2023 World Rowing Championships – Women's single sculls

Women's single sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Sava
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Dates	3 September – 10 September
Competitors	31 from 31 nations
Winning time	7:14.35
Medalists
Karolien Florijn    Netherlands   Emma Twigg    New Zealand   Tara Rigney    Australia

The women's 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	10:26	Heats
Monday 4 September 2023	16:26	Repechages
Wednesday 6 September 2023	11:54	Quarterfinals AD
	15:58	Semifinals E/F
Thursday 7 September 2023	15:55	Semifinals C/D
	17:30	Final F
	17:40	Final E
Friday 8 September 2023	10:15	Semifinals A/B
Sunday 10 September 2023	09:47	Final D
	10:25	Final C
	11:23	Final B
	14:44	Final A

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

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alexandra Föster	Germany	7:23.31	QAD
2	Virginia Díaz Rivas	Spain	7:25.48	QAD
3	Clara Guerra	Italy	7:26.01	QAD
4	Anna Prakaten	Uzbekistan	7:28.76	R
5	Elis Özbay	Turkey	7:33.03	R
6	Alia Qali	Kuwait	9:19.93	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emma Twigg	New Zealand	7:23.43	QAD
2	Liu Ruiqi	China	7:26.62	QAD
3	Inger Seim Kavlie	Norway	7:28.26	QAD
4	Marta Wieliczko	Poland	7:33.43	R
5	Kira Yuvchenko	Individual Neutral Athletes	7:33.54	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tara Rigney	Australia	7:21.90	QAD
2	Viktorija Senkutė	Lithuania	7:24.08	QAD
3	Marie Jacquet	France	7:28.57	QAD
4	Akoko Komlanvi	Togo	8:28.48	R
5	Maryam Isa	Bahrain	11:17.51	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Desislava Angelova	Bulgaria	7:24.96	QAD
2	Magdalena Lobnig	Austria	7:25.53	QAD
3	Ioana-Madalina Morosan	Romania	7:29.86	QAD
4	Lucy Glover	Great Britain	7:37.14	R
5	Laine Rumpe	Latvia	7:54.95	R

Heat 5

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kara Kohler	United States	7:24.88	QAD
2	Tatsiana Klimovich	Individual Neutral Athletes	7:28.92	QAD
3	Aurelia-Maxima Janzen	Switzerland	7:39.31	QAD
4	Nina Kostanjšek	Slovenia	7:45.60	R
5	Adriana Sanguineti Velasco	Peru	7:50.72	R

Heat 6

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Karolien Florijn	Netherlands	7:18.55	QAD
2	Jovana Arsić	Serbia	7:23.33	QAD
3	Diana Serebrianska	Ukraine	7:32.55	QAD
4	Lenka Lukšová	Czech Republic	7:38.84	R
5	Shiho Yonekawa	Japan	7:39.59	R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the EF semifinals.[3]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anna Prakaten	Uzbekistan	8:05.40	Q
2	Lenka Lukšová	Czech Republic	8:15.16	Q
3	Adriana Sanguineti Velasco	Peru	8:32.42	SEF
4	Maryam Isa	Bahrain	12:08.94	SEF

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Shiho Yonekawa	Japan	8:14.11	Q
2	Lucy Glover	Great Britain	8:14.77	Q
3	Elis Özbay	Turkey	8:21.51	SEF
4	Marta Wieliczko	Poland	8:24.55	SEF

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kira Yuvchenko	Individual Neutral Athletes	8:23.44	Q
2	Nina Kostanjšek	Slovenia	8:35.73	Q
3	Laine Rumpe	Latvia	8:48.83	SEF
4	Akoko Komlanvi	Togo	9:17.09	SEF
5	Alia Qali	Kuwait	10:20.69	SEF

Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in each Quarterfinal advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the CD semifinals.[4]

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emma Twigg	New Zealand	7:52.44	SA/B
2	Viktorija Senkutė	Lithuania	7:57.48	SA/B
3	Alexandra Föster	Germany	7:58.16	SA/B
4	Anna Prakaten	Uzbekistan	8:07.24	SC/D
5	Diana Serebrianska	Ukraine	8:12.99	SC/D
6	Nina Kostanjšek	Slovenia	8:40.79	SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tara Rigney	Australia	7:56.73	SA/B
2	Desislava Angelova	Bulgaria	7:58.68	SA/B
3	Tatsiana Klimovich	Individual Neutral Athletes	7:59.85	SA/B
4	Kira Yuvchenko	Individual Neutral Athletes	8:07.35	SC/D
5	Ioana-Madalina Morosan	Romania	8:10.50	SC/D
6	Lucy Glover	Great Britain	8:15.65	SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kara Kohler	United States	7:52.41	SA/B
2	Jovana Arsić	Serbia	7:56.23	SA/B
3	Virginia Díaz Rivas	Spain	7:59.32	SA/B
4	Inger Seim Kavlie	Norway	8:01.25	SC/D
5	Marie Jacquet	France	8:08.44	SC/D
6	Shiho Yonekawa	Japan	8:11.76	SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Karolien Florijn	Netherlands	7:53.39	SA/B
2	Magdalena Lobnig	Austria	7:55.93	SA/B
3	Aurelia-Maxima Janzen	Switzerland	7:57.38	SA/B
4	Liu Ruiqi	China	8:03.70	SC/D
5	Lenka Lukšová	Czech Republic	8:12.49	SC/D
6	Clara Guerra	Italy	8:16.15	SC/D

