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Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

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Women's single sculls
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic rowing
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates23–30 July 2021
Competitors32 from 32 nations
Winning time7:13.97
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emma Twigg  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hanna Prakatsen  ROC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Magdalena Lobnig  Austria
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The women's single sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 23 to 30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.[1] 32 rowers from 32 nations competed.[2]

Background

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This was the 12th appearance of the event, which has been held every year since women's rowing was introduced in 1976.

The World Champions since the 2016 Games are Jeannine Gmelin of Switzerland, (2017) and Sanita Pušpure, (2018 and 2019) of Ireland. Both rowers qualified for the 2020 regatta.

Qualification

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Main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is limited to a single boat (one rower) in the event. There are 32 qualifying places in the women's single sculls:[2]

  • 9 from the 2019 World Championship
  • 5 from the Asia & Oceania qualification regatta
  • 5 from the Africa qualification regatta
  • 5 from the Americas qualification regatta
  • 3 from the Europe qualification regatta
  • 2 from the final qualification regatta
  • 1 host nation place
  • 2 invitational places

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for rowing.

Competition format

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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. The competition continues to use the five-round format introduced in 2012. Finals are held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals are given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals are named based on which finals they feed, with each semifinal having two possible finals. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.[3]

During the first round six heats are held. The first three boats in each heat advance to the quarterfinals, while all others are relegated to the repechages.

The repechage is a round which offers rowers a second chance to qualify for the quarterfinals. Placing in the repechage heats determines which quarterfinal the boat would race in. The top two boats in each repechage heat move on to the quarterfinals, with the remaining boats going to the E/F semifinals.

The four quarterfinals are the second round for rowers still competing for medals. Placing in the quarterfinal heats determines which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in each quarterfinal move on to the A/B semifinals, with the bottom three boats going to the C/D semifinals.

Six semifinals are held, two each of A/B semifinals, C/D semifinals, and E/F semifinals. For each semifinal race, the top three boats move on to the better of the two finals, while the bottom three boats go 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.

The fifth and final round is the finals. Each final determines a set of rankings. The A final determines the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gives rankings from 7th to 12th, the C from 13th to 18th, and so on. Thus, to win a medal rowers have to finish in the top three of their heat (or top two of their repechage heat), top three of their quarterfinal, and top three of their A/B semifinal to reach the A final.

Schedule

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The competition is held over eight days. Times given are session start times; multiple rowing events might have races during a session.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Friday, 23 July 2021 9:30 Heats
Saturday, 24 July 2021 8:00 Repechage
Sunday, 25 July 2021 9:20 Semifinals E/F
11:00 Quarterfinals
Thursday, 29 July 2021 10:30 Semifinals A/B
12:00 Semifinals C/D
Friday, 30 July 2021 7:55 Final F
8:15 Final E
8:25 Final D
8:45 Final C
9:05 Final B
Friday, 30 July 2021 9:33 Final A

Results

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Heats

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The first three of each heat qualify for the quarterfinals, while the remainder go to the repechage.[4]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Kara Kohler  United States 7:49.71 Q
2 1 Tatsiana Klimovich  Belarus 7:51.86 Q
3 6 Nazanin Malaei  Iran 7:59.01 Q
4 4 Alejandra Alonso  Paraguay 8:11.88 R
5 5 Esther Toko  Nigeria 8:58.49 R
6 3 Esraa Khogali  Sudan 10:18.27 R

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 5 Sanita Pušpure  Ireland 7:46.08 Q
2 6 Kenia Lechuga  Mexico 7:54.21 Q
3 2 Anneta Kyridou  Greece 7:54.28 Q
4 3 Felice Aisha Chow  Trinidad and Tobago 8:02.02 R
5 1 Kathleen Grace Noble  Uganda 8:21.85 R
6 4 Joan Poh  Singapore 8:31.12 R

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Hanna Prakatsen  ROC 7:48.74 Q
2 5 Jiang Yan  China 7:53.14 Q
3 1 Veronica Toro Arana  Puerto Rico 8:11.57 Q
4 4 Winne Hung  Hong Kong 8:17.79 R
5 2 Sarah Fraincart  Morocco 8:32.78 R

