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

• 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

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

• 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