The women's single sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 13 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 4 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in each repechage heat advanced to the semifinals, with only the last-place boat eliminated (13th place overall). The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 528–29.

All races were over a 2000 metre course, unlike previous Games in which women used a 1000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Anne Marden 8:01.55 2 Inger Pors Olsen 8:09.55 3 Heather Hattin 8:15.04 4 Michaela Burešová-Loukotová 8:17.80 5 Annelie Larsson 8:29.70

Heat 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Jutta Behrendt 7:51.44 2 Marioara Popescu-Ciobanu 7:53.75 3 Harriet van Ettekoven 7:56.80 4 Nataliya Kvasha 7:59.95

Heat 3

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Magdalena Georgieva 7:50.64 2 Rita Defauw 8:09.25 3 Tonia Svaier 8:12.13 4 Lydie Dubedat-Briero 8:28.75

Repechage

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Nataliya Kvasha 8:06.11 2 Michaela Burešová-Loukotová 8:15.63 3 Annelie Larsson 8:20.20 4 Lydie Dubedat-Briero 8:26.86

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Jutta Behrendt 7:37.69 2 Anne Marden 7:40.51 3 Harriet van Ettekoven 7:48.84 4 Heather Hattin 7:56.97 5 Rita Defauw 8:07.95 6 Annelie Larsson 8:11.21

Semifinal 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Magdalena Georgieva 7:35.47 2 Marioara Popescu-Ciobanu 7:39.93 3 Inger Pors Olsen 7:42.76 4 Nataliya Kvasha 7:45.50 5 Tonia Svaier 7:49.15 6 Michaela Burešová-Loukotová 8:08.04

Finals

Final B

Rank Rower Nation Time 7 Tonia Svaier 7:57.73 8 Nataliya Kvasha 8:00.73 9 Rita Defauw 8:04.90 10 Heather Hattin 8:08.69 11 Annelie Larsson 8:11.69 12 Michaela Burešová-Loukotová 8:14.02

Final A

Rank Rower Nation Time Jutta Behrendt 7:47.19 Anne Marden 7:50.28 Magdalena Georgieva 7:53.65 4 Harriet van Ettekoven 7:57.29 5 Marioara Popescu-Ciobanu 7:59.44 6 Inger Pors Olsen 7:59.77

Final classification

RankRowerCountry Jutta Behrendt Anne Marden Magdalena Georgieva 4 Harriet van Ettekoven 5 Marioara Popescu-Ciobanu 6 Inger Pors Olsen 7 Tonia Svaier 8 Nataliya Kvasha 9 Rita Defauw 10 Heather Hattin 11 Annelie Larsson 12 Michaela Burešová-Loukotová 13 Lydie Dubedat-Briero

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