Following are results of Olympic rowing women's double sculls heats on Saturday (winner to final, rest to repechage).

Heat 1

1. Georgina/Caroline Evers-Swindell, New Zealand, 7 minutes 03.92 seconds

2. Annekatrin Thiele/Christiane Huth, Germany, 7:09.06

3. Megan Kalmoe/Ellen Tomek, USA, 7:11.17

4. Ionelia Neassu/Gabriela Roxana, Romania, 7:12.17

5. Kateryna Tarasenko/Yana Dementyeva, Ukraine, 7:25.03

Heat 2

1. Li Qin/Tian Liang, China, 7:03.13

2. Jitka Antosova/Gabriela Varekova, Czech Republic, 7:04.23

3. Elise Laverick/Anna Bebington, Britain, 7:08.65

4. Catriona Sens/Sonia Mills, Australia, 7:13.25

5. Laura Schiavone/Elisabetta Sancassani, Italy, 7:30.25

(Xinhua News Agency August 9, 2008)