2019 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls explained

Event:	Women's lightweight single sculls
Championship:	2019 World Rowing Championships
Dates:	25–30 August
Venue:	Linz-Ottensheim
Location:	Ottensheim, Austria
Competitors:	17
Nations:	17
Win Value:	7:43.98
Gold:	Marie-Louise Dräger
Gold Nation:	GER
Silver:	Chiaki Tomita
Silver Nation:	JPN
Bronze:	Madeleine Arlett
Bronze Nation:	GBR
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 25 August 2019	13:21	Heats
Tuesday 27 August 2019	10:56	Repechages
Thursday 29 August 2019	13:12	Semifinals A/B
Friday 30 August 2019	10:00	Final C
	10:27	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	13:38	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nicole van Wyk		8:02.14	SA/B
2	Emily Schmieg		8:05.23	SA/B
3	Maia Lund		8:05.39	R
4	Emma Fredh		8:10.71	R
5	Paola Piazzolla		8:12.03	R
6	Winne Hung		8:19.87	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marie-Louise Dräger		7:57.79	SA/B
2	Martine Veldhuis		8:01.49	SA/B
3	Lydia Heaphy		8:01.79	R
4	Mathilde Persson		8:06.24	R
5	Fu Xiaoyue		8:26.13	R
6	Gabriela Mosqueira		8:31.12	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Chiaki Tomita		7:54.04	SA/B
2	Madeleine Arlett		7:55.27	SA/B
3	Ellen Gleadow		7:55.69	R
4	Alice Arch		8:00.42	R
5	Alina Mochula		8:34.97	R

Repechages

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.^[3]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ellen Gleadow		7:49.77	SA/B
2	Mathilde Persson		7:52.91	SA/B
3	Maia Lund		7:57.20	SA/B
4	Winne Hung		8:02.07	FC
5	Gabriela Mosqueira		8:05.55	FC
6	Alina Mochula		8:07.74	FC

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alice Arch		7:47.82	SA/B
2	Paola Piazzolla		7:48.13	SA/B
3	Lydia Heaphy		7:48.40	SA/B
4	Emma Fredh		7:51.59	FC
5	Fu Xiaoyue		7:58.30	FC

Semifinals

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marie-Louise Dräger		7:32.77	FA
2	Madeleine Arlett		7:35.20	FA
3	Nicole van Wyk		7:36.36	FA
4	Alice Arch		7:39.99	FB
5	Mathilde Persson		7:40.11	FB
6	Lydia Heaphy		7:42.23	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ellen Gleadow		7:36.91	FA
2	Chiaki Tomita		7:39.31	FA
3	Martine Veldhuis		7:41.20	FA
4	Maia Lund		7:43.87	FB
5	Paola Piazzolla		7:44.54	FB
6	Emily Schmieg		7:47.94	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.^[5]

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Emma Fredh		7:58.82
2	Fu Xiaoyue		8:06.67
3	Gabriela Mosqueira		8:09.34
4	Alina Mochula		8:10.89
5	Winne Hung		8:12.18

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alice Arch		7:52.59
2	Mathilde Persson		7:52.98
3	Emily Schmieg		7:54.55
4	Maia Lund		7:55.01
5	Lydia Heaphy		7:55.40
6	Paola Piazzolla		7:55.70

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Marie-Louise Dräger		7:43.98
	Chiaki Tomita		7:47.28
	Madeleine Arlett		7:49.82
4	Nicole van Wyk		7:53.19
5	Ellen Gleadow		7:53.83
6	Martine Veldhuis		7:57.74

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Schedule By Event. World Rowing. 4 September 2019.
2. Web site: 2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Heat. World Rowing. 4 September 2019.
3. Web site: 2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Repechage. World Rowing. 4 September 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Semifinal. World Rowing. 4 September 2019.
5. Web site: 2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Final. World Rowing. 4 September 2019.