Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's single sculls

The women's single sculls rowing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held from 9 to 11 September at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[1] The event was competed by Category A rowers, propelling boats by use of arms only.

Women's single sculls
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Rowing
VenueShunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Dates9–11 September
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helene Raynsford  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liudmila Vauchok  Belarus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Laura Schwanger  United States
2012

Winners of two heats qualified for the A Final. The remainder rowed in two repechage heats, with the first two in each qualifying for the A Final, the remainder rowing in the B Final.

The event was won by Helene Raynsford, representing  Great Britain. [2]

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

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Rowed 9 September at 15:00.

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Helene Raynsford   Great Britain 5:38.44
2 Liudmila Vauchok   Belarus 5:45.51
3 Martyna Snopek   Poland 6:05.13
4 Pascale Bercovitch   Israel 6:12.32
5 Lee Jong Rye   South Korea 6:24.04
6 Cho Ping   Hong Kong 6:38.46

Heat 2

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Rowed 9 September at 15:20.

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Laura Schwanger   United States 6:01.78
2 Zhang Jinhong   China 6:11.02
3 Svitlana Kupriianova   Ukraine 6:13.49
4 Cláudia Santos   Brazil 6:14.76
5 Agnese Moro   Italy 6:26.38
6 Filomena Franco   Portugal 7:31.90

Repechage

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Heat 1

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Rowed 10 September at 15:00.

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Liudmila Vauchok   Belarus 6:22.26
2 Svitlana Kupriianova   Ukraine 6:28.44
3 Agnese Moro   Italy 7:01.36
4 Pascale Bercovitch   Israel 7:06.20
5 Cho Ping   Hong Kong 7:34.64

Heat 2

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Rowed 10 September at 15:20.

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Zhang Jinhong   China 6:43.78
2 Cláudia Santos   Brazil 6:57.12
3 Martyna Snopek   Poland 7:00.71
4 Lee Jong Rye   South Korea 7:15.70
5 Filomena Franco   Portugal 8:29.90

Final Round

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Final B

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Rowed 11 September at 15:00.

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Agnese Moro   Italy 7:01.24
2 Pascale Bercovitch   Israel 7:02.43
3 Lee Jong Rye   South Korea 7:11.48
4 Cho Ping   Hong Kong 7:41.06
5 Filomena Franco   Portugal 8:04.89
Martyna Snopek   Poland DNS

Final A

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Rowed 11 September at 16:20.

Rank Rower Country Time
  Helene Raynsford   Great Britain 6:12.93
  Liudmila Vauchok   Belarus 6:25.44
  Laura Schwanger   United States 6:35.07
4 Svitlana Kupriianova   Ukraine 6:40.04
5 Zhang Jinhong   China 6:40.81
6 Cláudia Santos   Brazil 6:54.76

References

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  1. ^ "Schedules and Results - Rowing". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Women's single sculls". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2012.