# 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.

## 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 |
| 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 |