Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls
# Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

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.

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

## Results

### Heats

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anne Marden | United States | 7:40.12 | Q |
| 2 | Silken Laumann | Canada | 7:46.16 | Q |
| 3 | Tonia Svaier | Greece | 7:51.35 | Q |
| 4 | Patricia Reid | Great Britain | 8:00.64 | R |
| 5 | Violeta Ninova-Yordanova | Bulgaria | 8:08.43 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Annelies Bredael | Belgium | 7:50.02 | Q |
| 2 | Corinne Le Moal | France | 7:50.96 | Q |
| 3 | Beate Schramm | Germany | 8:00.81 | Q |
| 4 | Kristina Poplavskaja | Lithuania | 8:06.31 | R |
| 5 | Ho Kim Fai | Hong Kong | 8:13.19 | R |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Elisabeta Lipă | Romania | 7:42.94 | Q |
| 2 | Maria Brandin | Sweden | 7:47.01 | Q |
| 3 | Irene Eijs | Netherlands | 7:52.13 | Q |
| 4 | Andrea Coss | Australia | 7:58.51 | R |
| 5 | Katalin Sarlós | Hungary | 8:00.45 | R |

### Repechage

| Rank | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Violeta Ninova-Yordanova | Bulgaria | 7:58.70 | Q |
| 2 | Patricia Reid | Great Britain | 7:59.53 | Q |
| 3 | Kristina Poplavskaja | Lithuania | 8:01.31 | Q |
| 4 | Katalin Sarlós | Hungary | 8:05.17 | QC |
| 5 | Ho Kim Fai | Hong Kong | 8:14.63 | QC |
| – | Andrea Coss | Australia | DNF | QC |

### Semifinals

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Elisabeta Lipă | Romania | 7:31.71 | QA |
| 2 | Anne Marden | United States | 7:35.72 | QA |
| 3 | Corinne Le Moal | France | 7:39.78 | QA |
| 4 | Irene Eijs | Netherlands | 7:40.44 | QB |
| 5 | Tonia Svaier | Greece | 7:42.77 | QB |
| 6 | Patricia Reid | Great Britain | 7:44.36 | QB |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Silken Laumann | Canada | 7:30.48 | QA |
| 2 | Annelies Bredael | Belgium | 7:33.97 | QA |
| 3 | Maria Brandin | Sweden | 7:36.88 | QA |
| 4 | Beate Schramm | Germany | 7:53.22 | QB |
| 5 | Violeta Ninova-Yordanova | Bulgaria | 8:01.15 | QB |
| 6 | Kristina Poplavskaja | Lithuania | 8:05.15 | QB |

### Finals

**Final C**

| Rank | Rower | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Katalin Sarlós | Hungary | 8:11.55 |
| 14 | Andrea Coss | Australia | 8:13.46 |
| 15 | Ho Kim Fai | Hong Kong | 8:32.86 |

**Final B**

| Rank | Rower | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Tonia Svaier | Greece | 8:06.65 |
| 8 | Irene Eijs | Netherlands | 8:09.62 |
| 9 | Patricia Reid | Great Britain | 8:13.05 |
| 10 | Violeta Ninova-Yordanova | Bulgaria | 8:16.22 |
| 11 | Kristina Poplavskaja | Lithuania | 8:27.84 |
| 12 | Beate Schramm | Germany | DNS |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rower | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Elisabeta Lipă | Romania | 7:25.54 |
| | Annelies Bredael | Belgium | 7:26.64 |
| | Silken Laumann | Canada | 7:28.85 |
| 4 | Anne Marden | United States | 7:29.84 |
| 5 | Maria Brandin | Sweden | 7:37.55 |
| 6 | Corinne Le Moal | France | 7:41.85 |

## Final classification

The following rowers took part:

| Rowers | Country |
| - | - |
| Elisabeta Lipă | Romania |
| Annelies Bredael | Belgium |
| Silken Laumann | Canada |
| Anne Marden | United States |
| Maria Brandin | Sweden |
| Corinne Le Moal | France |
| Tonia Svaier | Greece |
| Irene Eijs | Netherlands |
| Patricia Reid | Great Britain |
| Violeta Ninova-Yordanova | Bulgaria |
| Kristina Poplavskaja | Lithuania |
| Beate Schramm | Germany |
| Katalin Sarlós | Hungary |
| Andrea Coss | Australia |
| Ho Kim Fai | Hong Kong |
