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

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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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]

Schedule

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

Heats

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

Heat 1

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

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

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

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

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

First two qualify to the quarterfinals.

Repechage 1

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

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

First three qualify to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

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

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

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

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

Semifinals C/D

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

Semifinal 1
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
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

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

Semifinal 1
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
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

Final E

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

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

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

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

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Miroslava Knapková  Czech Republic 7:54.37
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fie Udby Erichsen  Denmark 7:57.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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.