2025 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls

Women's lightweight single sculls at the 2025 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Dianshan Lake
Location	Shanghai, China
Dates	23–27 September
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
←  2024

The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2025 World Rowing Championships took place at Dianshan Lake, in Shanghai. ^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 23 September 2025	10:05	Heats
Thursday, 25 September 2025	10:31	Semifinals
	11:22	Final C
Saturday, 27 September 2025	13:25	Final B
	14:33	Final A

All times are UTC+08:00

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat and the six fastest times advanced to the semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the Final C. ^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico	7:35.42	SF
2	Karissa Riley	Canada	7:36.80	SF
3	Siobhan McCrohan	Ireland	7:36.98	SF
4	Nicole Yarzon	Uruguay	7:54.33	SF
5	Kim Ji-seon	South Korea	8:19.87	FC
6	Binti Zakaria Nurzarinah	Malaysia	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mariia Zhovner	Individual Neutral Athletes	7:44.31	SF
2	Dimitra Kontou	Greece	7:51.87	SF
3	Maia Emilie Lund	Norway	7:55.32	SF
4	Eszter Fehérvári	Hungary	8:05.31	FC
5	Mariya Chernets	Kazakhstan	8:22.46	FC

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Michelle Sechser	United States	7:33.64	SF
2	Pan Dandan	China	7:36.79	SF
3	Lara Tiefenthaler	Austria	7:40.99	SF
4	Femke van de Vliet	Netherlands	7:44.91	SF
5	Winne Hung	Hong Kong	7:45.72	SF

Semifinals

The three fastest boats in each heat advance to the Final A. The remaining boats were sent to the Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Michelle Sechser	United States	8:01.20	FA
2	Pan Dandan	China	8:04.05	FA
3	Lara Tiefenthaler	Austria	8:05.48	FA
4	Karissa Riley	Canada	8:06.77	FB
5	Femke van de Vliet	Netherlands	8:18.08	FB
6	Maia Emilie Lund	Norway	8:26.63	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Siobhan McCrohan	Ireland	8:06.23	FA
2	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico	8:06.27	FA
3	Mariia Zhovner	Individual Neutral Athletes	8:06.35	FA
4	Nicole Yarzon	Uruguay	8:12.40	FB
5	Dimitra Kontou	Greece	8:20.19	FB
6	Winne Hung	Hong Kong	8:23.83	FB

Finals

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

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Eszter Fehérvári	Hungary	8:36.56	13
2	Kim Ji-seon	South Korea	8:46.68	14
3	Mariya Chernets	Kazakhstan	8:56.70	15

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
	Karissa Riley	Canada
	Femke van de Vliet	Netherlands
	Maia Emilie Lund	Norway
	Nicole Yarzon	Uruguay
	Dimitra Kontou	Greece
	Winne Hung	Hong Kong

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
	Michelle Sechser	United States
	Pan Dandan	China
	Lara Tiefenthaler	Austria
	Siobhan McCrohan	Ireland
	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico
	Mariia Zhovner	Individual Neutral Athletes

References

1. "2025 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing . Retrieved 23 September 2025.
2. "Lightweight Women's Single Sculls Results summary – Heats" (PDF). World Rowing. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.