Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

The women's single sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Competition format This rowing event is a single scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a single rower. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side (not feasible for singles events). The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

During the first round six heats were held. The winning boat in each heat advanced to the semifinals, while all others were relegated to the repechages.

The repechages were rounds which offered rowers a chance to qualify for the semi-final. Placing in the repechages determined which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in each repechage moved on to the A/B semifinals, with the bottom three boats going to the C/D semifinals.

Four semifinals were held, two each of A/B semifinals, and C/D semifinals. For each semifinal race, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals, while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals possible. For example, a second-place finish in an A/B semifinal would result in advancement to the A final. Since 19 boats are qualified in this event, the last boat in C/D semifinals is eliminated from the competition.

The fourth and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th, the C from 13th to 18th, and so on. Thus, to win a medal rowers had to finish in the top four of their heat, top three of their quarterfinal, and top three of their A/B semifinal to reach the A final.

Schedule All times are Australian Time (UTC+10) Date Time RoundSunday, 17 September 2000 08:30HeatsTuesday, 19 September 2000 08:30RepechagesThursday, 21 September 2000 08:30Semifinals A/BThursday, 21 September 2000 10:10Semifinals C/DFriday, 22 September 2000 10:10Final BFriday, 22 September 2000 11:20Final CSaturday, 23 September 2000 08:30Final

Results

Heats The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Sonia Waddell7:40.18Q 2Gina Douglas7:43.48R3Mayra González7:48.28R4Soraya Jadué8:03.52R5Fenella Ng8:19.88R

Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Rumyana Neykova7:36.10Q 2Agnieszka Tomczak7:43.99R3Alison Mowbray7:46.73R4Paola López8:06.65R5Samia Hireche8:28.65R

Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Ekaterina Karsten7:47.73Q 2Monica Tranel-Michini7:52.05R3Maria Brandin7:53.46R4Kristen Wall8:07.76R

Heat 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski7:32.80Q 2Yulia Alexandrova7:36.80R3Sophie Balmary7:45.12R4Phuttharaksa Neegree8:22.54R5Ibtissem Trimèche8:32.05R

Repechage First two qualify for semifinals A/B, remainder to semifinals C/D.

Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Yulia Alexandrova7:47.04A/B2Maria Brandin7:55.47A/B3Paola López8:03.83C/D 4Fenella Ng8:16.62C/D

Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Alison Mowbray7:51.33A/B2Monica Tranel-Michini7:54.40A/B3Soraya Jadué8:02.17C/D 4Ibtissem Trimèche8:28.43C/D

Repechage 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Mayra González7:46.25A/B2Agnieszka Tomczak7:47.37A/B3Phuttharaksa Neegree8:27.25C/D

Repechage 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Gina Douglas7:42.67A/B2Sophie Balmary7:51.87A/B3Kristen Wall8:05.18C/D 4Samia Hireche8:21.67C/D

Semifinals

Semifinals C/D First three qualify to Final C.

Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Kristen Wall8:09.28C2Paola López8:13.05C3Ibtissem Trimèche8:30.60

Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Soraya Jadué8:01.30C2Samia Hireche8:18.16C3Fenella Ng8:21.40C4Phuttharaksa Neegree8:29.60

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

Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Rumyana Neykova7:28.34A2Gina Douglas7:32.34A3Sonia Waddell7:35.24A4Mayra González7:38.97B5Maria Brandin7:49.09B6Monica Tranel-Michini7:52.92B

Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski7:37.77A2Ekaterina Karsten7:40.36A3Yulia Alexandrova7:42.23A4Agnieszka Tomczak7:45.64B5Sophie Balmary7:47.16B6Alison Mowbray7:52.28B

Finals

Final C RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Soraya Jadué7:53.562Kristen Wall7:57.943Paola López8:03.114Fenella Ng8:11.065Samia Hireche8:12.89

Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Mayra González7:32.292Agnieszka Tomczak7:33.203Sophie Balmary7:34.234Alison Mowbray7:35.265Maria Brandin7:39.446Monica Tranel-Michini7:48.95

Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesEkaterina Karsten7:28.14Rumyana Neykova7:28.15Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski7:28.994Yulia Alexandrova7:36.57 5Gina Douglas7:37.886Sonia Waddell7:43.71

References

External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Rowing Results