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

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

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Teresa Bell Lindsay Burns | United States | 7:28.28 | S |
| 2 | Lisa Bertini Martina Orzan | Italy | 7:31.58 | R |
| 3 | Laurien Vermulst Ellen Meliesie | Netherlands | 7:32.30 | R |
| 4 | Li Fei Ou Shaoyan | China | 7:36.71 | R |
| 5 | Myriam Lamolle Catherine Muller | France | 7:36.75 | R |
| 6 | Angeliki Gremou Chrysi Biskitzi | Greece | 8:01.60 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Virginia Lee Rebecca Joyce | Australia | 7:33.16 | S |
| 2 | Michelle Darvill Ruth Kaps | Germany | 7:45.52 | R |
| 3 | Monika Knejp Kristina Knejp | Sweden | 7:48.15 | R |
| 4 | Anna Accensi Esperanza Márquez Nuria Domínguez | Spain | 7:51.05 | R |
| 5 | Ayako Yoshida Noriko Shibuta | Japan | 7:55.99 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Constanța Burcică Camelia Macoviciuc | Romania | 7:33.61 | S |
| 2 | Berit Christoffersen Lene Andersson | Denmark | 7:36.47 | R |
| 3 | Colleen Miller Wendy Wiebe | Canada | 7:41.20 | R |
| 4 | Karola Schustereder Monika Felizeter | Austria | 7:45.45 | R |
| 5 | Ana Sofía Soberanes Andrea Boltz | Mexico | 8:00.92 | R |

### Repechage

The first three places advanced to the semifinals, remainder go to the Final C.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Laurien Vermulst Ellen Meliesie | Netherlands | 7:00.17 | S |
| 2 | Michelle Darvill Ruth Kaps | Germany | 7:05.29 | S |
| 3 | Karola Schustereder Monika Felizeter | Austria | 7:07.34 | S |
| 4 | Ayako Yoshida Noriko Shibuta | Japan | 7:15.61 | FC |
| 5 | Angeliki Gremou Chrysi Biskitzi | Greece | 7:21.39 | FC |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lisa Bertini Martina Orzan | Italy | 6:59.06 | S |
| 2 | Colleen Miller Wendy Wiebe | Canada | 7:02.54 | S |
| 3 | Myriam Lamolle Catherine Muller | France | 7:03.27 | S |
| 4 | Anna Accensi Esperanza Márquez Nuria Domínguez | Spain | 7:12.96 | FC |

#### Repechage 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Berit Christoffersen Lene Andersson | Denmark | 7:03.80 | S |
| 2 | Monika Knejp Kristina Knejp | Sweden | 7:03.68 | S |
| 3 | Li Fei Ou Shaoyan | China | 7:10.96 | S |
| 4 | Ana Sofía Soberanes Andrea Boltz | Mexico | 7:18.31 | FC |

### Semifinals

The first three places advanced to the Final A, remainder go to the Final B.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Teresa Bell Lindsay Burns | United States | 7:09.47 | FA |
| 2 | Constanța Burcică Camelia Macoviciuc | Romania | 7:11.13 | FA |
| 3 | Lisa Bertini Martina Orzan | Italy | 7:15.29 | FA |
| 4 | Michelle Darvill Ruth Kaps | Germany | 7:19.69 | FB |
| 5 | Myriam Lamolle Catherine Muller | France | 7:20.11 | FB |
| 6 | Monika Knejp Kristina Knejp | Sweden | 7:27.01 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Virginia Lee Rebecca Joyce | Australia | 7:17.67 | FA |
| 2 | Laurien Vermulst Ellen Meliesie | Netherlands | 7:19.20 | FA |
| 3 | Berit Christoffersen Lene Andersson | Denmark | 7:19.79 | FA |
| 4 | Li Fei Ou Shaoyan | China | 7:23.46 | FB |
| 5 | Colleen Miller Wendy Wiebe | Canada | 7:27.19 | FB |
| 6 | Karola Schustereder Monika Felizeter | Austria | 7:32.07 | FB |

### Finals
#### Final C

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 13 | Ayako Yoshida Noriko Shibuta | Japan | 7:44.81 |
| 14 | Ana Sofía Soberanes Andrea Boltz | Mexico | 7:46.57 |
| 15 | Angeliki Gremou Chrysi Biskitzi | Greece | 7:51.80 |
| 16 | Anna Accensi Esperanza Márquez Nuria Domínguez | Spain | 7:55.84 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 7 | Colleen Miller Wendy Wiebe | Canada | 7:03.87 |
| 8 | Michelle Darvill Ruth Kaps | Germany | 7:04.31 |
| 9 | Li Fei Ou Shaoyan | China | 7:07.81 |
| 10 | Myriam Lamolle Catherine Muller | France | 7:09.95 |
| 11 | Karola Schustereder Monika Felizeter | Austria | 7:11.22 |
| 12 | Monika Knejp Kristina Knejp | Sweden | 7:12.03 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Constanța Burcică Camelia Macoviciuc | Romania | 7:12.78 |
| | Teresa Bell Lindsay Burns | United States | 7:14.65 |
| | Virginia Lee Rebecca Joyce | Australia | 7:16.56 |
| 4 | Lisa Bertini Martina Orzan | Italy | 7:16.83 |
| 5 | Berit Christoffersen Lene Andersson | Denmark | 7:18.20 |
| 6 | Laurien Vermulst Ellen Meliesie | Netherlands | 7:21.92 |