The women's single sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 15 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the main semifinals. The remaining three boats (4th through 6th in the repechage) were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 15th places.

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. 5, p. 331.

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Anne Marden 7:40.12 2 Silken Laumann 7:46.16 3 Tonia Svaier 7:51.35 4 Patricia Reid 8:00.64 5 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova 8:08.43

Heat 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Annelies Bredael 7:50.02 2 Corinne Le Moal 7:50.96 3 Beate Schramm 8:00.81 4 Kristina Poplavskaja 8:06.31 5 Ho Kim Fai 8:13.19

Heat 3

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Elisabeta Lipă 7:42.94 2 Maria Brandin 7:47.01 3 Irene Eijs 7:52.13 4 Andrea Coss 7:58.51 5 Katalin Sarlós 8:00.45

Repechage

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova 7:58.70 2 Patricia Reid 7:59.53 3 Kristina Poplavskaja 8:01.31 4 Katalin Sarlós 8:05.17 5 Ho Kim Fai 8:14.63 – Andrea Coss

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Elisabeta Lipă 7:31.71 2 Anne Marden 7:35.72 3 Corinne Le Moal 7:39.78 4 Irene Eijs 7:40.44 5 Tonia Svaier 7:42.77 6 Patricia Reid 7:44.36

Semifinal 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Silken Laumann 7:30.48 2 Annelies Bredael 7:33.97 3 Maria Brandin 7:36.88 4 Beate Schramm 7:53.22 5 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova 8:01.15 6 Kristina Poplavskaja 8:05.15

Finals

Final C

Rank Rower Nation Time 13 Katalin Sarlós 8:11.55 14 Andrea Coss 8:13.46 15 Ho Kim Fai 8:32.86

Final B

Rank Rower Nation Time 7 Tonia Svaier 8:06.65 8 Irene Eijs 8:09.62 9 Patricia Reid 8:13.05 10 Violeta Ninova-Yordanova 8:16.22 11 Kristina Poplavskaja 8:27.84 12 Beate Schramm

Final A

Rank Rower Nation Time Elisabeta Lipă 7:25.54 Annelies Bredael 7:26.64 Silken Laumann 7:28.85 4 Anne Marden 7:29.84 5 Maria Brandin 7:37.55 6 Corinne Le Moal 7:41.85

Final classification

The following rowers took part: RankRowersCountry Elisabeta Lipă Annelies Bredael Silken Laumann Anne Marden Maria Brandin Corinne Le Moal Tonia Svaier Irene Eijs Patricia Reid Violeta Ninova-Yordanova Kristina Poplavskaja Beate Schramm Katalin Sarlós Andrea Coss Ho Kim Fai

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