstiuzhaninaOlena Reutova7:28.53 B6 Sanita OzoliņaLiene Lutere7:32.00 B
Finals
Final B RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1 Kristine BjerknesKristine Klaveness6:53.31 2 Tetiana UstiuzhaninaOlena Reutova6:53.963 Michelle Knox-ZaloomJennifer Devine6:58.78 4 Daniela OronovaGalina Kamenova 7:00.14 5 Sanita OzoliņaLiene Lutere7:06.47 6 Erika BelloMarianna Barelli7:16.54 Final A RankRowersCountryTimeNotes Kathleen HeddleMarnie McBean6:56.84 Zhang XiuyunCao Mianying6:58.35 Irene EijsEeke van Nes6:58.74 4 Marina HatzakisBronwyn Roye7:01.26 5 Jana ThiemeManuela Lutze7:04.14 6 Philippa BakerBrenda Lawson7:09.92 B
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