The women's double sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 13 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 4 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. The slowest boat (4th place) in the repechage finished in 13th place.

The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.Official Report, vol. 5, p. 332.

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 7:16.74 2 7:19.53 3 7:23.59 4 7:26.73 5 7:47.64

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 7:16.41 2 7:20.49 3 7:24.14 4 7:31.85

Heat 3

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 7:27.62 2 7:34.73 3 7:41.32 4 7:47.05

Repechage

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 7:20.97 2 7:22.29 3 7:29.27 4 7:43.84

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 7:01.32 2 7:03.92 3 7:04.78 4 7:07.00 5 7:14.90 6 7:42.37

Semifinal 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:58.09 2 7:01.07 3 7:03.89 4 7:04.02 5 7:07.35 6 7:13.04

Finals

Final B

Rank Rowers Nation Time 7 7:04.19 8 7:05.91 9 7:06.98 10 7:10.62 11 7:12.24 12 7:19.10

Final A

Rank Rowers Nation Time 6:49.00 6:51.47 6:55.16 4 6:56.81 5 7:06.62 6 7:09.45

Final classification

The following rowers took part: RankRowersCountry Kerstin KöppenKathrin Boron Veronica CochelaElisabeta Lipă Gu XiaoliLu Huali Philippa BakerBrenda Lawson Annabel EyresAlison Gill Sariya ZakyrovaInna Frolova Daniela OronovaGalina Kamenova Jennifer LuffGillian Campbell Renée GovaertAnn Haesebrouck Rita de JongMarie-José de Groot Cindy RyderMary Mazzio Martha GarcíaLourdes Montoya Edit PunkAnikó Kapócs

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