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

Event:Women's single sculls
Games:1992 Summer
Date:28 July – 2 August
Competitors:15
Nations:15
Gold:Elisabeta Lipă
Goldnoc:ROU
Silver:Annelies Bredael
Silvernoc:BEL
Bronze:Silken Laumann
Bronzenoc:CAN
Prev:1988
Next:1996

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

Competition format

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

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Marden, Anne"7:40.12
2 align=left data-sort-value="Laumann, Silken"7:46.16
3 align=left data-sort-value="Svaier, Tonia"7:51.35
4 align=left data-sort-value="Reid, Patricia"8:00.64
5 align=left data-sort-value="Ninova-Yordanova, Violeta"8:08.43

Heat 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Bredael, Annelies"7:50.02
2 align=left data-sort-value="Le Moal, Corinne"7:50.96
3 align=left data-sort-value="Schramm, Beate"8:00.81
4 align=left data-sort-value="Poplavskaja, Kristina"8:06.31
5 8:13.19

Heat 3

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Lipă, Elisabeta"7:42.94
2 align=left data-sort-value="Brandin, Maria"7:47.01
3 align=left data-sort-value="Eijs, Irene"7:52.13
4 align=left data-sort-value="Coss, Andrea"7:58.51
5 align=left data-sort-value="Sarlós, Katalin"8:00.45

Repechage

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Ninova-Yordanova, Violeta"7:58.70
2 align=left data-sort-value="Reid, Patricia"7:59.53
3 align=left data-sort-value="Poplavskaja, Kristina"8:01.31
4 align=left data-sort-value="Sarlós, Katalin"8:05.17
5 8:14.63
data-sort-value=6align=left data-sort-value="Coss, Andrea"

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Lipă, Elisabeta"7:31.71
2 align=left data-sort-value="Marden, Anne"7:35.72
3 align=left data-sort-value="Le Moal, Corinne"7:39.78
4 align=left data-sort-value="Eijs, Irene"7:40.44
5 align=left data-sort-value="Svaier, Tonia"7:42.77
6 align=left data-sort-value="Reid, Patricia"7:44.36

Semifinal 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Laumann, Silken"7:30.48
2 align=left data-sort-value="Bredael, Annelies"7:33.97
3 align=left data-sort-value="Brandin, Maria"7:36.88
4 align=left data-sort-value="Schramm, Beate"7:53.22
5 align=left data-sort-value="Ninova-Yordanova, Violeta"8:01.15
6 align=left data-sort-value="Poplavskaja, Kristina"8:05.15

Finals

Final C

Rank Rower Nation Time
13 align=left data-sort-value="Sarlós, Katalin"8:11.55
14 align=left data-sort-value="Coss, Andrea"8:13.46
15 8:32.86

Final B

Rank Rower Nation Time
7 align=left data-sort-value="Svaier, Tonia"8:06.65
8 align=left data-sort-value="Eijs, Irene"8:09.62
9 align=left data-sort-value="Reid, Patricia"8:13.05
10 align=left data-sort-value="Ninova-Yordanova, Violeta"8:16.22
11 align=left data-sort-value="Poplavskaja, Kristina"8:27.84
12 align=left data-sort-value="Schramm, Beate"

Final A

Rank Rower Nation Time
align=left data-sort-value="Lipă, Elisabeta"7:25.54
align=left data-sort-value="Bredael, Annelies"7:26.64
align=left data-sort-value="Laumann, Silken"7:28.85
4 align=left data-sort-value="Marden, Anne"7:29.84
5 align=left data-sort-value="Brandin, Maria"7:37.55
6 align=left data-sort-value="Le Moal, Corinne"7:41.85

Final classification

The following rowers took part:[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ROW/womens-single-sculls.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 15 September 2018.
  2. Official Report, vol. 5, p. 331.