The Women's single sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Lanier, Atlanta, United States of America. The event was held from 21 to 27 July 1996.

Heats The winner in each heat advanced directly to the semi-finals. The remaining rowers must compete in the repechage for the remaining spots in semi-finals.

Heat 1 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Maria Brandin 8:00.70 SF 2 Rumyana Neykova 8:12.85 R 3 Tonia Svaier 8:17.49 R 4 Birutė Šakickienė 8:21.78 R 5 Meike Evers 8:24.14 R 6 Ana Urbano 8:42.59 R

Heat 2 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Ekaterina Khodotovich 8:03.73 SF 2 Annelies Bredael 8:08.40 R 3 Ruth Davidon 8:09.78 R 4 Céline Garcia 8:10.22 R 5 Elisabeta Lipă 8:22.92 R 6 Samia Hireche 9:08.31 R

Heat 3 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Trine Hansen 8:02.06 SF 2 Silken Laumann 8:10.57 R 3 Liu Xiaochun 8:12.82 R 4 Guin Batten 8:54.05 R 5 Laila Finska-Bezerra 8:31.56 R

Repechage First three rowers in each race advanced to Semifinal 1 or 2, the rest went to Final C.

Repechage 1 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Ruth Davidon 8:33.73 S 2 Rumyana Neykova 8:41.37 S 3 Guin Batten 8:44.73 S 4 Meike Evers 8:54.05 FC 5 Samia Hireche 9:28.41 FC

Repechage 2 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Elisabeta Lipă 8:30.97 S 2 Annelies Bredael 8:33.72 S 3 Liu Xiaochun 8:37.01 S 4 Birutė Šakickienė 8:41.08 FC

Repechage 3 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Silken Laumann 8:28.88 S 2 Céline Garcia 8:32.58 S 3 Laila Finska-Bezerra 8:35.72S 4 Tonia Svaier 8:49.44 FC 5 Ana Urbano 9:04.66 FC

Semifinal First three rowers from each semifinal advanced to Final A, while the others advanced to Final B.

Semifinal 1 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Silken Laumann 7:57.68 FA 2 Ekaterina Khodotovich 8:00.02 FA 3 Maria Brandin 8:01.55 FA 4 Annelies Bredael 8:05.78 FB 5 Rumyana Neykova 8:15.63 FB 6 Laila Finska-Bezerra 8:25.00 FB

Semifinal 2 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Trine Hansen 7:53.45 FA 2 Ruth Davidon 7:54.97 FA 3 Guin Batten 7:56.61 FA 4 Elisabeta Lipă 8:01.84 FB 5 Céline Garcia 8:13.37 FB 6 Liu Xiaochun 8:15.83 FB

Final Final C RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 13 Meike Evers 8:16.51 14 Birutė Šakickienė 8:17.80 15 Tonia Svaier 8:25.83 16 Ana Urbano 8:41.51 17 Samia Hireche 9:09.92

Final B RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 7 Annelies Bredael 7:25.83 8 Rumyana Neykova 7:27.77 9 Elisabeta Lipă 7:28.79 10 Céline Garcia 7:33.30 11 Liu Xiaochun 7:33.67 12 Laila Finska-Bezerra 7:34.85

Final A RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes Ekaterina Khodotovich 7:32.31 Silken Laumann 7:35.15 Trine Hansen 7:37.20 4 Maria Brandin 7:42.58 5 Guin Batten 7:45.08 6 Ruth Davidon 7:46.47

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