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

The women's single sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.[1]

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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Competition format

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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

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Heats

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Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Semifinal 1

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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

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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

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Final C

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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

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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

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Rank Rower Nation Time
  Elisabeta Lipă   Romania 7:25.54
  Annelies Bredael   Belgium 7:26.64
  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

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The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
  Elisabeta Lipă   Romania
  Annelies Bredael   Belgium
  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

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  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.