Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls
# Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

The women's single sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Saturday, 28 July 2012 | 13:30 | Heats |
| Sunday, 29 July 2012 | 10:20 | Repechages |
| Tuesday, 31 July 2012 | 11:40 | Quarterfinals |
| Thursday, 2 August 2012 | 09:30 | Semifinals C/D |
| Thursday, 2 August 2012 | 11:10 | Semifinals |
| Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 09:30 | Final E |
| Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 09:50 | Final D |
| Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 10:20 | Final C |
| Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 11:00 | Final B |
| Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 12:30 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

First four of each heat qualify to the quarterfinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Emma Twigg | New Zealand | 7:40.24 | Q |
| 2 | Donata Vištartaitė | Lithuania | 7:43.07 | Q |
| 3 | Sanita Pušpure | Ireland | 7:49.35 | Q |
| 4 | Kissya da Costa | Brazil | 8:07.75 | Q |
| 5 | Lucia Palermo | Argentina | 8:07.89 | R |
| 6 | Soulmaz Abbasi | Iran | 8:17.46 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kim Crow | Australia | 7:41.18 | Q |
| 2 | Nataliya Mustafayeva | Azerbaijan | 7:46.01 | Q |
| 3 | Micheen Thornycroft | Zimbabwe | 7:47.10 | Q |
| 4 | Yariulvis Cobas | Cuba | 7:48.58 | Q |
| 5 | Camila Vargas Palomo | El Salvador | 8:01.60 | R |
| 6 | Kim Ye-ji | South Korea | 8:04.68 | R |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Miroslava Knapková | Czech Republic | 7:24.17 | Q |
| 2 | Fie Udby Erichsen | Denmark | 7:29.37 | Q |
| 3 | Marie-Louise Dräger | Germany | 7:44.23 | Q |
| 4 | Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg | Thailand | 7:52.62 | Q |
| 5 | Svetlana Germanovich | Kazakhstan | 8:01.94 | R |
| 6 | Racha Soula | Tunisia | 8:19.31 | R |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zhang Xiuyun | China | 7:21.49 | Q |
| 2 | Frida Svensson | Sweden | 7:32.61 | Q |
| 3 | Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez | Paraguay | 7:52.07 | Q |
| 4 | Haruna Sakakibara | Japan | 7:52.98 | Q |
| 5 | Shwe Zin Latt | Myanmar | 8:10.15 | R |

**Heat 5**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ekaterina Karsten | Belarus | 7:30.31 | Q |
| 2 | Yuliya Levina | Russia | 7:32.06 | Q |
| 3 | Genevra Stone | United States | 7:33.68 | Q |
| 4 | Debora Oakley Gonzalez | Mexico | 8:00.17 | Q |
| 5 | Amina Rouba | Algeria | 8:15.94 | R |

### Repechage

First two qualify to the quarterfinals.

**Repechage 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kim Ye-ji | South Korea | 7:50.64 | Q |
| 2 | Lucia Palermo | Argentina | 7:52.49 | Q |
| 3 | Svetlana Germanovich | Kazakhstan | 7:53.63 | |
| 4 | Amina Rouba | Algeria | 8:12.83 | |

**Repechage 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Camila Vargas Palomo | El Salvador | 7:53.38 | Q |
| 2 | Soulmaz Abbasi | Iran | 8:05.99 | Q |
| 3 | Shwe Zin Latt | Myanmar | 8:09.59 | |
| 4 | Racha Soula | Tunisia | 8:10.76 | |

### Quarterfinals

First three qualify to the semifinals.

**Quarterfinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kim Crow | Australia | 7:34.29 | Q |
| 2 | Emma Twigg | New Zealand | 7:39.07 | Q |
| 3 | Marie-Louise Dräger | Germany | 7:52.17 | Q |
| 4 | Debora Oakley Gonzalez | Mexico | 8:10.97 | |
| 5 | Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez | Paraguay | 8:14.36 | |
| 6 | Soulmaz Abbasi | Iran | 8:27.28 | |

**Quarterfinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Miroslava Knapková | Czech Republic | 7:35.35 | Q |
| 2 | Genevra Stone | United States | 7:39.67 | Q |
| 3 | Frida Svensson | Sweden | 7:40.64 | Q |
| 4 | Sanita Pušpure | Ireland | 7:44.19 | |
| 5 | Yariulvis Cobas | Cuba | 7:56.89 | |
| 6 | Camila Vargas Palomo | El Salvador | 8:07.67 | |

**Quarterfinal 3**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zhang Xiuyun | China | 7:39.58 | Q |
| 2 | Yuliya Levina | Russia | 7:41.28 | Q |
| 3 | Donata Vištartaitė | Lithuania | 7:45.68 | Q |
| 4 | Micheen Thornycroft | Zimbabwe | 7:56.66 | |
| 5 | Lucia Palermo | Argentina | 8:06.47 | |
| 6 | Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg | Thailand | 8:16.50 | |

