# Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

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

## Competition format

The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 10 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The first-place boat in each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 8 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured two heats, with 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat (4 boats total) advanced to the "A" final, while the remaining 4 boats (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) were sent to the "B" final.
The boats in the "A" final competed for medals and 4th through 6th place; the boats in the "B" final competed for 7th through 10th.
All races were over a 2000-metre course.

## Results
### Heats
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Laryssa BiesenthalDiane O'GradyKathleen HeddleMarnie McBean | Canada | 6:39.32 | QA |
| 2 | Irene EijsMeike van DrielNelleke PenninxEeke van Nes | Netherlands | 6:43.76 | R |
| 3 | Cao MianyingZhang XiuyunLiu XirongGu Xiaoli | China | 6:46.00 | R |
| 4 | Sally NewmarchJane RobinsonMarina HatzakisBronwyn Roye | Australia | 6:48.58 | R |
| 5 | Angela AlupeiViorica SusanuIulia BulieDoina Robu | Romania | 6:50.93 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katrin Rutschow-StomporowskiJana Sorgers-RauKerstin KöppenKathrin Boron | Germany | 6:36.00 | QA |
| 2 | Irina FedotovaOksana DorodnovaLarisa MerkMargarita Bogdanova | Russia | 6:37.59 | R |
| 3 | Inger Pors OlsenUlla Werner HansenSarah LauritzenDorthe Pedersen | Denmark | 6:38.25 | R |
| 4 | Svitlana MaziyDina MiftakhutdynovaInna FrolovaOlena Ronzhyna | Ukraine | 6:46.17 | R |
| 5 | Dré ThiesCécile TuckerCathy SymonJulia Chilicki | United States | 6:54.73 | R |

### Repechage
#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Inger Pors OlsenUlla Werner HansenSarah LauritzenDorthe Pedersen | Denmark | 6:15.45 | QA |
| 2 | Irene EijsMeike van DrielNelleke PenninxEeke van Nes | Netherlands | 6:15.92 | QA |
| 3 | Sally NewmarchJane RobinsonMarina HatzakisBronwyn Roye | Australia | 6:16.85 | QB |
| 4 | Dré ThiesCécile TuckerCathy SymonJulia Chilicki | United States | 6:25.54 | QB |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Svitlana MaziyDina MiftakhutdynovaInna FrolovaOlena Ronzhyna | Ukraine | 6:19.11 | QA |
| 2 | Cao MianyingZhang XiuyunLiu XirongGu Xiaoli | China | 6:21.23 | QA |
| 3 | Angela AlupeiViorica SusanuIulia BulieDoina Robu | Romania | 6:26.27 | QB |
| – | Irina FedotovaOksana DorodnovaLarisa MerkMargarita Bogdanova | Russia | DNS | QB |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Irina FedotovaOksana DorodnovaLarisa MerkMargarita Bogdanova | Russia | 6:24.10 |
| 8 | Dré ThiesCécile TuckerCathy SymonJulia Chilicki | United States | 6:24.49 |
| 9 | Sally NewmarchJane RobinsonMarina HatzakisBronwyn Roye | Australia | 6:25.73 |
| 10 | Angela AlupeiViorica SusanuIulia BulieDoina Robu | Romania | 6:31.35 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| | Katrin Rutschow-StomporowskiJana Sorgers-RauKerstin KöppenKathrin Boron | Germany | 6:27.44 |
| | Svitlana MaziyDina MiftakhutdynovaInna FrolovaOlena Ronzhyna | Ukraine | 6:30.36 |
| | Laryssa BiesenthalDiane O'GradyKathleen HeddleMarnie McBean | Canada | 6:30.38 |
| 4 | Inger Pors OlsenUlla Werner HansenSarah LauritzenDorthe Pedersen | Denmark | 6:30.92 |
| 5 | Cao MianyingZhang XiuyunLiu XirongGu Xiaoli | China | 6:31.10 |
| 6 | Irene EijsMeike van DrielNelleke PenninxEeke van Nes | Netherlands | 6:35.54 |