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.

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds 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 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 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 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.
All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Anne Marden7:40.12
2Silken Laumann7:46.16
3Tonia Svaier7:51.35
4Patricia Reid8:00.64
5Violeta Ninova-Yordanova8:08.43

Heat 2

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Annelies Bredael7:50.02
2Corinne Le Moal7:50.96
3Beate Schramm8:00.81
4Kristina Poplavskaja8:06.31
5Ho Kim Fai8:13.19

Heat 3

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Elisabeta Lipă7:42.94
2Maria Brandin7:47.01
3Irene Eijs7:52.13
4Andrea Coss7:58.51
5Katalin Sarlós8:00.45

Repechage

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Violeta Ninova-Yordanova7:58.70
2Patricia Reid7:59.53
3Kristina Poplavskaja8:01.31
4Katalin Sarlós8:05.17
5Ho Kim Fai8:14.63
–Andrea Coss

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Elisabeta Lipă7:31.71
2Anne Marden7:35.72
3Corinne Le Moal7:39.78
4Irene Eijs7:40.44
5Tonia Svaier7:42.77
6Patricia Reid7:44.36

Semifinal 2

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Silken Laumann7:30.48
2Annelies Bredael7:33.97
3Maria Brandin7:36.88
4Beate Schramm7:53.22
5Violeta Ninova-Yordanova8:01.15
6Kristina Poplavskaja8:05.15

Finals

Final C

RankRowerNationTime
13Katalin Sarlós8:11.55
14Andrea Coss8:13.46
15Ho Kim Fai8:32.86

Final B

RankRowerNationTime
7Tonia Svaier8:06.65
8Irene Eijs8:09.62
9Patricia Reid8:13.05
10Violeta Ninova-Yordanova8:16.22
11Kristina Poplavskaja8:27.84
12Beate Schramm

Final A

RankRowerNationTime
Elisabeta Lipă7:25.54
Annelies Bredael7:26.64
Silken Laumann7:28.85
4Anne Marden7:29.84
5Maria Brandin7:37.55
6Corinne Le Moal7:41.85

Final classification

The following rowers took part:
RankRowersCountry
Elisabeta Lipă
Annelies Bredael
Silken Laumann
Anne Marden
Maria Brandin
Corinne Le Moal
Tonia Svaier
Irene Eijs
Patricia Reid
Violeta Ninova-Yordanova
Kristina Poplavskaja
Beate Schramm
Katalin Sarlós
Andrea Coss
Ho Kim Fai