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

Women's lightweight double sculls at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date	22–28 July
Competitors	33 from 16 nations
Medalists
Constanța Burcică Camelia Macoviciuc  Romania Teresa Bell Lindsay Burns  United States Virginia Lee Rebecca Joyce  Australia

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	Notes
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	Notes
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	Notes
	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