Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

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Women's single sculls
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Eton Dorney
Date28 July – 4 August
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Winning time7:54.37
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Miroslava Knapková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Silver medal icon.svg Fie Udby Erichsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Bronze medal icon.svg Kim Crow Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2008
2016  

The women's single sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney. [1] [2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 28 July 201213:30Heats
Sunday, 29 July 201210:20Repechages
Tuesday, 31 July 201211:40Quarterfinals
Thursday, 2 August 201209:30Semifinals C/D
Thursday, 2 August 201211:10Semifinals
Saturday, 4 August 201209:30Final E
Saturday, 4 August 201209:50Final D
Saturday, 4 August 201210:20Final C
Saturday, 4 August 201211:00Final B
Saturday, 4 August 201212:30Final

Results

Heats

First four of each heat qualify to the quarterfinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Emma Twigg Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:40.24Q
2 Donata Vištartaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 7:43.07Q
3 Sanita Pušpure Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7:49.35Q
4 Kissya da Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8:07.75Q
5 Lucia Palermo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8:07.89R
6 Soulmaz Abbasi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 8:17.46R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Kim Crow Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:41.18Q
2 Nataliya Mustafayeva Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan 7:46.01Q
3 Micheen Thornycroft Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 7:47.10Q
4 Yariulvis Cobas Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:48.58Q
5 Camila Vargas Palomo Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 8:01.60R
6 Kim Ye-ji Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 8:04.68R

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Miroslava Knapková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:24.17Q
2 Fie Udby Erichsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:29.37Q
3 Marie-Louise Dräger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:44.23Q
4 Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 7:52.62Q
5 Svetlana Germanovich Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 8:01.94R
6 Racha Soula Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 8:19.31R

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Zhang Xiuyun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:21.49Q
2 Frida Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:32.61Q
3 Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 7:52.07Q
4 Haruna Sakakibara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7:52.98Q
5 Shwe Zin Latt Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 8:10.15R

Heat 5

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Ekaterina Karsten Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 7:30.31Q
2 Yuliya Levina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7:32.06Q
3 Genevra Stone Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:33.68Q
4 Debora Oakley Gonzalez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:00.17Q
5 Amina Rouba Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8:15.94R

Repechage

First two qualify to the quarterfinals.

Repechage 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Kim Ye-ji Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7:50.64Q
2 Lucia Palermo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7:52.49Q
3 Svetlana Germanovich Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 7:53.63
4 Amina Rouba Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8:12.83

Repechage 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Camila Vargas Palomo Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 7:53.38Q
2 Soulmaz Abbasi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 8:05.99Q
3 Shwe Zin Latt Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 8:09.59
4 Racha Soula Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 8:10.76

Quarterfinals

First three qualify to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Kim Crow Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:34.29Q
2 Emma Twigg Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:39.07Q
3 Marie-Louise Dräger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:52.17Q
4 Debora Oakley Gonzalez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:10.97
5 Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 8:14.36
6 Soulmaz Abbasi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 8:27.28

Quarterfinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Miroslava Knapková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:35.35Q
2 Genevra Stone Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:39.67Q
3 Frida Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:40.64Q
4 Sanita Pušpure Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7:44.19
5 Yariulvis Cobas Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:56.89
6 Camila Vargas Palomo Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 8:07.67

Quarterfinal 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Zhang Xiuyun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:39.58Q
2 Yuliya Levina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7:41.28Q
3 Donata Vištartaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 7:45.68Q
4 Micheen Thornycroft Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 7:56.66
5 Lucia Palermo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8:06.47
6 Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 8:16.50

Quarterfinal 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Fie Udby Erichsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:38.93Q
2 Ekaterina Karsten Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 7:42.00Q
3 Nataliya Mustafayeva Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan 8:00.26Q
4 Kim Ye-ji Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 8:00.26
5 Haruna Sakakibara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:12.26
6 Kissya da Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8:12.85

Semifinals

Semifinals C/D

First three qualify to Final C, remainder to Final D.

Semifinal 1
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Sanita Pušpure Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7:51.69Q
2 Kissya da Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8:01.64Q
3 Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 8:03.91Q
4 Lucia Palermo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8:09.85
5 Debora Oakley Gonzalez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:14.03
6 Soulmaz Abbasi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 8:30.74
Semifinal 2
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Micheen Thornycroft Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 7:51.02Q
2 Yariulvis Cobas Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:54.22Q
3 Camila Vargas Palomo Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 7:57.22Q
4 Kim Ye-ji Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7:59.78
5 Haruna Sakakibara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:05.65
6 Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 8:10.15

Semifinals A/B

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

Semifinal 1
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Miroslava Knapková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:42.57Q
2 Kim Crow Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:44.69Q
3 Ekaterina Karsten Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 7:44.94Q
4 Yuliya Levina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7:48.95
5 Donata Vištartaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 7:56.05
6 Marie-Louise Dräger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:01.05
Semifinal 2
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Fie Udby Erichsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:44.33Q
2 Zhang Xiuyun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:45.58Q
3 Emma Twigg Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:46.71Q
4 Genevra Stone Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:52.98
5 Frida Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:54.52
6 Nataliya Mustafayeva Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan 8:06.83

Finals

Final E

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Svetlana Germanovich Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 8:37.08
2 Amina Rouba Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8:42.23
3 Racha Soula Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 8:49.47
4 Shwe Zin Latt Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 8:56.06

Final D

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Kim Ye-ji Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 8:32.57
2 Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 8:34.51
3 Lucia Palermo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8:40.38
4 Debora Oakley Gonzalez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:40.70
5 Haruna Sakakibara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:42.90
6 Soulmaz Abbasi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 8:57.98

Final C

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Sanita Pušpure Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7:59.77
2 Micheen Thornycroft Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 8:07.52
3 Yariulvis Cobas Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 8:14.59
4 Camila Vargas Palomo Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 8:19.75
5 Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 8:34.11
Kissya da Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil DNS

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Genevra Stone Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:45.24
2 Donata Vištartaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 7:47.94
3 Yuliya Levina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7:49.22
4 Frida Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:56.42
5 Marie-Louise Dräger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:11.71
6 Nataliya Mustafayeva Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan 8:23.64

Final A

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Miroslava Knapková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:54.37
Silver medal icon.svg Fie Udby Erichsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:57.72
Bronze medal icon.svg Kim Crow Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:58.04
4 Emma Twigg Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:01.76
5 Ekaterina Karsten Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 8:02.86
6 Zhang Xiuyun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:03.10

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