Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

The women's single sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.[1][2]

Women's single sculls
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueEton Dorney
Date28 July – 4 August
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Winning time7:54.37
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Miroslava Knapková  Czech Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fie Udby Erichsen  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Crow  Australia
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Schedule edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:30 Heats
Sunday, 29 July 2012 10:20 Repechages
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 11:40 Quarterfinals
Thursday, 2 August 2012 09:30 Semifinals C/D
Thursday, 2 August 2012 11:10 Semifinals
Saturday, 4 August 2012 09:30 Final E
Saturday, 4 August 2012 09:50 Final D
Saturday, 4 August 2012 10:20 Final C
Saturday, 4 August 2012 11:00 Final B
Saturday, 4 August 2012 12:30 Final

Results edit

Heats edit

First four of each heat qualify to the quarterfinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Emma Twigg   New Zealand 7:40.24 Q
2 Donata Vištartaitė   Lithuania 7:43.07 Q
3 Sanita Pušpure   Ireland 7:49.35 Q
4 Kissya da Costa   Brazil 8:07.75 Q
5 Lucia Palermo   Argentina 8:07.89 R
6 Soulmaz Abbasi   Iran 8:17.46 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Kim Crow   Australia 7:41.18 Q
2 Nataliya Mustafayeva   Azerbaijan 7:46.01 Q
3 Micheen Thornycroft   Zimbabwe 7:47.10 Q
4 Yariulvis Cobas   Cuba 7:48.58 Q
5 Camila Vargas Palomo   El Salvador 8:01.60 R
6 Kim Ye-ji   South Korea 8:04.68 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Miroslava Knapková   Czech Republic 7:24.17 Q
2 Fie Udby Erichsen   Denmark 7:29.37 Q
3 Marie-Louise Dräger   Germany 7:44.23 Q
4 Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg   Thailand 7:52.62 Q
5 Svetlana Germanovich   Kazakhstan 8:01.94 R
6 Racha Soula   Tunisia 8:19.31 R

Heat 4 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Zhang Xiuyun   China 7:21.49 Q
2 Frida Svensson   Sweden 7:32.61 Q
3 Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez   Paraguay 7:52.07 Q
4 Haruna Sakakibara   Japan 7:52.98 Q
5 Shwe Zin Latt   Myanmar 8:10.15 R

Heat 5 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Ekaterina Karsten   Belarus 7:30.31 Q
2 Yuliya Levina   Russia 7:32.06 Q
3 Genevra Stone   United States 7:33.68 Q
4 Debora Oakley Gonzalez   Mexico 8:00.17 Q
5 Amina Rouba   Algeria 8:15.94 R

Repechage edit

First two qualify to the quarterfinals.

Repechage 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Kim Ye-ji   South Korea 7:50.64 Q
2 Lucia Palermo   Argentina 7:52.49 Q
3 Svetlana Germanovich   Kazakhstan 7:53.63
4 Amina Rouba   Algeria 8:12.83

Repechage 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Camila Vargas Palomo   El Salvador 7:53.38 Q
2 Soulmaz Abbasi   Iran 8:05.99 Q
3 Shwe Zin Latt   Myanmar 8:09.59
4 Racha Soula   Tunisia 8:10.76

Quarterfinals edit

First three qualify to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Kim Crow   Australia 7:34.29 Q
2 Emma Twigg   New Zealand 7:39.07 Q
3 Marie-Louise Dräger   Germany 7:52.17 Q
4 Debora Oakley Gonzalez   Mexico 8:10.97
5 Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez   Paraguay 8:14.36
6 Soulmaz Abbasi   Iran 8:27.28

Quarterfinal 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Miroslava Knapková   Czech Republic 7:35.35 Q
2 Genevra Stone   United States 7:39.67 Q
3 Frida Svensson   Sweden 7:40.64 Q
4 Sanita Pušpure   Ireland 7:44.19
5 Yariulvis Cobas   Cuba 7:56.89
6 Camila Vargas Palomo   El Salvador 8:07.67

