2019 World Rowing Championships – Women's single sculls

The women's single sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue.^[1] A top-nine finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.^[2]

Women's single sculls at the 2019 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Linz-Ottensheim
Location	Ottensheim, Austria
Dates	25 August – 1 September
Competitors	37 from 37 nations
Winning time	7:17.14
Medalists
Sanita Pušpure    Ireland   Emma Twigg    New Zealand   Kara Kohler    United States
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Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 25 August 2019	16:17	Heats
Monday 26 August 2019	15:12	Repechages
Wednesday 28 August 2019	12:53	Quarterfinals
	16:28	Semifinals E/F/G
Thursday 29 August 2019	16:20	Semifinals C/D
	17:00	Final G
	17:15	Final F
	17:40	Final E
Friday 30 August 2019	12:40	Semifinals A/B
Sunday 1 September 2019	10:25	Final D
	11:01	Final C
	12:18	Final B
	14:27	Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Magdalena Lobnig	Austria	8:07.31	Q
2	Maike Diekmann	Namibia	8:11.86	Q
3	Marianne Madsen	Norway	8:16.05	R
4	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico	8:31.19	R
5	Viktorija Senkutė	Lithuania	8:39.66	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kara Kohler	United States	8:03.13	Q
2	Diana Dymchenko	Ukraine	8:10.28	Q
3	Felice Chow	Trinidad and Tobago	8:18.54	R
4	Anna Markulinova	Slovakia	8:28.00	R
5	Joan Poh	Singapore	8:42.90	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Victoria Thornley	Great Britain	7:48.90	Q
2	Fie Udby Erichsen	Denmark	7:54.27	Q
3	Eeva Karppinen	Finland	8:11.80	R
4	Tala Abujbara	Qatar	8:13.81	R
5	Dareen Mahmoud Mohamed	Egypt	8:47.54	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Carling Zeeman	Canada	7:47.03	Q
2	Marie Jacquet	France	7:51.25	Q
3	Phạm Thị Huệ	Vietnam	8:10.18	R
4	Rojjana Raklao	Thailand	8:12.08	R
5	Akossiwa Ayivon	Togo	8:50.93	R

Heat 5

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emma Twigg	New Zealand	7:43.81	Q
2	Lovisa Claesson	Sweden	7:53.01	Q
3	Verónica Toro Arana	Puerto Rico	8:00.55	R
4	Jelisaveta Simaceva	Latvia	8:10.51	R
5	Kim Ye-ji	South Korea	8:29.50	R

Heat 6

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jeannine Gmelin	Switzerland	7:52.39	Q
2	Jiang Yan	China	7:56.97	Q
3	Svetlana Germanovich	Kazakhstan	8:15.61	R
4	Alejandra Alonso	Paraguay	8:35.71	R

Heat 7

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Miroslava Knapková	Czech Republic	7:55.39	Q
2	Annekatrin Thiele	Germany	8:03.47	Q
3	Huang Yi-ting	Chinese Taipei	8:19.61	R
4	Sarah Fraincart	Morocco	8:51.66	R

Heat 8

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sanita Pušpure	Ireland	7:44.41	Q
2	Laila Youssifou	Netherlands	7:55.47	Q
3	Desislava Angelova	Bulgaria	8:22.18	R
4	Aikaterini Nikolaidou	Greece	8:28.66	R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E/F/G semifinals.^[4]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aikaterini Nikolaidou	Greece	8:18.60	Q
2	Felice Chow	Trinidad and Tobago	8:18.89	Q
3	Eeva Karppinen	Finland	8:19.98	SE/F/G
4	Rojjana Raklao	Thailand	8:31.99	SE/F/G
5	Kim Ye-ji	South Korea	8:38.88	SE/F/G
6	Viktorija Senkutė	Lithuania	8:58.16	SE/F/G

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Desislava Angelova	Bulgaria	8:15.56	Q
2	Huang Yi-ting	Chinese Taipei	8:18.50	Q
3	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico	8:21.31	SE/F/G
4	Jelisaveta Simaceva	Latvia	8:28.91	SE/F/G
5	Joan Poh	Singapore	8:52.63	SE/F/G

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Phạm Thị Huệ	Vietnam	8:19.42	Q
2	Verónica Toro Arana	Puerto Rico	8:19.45	Q
3	Anna Markulinova	Slovakia	8:24.63	SE/F/G
4	Alejandra Alonso	Paraguay	8:44.98	SE/F/G
5	Dareen Mahmoud Mohamed	Egypt	9:02.11	SE/F/G

Repechage 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Svetlana Germanovich	Kazakhstan	8:11.05	Q
2	Marianne Madsen	Norway	8:15.81	Q
3	Tala Abujbara	Qatar	8:18.46	SE/F/G
4	Sarah Fraincart	Morocco	8:57.65	SE/F/G
5	Akossiwa Ayivon	Togo	9:06.14	SE/F/G

Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.^[5]

