2023 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls

Women's lightweight single sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Sava
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Dates	3 September – 8 September
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Winning time	8:47.96
Medalists
Siobhán McCrohan    Ireland   Kenia Lechuga    Mexico   Sophia Luwis    United States

The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 3 September 2023	11:51	Heats
Tuesday 5 September 2023	10:50	Repechages
Thursday 7 September 2023	12:35	Semifinals A/B
	15:35	Semifinals C/D
Friday 8 September 2023	13:13	Final D
	13:29	Final C
	13:53	Final B
	14:15	Final A

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

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martine Veldhuis	Netherlands	7:39.21	SAB
2	Aurélie Morizot	France	7:44.34	SAB
3	Adriana Escobar	El Salvador	8:14.21	R
4	Sofija Kocanović	Serbia	8:42.22	R
5	Conceição Ngola	Angola	9:54.41	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico	7:37.13	SAB
2	Zuzanna Jasińska	Poland	7:38.74	SAB
3	Olivia Bates	Great Britain	7:40.76	R
4	Maia Emilie Lund	Norway	7:54.77	R
5	Aura Forsberg	Finland	8:09.90	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sophia Luwis	United States	7:42.04	SAB
2	Eline Rol	Switzerland	7:42.93	SAB
3	Dora Dragičević	Croatia	7:55.81	R
4	Ilaria Corazza	Italy	8:00.97	R
5	Rachael Kennedy	New Zealand	8:05.23	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gianina van Groningen	Romania	7:35.23	SAB
2	Siobhan McCrohan	Ireland	7:39.53	SAB
3	Chiaki Tomita	Japan	7:45.54	R
4	Teresa Díaz Moreno	Spain	7:57.21	R
	Anastasiia Liubich	Individual Neutral Athletes	EXC

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the CD semifinals.[3]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Olivia Bates	Great Britain	7:39.96	SA/B
2	Ilaria Corazza	Italy	7:44.34	SA/B
3	Teresa Díaz Moreno	Spain	7:47.87	SC/D
4	Rachael Kennedy	New Zealand	8:03.04	SC/D
5	Adriana Escobar	El Salvador	8:08.87	SC/D
6	Conceição Ngola	Angola	9:49.21	SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Maia Emilie Lund	Norway	7:44.03	SA/B
2	Chiaki Tomita	Japan	7:46.36	SA/B
3	Dora Dragičević	Croatia	7:52.52	SC/D
4	Aura Forsberg	Finland	8:00.44	SC/D
5	Sofija Kocanović	Serbia	8:41.69	SC/D

Semifinals C/D

The two fastest boats in semifinal 1 and three fastest boats in semifinal 2 advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Teresa Díaz Moreno	Spain	9:05.40	FC
2	Adriana Escobar	El Salvador	9:09.25	FC
3	Aura Forsberg	Finland	9:09.42	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Dora Dragičević	Croatia	9:12.18	FC
2	Rachael Kennedy	New Zealand	9:16.23	FC
3	Sofija Kocanović	Serbia	10:21.59	FC
4	Conceição Ngola	Angola	12:19.00	FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semifinal advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Siobhan McCrohan	Ireland	8:44.91	FA
2	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico	8:47.00	FA
3	Martine Veldhuis	Netherlands	8:54.30	FA
4	Olivia Bates	Great Britain	8:58.61	FB
5	Eline Rol	Switzerland	9:03.74	FB
6	Chiaki Tomita	Japan	9:15.94	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sophia Luwis	United States	8:46.12	FA
2	Aurélie Morizot	France	8:47.71	FA
3	Gianina van Groningen	Romania	8:53.01	FA
4	Zuzanna Jasińska	Poland	8:59.86	FB
5	Ilaria Corazza	Italy	9:03.36	FB
6	Maia Emilie Lund	Norway	9:10.39	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[5]

Final D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Aura Forsberg	Finland	9:18.44	18
2	Conceição Ngola	Angola	12:17.46	19

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Teresa Díaz Moreno	Spain	9:04.34	13
2	Adriana Escobar	El Salvador	9:24.12	14
3	Rachael Kennedy	New Zealand	9:35.56	15
4	Dora Dragičević	Croatia	10:17.66	16
5	Sofija Kocanović	Serbia	10:33.34	17

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Eline Rol	Switzerland	8:32.59	7
2	Zuzanna Jasińska	Poland	8:37.45	8
3	Chiaki Tomita	Japan	8:40.03	9
4	Ilaria Corazza	Italy	8:43.18	10
5	Maia Emilie Lund	Norway	8:52.88	11
	Olivia Bates	Great Britain	DNS	12

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Siobhan McCrohan	Ireland	8:47.96
	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico	8:51.57
	Sophia Luwis	United States	8:52.48
4	Martine Veldhuis	Netherlands	9:00.67
5	Aurélie Morizot	France	9:05.06
6	Gianina van Groningen	Romania	9:13.46

References

1. "2023 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
2. "Women's lightweight single sculls – Results summary Heats" (PDF). World Rowing. 3 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
3. "Women's lightweight single sculls – Results summary Repechages" (PDF). World Rowing. 5 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
4. "Women's lightweight single sculls – Results summary Semifinals C/D & A/B" (PDF). World Rowing. 7 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
5. "Women's lightweight single sculls – Results summary Finals" (PDF). World Rowing. 8 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2023.