| Event: | Women's double sculls |
| Games: | 1988 Summer |
| Date: | 19–24 September |
| Competitors: | 21 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Gold: | Birgit Peter Martina Schröter |
| Goldnoc: | GDR |
| Silver: | Elisabeta Lipă Veronica Cogeanu |
| Silvernoc: | ROU |
| Bronze: | Violeta Ninova Stefka Madina |
| Bronzenoc: | BUL |
| Prev: | 1984 |
| Next: | 1992 |
The women's double sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.[1]
The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) 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 (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final (for 1st through 6th place). The remaining 8 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured two heats, with 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat (4 boats total) advanced to the "A" final. The remaining 4 boats (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) were eliminated from medal contention and competed in the "B" final for 7th through 10th place.[2]
All races were over a 2000 metre course, unlike previous Games in which women used a 1000 metre course.
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Geneș, Liliana" | 7:30.09 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Omelianovych, Mariya" | 7:35.82 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Brandin, Maria" | 7:38.14 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Havelka, Monica" | 7:38.62 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Laumann, Silken" | 7:46.89 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Peter, Birgit" | 7:25.95 | |||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Madina, Stefka" | 7:32.82 | |||
| 3 | 7:39.20 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Andreae, Sally" | 8:01.34 | |||
| 5 | 8:16.55 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Omelianovych, Mariya" | 7:30.00 | ||||
| 2 | 7:32.39 | |||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Laumann, Silken" | 7:36.80 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Andreae, Sally" | 7:59.75 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Madina, Stefka" | 7:24.96 | |||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Havelka, Monica" | 7:29.52 | |||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Brandin, Maria" | 7:30.23 | |||
| 4 | 8:13.57 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | align=left data-sort-value="Laumann, Silken" | 8:03.56 | ||
| 8 | align=left data-sort-value="Brandin, Maria" | 8:09.35 | ||
| 9 | align=left data-sort-value="Andreae, Sally" | 8:15.70 | ||
| 10 | 8:58.45 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left data-sort-value="Peter, Birgit" | 7:00.48 | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Cochela, Veronica" | 7:04.36 | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Madina, Stefka" | 7:06.03 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Omelianovych, Mariya" | 7:12.67 | |||
| 5 | 7:18.69 | ||||
| 6 | align=left data-sort-value="Havelka, Monica" | 7:21.28 |