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Victoria Thornley  Great Britain 7:44.30 Q
2 5 Jeannine Gmelin  Switzerland 7:47.20 Q
3 1 Lovisa Claesson  Sweden 7:58.41 Q
4 2 Evidelia González  Nicaragua 8:25.18 R
5 4 Claire Ayivon  Togo 8:48.07 R

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Magdalena Lobnig  Austria 7:37.91 Q
2 4 Carling Zeeman  Canada 7:40.72 Q
3 5 Maike Diekmann  Namibia 7:56.37 Q
4 1 Milena Venega  Cuba 8:03.00 R
5 3 Tala Abujbara  Qatar 8:06.29 R

Heat 6

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 5 Emma Twigg  New Zealand 7:35.22 Q
2 1 Sophie Souwer  Netherlands 7:39.96 Q
3 3 Jovana Arsić  Serbia 7:46.74 Q
4 4 Huang Yi-ting  Chinese Taipei 8:04.59 R
5 2 Jeong Hye-jeong  South Korea 8:12.15 R

Repechage

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The first two in each heat qualify for the quarterfinals; the rest go to Semifinals E/F (out of medal contention).

Repechage heat 1

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Alejandra Alonso  Paraguay 8:08.91 Q
2 3 Huang Yi-ting  Chinese Taipei 8:11.56 Q
3 2 Tala Abujbara  Qatar 8:16.88 QEF
4 1 Joan Poh  Singapore 8:40.06 QEF
5 5 Sarah Fraincart  Morocco 8:42.78 QEF

Repechage heat 2

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Felice Chow  Trinidad and Tobago 8:15.94 Q
2 1 Jeong Hye-jeong  South Korea 8:26.73 Q
3 3 Evidelia González  Nicaragua 8:37.55 QEF
4 4 Esther Toko  Nigeria 9:07.54 QEF

Repechage heat 3

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Milena Venega  Cuba 8:17.30 Q
2 2 Winne Hung  Hong Kong 8:23.58 Q
3 4 Kathleen Grace Noble  Uganda 8:36.01 QEF
4 1 Claire Ayivon  Togo 9:04.23 QEF
5 5 Esraa Khogali  Sudan 10:25.94 QEF

Quarterfinals

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The first three of each heat qualify to Semifinal A/B, while the remainder go to Semifinal C/D (out of medal contention).

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Sanita Pušpure  Ireland 7:58.30 SF A/B
2 3 Kara Kohler  United States 7:59.39 SF A/B
3 5 Jiang Yan  China 8:00.01 SF A/B
4 2 Jovana Arsić  Serbia 8:09.37 SF C/D
5 6 Alejandra Alonso  Paraguay 8:29.80 SF C/D
6 1 Winne Hung  Hong Kong 8:36.37 SF C/D

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Hanna Prakatsen  ROC 7:49.64 SF A/B
2 5 Carling Zeeman  Canada 7:57.58 SF A/B
3 4 Victoria Thornley  Great Britain 7:59.93 SF A/B
4 2 Lovisa Claesson  Sweden 8:16.99 SF C/D
5 6 Milena Venega  Cuba 8:25.26 SF C/D
6 1 Jeong Hye-jeong  South Korea 8:38.70 SF C/D

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Magdalena Lobnig  Austria 7:58.20 SF A/B
2 3 Sophie Souwer  Netherlands 7:59.92 SF A/B
3 2 Anneta Kyridou  Greece 8:02.19 SF A/B
4 5 Tatsiana Klimovich  Belarus 8:09.04 SF C/D
5 1 Felice Chow  Trinidad and Tobago 8:21.23 SF C/D
6 6 Veronica Toro Arana  Puerto Rico 8:35.32 SF C/D

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Emma Twigg  New Zealand 7:54.96 SF A/B
2 4 Jeannine Gmelin  Switzerland 8:02.10 SF A/B
3 1 Nazanin Malaei  Iran 8:07.32 SF A/B
4 2 Kenia Lechuga  Mexico 8:09.29 SF C/D
5 5 Maike Diekmann  Namibia 8:21.69 SF C/D
6 6 Huang Yi-ting  Chinese Taipei 8:34.51 SF C/D

Semifinals

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The first three of each heat qualify to the better final (E, C, A) while the remainder go to the lower final (F, D, B).

