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Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

The women's single sculls (W1x) rowing competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Casitas in Ventura County, California, United States. It was held from 30 July to 4 August.[2]

Women's single sculls
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLake Casitas
Date30 July – 4 August
Competitors16[1] from 16[1] nations
Winning time3:40.68
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valeria Răcilă  Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charlotte Geer  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ann Haesebrouck  Belgium
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Background edit

Like some other rowing events at the 1984 Summer Olympics, the women's single sculls event was influenced by the absence of strong competitors due to the Soviet Bloc boycott.[2] The last two world champions from the Soviet Union and East Germany were absent; Irina Fetisova of the Soviet Union had won the 1982 World Rowing Championships in Switzerland,[3] and East German Jutta Behrendt had become world champion in 1983.[4] Sanda Toma, the winner of the 1980 Olympic event and 1981 world champion, had since retired.[2][5] World championship medallists competing in this event were Beryl Mitchell from Great Britain, who had come second in 1981,[5] and Valeria Răcilă of Romania and Stephanie Foster of New Zealand, who had won silver and bronze in 1982, respectively.[3] Of all those, the Romanian was regarded as the favourite. Another competitor to be regarded as one of the favourites was María Fernanda de la Fuente of Mexico, who had come second in the 1983 Pan American Games.[2]

Previous W1x competitions edit

Competition Gold Silver Bronze
1980 Summer Olympics[6]   Romania
Sanda Toma 		  Soviet Union
Antonina Makhina 		  East Germany
Martina Schröter
1981 World Rowing Championships[5]   Romania
Sanda Toma 		  Great Britain
Beryl Mitchell 		  Soviet Union
Irina Fetisova
1982 World Rowing Championships[3]   Soviet Union
Irina Fetisova 		  Romania
Valeria Răcilă 		  New Zealand
Stephanie Foster
1983 World Rowing Championships[7]   East Germany
Jutta Behrendt 		  Soviet Union
Irina Fetisova 		  United States
Virginia Gilder

Results edit

Heats edit

The winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. All others went to the repechage.[8] The heats were raced on 30 July.[9]

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Charlotte Geer   United States 3:45.05 SF
2 Andrea Schreiner   Canada 3:48.20 R
3 Jos Compaan   Netherlands 3:54.70 R
4 Astrid Unger   Austria 3:54.96 R
5 Ursula Brauch   West Germany 3:59.67 R
6 Jacqui Marshall   Australia 4:07.06 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Beryl Mitchell   Great Britain 3:45.18 SF
2 Ann Haesebrouck   Belgium 3:45.67 R
3 Lise Justesen   Denmark 3:50.15 R
4 Antonella Corazza   Italy 3:55.17 R
5 Annelie Larsson   Sweden 3:56.73 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Valeria Răcilă   Romania 3:44.22 SF
2 Stephanie Foster   New Zealand 3:51.86 R
3 María Fernanda de la Fuente   Mexico 3:55.60 R
4 Lisa Scheibert   Norway 3:55.80 R
5 Laurence Hourdel   France 4:00.27 R

Repechage edit

The first three of each heat advanced to the semi-final. The remaining rowers were eliminated from the competition.[10] The repechages were raced on 1 August.[9] The Italian rower, Antonella Corazza, did not compete in the repechage, but replaced Paola Grizzetti in the quadruple sculls team instead (in both the repechage on 1 August, and the final on 4 August).[11][12]

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Ann Haesebrouck   Belgium 3:48.57 SF
2 Annelie Larsson   Sweden 3:50.60 SF
3 Jos Compaan   Netherlands 3:59.29 SF
4 Jacqui Marshall   Australia 4:04.08

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Andrea Schreiner   Canada 3:52.10 SF
2 María Fernanda de la Fuente   Mexico 3:54.01 SF
3 Lisa Scheibert   Norway 3:56.31 SF
4 Ursula Brauch   West Germany 4:00.20

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Lise Justesen   Denmark 3:47.60 SF
2 Stephanie Foster   New Zealand 3:51.19 SF
3 Astrid Unger   Austria 3:52.70 SF
4 Laurence Hourdel   France 3:59.60

Semi-finals edit

The top three from each heat advanced to the A final. The others advanced to the B final.[13] The semi-finals were raced on 2 August.[9]

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Valeria Răcilă   Romania 3:54.55 FA
2 Charlotte Geer   United States 3:57.93 FA
3 Andrea Schreiner   Canada 3:59.02 FA
4 Stephanie Foster   New Zealand 4:02.29 FB
5 Lisa Scheibert   Norway 4:04.62 FB
6 Annelie Larsson   Sweden 4:08.39 FB

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Lise Justesen   Denmark 3:55.34 FA
2 Ann Haesebrouck   Belgium 3:56.45 FA
3 Beryl Mitchell   Great Britain 3:56.59 FA
4 Astrid Unger   Austria 3:59.52 FB
5 María Fernanda de la Fuente   Mexico 4:01.77 FB
6 Jos Compaan   Netherlands 4:06.39 FB

Finals edit

B final edit

The B final was raced on 3 August.[9]

Rank Rower Country Time
7 Stephanie Foster   New Zealand 3:52.20
8 Jos Compaan   Netherlands 3:52.80
9 Astrid Unger   Austria 3:53.08
10 Annelie Larsson   Sweden 3:53.39
11 María Fernanda de la Fuente   Mexico 3:57.93
12 Lisa Scheibert   Norway 4:00.70

A final edit

The A final was raced on 4 August.[9]

Rank Rower Country Time
  Valeria Răcilă   Romania 3:40.68
  Charlotte Geer   United States 3:43.89
  Ann Haesebrouck   Belgium 3:45.72
4 Andrea Schreiner   Canada 3:45.97
5 Lise Justesen   Denmark 3:47.79
6 Beryl Mitchell   Great Britain 3:51.20

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Perelman 1985b, p. 518.
  2. ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Rudern - Weltmeisterschaften" (in German). sport-komplett. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. ^ "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  7. ^ "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d e Perelman 1985b, p. 520.
  10. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls Round One Repêchage". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  11. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antonella Corazza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  12. ^ Perelman 1985b, pp. 520–22.
  13. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls Semi-Finals". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

References edit

  • Perelman, Richard B., ed. (1985). Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 1: Organization and Planning. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.
  • Perelman, Richard B., ed. (1985). Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.
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