**Quarterfinal 4**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fie Udby Erichsen | Denmark | 7:38.93 | Q |
| 2 | Ekaterina Karsten | Belarus | 7:42.00 | Q |
| 3 | Nataliya Mustafayeva | Azerbaijan | 8:00.26 | Q |
| 4 | Kim Ye-ji | South Korea | 8:00.26 | |
| 5 | Haruna Sakakibara | Japan | 8:12.26 | |
| 6 | Kissya da Costa | Brazil | 8:12.85 | |

### Semifinals

**Semifinals C/D**

First three qualify to Final C, remainder to Final D.

**Semifinals C/D**

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sanita Pušpure | Ireland | 7:51.69 | Q |
| 2 | Kissya da Costa | Brazil | 8:01.64 | Q |
| 3 | Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg | Thailand | 8:03.91 | Q |
| 4 | Lucia Palermo | Argentina | 8:09.85 | |
| 5 | Debora Oakley Gonzalez | Mexico | 8:14.03 | |
| 6 | Soulmaz Abbasi | Iran | 8:30.74 | |

**Semifinals C/D**

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Micheen Thornycroft | Zimbabwe | 7:51.02 | Q |
| 2 | Yariulvis Cobas | Cuba | 7:54.22 | Q |
| 3 | Camila Vargas Palomo | El Salvador | 7:57.22 | Q |
| 4 | Kim Ye-ji | South Korea | 7:59.78 | |
| 5 | Haruna Sakakibara | Japan | 8:05.65 | |
| 6 | Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez | Paraguay | 8:10.15 | |

**Semifinals A/B**

First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

**Semifinals A/B**

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Miroslava Knapková | Czech Republic | 7:42.57 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Crow | Australia | 7:44.69 | Q |
| 3 | Ekaterina Karsten | Belarus | 7:44.94 | Q |
| 4 | Yuliya Levina | Russia | 7:48.95 | |
| 5 | Donata Vištartaitė | Lithuania | 7:56.05 | |
| 6 | Marie-Louise Dräger | Germany | 8:01.05 | |

**Semifinals A/B**

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fie Udby Erichsen | Denmark | 7:44.33 | Q |
| 2 | Zhang Xiuyun | China | 7:45.58 | Q |
| 3 | Emma Twigg | New Zealand | 7:46.71 | Q |
| 4 | Genevra Stone | United States | 7:52.98 | |
| 5 | Frida Svensson | Sweden | 7:54.52 | |
| 6 | Nataliya Mustafayeva | Azerbaijan | 8:06.83 | |

### Finals

**Final E**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Svetlana Germanovich | Kazakhstan | 8:37.08 |
| 2 | Amina Rouba | Algeria | 8:42.23 |
| 3 | Racha Soula | Tunisia | 8:49.47 |
| 4 | Shwe Zin Latt | Myanmar | 8:56.06 |

**Final D**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kim Ye-ji | South Korea | 8:32.57 |
| 2 | Gabriela Mosqueira Benitez | Paraguay | 8:34.51 |
| 3 | Lucia Palermo | Argentina | 8:40.38 |
| 4 | Debora Oakley Gonzalez | Mexico | 8:40.70 |
| 5 | Haruna Sakakibara | Japan | 8:42.90 |
| 6 | Soulmaz Abbasi | Iran | 8:57.98 |

**Final C**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sanita Pušpure | Ireland | 7:59.77 | |
| 2 | Micheen Thornycroft | Zimbabwe | 8:07.52 | |
| 3 | Yariulvis Cobas | Cuba | 8:14.59 | |
| 4 | Camila Vargas Palomo | El Salvador | 8:19.75 | |
| 5 | Phuttharaksa Neegree Rodenburg | Thailand | 8:34.11 | |
| – | Kissya da Costa | Brazil | | DNS |

**Final B**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Genevra Stone | United States | 7:45.24 |
| 2 | Donata Vištartaitė | Lithuania | 7:47.94 |
| 3 | Yuliya Levina | Russia | 7:49.22 |
| 4 | Frida Svensson | Sweden | 7:56.42 |
| 5 | Marie-Louise Dräger | Germany | 8:11.71 |
| 6 | Nataliya Mustafayeva | Azerbaijan | 8:23.64 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Miroslava Knapková | Czech Republic | 7:54.37 |
| | Fie Udby Erichsen | Denmark | 7:57.72 |
| | Kim Crow | Australia | 7:58.04 |
| 4 | Emma Twigg | New Zealand | 8:01.76 |
| 5 | Ekaterina Karsten | Belarus | 8:02.86 |
| 6 | Zhang Xiuyun | China | 8:03.10 |
