Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls
The women's double sculls competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada. It was the first time the event was contested for women.
Competition format
The competition consisted of two main rounds as well as a repechage. The 10 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 8 boats were placed in the repechage. Two heats were held in the repechage, with 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each heat of the repechage went to the "A" final as well. The remaining 4 boats competed in the "B" final for 7th through 10th place.All races were over a 1000 metre course.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3:21.75 | |||
| 2 | 3:22.35 | |||
| 3 | 3:29.54 | |||
| 4 | 3:31.88 | |||
| 5 | 3:33.15 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3:25.05 | |||
| 2 | 3:31.17 | |||
| 3 | 3:31.38 | |||
| 4 | 3:33.98 | |||
| 5 | 3:40.09 |
Repechage
Repechage heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3:34.99 | |||
| 2 | 3:42.73 | |||
| 3 | 3:43.00 | |||
| 4 | 3:52.93 |
Repechage heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3:44.02 | |||
| 2 | 3:45.19 | |||
| 3 | 3:47.80 | |||
| 4 | 3:49.39 |
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 7 | 4:03.37 | ||
| 8 | 4:03.66 | ||
| 9 | 4:05.16 | ||
| 10 | 4:11.38 |
Final A
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 3:44.36 | |||
| 3:47.86 | |||
| 3:49.93 | |||
| 4 | 3:52.18 | ||
| 5 | 3:58.25 | ||
| 6 | 4:06.23 |
Final classification
| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova | ||
| Sabine Jahn Petra Boesler | ||
| Eleonora Kaminskaitė Genovaitė Ramoškienė | ||
| 4 | Solfrid Johansen Ingun Brechan | |
| 5 | Jan Palchikoff Diane Braceland | |
| 6 | Cheryl Howard Bev Cameron | |
| 7 | Andrea Vissers Helie Klaasse | |
| 8 | Miluše Neffeová Zuzana Prokešová | |
| 9 | Josiane Rabiller Françoise Wittington | |
| 10 | Renate Sigl Maria Leibetseder |