2023 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls explained

Event:Women's lightweight single sculls
Championship:2023 World Rowing Championships
Dates:3 September – 8 September
Venue:Lake Sava
Location:Belgrade, Serbia
Competitors:20
Nations:20
Win Value:8:47.96
Gold:Siobhán McCrohan
Gold Nation:IRL
Silver:Kenia Lechuga
Silver Nation:MEX
Bronze:Sophia Luwis
Bronze Nation:USA
Prev:2022

The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 3 September 2023 11:51 Heats
Tuesday 5 September 2023 10:50 Repechages
Thursday 7 September 2023 12:35 Semifinals A/B
15:35 Semifinals C/D
Friday 8 September 2023 13:13 Final D
13:29 Final C
13:53 Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon14:15 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal A
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Martine Veldhuis7:39.21SAB
2Aurélie Morizot 7:44.34SAB
3Adriana Escobar8:14.21R
4Sofija Kocanović8:42.22R
5Conceição Ngola9:54.41R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Kenia Lechuga7:37.13SAB
2Zuzanna Jasińska7:38.74SAB
3Olivia Bates7:40.76R
4Maia Emilie Lund7:54.77R
5Aura Forsberg8:09.90R

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Sophia Luwis7:42.04SAB
2Eline Rol7:42.93SAB
3Dora Dragičević7:55.81R
4Ilaria Corazza8:00.97R
5Rachael Kennedy8:05.23R

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Gianina van Groningen7:35.23SAB
2Siobhan McCrohan7:39.53SAB
3Chiaki Tomita7:45.54R
4Teresa Díaz Moreno7:57.21R
Anastasiia LiubichIndividual Neutral AthletesEXC

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the CD semifinals.[3]

Repechage 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Olivia Bates7:39.96SA/B
2Ilaria Corazza7:44.34SA/B
3Teresa Díaz Moreno7:47.87SC/D
4Rachael Kennedy8:03.04SC/D
5Adriana Escobar8:08.87SC/D
6Conceição Ngola9:49.21SC/D

Repechage 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Maia Emilie Lund7:44.03SA/B
2Chiaki Tomita7:46.36SA/B
3Dora Dragičević7:52.52SC/D
4Aura Forsberg8:00.44SC/D
5Sofija Kocanović8:41.69SC/D

Semifinals C/D

The two fastest boats in semifinal 1 and three fastest boats in semifinal 2 advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[4]

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Teresa Díaz Moreno9:05.40FC
2Adriana Escobar9:09.25FC
3Aura Forsberg9:09.42FD

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Dora Dragičević9:12.18FC
2Rachael Kennedy9:16.23FC
3Sofija Kocanović10:21.59FC
4Conceição Ngola12:19.00FD

Semifinals A/B

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

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Siobhan McCrohan8:44.91FA
2Kenia Lechuga8:47.00FA
3Martine Veldhuis8:54.30FA
4Olivia Bates8:58.61FB
5Eline Rol9:03.74FB
6Chiaki Tomita9:15.94FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Sophia Luwis8:46.12FA
2Aurélie Morizot8:47.71FA
3Gianina van Groningen8:53.01FA
4Zuzanna Jasińska8:59.86FB
5Ilaria Corazza9:03.36FB
6Maia Emilie Lund9:10.39FB

Finals

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

Final D

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Aura Forsberg9:18.4418
2Conceição Ngola12:17.4619

Final C

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Teresa Díaz Moreno9:04.3413
2Adriana Escobar9:24.1214
3Rachael Kennedy9:35.5615
4Dora Dragičević10:17.6616
5Sofija Kocanović10:33.3417

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Eline Rol8:32.597
2Zuzanna Jasińska8:37.458
3Chiaki Tomita8:40.039
4Ilaria Corazza8:43.1810
5Maia Emilie Lund8:52.8811
Olivia BatesDNS12

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Siobhan McCrohan8:47.96
Kenia Lechuga8:51.57
Sophia Luwis8:52.48
4Martine Veldhuis9:00.67
5Aurélie Morizot9:05.06
6Gianina van Groningen9:13.46

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Schedule By Event. World Rowing. 3 September 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101060456/https://worldrowing.com/event/2023-world-rowing-championships. live.
  2. Web site: 3 September 2023 . Women's lightweight single sculls – Results summary Heats . 3 September 2023 . . 3 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230903181111/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL1-L----------------------_C74BX1280.PDF . live .
  3. Web site: 5 September 2023 . Women's lightweight single sculls – Results summary Repechages . 5 September 2023 . . 5 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230905104403/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL1-L----------------------_C74BX6703.PDF . live .
  4. Web site: 7 September 2023 . Women's lightweight single sculls – Results summary Semifinals C/D & A/B . 7 September 2023 . . 7 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230907173902/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL1-L----------------------_C74BX4975.PDF . live .
  5. Web site: 8 September 2023 . Women's lightweight single sculls – Results summary Finals . 8 September 2023 . . 15 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315221832/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL1-L----------------------_C74BX1555.PDF . live .