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

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Women's single sculls
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date28 July – 2 August 1992
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Elisabeta Lipă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Annelies Bredael Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Bronze medal icon.svg Silken Laumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  1988
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

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1 Anne Marden Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:40.12Q
2 Silken Laumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:46.16Q
3 Tonia Svaier Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7:51.35Q
4 Patricia Reid Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8:00.64R
5 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 8:08.43R

Heat 2

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1 Annelies Bredael Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7:50.02Q
2 Corinne Le Moal Flag of France.svg  France 7:50.96Q
3 Beate Schramm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:00.81Q
4 Kristina Poplavskaja Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 8:06.31R
5 Ho Kim Fai Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 8:13.19R

Heat 3

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1 Elisabeta Lipă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:42.94Q
2 Maria Brandin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:47.01Q
3 Irene Eijs Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:52.13Q
4 Andrea Coss Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:58.51R
5 Katalin Sarlós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:00.45R

Repechage

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7:58.70Q
2 Patricia Reid Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:59.53Q
3 Kristina Poplavskaja Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 8:01.31Q
4 Katalin Sarlós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:05.17QC
5 Ho Kim Fai Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 8:14.63QC
Andrea Coss Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNFQC

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1 Elisabeta Lipă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:31.71QA
2 Anne Marden Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:35.72QA
3 Corinne Le Moal Flag of France.svg  France 7:39.78QA
4 Irene Eijs Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:40.44QB
5 Tonia Svaier Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7:42.77QB
6 Patricia Reid Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:44.36QB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1 Silken Laumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:30.48QA
2 Annelies Bredael Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7:33.97QA
3 Maria Brandin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:36.88QA
4 Beate Schramm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:53.22QB
5 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 8:01.15QB
6 Kristina Poplavskaja Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 8:05.15QB

Finals

Final C

RankRowerNationTime
13 Katalin Sarlós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:11.55
14 Andrea Coss Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:13.46
15 Ho Kim Fai Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 8:32.86

Final B

RankRowerNationTime
7 Tonia Svaier Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8:06.65
8 Irene Eijs Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:09.62
9 Patricia Reid Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8:13.05
10 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 8:16.22
11 Kristina Poplavskaja Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 8:27.84
12 Beate Schramm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS

Final A

RankRowerNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Elisabeta Lipă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:25.54
Silver medal icon.svg Annelies Bredael Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7:26.64
Bronze medal icon.svg Silken Laumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:28.85
4 Anne Marden Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:29.84
5 Maria Brandin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:37.55
6 Corinne Le Moal Flag of France.svg  France 7:41.85

Final classification

The following rowers took part: [1]

RankRowersCountry
Gold medal icon.svg Elisabeta Lipă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Annelies Bredael Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Bronze medal icon.svg Silken Laumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Anne Marden Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Maria Brandin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Corinne Le Moal Flag of France.svg  France
Tonia Svaier Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Irene Eijs Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Patricia Reid Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Violeta Ninova-Yordanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Kristina Poplavskaja Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Beate Schramm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Katalin Sarlós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Andrea Coss Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Ho Kim Fai Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong

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References

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  2. Official Report, vol. 5, p. 331.