2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls

Women's lightweight single sculls
at the 2017 World Rowing Championships
VenueNathan Benderson Park
LocationSarasota, United States
Dates24–29 September
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Winning time7:38.78
Medalists
gold medal Kirsten McCann   South Africa
silver medal Marieke Keijser   Netherlands
bronze medal Mary Jones   United States
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PR3 coxed fourmixed

The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
Sunday 24 September 2017 10:51 Heats
Tuesday 26 September 2017 12:03 Repechage
Thursday 28 September 2017 10:31 Semifinals A/B
13:36 Final C
Friday 29 September 2017 09:10 Final B
12:30 Final A

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Results

Heats

The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.[2]

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Marieke Keijser  Netherlands 7:45.39 SA/B
2 Emma Fredh  Sweden 7:46.22 SA/B
3 Licet Hernández  Cuba 7:58.09 SA/B
4 Lee Ka Man  Hong Kong 8:02.47 R
5 Choi Yu-ri  South Korea 8:12.11 R

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Patricia Merz  Switzerland 7:41.63 SA/B
2 Mary Jones  United States 7:42.49 SA/B
3 Martyna Mikołajczak  Poland 7:47.74 SA/B
4 Kenia Lechuga  Mexico 8:11.87 R
5 Gabriela Mosqueira  Paraguay 8:29.40 R

Heat 3

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Denise Walsh  Ireland 7:43.87 SA/B
2 Kirsten McCann  South Africa 7:44.38 SA/B
3 Clara Guerra  Italy 7:50.89 SA/B
4 Leonie Pieper  Germany 8:03.34 R
5 Nour El-Houda Ettaieb  Tunisia 8:37.95 R

Repechage

The three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.[3]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Leonie Pieper  Germany 7:56.52 SA/B
2 Kenia Lechuga  Mexico 7:59.12 SA/B
3 Lee Ka Man  Hong Kong 8:02.22 SA/B
4 Choi Yu-ri  South Korea 8:13.54 FC
5 Gabriela Mosqueira  Paraguay 8:21.77 FC
6 Nour El-Houda Ettaieb  Tunisia 8:24.31 FC

Semifinals

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[4][5]

Semifinal 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kirsten McCann  South Africa 7:39.55 FA
2 Patricia Merz  Switzerland 7:39.63 FA
3 Marieke Keijser  Netherlands 7:49.17 FA
4 Martyna Mikołajczak  Poland 7:56.88 FB
5 Leonie Pieper  Germany 8:00.87 FB
6 Lee Ka Man  Hong Kong 8:12.59 FB

Semifinal 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Denise Walsh  Ireland 7:45.89 FA
2 Mary Jones  United States 7:46.54 FA
3 Emma Fredh  Sweden 7:46.78 FA
4 Kenia Lechuga  Mexico 7:55.48 FB
5 Clara Guerra  Italy 7:58.60 FB
– Licet Hernández  Cuba DNS –

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[6]

Final C

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Choi Yu-ri  South Korea 8:15.88
2 Gabriela Mosqueira  Paraguay 8:21.38
3 Nour El-Houda Ettaieb  Tunisia 8:25.74

Final B

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Kenia Lechuga  Mexico 7:50.78
2 Clara Guerra  Italy 7:53.73
3 Martyna Mikołajczak  Poland 8:00.30
4 Leonie Pieper  Germany 8:06.14
5 Lee Ka Man  Hong Kong 8:16.22

Final A

Rank Rowers Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kirsten McCann  South Africa 7:38.78
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marieke Keijser  Netherlands 7:41.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mary Jones  United States 7:42.45
4 Patricia Merz  Switzerland 7:43.38
5 Emma Fredh  Sweden 7:44.93
6 Denise Walsh  Ireland 7:49.27

References

  1. ^ a b "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. ^ "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Semifinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  5. ^ "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Semifinal A/B 2" (PDF). World Rowing. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. ^ "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 June 2018.