| Event: | Women's single sculls |
| Championship: | 2017 World Rowing Championships |
| Dates: | 25 September – 1 October |
| Venue: | Nathan Benderson Park |
| Location: | Sarasota, United States |
| Competitors: | 22 |
| Nations: | 22 |
| Win Value: | 7:22.58 |
| Gold: | Jeannine Gmelin |
| Gold Nation: | SUI |
| Silver: | Victoria Thornley |
| Silver Nation: | GBR |
| Bronze: | Magdalena Lobnig |
| Bronze Nation: | AUT |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The women's single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 25 September 2017 | 12:11 | Heats | ||
| Wednesday 27 September 2017 | 11:50 | Repechages | ||
| Thursday 28 September 2017 | 09:50 | Semifinals C/D | ||
| Friday 29 September 2017 | 11:13 | Semifinals A/B | ||
| 13:45 | Final D | |||
| 14:25 | Final C | |||
| Sunday 1 October 2017 | 09:20 | Final B | ||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 10:57 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final A |
Heat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fie Udby Erichsen | 7:30.00 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Carling Zeeman | 7:30.03 | R | ||
| 3 | Annekatrin Thiele | 7:42.89 | R | ||
| 4 | Virginia Diaz | 7:46.84 | R | ||
| 5 | Olha Hurkovska | 8:10.32 | R | ||
| 6 | Alejandra Alonso | 8:24.80 | R |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria Thornley | 7:30.09 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Lisa Scheenaard | 7:33.10 | R | ||
| 3 | Felice Mueller | 7:35.33 | R | ||
| 4 | Lucie Žabová | 7:48.06 | R | ||
| 5 | Eeva Karppinen | 7:55.49 | R | ||
| 6 | Kim Ye-ji | 8:03.37 | R |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magdalena Lobnig | 7:36.43 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Duan Jingli | 7:49.70 | R | ||
| 3 | Marianne Madsen | 7:52.70 | R | ||
| 4 | Felice Chow | 7:59.62 | R | ||
| 5 | Sarah Fraincart | 8:42.85 | R |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeannine Gmelin | 7:26.22 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Sanita Pušpure | 7:27.11 | R | ||
| 3 | Hannah Osborne | 7:47.33 | R | ||
| 4 | Elza Gulbe | 8:11.56 | R | ||
| 5 | Emily Morley | 8:38.57 | R |
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.[3]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanita Pušpure | 7:36.16 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Lucie Žabová | 7:45.98 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Marianne Madsen | 7:56.03 | SC/D | ||
| 4 | Olha Hurkovska | 8:03.98 | SC/D |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felice Mueller | 7:34.48 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Virginia Diaz | 7:48.22 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Duan Jingli | 7:57.77 | SC/D | ||
| 4 | Emily Morley | 8:33.01 | SC/D |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisa Scheenaard | 7:35.68 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Annekatrin Thiele | 7:39.35 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Elza Gulbe | 7:57.06 | SC/D | ||
| 4 | Kim Ye-ji | 8:07.40 | SC/D | ||
| 5 | Sarah Fraincart | 8:52.33 | SC/D |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carling Zeeman | 7:39.47 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Hannah Osborne | 7:45.09 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Eeva Karppinen | 7:53.11 | SC/D | ||
| 4 | Felice Chow | 7:59.64 | SC/D | ||
| 5 | Alejandra Alonso | 8:27.64 | SC/D |
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[4]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marianne Madsen | 7:52.54 | FC | ||
| 2 | Eeva Karppinen | 7:57.07 | FC | ||
| 3 | Kim Ye-ji | 7:59.47 | FC | ||
| 4 | Alejandra Alonso | 8:23.52 | FD | ||
| 5 | Emily Morley | 8:32.01 | FD |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elza Gulbe | 7:46.57 | FC | ||
| 2 | Duan Jingli | 7:47.34 | FC | ||
| 3 | Felice Chow | 7:48.41 | FC | ||
| 4 | Olha Hurkovska | 7:56.43 | FD | ||
| 5 | Sarah Fraincart | 8:47.92 | FD |
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[4]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria Thornley | 7:31.72 | FA | ||
| 2 | Lisa Scheenaard | 7:34.09 | FA | ||
| 3 | Carling Zeeman | 7:34.53 | FA | ||
| 4 | Fie Udby Erichsen | 7:36.49 | FB | ||
| 5 | Lucie Žabová | 7:51.06 | FB | ||
| 6 | Virginia Diaz | 7:59.97 | FB |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeannine Gmelin | 7:26.90 | FA | ||
| 2 | Sanita Pušpure | 7:26.93 | FA | ||
| 3 | Magdalena Lobnig | 7:27.79 | FA | ||
| 4 | Felice Mueller | 7:27.89 | FB | ||
| 5 | Annekatrin Thiele | 7:39.39 | FB | ||
| 6 | Hannah Osborne | 7:48.04 | FB |
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[5]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olha Hurkovska | 8:01.89 | ||
| 2 | Alejandra Alonso | 8:15.43 | ||
| 3 | Emily Morley | 8:17.17 | ||
| 4 | Sarah Fraincart | 8:30.33 |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duan Jingli | 7:39.10 | ||
| 2 | Marianne Madsen | 7:40.88 | ||
| 3 | Elza Gulbe | 7:43.22 | ||
| 4 | Eeva Karppinen | 7:45.58 | ||
| 5 | Felice Chow | 7:51.23 | ||
| 6 | Kim Ye-ji | 7:52.13 |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felice Mueller | 7:32.24 | ||
| 2 | Hannah Osborne | 7:40.57 | ||
| 3 | Fie Udby Erichsen | 7:40.89 | ||
| 4 | Annekatrin Thiele | 7:43.90 | ||
| 5 | Virginia Diaz | 7:52.38 | ||
| 6 | Lucie Žabová | 7:57.43 |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeannine Gmelin | 7:22.58 | |||
| Victoria Thornley | 7:24.50 | |||
| Magdalena Lobnig | 7:26.56 | |||
| 4 | Sanita Pušpure | 7:26.91 | ||
| 5 | Lisa Scheenaard | 7:32.69 | ||
| 6 | Carling Zeeman | 7:35.93 |