Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

Women's single sculls at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney International Regatta Centre
Date	17–23 September
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Winning time	7:28.14
Medalists
Ekaterina Karsten  Belarus Rumyana Neykova  Bulgaria Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski  Germany

The women's single sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Competition format

This rowing event is a single scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a single rower. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side (not feasible for singles events). The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

During the first round six heats were held. The winning boat in each heat advanced to the semifinals, while all others were relegated to the repechages.

The repechages were rounds which offered rowers a chance to qualify for the semi-final. Placing in the repechages determined which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in each repechage moved on to the A/B semifinals, with the bottom three boats going to the C/D semifinals.

Four semifinals were held, two each of A/B semifinals, and C/D semifinals. For each semifinal race, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals, while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals possible. For example, a second-place finish in an A/B semifinal would result in advancement to the A final. Since 19 boats are qualified in this event, the last boat in C/D semifinals is eliminated from the competition.

The fourth and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th, the C from 13th to 18th, and so on. Thus, to win a medal rowers had to finish in the top four of their heat, top three of their quarterfinal, and top three of their A/B semifinal to reach the A final.

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 17 September 2000	08:30	Heats
Tuesday, 19 September 2000	08:30	Repechages
Thursday, 21 September 2000	08:30	Semifinals A/B
Thursday, 21 September 2000	10:10	Semifinals C/D
Friday, 22 September 2000	10:10	Final B
Friday, 22 September 2000	11:20	Final C
Saturday, 23 September 2000	08:30	Final

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sonia Waddell	New Zealand	7:40.18	Q
2	Gina Douglas	Australia	7:43.48	R
3	Mayra González	Cuba	7:48.28	R
4	Soraya Jadué	Chile	8:03.52	R
5	Fenella Ng	Hong Kong	8:19.88	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rumyana Neykova	Bulgaria	7:36.10	Q
2	Agnieszka Tomczak	Poland	7:43.99	R
3	Alison Mowbray	Great Britain	7:46.73	R
4	Paola López	Argentina	8:06.65	R
5	Samia Hireche	Algeria	8:28.65	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ekaterina Karsten	Belarus	7:47.73	Q
2	Monica Tranel-Michini	United States	7:52.05	R
3	Maria Brandin	Sweden	7:53.46	R
4	Kristen Wall	Canada	8:07.76	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski	Germany	7:32.80	Q
2	Yulia Alexandrova	Russia	7:36.80	R
3	Sophie Balmary	France	7:45.12	R
4	Phuttharaksa Neegree	Thailand	8:22.54	R
5	Ibtissem Trimèche	Tunisia	8:32.05	R

Repechage

First two qualify for semifinals A/B, remainder to semifinals C/D.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Yulia Alexandrova	Russia	7:47.04	A/B
2	Maria Brandin	Sweden	7:55.47	A/B
3	Paola López	Argentina	8:03.83	C/D
4	Fenella Ng	Hong Kong	8:16.62	C/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alison Mowbray	Great Britain	7:51.33	A/B
2	Monica Tranel-Michini	United States	7:54.40	A/B
3	Soraya Jadué	Chile	8:02.17	C/D
4	Ibtissem Trimèche	Tunisia	8:28.43	C/D

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mayra González	Cuba	7:46.25	A/B
2	Agnieszka Tomczak	Poland	7:47.37	A/B
3	Phuttharaksa Neegree	Thailand	8:27.25	C/D

Repechage 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gina Douglas	Australia	7:42.67	A/B
2	Sophie Balmary	France	7:51.87	A/B
3	Kristen Wall	Canada	8:05.18	C/D
4	Samia Hireche	Algeria	8:21.67	C/D

Semifinals

Semifinals C/D

First three qualify to Final C.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristen Wall	Canada	8:09.28	C
2	Paola López	Argentina	8:13.05	C
3	Ibtissem Trimèche	Tunisia	8:30.60

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Soraya Jadué	Chile	8:01.30	C
2	Samia Hireche	Algeria	8:18.16	C
3	Fenella Ng	Hong Kong	8:21.40	C
4	Phuttharaksa Neegree	Thailand	8:29.60

Semifinals A/B

First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rumyana Neykova	Bulgaria	7:28.34	A
2	Gina Douglas	Australia	7:32.34	A
3	Sonia Waddell	New Zealand	7:35.24	A
4	Mayra González	Cuba	7:38.97	B
5	Maria Brandin	Sweden	7:49.09	B
6	Monica Tranel-Michini	United States	7:52.92	B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski	Germany	7:37.77	A
2	Ekaterina Karsten	Belarus	7:40.36	A
3	Yulia Alexandrova	Russia	7:42.23	A
4	Agnieszka Tomczak	Poland	7:45.64	B
5	Sophie Balmary	France	7:47.16	B
6	Alison Mowbray	Great Britain	7:52.28	B

Finals

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Soraya Jadué	Chile	7:53.56
2	Kristen Wall	Canada	7:57.94
3	Paola López	Argentina	8:03.11
4	Fenella Ng	Hong Kong	8:11.06
5	Samia Hireche	Algeria	8:12.89

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mayra González	Cuba	7:32.29
2	Agnieszka Tomczak	Poland	7:33.20
3	Sophie Balmary	France	7:34.23
4	Alison Mowbray	Great Britain	7:35.26
5	Maria Brandin	Sweden	7:39.44
6	Monica Tranel-Michini	United States	7:48.95

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
	Ekaterina Karsten	Belarus	7:28.14
	Rumyana Neykova	Bulgaria	7:28.15
	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski	Germany	7:28.99
4	Yulia Alexandrova	Russia	7:36.57
5	Gina Douglas	Australia	7:37.88
6	Sonia Waddell	New Zealand	7:43.71

External links

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
• Rowing Results