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kara Kohler	United States	7:29.00	SA/B
2	Magdalena Lobnig	Austria	7:34.57	SA/B
3	Fie Udby Erichsen	Denmark	7:35.61	SA/B
4	Marie Jacquet	France	7:45.55	SC/D
5	Marianne Madsen	Norway	7:48.13	SC/D
6	Desislava Angelova	Bulgaria	7:50.94	SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Victoria Thornley	Great Britain	7:30.69	SA/B
2	Carling Zeeman	Canada	7:33.84	SA/B
3	Jiang Yan	China	7:35.39	SA/B
4	Lovisa Claesson	Sweden	7:43.84	SC/D
5	Phạm Thị Huệ	Vietnam	7:53.19	SC/D
6	Huang Yi-ting	Chinese Taipei	8:00.15	SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emma Twigg	New Zealand	7:28.20	SA/B
2	Jeannine Gmelin	Switzerland	7:32.19	SA/B
3	Laila Youssifou	Netherlands	7:33.90	SA/B
4	Annekatrin Thiele	Germany	7:46.80	SC/D
5	Aikaterini Nikolaidou	Greece	7:51.54	SC/D
6	Verónica Toro Arana	Puerto Rico	7:54.58	SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sanita Pušpure	Ireland	7:21.03	SA/B
2	Miroslava Knapková	Czech Republic	7:36.19	SA/B
3	Diana Dymchenko	Ukraine	7:41.48	SA/B
4	Maike Diekmann	Namibia	7:43.80	SC/D
5	Felice Chow	Trinidad and Tobago	7:53.81	SC/D
6	Svetlana Germanovich	Kazakhstan	7:57.25	SC/D

Semifinals E/F/G

In each semi, the boats progressed as follows:

The two fastest were sent to the E final.
Any remaining (bar the slowest) were sent to the F final.
The slowest were sent to the G final.^[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Eeva Karppinen	Finland	7:59.15	FE
2	Viktorija Senkutė	Lithuania	7:59.52	FE
3	Anna Markulinova	Slovakia	8:01.19	FF
4	Joan Poh	Singapore	8:25.73	FF
5	Akossiwa Ayivon	Togo	8:35.54	FG

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tala Abujbara	Qatar	8:00.01	FE
2	Rojjana Raklao	Thailand	8:01.73	FE
3	Jelisaveta Simaceva	Latvia	8:04.36	FF
4	Dareen Mahmoud Mohamed	Egypt	8:33.78	FG

Semifinal 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico	8:01.29	FE
2	Kim Ye-ji	South Korea	8:09.25	FE
3	Alejandra Alonso	Paraguay	8:22.86	FF
4	Sarah Fraincart	Morocco	8:30.87	FG

Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.^[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marie Jacquet	France	7:29.36	FC
2	Lovisa Claesson	Sweden	7:33.21	FC
3	Aikaterini Nikolaidou	Greece	7:33.23	FC
4	Felice Chow	Trinidad and Tobago	7:37.13	FD
5	Desislava Angelova	Bulgaria	7:40.05	FD
6	Verónica Toro Arana	Puerto Rico	7:47.54	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Annekatrin Thiele	Germany	7:32.09	FC
2	Maike Diekmann	Namibia	7:35.15	FC
3	Huang Yi-ting	Chinese Taipei	7:36.04	FC
4	Phạm Thị Huệ	Vietnam	7:40.11	FD
5	Marianne Madsen	Norway	7:41.52	FD
6	Svetlana Germanovich	Kazakhstan	7:42.43	FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kara Kohler	United States	7:33.60	FA
2	Victoria Thornley	Great Britain	7:35.49	FA
3	Jeannine Gmelin	Switzerland	7:36.78	FA
4	Fie Udby Erichsen	Denmark	7:40.22	FB
5	Laila Youssifou	Netherlands	7:44.22	FB
6	Miroslava Knapková	Czech Republic	7:45.92	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sanita Pušpure	Ireland	7:28.53	FA
2	Emma Twigg	New Zealand	7:32.70	FA
3	Carling Zeeman	Canada	7:34.25	FA
4	Jiang Yan	China	7:45.47	FB
5	Magdalena Lobnig	Austria	7:46.59	FB
6	Diana Dymchenko	Ukraine	7:51.47	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.^[7]

Final G

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Sarah Fraincart	Morocco	8:13.38
2	Akossiwa Ayivon	Togo	8:20.67
3	Dareen Mahmoud Mohamed	Egypt	8:23.27

Final F

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Anna Markulinova	Slovakia	7:55.00
2	Alejandra Alonso	Paraguay	7:58.21
3	Jelisaveta Simaceva	Latvia	7:59.28
4	Joan Poh	Singapore	8:14.51

Final E

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico	7:39.24
2	Tala Abujbara	Qatar	7:45.73
3	Eeva Karppinen	Finland	7:47.72
4	Kim Ye-ji	South Korea	7:54.31
5	Viktorija Senkutė	Lithuania	7:56.62
6	Rojjana Raklao	Thailand	7:59.78

Final D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Desislava Angelova	Bulgaria	7:46.93
2	Svetlana Germanovich	Kazakhstan	7:48.15
3	Marianne Madsen	Norway	7:48.25
4	Phạm Thị Huệ	Vietnam	7:53.06
5	Felice Chow	Trinidad and Tobago	7:54.01
6	Verónica Toro Arana	Puerto Rico	8:05.49

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Annekatrin Thiele	Germany	7:44.54
2	Marie Jacquet	France	7:48.60
3	Lovisa Claesson	Sweden	7:50.03
4	Maike Diekmann	Namibia	7:52.44
5	Huang Yi-ting	Chinese Taipei	7:52.63
6	Aikaterini Nikolaidou	Greece	8:17.16

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Jiang Yan	China	7:37.20
2	Laila Youssifou	Netherlands	7:37.37
3	Magdalena Lobnig	Austria	7:38.31
4	Fie Udby Erichsen	Denmark	7:39.17
5	Miroslava Knapková	Czech Republic	7:41.73
6	Diana Dymchenko	Ukraine	7:54.68

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Sanita Pušpure	Ireland	7:17.14
	Emma Twigg	New Zealand	7:20.56
	Kara Kohler	United States	7:22.21
4	Victoria Thornley	Great Britain	7:25.48
5	Jeannine Gmelin	Switzerland	7:26.93
6	Carling Zeeman	Canada	7:29.70

References

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