The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2026 World Rowing Championships took place at Bosbaan, in Amsterdam.
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Monday 24 August 2026 17:05 Heats Wednesday 26 August 2026 17:05 SemifinalsThursday, 27 August 2026 15:16 Final B 18:00 Final A All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Results Heats The two fastest boats in each heat and the six fastest times advanced to the semifinals. Remaining crew eliminated.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Femke van de Vliet 8:42.26 SF 2Valeryia ShendzelIndividual Neutral Athletes 2 8:50.53 SF 3Joan Poh 9:13.76 SF 4Noémi Mészárosová 9:34.75 SF 5Majdouline El Allaoui 10:05.28 SF
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Kenia Lechuga 8:43.68 SF 2Claire Friedlander 8:52.65 SF 3Johanna Reichardt 8:54.29 SF 4Sukaina Atal 10:33.58
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Mariia ZhovnerIndividual Neutral Athletes 1 8:31.85 SF 2Nicole Yarzon 8:54.63 SF 3Done Erasmus 9:28.65 SF 4Binti Zakaria Nurzarinah 9:43.11 SF
Semifinals The three fastest boats in each heat advance to the Final A. The remaining boats were sent to the Final B. Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Kenia Lechuga 8:38.71 FA 2Mariia ZhovnerIndividual Neutral Athletes 1 8:41.87 FA 3Claire Friedlander 8:58.44 FA 4Joan Poh 9:19.13 FB 5Noémi Mészárosová 9:35.83 FB 6Majdouline El Allaoui 9:48.36 FB
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Femke van de Vliet 8:15.91 FA 2Nicole Yarzon 8:20.81 FA 3Valeryia ShendzelIndividual Neutral Athletes 2 8:21.23 FA 4Johanna Reichardt 8:31.98 FB 5Done Erasmus 8:56.20 FB 6Binti Zakaria Nurzarinah 9:13.03 FB
Finals The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals. Final B RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Johanna Reichardt 8:39.20 7 2Joan Poh 8:57.36 8 3Done Erasmus 8:59.67 9 4Noémi Mészárosová 9:04.42 10 5Binti Zakaria Nurzarinah 9:22.31 11 6Majdouline El Allaoui 9:26.16 12
Final A RankRowerCountryTime Kenia Lechuga 7:29.16 Mariia ZhovnerIndividual Neutral Athletes 1 7:32.73 Femke van de Vliet 7:35.56 4Valeryia ShendzelIndividual Neutral Athletes 2 7:38.26 5Claire Friedlander 7:44.96 6Nicole Yarzon 7:48.59
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