Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls

The women's double sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.

Women's double sculls at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date	21–27 July 1996
Competitors	28 from 14 nations
Medalists
Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean  Canada Zhang Xiuyun Cao Mianying  China Irene Eijs Eeke van Nes  Netherlands

Heats

• SA/B denotes qualification to Semifinal A/B.
• R denotes qualification to Repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	Canada	7:23.07	SA/B
2	Zhang Xiuyun Cao Mianying	China	7:26.47	SA/B
3	Michelle Knox-Zaloom Jennifer Devine	United States	7:31.98	SA/B
4	Sanita Ozoliņa Liene Lutere	Latvia	7:36.18	R
5	Erika Bello Marianna Barelli	Italy	7:47.07	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marina Hatzakis Bronwyn Roye	Australia	7:20.10	SA/B
2	Jana Thieme Manuela Lutze	Germany	7:21.13	SA/B
3	Daniela Oronova Galina Kamenova	Bulgaria	7:36.48	SA/B
4	Dolores Amaya María Garisoain	Argentina	7:57.05	R
5	Min Byeong-sun Park Yeong-ja	South Korea	8:34.55	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Irene Eijs Eeke van Nes	Netherlands	7:23.12	SA/B
2	Philippa Baker Brenda Lawson	New Zealand	7:26.83	SA/B
3	Tetiana Ustiuzhanina Olena Reutova	Ukraine	7:27.12	SA/B
4	Kristine Bjerknes Kristine Klaveness	Norway	7:30.32	R

Repechage

First three qualify to the semifinals, the remainder are eliminated.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristine Bjerknes Kristine Klaveness	Norway	7:43.75	SA/B
2	Sanita Ozoliņa Liene Lutere	Latvia	7:48.02	SA/B
3	Erika Bello Marianna Barelli	Italy	7:52.07	SA/B
4	Dolores Amaya María Garisoain	Argentina	8:09.24	E
5	Min Byeong-sun Park Yeong-ja	South Korea	8:44.34	E

Semi-finals

• A denotes qualification to Final A.
• B denotes qualification to Final B.

Semi-final 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	Canada	7:11.21	A
2	Philippa Baker Brenda Lawson	New Zealand	7:15.57	A
3	Marina Hatzakis Bronwyn Roye	Australia	7:15.58	A
4	Daniela Oronova Galina Kamenova	Bulgaria	7:18.33	B
5	Michelle Knox-Zaloom Jennifer Devine	United States	7:21.97	B
6	Erika Bello Marianna Barelli	Italy	7:38.85	B

Semi-final 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zhang Xiuyun Cao Mianying	China	7:15.47	A
2	Irene Eijs Eeke van Nes	Netherlands	7:16.39	A
3	Jana Thieme Manuela Lutze	Germany	7:19.62	A
4	Kristine Bjerknes Kristine Klaveness	Norway	7:26.24	B
5	Tetiana Ustiuzhanina Olena Reutova	Ukraine	7:28.53	B
6	Sanita Ozoliņa Liene Lutere	Latvia	7:32.00	B

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristine Bjerknes Kristine Klaveness	Norway	6:53.31
2	Tetiana Ustiuzhanina Olena Reutova	Ukraine	6:53.96
3	Michelle Knox-Zaloom Jennifer Devine	United States	6:58.78
4	Daniela Oronova Galina Kamenova	Bulgaria	7:00.14
5	Sanita Ozoliņa Liene Lutere	Latvia	7:06.47
6	Erika Bello Marianna Barelli	Italy	7:16.54

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
	Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	Canada	6:56.84
	Zhang Xiuyun Cao Mianying	China	6:58.35
	Irene Eijs Eeke van Nes	Netherlands	6:58.74
4	Marina Hatzakis Bronwyn Roye	Australia	7:01.26
5	Jana Thieme Manuela Lutze	Germany	7:04.14
6	Philippa Baker Brenda Lawson	New Zealand	7:09.92	B