Hot rolled plate samples of duplex steel DIN W Nr. 1.4462 were examined in the following states: a) "as received", b) solution annealed at 1050 degreesC, c) cold deformed by rolling, with (thickness) reductions of 20 and 50%, with directions parallel and perpendicular to the original rolling direction and d) recrystallized. The orientation distribution functions (ODFs) of the two phases (ferrite and austenite) in all the samples were determined by X-ray diffraction. The ODFs were obtained from 4 incomplete pole figures. The orientation relations between the phases were also considered.