2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls

The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.[1]

Women's lightweight single sculls at the 2016 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Willem-Alexander Baan
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dates	22–27 August
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Winning time	8:28:45
Medalists
Zoe McBride    New Zealand   Emma Fredh    Sweden   Katherine Sauks    Canada

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 22 August 2016	16:35	Heats
Tuesday 23 August 2016	11:00	Repechages
Wednesday 24 August 2016	17:10	Semifinals C/D
Thursday 25 August 2016	15:25	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 27 August 2016	10:40	Final D
	10:55	Final C
	11:15	Final B
	12:25	Final A

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

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aja Runge Holmegaard	Denmark	7:46.69	SA/B
2	Georgia Dimakou	Greece	7:48.11	R
3	Olga Svirska	Latvia	8:08.80	R
4	Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	8:14.27	R
5	Shoko Ueno	Japan	8:17.94	R
6	Adriana Escobar	El Salvador	8:29.06	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Patricia Merz	Switzerland	7:49.94	SA/B
2	Mary Jones	United States	7:53.63	R
3	Anja Noske	Germany	7:53.67	R
4	Leonie Pless	Austria	8:01.89	R
5	Phuttharaksa Neegree	Thailand	8:17.92	R
6	Giulia Pollini	Italy	8:18.43	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emma Fredh	Sweden	7:43.55	SA/B
2	Katherine Sauks	Canada	7:43.92	R
3	Gemma Hall	Great Britain	7:52.33	R
4	Anastasiia Ianina	Russia	7:52.37	R
5	Guo Shuai	China	7:57.08	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe McBride	New Zealand	7:44.97	SA/B
2	Eveline Peleman	Belgium	7:53.42	R
3	Elisabeth Woerner	Netherlands	7:53.68	R
4	Tereza Kocianová	Czech Republic	8:04.35	R
5	Syham Abid	Hungary	8:16.55	R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.[3]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anastasiia Ianina	Russia	7:37.11	SA/B
2	Georgia Dimakou	Greece	7:37.87	SA/B
3	Anja Noske	Germany	7:54.23	SC/D
4	Syham Abid	Hungary	8:08.74	SC/D
5	Adriana Escobar	El Salvador	8:13.89	SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mary Jones	United States	7:45.54	SA/B
2	Gemma Hall	Great Britain	7:51.97	SA/B
3	Tereza Kocianová	Czech Republic	7:55.19	SC/D
4	Giulia Pollini	Italy	7:56.21	SC/D
5	Shoko Ueno	Japan	8:01.52	SC/D

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Katherine Sauks	Canada	7:43.02	SA/B
2	Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	7:45.59	SA/B
3	Elisabeth Woerner	Netherlands	7:48.88	SC/D
4	Phuttharaksa Neegree	Thailand	8:01.88	SC/D

Repechage 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Leonie Pless	Austria	7:44.43	SA/B
2	Eveline Peleman	Belgium	7:45.09	SA/B
3	Guo Shuai	China	7:53.63	SC/D
4	Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:59.09	SC/D

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.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anja Noske	Germany	7:46.45	FC
2	Elisabeth Woerner	Netherlands	7:49.49	FC
3	Giulia Pollini	Italy	7:52.76	FC
4	Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:53.98	FD
5	Adriana Escobar	El Salvador	8:09.04	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Guo Shuai	China	7:48.65	FC
2	Tereza Kocianová	Czech Republic	7:51.92	FC
3	Shoko Ueno	Japan	7:59.01	FC
4	Phuttharaksa Neegree	Thailand	8:04.32	FD
5	Syham Abid	Hungary	8:13.88	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.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emma Fredh	Sweden	7:36.99	FA
2	Mary Jones	United States	7:39.29	FA
3	Georgia Dimakou	Greece	7:39.62	FA
4	Aja Runge Holmegaard	Denmark	7:40.05	FB
5	Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	7:48.91	FB
6	Leonie Pless	Austria	7:52.17	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe McBride	New Zealand	7:31.45	FA
2	Anastasiia Ianina	Russia	7:34.35	FA
3	Katherine Sauks	Canada	7:34.96	FA
4	Patricia Merz	Switzerland	7:37.15	FB
5	Eveline Peleman	Belgium	7:48.47	FB
6	Gemma Hall	Great Britain	7:50.54	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
1	Olga Svirska	Latvia	8:52.91
2	Phuttharaksa Neegree	Thailand	9:09.58
3	Syham Abid	Hungary	9:12.45
4	Adriana Escobar	El Salvador	9:30.71

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Anja Noske	Germany	8:40.91
2	Guo Shuai	China	8:48.48
3	Tereza Kocianová	Czech Republic	8:52.00
4	Elisabeth Woerner	Netherlands	8:58.07
5	Shoko Ueno	Japan	8:59.31
6	Giulia Pollini	Italy	9:14.43

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Patricia Merz	Switzerland	8:44.92
2	Aja Runge Holmegaard	Denmark	8:49.39
3	Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	8:49.65
4	Leonie Pless	Austria	8:56.94
5	Eveline Peleman	Belgium	8:59.31
6	Gemma Hall	Great Britain	9:01.11

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Zoe McBride	New Zealand	8:28.45
	Emma Fredh	Sweden	8:29.12
	Katherine Sauks	Canada	8:37.96
4	Mary Jones	United States	8:38.73
5	Georgia Dimakou	Greece	8:41.12
6	Anastasiia Ianina	Russia	8:46.34

References

1. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
2. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
3. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
4. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Semifinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
5. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.