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.[1]

Women's double sculls
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date21–27 July
Competitors28 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhang Xiuyun
Cao Mianying
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Irene Eijs
Eeke van Nes
 Netherlands
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Results

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Heats

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  • SA/B denotes qualification to Semifinal A/B.
  • R denotes qualification to Repechage.

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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First three qualify to the semifinals, the remainder are eliminated.

Repechage 1

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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

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  • A denotes qualification to Final A.
  • B denotes qualification to Final B.

Semi-final 1

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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

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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

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Final B

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2018.