The inaugural women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.
Results Heats The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder go to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Teresa BellLindsay Burns7:28.28S 2 Lisa BertiniMartina Orzan7:31.58R3 Laurien VermulstEllen Meliesie7:32.30R4 Li FeiOu Shaoyan7:36.71R5 Myriam LamolleCatherine Muller7:36.75R6 Angeliki GremouChrysi Biskitzi8:01.60R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Virginia LeeRebecca Joyce7:33.16S 2 Michelle DarvillRuth Kaps7:45.52R3 Monika KnejpKristina Knejp7:48.15R4 Anna AccensiEsperanza MárquezNuria Domínguez7:51.05R5 Ayako YoshidaNoriko Shibuta7:55.99R
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Constanța BurcicăCamelia Macoviciuc7:33.61S 2 Berit ChristoffersenLene Andersson7:36.47R3 Colleen MillerWendy Wiebe7:41.20R4 Karola SchusterederMonika Felizeter7:45.45R5 Ana Sofía SoberanesAndrea Boltz8:00.92R
Repechage The first three places advanced to the semifinals, remainder go to the Final C.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Laurien VermulstEllen Meliesie7:00.17S 2 Michelle DarvillRuth Kaps7:05.29S3 Karola SchusterederMonika Felizeter7:07.34S4 Ayako YoshidaNoriko Shibuta7:15.61FC5 Angeliki GremouChrysi Biskitzi7:21.39FC Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Lisa BertiniMartina Orzan6:59.06S 2 Colleen MillerWendy Wiebe7:02.54S3 Myriam LamolleCatherine Muller7:03.27S4 Anna AccensiEsperanza MárquezNuria Domínguez7:12.96FC Repechage 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Berit ChristoffersenLene Andersson7:03.80S 2 Monika KnejpKristina Knejp7:03.68S3 Li FeiOu Shaoyan7:10.96S4 Ana Sofía SoberanesAndrea Boltz7:18.31FC Semifinals The first three places advanced to the Final A, remainder go to the Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Teresa BellLindsay Burns7:09.47FA 2 Constanța BurcicăCamelia Macoviciuc7:11.13FA3 Lisa BertiniMartina Orzan7:15.29FA4 Michelle DarvillRuth Kaps7:19.69FB5 Myriam LamolleCatherine Muller7:20.11FB6 Monika KnejpKristina Knejp7:27.01FB Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Virginia LeeRebecca Joyce7:17.67FA 2 Laurien VermulstEllen Meliesie7:19.20FA3 Berit ChristoffersenLene Andersson7:19.79FA4 Li FeiOu Shaoyan7:23.46FB5 Colleen MillerWendy Wiebe7:27.19FB6 Karola SchusterederMonika Felizeter7:32.07FB
Finals Final C RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 13 Ayako YoshidaNoriko Shibuta7:44.81 14 Ana Sofía SoberanesAndrea Boltz7:46.57 15 Angeliki GremouChrysi Biskitzi7:51.80 16 Anna AccensiEsperanza MárquezNuria Domínguez7:55.84
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 7 Colleen MillerWendy Wiebe 7:03.87 8 Michelle DarvillRuth Kaps 7:04.31 9 Li FeiOu Shaoyan 7:07.81 10 Myriam LamolleCatherine Muller 7:09.95 11 Karola SchusterederMonika Felizeter 7:11.22 12 Monika KnejpKristina Knejp 7:12.03
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotes Constanța BurcicăCamelia Macoviciuc 7:12.78 Teresa BellLindsay Burns 7:14.65 Virginia LeeRebecca Joyce 7:16.56 4 Lisa BertiniMartina Orzan 7:16.83 5 Berit ChristoffersenLene Andersson 7:18.20 6 Laurien VermulstEllen Meliesie 7:21.92
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