2025 World Rowing Championships – Women's single sculls

Women's single sculls at the 2025 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Dianshan Lake
Location	Shanghai, China
Dates	22–28 September
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Winning time	7:12.27
Medalists
Fiona Murtagh    Ireland   Lauren Henry    Great Britain   Frida Sanggaard Nielsen    Denmark
←  2023

The women's 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
Monday 22 September 2025	14:05	Heats
Friday, 26 September 2025	12:35	Semifinals
	12:11	Final C
Sunday 28 September 2025	13:15	Final B
	14:17	Final A

All times are UTC+08:00

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lauren Henry	Great Britain	7:17.75	SF
2	Paige Badenhorst	South Africa	7:32.85	SF
3	Alice Gnatta	Italy	7:37.71	FC
4	Zhang Shuxian	China	7:39.59	FC
5	Akoko Komlanvi	Togo	9:02.90

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Viktorija Senkutė	Lithuania	7:17.93	SF
2	Alexandra Föster	Germany	7:21.83	SF
3	Lauren O'Connor	United States	7:23.94	SF
4	Katie Clark	Canada	7:24.25	SF
5	Kira Iuvchenko	Individual Neutral Athletes	7:35.77	FC

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fiona Murtagh	Ireland	7:18.83	SF
2	Esther Briz	Spain	7:24.57	SF
3	Beatriz Tavares	Brazil	7:27.12	SF
4	Shiho Yonekawa	Japan	7:38.34	FC
5	Claire de Kok  [ nl ]	Netherlands	7:44.19	FC

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Frida Sanggaard Nielsen	Denmark	7:21.10	SF
2	Mazarine Guilbert	Belgium	7:29.23	SF
3	Romy Cantwell	Australia	7:31.37	SF
4	Olivia Negrinotti	Switzerland	7:34.11	FC

Semifinals

The three fastest boats in each heat advance to the Final A. The remaining boats were sent to the Final B. ^[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lauren Henry	Great Britain	7:28.75	FA
2	Frida Sanggaard Nielsen	Denmark	7:33.93	FA
3	Alexandra Föster	Germany	7:38.20	FA
4	Lauren O'Connor	United States	7:43.16	FB
5	Paige Badenhorst	South Africa	7:45.78	FB
6	Romy Cantwell	Australia	7:45.93	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fiona Murtagh	Ireland	7:29.61	FA
2	Viktorija Senkutė	Lithuania	7:32.11	FA
3	Esther Briz	Spain	7:36.82	FA
4	Katie Clark	Canada	7:37.23	FB
5	Beatriz Tavares	Brazil	7:46.09	FB
6	Mazarine Guilbert	Belgium	7:48.70	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals. ^[4]

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Alice Gnatta	Italy	7:46.22	13
2	Zhang Shuxian	China	7:46.75	14
3	Kira Iuvchenko	Individual Neutral Athletes	7:49.88	15
4	Shiho Yonekawa	Japan	7:51.52	16
5	Olivia Negrinotti	Switzerland	7:52.46	17
6	Claire de Kok  [ nl ]	Netherlands	7:53.11	18

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Katie Clark	Canada	7:37.63	7
2	Paige Badenhorst	South Africa	7:38.45	8
3	Mazarine Guilbert	Belgium	7:40.10	9
4	Lauren O'Connor	United States	7:42.99	10
5	Romy Cantwell	Australia	7:45.46	11
6	Beatriz Tavares	Brazil	7:49.32	12

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
	Fiona Murtagh	Ireland	7:12.27
	Lauren Henry	Great Britain	7:12.30
	Frida Sanggaard Nielsen	Denmark	7:15.89
4	Viktorija Senkutė	Lithuania	7:20.67
5	Alexandra Föster	Germany	7:26.31
6	Esther Briz	Spain	7:31.49

References

1. "2025 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing . Retrieved 23 September 2025.
2. "Women's Single Sculls Results summary – Heats" (PDF). World Rowing. 23 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
3. "Women's Single Sculls Results summary – Semifinals" (PDF). World Rowing. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
4. "Women's Single Sculls Results summary – Finals" (PDF). World Rowing. 28 September 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.