Semifinals E/F

The two fastest boats in each Semifinal advanced to the Final E. The remaining boats were sent to the Final F.[5]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marta Wieliczko	Poland	8:40.11	FE
2	Adriana Sanguineti Velasco	Peru	8:59.64	FE
3	Laine Rumpe	Latvia	9:15.88	FE
4	Alia Qali	Kuwait	10:48.80	FF

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Elis Özbay	Turkey	8:45.53	FE
2	Akoko Komlanvi	Togo	9:41.70	FE
3	Maryam Isa	Bahrain	13:17.30	FF

Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each Semifinal advanced to the Final C. The remaining boats were sent to the Final D.[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anna Prakaten	Uzbekistan	8:16.44	FC
2	Shiho Yonekawa	Japan	8:18.83	FC
3	Kira Yuvchenko	Individual Neutral Athletes	8:18.92	FC
4	Marie Jacquet	France	8:20.62	FD
5	Lenka Lukšová	Czech Republic	8:36.23	FD
6	Nina Kostanjšek	Slovenia	8:46.17	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Liu Ruiqi	China	8:17.68	FC
2	Inger Seim Kavlie	Norway	8:18.83	FC
3	Ioana-Madalina Morosan	Romania	8:24.33	FC
4	Clara Guerra	Italy	8:29.19	FD
5	Diana Serebrianska	Ukraine	8:33.58	FD
6	Lucy Glover	Great Britain	8:33.93	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.[7]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Karolien Florijn	Netherlands	7:29.07	FA
2	Emma Twigg	New Zealand	7:33.92	FA
3	Desislava Angelova	Bulgaria	7:42.45	FA
4	Alexandra Föster	Germany	7:58.35	FB
5	Jovana Arsić	Serbia	8:07.33	FB
6	Virginia Díaz Rivas	Spain	8:16.30	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kara Kohler	United States	7:44.66	FA
2	Tara Rigney	Australia	7:46.42	FA
3	Viktorija Senkutėa	Lithuania	7:46.81	FA
4	Magdalena Lobnig	Austria	7:54.45	FB
5	Aurelia-Maxima Janzen	Switzerland	8:02.82	FB
6	Tatsiana Klimovich	Individual Neutral Athletes	8:07.45	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[8]

Final F

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Alia Qali	Kuwait	9:53.90	30
2	Maryam Isa	Bahrain	11:21.79	31

Final E

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Marta Wieliczko	Poland	7:59.56	25
2	Elis Özbay	Turkey	8:05.89	26
3	Laine Rumpe	Latvia	8:25.28	27
4	Adriana Sanguineti Velasco	Peru	8:35.42	28
5	Akoko Komlanvi	Togo	9:12.87	29

Final D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Marie Jacquet	France	7:27.21	19
2	Clara Guerra	Italy	7:28.15	20
3	Lenka Lukšová	Czech Republic	7:37.04	21
4	Lucy Glover	Great Britain	7:37.93	22
5	Diana Serebrianska	Ukraine	7:40.42	23
6	Nina Kostanjšek	Slovenia	7:46.40	24

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Inger Seim Kavlie	Norway	7:32.72	13
2	Liu Ruiqi	China	7:33.57	14
3	Anna Prakaten	Uzbekistan	7:36.36	15
4	Shiho Yonekawa	Japan	7:38.42	16
5	Kira Yuvchenko	Individual Neutral Athletes	7:44.85	17
6	Ioana-Madalina Morosan	Romania	7:50.22	18

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Magdalena Lobnig	Austria	7:31.91	7
2	Alexandra Föster	Germany	7:32.44	8
3	Jovana Arsić	Serbia	7:34.76	9
4	Tatsiana Klimovich	Individual Neutral Athletes	7:40.42	10
5	Aurelia-Maxima Janzen	Switzerland	7:43.31	11
6	Virginia Díaz Rivas	Spain	7:45.74	12

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Karolien Florijn	Netherlands	7:14.35
	Emma Twigg	New Zealand	7:19.43
	Tara Rigney	Australia	7:21.07
4	Kara Kohler	United States	7:23.98
5	Desislava Angelova	Bulgaria	7:24.08
6	Viktorija Senkutė	Lithuania	7:35.20

References

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