Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

Women's single sculls
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date28 July – 2 August
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elisabeta Lipă  Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annelies Bredael  Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silken Laumann  Canada
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The women's single sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.[1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 15 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the main semifinals. The remaining three boats (4th through 6th in the repechage) were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 15th places.

The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Anne Marden  United States 7:40.12 Q
2 Silken Laumann  Canada 7:46.16 Q
3 Tonia Svaier  Greece 7:51.35 Q
4 Patricia Reid  Great Britain 8:00.64 R
5 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova  Bulgaria 8:08.43 R

Heat 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Annelies Bredael  Belgium 7:50.02 Q
2 Corinne Le Moal  France 7:50.96 Q
3 Beate Schramm  Germany 8:00.81 Q
4 Kristina Poplavskaja  Lithuania 8:06.31 R
5 Ho Kim Fai  Hong Kong 8:13.19 R

Heat 3

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Elisabeta Lipă  Romania 7:42.94 Q
2 Maria Brandin  Sweden 7:47.01 Q
3 Irene Eijs  Netherlands 7:52.13 Q
4 Andrea Coss  Australia 7:58.51 R
5 Katalin Sarlós  Hungary 8:00.45 R

Repechage

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova  Bulgaria 7:58.70 Q
2 Patricia Reid  Great Britain 7:59.53 Q
3 Kristina Poplavskaja  Lithuania 8:01.31 Q
4 Katalin Sarlós  Hungary 8:05.17 QC
5 Ho Kim Fai  Hong Kong 8:14.63 QC
Andrea Coss  Australia DNF QC

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Elisabeta Lipă  Romania 7:31.71 QA
2 Anne Marden  United States 7:35.72 QA
3 Corinne Le Moal  France 7:39.78 QA
4 Irene Eijs  Netherlands 7:40.44 QB
5 Tonia Svaier  Greece 7:42.77 QB
6 Patricia Reid  Great Britain 7:44.36 QB

Semifinal 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Silken Laumann  Canada 7:30.48 QA
2 Annelies Bredael  Belgium 7:33.97 QA
3 Maria Brandin  Sweden 7:36.88 QA
4 Beate Schramm  Germany 7:53.22 QB
5 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova  Bulgaria 8:01.15 QB
6 Kristina Poplavskaja  Lithuania 8:05.15 QB

Finals

Final C

Rank Rower Nation Time
13 Katalin Sarlós  Hungary 8:11.55
14 Andrea Coss  Australia 8:13.46
15 Ho Kim Fai  Hong Kong 8:32.86

Final B

Rank Rower Nation Time
7 Tonia Svaier  Greece 8:06.65
8 Irene Eijs  Netherlands 8:09.62
9 Patricia Reid  Great Britain 8:13.05
10 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova  Bulgaria 8:16.22
11 Kristina Poplavskaja  Lithuania 8:27.84
12 Beate Schramm  Germany DNS

Final A

Rank Rower Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elisabeta Lipă  Romania 7:25.54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annelies Bredael  Belgium 7:26.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silken Laumann  Canada 7:28.85
4 Anne Marden  United States 7:29.84
5 Maria Brandin  Sweden 7:37.55
6 Corinne Le Moal  France 7:41.85

Final classification

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elisabeta Lipă  Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annelies Bredael  Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silken Laumann  Canada
Anne Marden  United States
Maria Brandin  Sweden
Corinne Le Moal  France
Tonia Svaier  Greece
Irene Eijs  Netherlands
Patricia Reid  Great Britain
Violeta Ninova-Yordanova  Bulgaria
Kristina Poplavskaja  Lithuania
Beate Schramm  Germany
Katalin Sarlós  Hungary
Andrea Coss  Australia
Ho Kim Fai  Hong Kong

References

  1. ^ a b "Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, p. 331.