Semifinal A/B 1

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Hanna Prakatsen  ROC 7:23.61 FA
2 5 Jeannine Gmelin  Switzerland 7:25.80 FA
3 1 Jiang Yan  China 7:27.30 FA
4 2 Sophie Souwer  Netherlands 7:29.66 FB
5 3 Sanita Pušpure  Ireland 7:34.40 FB
6 6 Anneta Kyridou  Greece 7:40.81 FB

Semifinal A/B 2

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Emma Twigg  New Zealand 7:20.70 FA
2 6 Victoria Thornley  Great Britain 7:25.12 FA
3 3 Magdalena Lobnig  Austria 7:25.59 FA
4 2 Kara Kohler  United States 7:26.10 FB
5 5 Carling Zeeman  Canada 7:38.28 FB
6 1 Nazanin Malaei  Iran 7:45.52 FB

Semifinal C/D 1

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Lovisa Claesson  Sweden 7:35.91 FC
2 3 Jovana Arsić  Serbia 7:39.26 FC
3 5 Maike Diekmann  Namibia 7:40.77 FC
4 2 Felice Chow  Trinidad and Tobago 7:45.14 FD
5 1 Veronica Toro Arana  Puerto Rico 7:53.36 FD
6 6 Winne Hung  Hong Kong 7:56.30 FD

Semifinal C/D 2

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Kenia Lechuga  Mexico 7:33.72 FC
2 3 Tatsiana Klimovich  Belarus 7:33.78 FC
3 5 Milena Venega  Cuba 7:41.18 FC
4 2 Alejandra Alonso  Paraguay 7:43.33 FD
5 6 Huang Yi-ting  Chinese Taipei 7:56.00 FD
6 1 Jeong Hye-jeong  South Korea 8:06.32 FD

Semifinal E/F 1

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Tala Abujbara  Qatar 8:24.24 FE
2 2 Kathleen Grace Noble  Uganda 8:31.67 FE
3 1 Esther Toko  Nigeria 9:07.70 FE
4 4 Esraa Khogali  Sudan 10:23.52 FF

Semifinal E/F 2

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Evidelia González  Nicaragua 8:36.99 FE
2 4 Sarah Fraincart  Morocco 8:43.90 FE
3 3 Joan Poh  Singapore 8:47.77 FE
4 1 Claire Ayivon  Togo 9:15.29 FF

Finals

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Final F

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
31 2 Claire Ayivon  Togo 8:44.42
32 1 Esraa Khogali  Sudan 10:05.32

Final E

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
25 4 Tala Abujbara  Qatar 8:00.22
26 5 Kathleen Grace Noble  Uganda 8:07.00
27 3 Evidelia González  Nicaragua 8:10.37
28 6 Joan Poh  Singapore 8:21.23
29 2 Sarah Fraincart  Morocco 8:25.38
30 1 Esther Toko  Nigeria 8:42.78

Final D

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
19 3 Felice Chow  Trinidad and Tobago 7:48.06
20 5 Huang Yi-ting  Chinese Taipei 7:52.18
21 4 Alejandra Alonso  Paraguay 7:55.63
22 2 Veronica Toro Arana  Puerto Rico 7:57.22
23 1 Winne Hung  Hong Kong 8:02.79
24 6 Jeong Hye-jeong  South Korea 8:06.13

Final C

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
13 5 Tatsiana Klimovich  Belarus 7:39.53
14 4 Lovisa Claesson  Sweden 7:41.07
15 2 Jovana Arsić  Serbia 7:43.30
16 3 Kenia Lechuga  Mexico 7:43.55
17 1 Milena Venega  Cuba 7:47.40
18 6 Maike Diekmann  Namibia 7:52.17

Final B

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
7 3 Sophie Souwer  Netherlands 7:25.96
8 2 Carling Zeeman  Canada 7:29.59
9 4 Kara Kohler  United States 7:29.72
10 6 Anneta Kyridou  Greece 7:36.79
11 1 Nazanin Malaei  Iran 7:42.57
12 5 Sanita Pušpure  Ireland DNS

Final A

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Emma Twigg  New Zealand 7:13.97 OB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Hanna Prakatsen  ROC 7:17.39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Magdalena Lobnig  Austria 7:19.72
4 5 Victoria Thornley  Great Britain 7:20.39
5 2 Jeannine Gmelin  Switzerland 7:20.91
6 1 Jiang Yan  China 7:21.33

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rowing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Rowing - Women's Single Sculls Results". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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