The women's single sculls competition at the 2026 World Rowing Championships took place at Bosbaan, in Amsterdam.
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Wednesday 26 August 2026 14:16 Heats Friday 28 August 2026 14:05 Quarterfinals 15:21 Final E Saturday 29 August 2026 11:05 Final D 11:15 Final C 16:05 SemifinalsSunday, 30 August 2026 14:10 Final B 14:52 Final A All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Results Heats The two fastest boats in each heat and the fourteen fastest times advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the Final E.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Frida Sanggaard Nielsen 8:02.81 QF 2Kateryna Dudchenko 8:03.23 QF 3Tara Rigney 8:10.59 QF 4Bianca-Camelia Ifteni 8:13.74 QF 5Kathryn Glen 8:21.48 QF 6Sophie Souwer 8:21.69 QF
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Karolien Florijn 8:10.56 QF 2Jovana Arsić 8:14.63 QF 3Zoltana Gadanyi 8:37.17 QF 4Maiju Kainlauri 8:40.80 Q 5Mae Tasha 9:22.68 FE
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Viktorija Senkutė 8:04.26 QF 2Alice Prokešová 8:09.08 QF 3Wang Sixuan 8:13.67 QF 4Mazarine Guilbert 8:15.64 QF 5Nicole Martínez 8:27.18 QF Heat 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Lauren Henry 7:54.69 QF 2Lauren O'Connor 7:59.74 QF 3Alexandra Föster 8:03.41 QF 4Anna Prakaten 8:08.76 QF 5Louise Lefebvre 8:11.31 QF Heat 5 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Paige Badenhorst 8:00.98 QF 2Fiona Murtagh 8:01.18 QF 3Aurelia-Maxima Janzen 8:01.71 QF 4Beatriz Tavares 8:13.18 QF 5Devi Kailasa Lockwood 8:51.05 FE Quarterfinals The three fastest boats in each heat advance to the semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the Final C and Final D. Quarterfinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Lauren Henry 7:14.82 SF 2Karolien Florijn 7:29.79 SF 3Beatriz Tavares 7:35.04 SF 4Alice Prokešová 7:38.76 FC 5Kathryn Glen 7:43.65 FC 6Maiju Kainlauri 8:03.83 FD Quarterfinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Jovana Arsić 7:27.60 SF 2Lauren O'Connor 7:31.82 SF 3Paige Badenhorst 7:34.05 SF 4Louise Lefebvre 7:49.15 FD 5Zoltana Gadanyi 8:02.25 FD Mazarine Guilbert DNS Quarterfinal 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Fiona Murtagh 7:20.80 SF 2Aurelia-Maxima Janzen 7:21.71 SF 3Tara Rigney 7:27.00 SF 4Frida Sanggaard Nielsen 7:27.26 FC 5Bianca-Camelia Ifteni 7:38.23 FC 6Nicole Martínez 7:55.16 FD Quarterfinal 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Viktorija Senkutė 7:26.98 SF 2Kateryna Dudchenko 7:29.83 SF 3Alexandra Föster 7:34.64 SF 4Anna Prakaten 7:42.19 FC 5Wang Sixuan 7:47.02 FC 6Sophie Souwer 7:49.08 FD
Semifinals Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Lauren Henry 7:14.58 FA 2Karolien Florijn 7:23.96 FA 3Viktorija Senkutė 7:29.68 FA 4Lauren O'Connor 7:36.40 FB 5Paige Badenhorst 7:44.42 FB 6Alexandra Föster 7:53.16 FB Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Fiona Murtagh 7:24.68 FA 2Jovana Arsić 7:26.25 FA 3Aurelia-Maxima Janzen 7:29.00 FA 4Tara Rigney 7:33.69 FB 5Kateryna Dudchenko 7:41.10 FB 6Beatriz Tavares 7:46.50 FB
Finals The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals. Final E RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Devi Kailasa Lockwood 8:12.51 24 2Mae Tasha 8:36.16 25
Final D RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Sophie Souwer 7:40.28 19 2Zoltana Gadanyi 7:45.81 20 3Nicole Martínez 7:49.77 21 4Louise Lefebvre 7:52.31 22 5Maiju Kainlauri 8:15.29 23 Final C RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Frida Sanggaard Nielsen 7:30.05 13 2Bianca-Camelia Ifteni 7:33.26 14 3Alice Prokešová 7:40.49 15 4Anna Prakaten 7:40.59 16 5Wang Sixuan 7:46.77 17 6Kathryn Glen 7:47.15 18 Final B RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Alexandra Föster 7:19.64 7 2Tara Rigney 7:24.09 8 3Kateryna Dudchenko 7:25.50 9 4Paige Badenhorst 7:26.46 10 5Lauren O'Connor 7:30.84 11 6Beatriz Tavares 7:38.22 12
Final A RankRowerCountryTime Lauren Henry 7:15.93 Fiona Murtagh 7:18.04 Karolien Florijn 7:18.84 4Aurelia-Maxima Janzen 7:23.47 5Viktorija Senkutė 7:23.59 6Jovana Arsić 7:36.61
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