Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair
# Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

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

## Results

### Heats

The first 3 places of each heat advanced to semifinals, the remaining go to the repechage.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Megan Still Kate Slatter | Australia | 7:26.92 | Q |
| 2 | Kathrin Haacker Stefani Werremeier | Germany | 7:28.65 | Q |
| 3 | Elien Meijer Anneke Venema | Netherlands | 7:43.58 | Q |
| 4 | Helen Fleming Colleen Orsmond | South Africa | 7:48.69 | R |
| 5 | Lorena Corengia Julieta Ramírez | Argentina | 8:12.58 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Christine Gossé Hélène Cortin | France | 7:31.91 | Q |
| 2 | Albina Ligatcheva Vera Pochitayeva | Russia | 7:42.76 | Q |
| 3 | Liliana Cazac Angela Cazac | Romania | 7:49.94 | Q |
| 4 | Kate Mackenzie Philippa Cross | Great Britain | 8:03.53 | R |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Karen Kraft Melissa Schwen | United States | 7:34.29 | Q |
| 2 | Emma Robinson Anna van der Kamp | Canada | 7:39.98 | Q |
| 3 | Liang Xiling Jing Yanhua | China | 7:46.80 | Q |
| 4 | Sabina Telenská Hana Dariusová | Czech Republic | 7:54.72 | R |

### Repechage

The first three places of the repechage advanced to the semifinals, and the remaining team was eliminated.

**Repechage**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sabina Telenská Hana Dariusová | Czech Republic | 8:01.50 | Q |
| 2 | Helen Fleming Colleen Orsmond | South Africa | 8:11.90 | Q |
| 3 | Kate Mackenzie Philippa Cross | Great Britain | 7:43.58 | Q |
| 4 | Lorena Corengia Julieta Ramírez | Argentina | 8:35.53 | |

### Semifinals

The first three places of the semifinal advanced to the Final A, and the remaining to Final B.

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Karen Kraft Melissa Schwen | United States | 7:29.31 | A |
| 2 | Megan Still Kate Slatter | Australia | 7:32.47 | A |
| 3 | Albina Ligatcheva Vera Pochitayeva | Russia | 7:36.37 | A |
| 4 | Liang Xiling Jing Yanhua | China | 7:36.40 | B |
| 5 | Elien Meijer Anneke Venema | Netherlands | 7:48.40 | B |
| 6 | Helen Fleming Colleen Orsmond | South Africa | 7:56.41 | B |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Christine Gossé Hélène Cortin | France | 7:30.21 | A |
| 2 | Emma Robinson Anna van der Kamp | Canada | 7:32.02 | A |
| 3 | Kathrin Haacker Stefani Werremeier | Germany | 7:34.80 | A |
| 4 | Liliana Cazac Angela Cazac | Romania | 7:44.47 | B |
| 5 | Sabina Telenská Hana Dariusová | Czech Republic | 7:48.40 | B |
| 6 | Kate Mackenzie Philippa Cross | Great Britain | 7:59.57 | B |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Liang Xiling Jing Yanhua | China | 7:15.41 |
| 7 | Elien Meijer Anneke Venema | Netherlands | 7:17.26 |
| 8 | Sabina Telenská Hana Dariusová | Czech Republic | 7:20.24 |
| 9 | Liliana Cazac Angela Cazac | Romania | 7:20.60 |
| 10 | Helen Fleming Colleen Orsmond | South Africa | 7:28.30 |
| 11 | Kate Mackenzie Philippa Cross | Great Britain | 7:34.68 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Megan Still Kate Slatter | Australia | 7:01.39 |
| 2 | Karen Kraft Melissa Schwen | United States | 7:01.78 |
| 3 | Christine Gossé Hélène Cortin | France | 7:03.82 |
| 4 | Kathrin Haacker Stefani Werremeier | Germany | 7:08.49 |
| 5 | Emma Robinson Anna van der Kamp | Canada | 7:12.27 |
| 6 | Albina Ligatcheva Vera Pochitayeva | Russia | DQ |