Quarterfinal 3 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Zhang Xiuyun   China 7:39.58 Q
2 Yuliya Levina   Russia 7:41.28 Q
3 Donata Vištartaitė   Lithuania 7:45.68 Q
4 Micheen Thornycroft   Zimbabwe 7:56.66
5 Lucia Palermo   Argentina 8:06.47
6 Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg   Thailand 8:16.50

Quarterfinal 4 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Fie Udby Erichsen   Denmark 7:38.93 Q
2 Ekaterina Karsten   Belarus 7:42.00 Q
3 Nataliya Mustafayeva   Azerbaijan 8:00.26 Q
4 Kim Ye-ji   South Korea 8:00.26
5 Haruna Sakakibara   Japan 8:12.26
6 Kissya da Costa   Brazil 8:12.85

Semifinals edit

Semifinals C/D edit

First three qualify to Final C, remainder to Final D.

Semifinal 1 edit
Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Sanita Pušpure   Ireland 7:51.69 Q
2 Kissya da Costa   Brazil 8:01.64 Q
3 Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg   Thailand 8:03.91 Q
4 Lucia Palermo   Argentina 8:09.85
5 Debora Oakley Gonzalez   Mexico 8:14.03
6 Soulmaz Abbasi   Iran 8:30.74
Semifinal 2 edit
Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Micheen Thornycroft   Zimbabwe 7:51.02 Q
2 Yariulvis Cobas   Cuba 7:54.22 Q
3 Camila Vargas Palomo   El Salvador 7:57.22 Q
4 Kim Ye-ji   South Korea 7:59.78
5 Haruna Sakakibara   Japan 8:05.65
6 Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez   Paraguay 8:10.15

Semifinals A/B edit

First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1 edit
Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Miroslava Knapková   Czech Republic 7:42.57 Q
2 Kim Crow   Australia 7:44.69 Q
3 Ekaterina Karsten   Belarus 7:44.94 Q
4 Yuliya Levina   Russia 7:48.95
5 Donata Vištartaitė   Lithuania 7:56.05
6 Marie-Louise Dräger   Germany 8:01.05
Semifinal 2 edit
Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Fie Udby Erichsen   Denmark 7:44.33 Q
2 Zhang Xiuyun   China 7:45.58 Q
3 Emma Twigg   New Zealand 7:46.71 Q
4 Genevra Stone   United States 7:52.98
5 Frida Svensson   Sweden 7:54.52
6 Nataliya Mustafayeva   Azerbaijan 8:06.83

Finals edit

Final E edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Svetlana Germanovich   Kazakhstan 8:37.08
2 Amina Rouba   Algeria 8:42.23
3 Racha Soula   Tunisia 8:49.47
4 Shwe Zin Latt   Myanmar 8:56.06

Final D edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Kim Ye-ji   South Korea 8:32.57
2 Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez   Paraguay 8:34.51
3 Lucia Palermo   Argentina 8:40.38
4 Debora Oakley Gonzalez   Mexico 8:40.70
5 Haruna Sakakibara   Japan 8:42.90
6 Soulmaz Abbasi   Iran 8:57.98

Final C edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Sanita Pušpure   Ireland 7:59.77
2 Micheen Thornycroft   Zimbabwe 8:07.52
3 Yariulvis Cobas   Cuba 8:14.59
4 Camila Vargas Palomo   El Salvador 8:19.75
5 Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg   Thailand 8:34.11
Kissya da Costa   Brazil DNS

Final B edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Genevra Stone   United States 7:45.24
2 Donata Vištartaitė   Lithuania 7:47.94
3 Yuliya Levina   Russia 7:49.22
4 Frida Svensson   Sweden 7:56.42
5 Marie-Louise Dräger   Germany 8:11.71
6 Nataliya Mustafayeva   Azerbaijan 8:23.64

Final A edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
  Miroslava Knapková   Czech Republic 7:54.37
  Fie Udby Erichsen   Denmark 7:57.72
  Kim Crow   Australia 7:58.04
4 Emma Twigg   New Zealand 8:01.76
5 Ekaterina Karsten   Belarus 8:02.86
6 Zhang Xiuyun   China 8:03.10

References edit

  1. ^ "Rowing". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Rowing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.