Rowing 2020/Women's single sculls

Women's single sculls
General information
Sport	Rowing 2020
Date	23-30 July 2021
Competitors	32 athletes
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Previous medalists
Gold	Kimberly Brennan
Silver	Genevra Stone
Bronze	Duan Jingli
Conditions
Length	2000 metres
Medalists
	Emma Twigg
	Hanna Prakatsen
	Magdalena Lobnig

The women's single sculls of Rowing 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 23-30 July 2021 in the Sea Forest Waterway. With 32 athletes competing, the event was won by Emma Twigg from New Zealand, with Hanna Prakatsen from ROC taking the silver medal and Magdalena Lobnig from Austria taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of four rounds, each with races of up to eight boats. In each round, the top few with the fastest time advance to the next round, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview

Thirty-two athletes qualified for the event with quite a few medal contenders. Magdalena Lobnig was the reigning world champion, but Hanna Prakatsen seemed to be the one to beat. The Russian rower dominated the European championships taking the gold medal with over 6 seconds ahead of Victoria Thornley, and had not lost a race in the year yet. She recently defeated Kara Kohler and Sanita Puspure at a World Cup event, with Lobnig winning another World Cup race. Other potential medal contenders included Emma Twigg, who had finished fourth in 2012 and 2016, Jeannine Gmelin, who took bronze at the European championships, Tatsiana Klimovich, and Anna Sarah Sophie Souwer.

Summary

Heats

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kara Kohler	7:49.71	Q
2		Tatsiana Klimovich	7:51.86	Q
3		Nazanin Malaei	7:59.01	Q
4		Alejandra Alonso	8:11.88
5		Esther Toko	8:58.49
6		Esraa Khogali	10:18.27

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Sanita Puspure	7:46.08	Q
2		Kenia Lechuga	7:54.21	Q
3		Anneta Kyridou	7:54.28	Q
4		Felice Aisha Chow	8:02.02
5		Kathleen Noble	8:21.85
6		Joan Poh	8:31.12

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Hanna Prakatsen	7:48.74	Q
2		Jiang Yan	7:53.14	Q
3		Veronica Toro Arana	8:11.57	Q
4		Hung Wing Yan Winne	8:17.79
5		Sarah Fraincart	8:32.78

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Victoria Thornley	7:44.30	Q
2		Jeannine Gmelin	7:47.20	Q
3		Lovisa Claesson	7:58.41	Q
4		Evidelia Gonzalez Jarquin	8:25.18
5		Claire Ayivon	8:48.07

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Magdalena Lobnig	7:37.91	Q
2		Carling Zeeman	7:40.72	Q
3		Maike Diekmann	7:56.37	Q
4		Milena Venega Cancio	8:03.00
5		Tala Abujbara	8:06.29

Heat 6 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Emma Twigg	7:35.22	Q
2		Anna Sarah Sophie Souwer	7:39.96	Q
3		Jovana Arsic	7:46.74	Q
4		Huang Yi-ting	8:04.59
5		Jeong Hye-jeong	8:12.15

Repechages

Repechage 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Alejandra Alonso	8:08.91	Q
2		Huang Yi-ting	8:11.56	Q
3		Tala Abujbara	8:16.88
4		Joan Poh	8:40.06
5		Sarah Fraincart	8:42.78

Repechage 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Felice Aisha Chow	8:15.94	Q
2		Jeong Hye-jeong	8:26.73	Q
3		Evidelia Gonzalez Jarquin	8:37.55
4		Esther Toko	9:07.54

Repechage 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Milena Venega Cancio	8:17.30	Q
2		Hung Wing Yan Winne	8:23.58	Q
3		Kathleen Noble	8:36.01
4		Claire Ayivon	9:04.23
5		Esraa Khogali	10:25.94

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Sanita Puspure	7:58.30	Q
2		Kara Kohler	7:59.39	Q
3		Jiang Yan	8:00.01	Q
4		Jovana Arsic	8:09.37
5		Alejandra Alonso	8:29.80
6		Hung Wing Yan Winne	8:36.37

Quarterfinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Hanna Prakatsen	7:49.64	Q
2		Carling Zeeman	7:57.58	Q
3		Victoria Thornley	7:59.93	Q
4		Lovisa Claesson	8:16.99
5		Milena Venega Cancio	8:25.26
6		Jeong Hye-jeong	8:38.70

Quarterfinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Magdalena Lobnig	7:58.20	Q
2		Anna Sarah Sophie Souwer	7:59.92	Q
3		Anneta Kyridou	8:02.19	Q
4		Tatsiana Klimovich	8:09.04
5		Felice Aisha Chow	8:21.23
6		Veronica Toro Arana	8:35.32

Quarterfinal 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Emma Twigg	7:54.96	Q
2		Jeannine Gmelin	8:02.10	Q
3		Nazanin Malaei	8:07.32	Q
4		Kenia Lechuga	8:09.29
5		Maike Diekmann	8:21.69
6		Huang Yi-ting	8:34.51

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Hanna Prakatsen	7:23.61	Q
2		Jeannine Gmelin	7:25.80	Q
3		Jiang Yan	7:27.30	Q
4		Anna Sarah Sophie Souwer	7:29.66
5		Sanita Puspure	7:34.40
6		Anneta Kyridou	7:40.81

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Emma Twigg	7:20.70	Q
2		Victoria Thornley	7:25.12	Q
3		Magdalena Lobnig	7:25.59	Q
4		Kara Kohler	7:26.10
5		Carling Zeeman	7:38.28
6		Nazanin Malaei	7:45.52

Semifinal C/D 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Lovisa Claesson	7:35.91	Q
2		Jovana Arsic	7:39.26	Q
3		Maike Diekmann	7:40.77	Q
4		Felice Aisha Chow	7:45.14
5		Veronica Toro Arana	7:53.36
6		Hung Wing Yan Winne	7:56.30

Semifinal C/D 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kenia Lechuga	7:33.72	Q
2		Tatsiana Klimovich	7:33.78	Q
3		Milena Venega Cancio	7:41.18	Q
4		Alejandra Alonso	7:43.33
5		Huang Yi-ting	7:56.00
6		Jeong Hye-jeong	8:06.32

Semifinal E/F 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Tala Abujbara	8:24.24	Q
2		Kathleen Noble	8:31.67	Q
3		Esther Toko	9:07.70	Q
4		Esraa Khogali	10:23.52

Semifinal E/F 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Evidelia Gonzalez Jarquin	8:36.99	Q
2		Sarh Fraincart	8:43.90	Q
3		Joan Poh	8:47.77	Q
4		Claire Ayivon	9:15.29

Finals

A Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Emma Twigg	7:13.97
2		Hanna Prakatsen	7:17.39
3		Magdalena Lobnig	7:19.72
4		Victoria Thornley	7:20.39
5		Jeannine Gmelin	7:20.91
6		Jiang Yan	7:21.33

B Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Anna Sarah Sophie Souwer	7:25.96
2		Carling Zeeman	7:29.59
3		Kara Kohler	7:29.72
4		Anneta Kyridou	7:36.79
5		Nazanin Malaei	7:42.57
6		Sanita Puspure	DNS

C Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Tatsiana Klimovic	7:39.53
2		Lovisa Claesson	7:41.07
3		Jovana Arsic	7:43.30
4		Kenia Lechuga	7:43.55
5		Milena Venega Cancio	7:47.40
6		Maike Diekmann	7:52.17

D Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Felice Aisha Chow	7:48.06
2		Huang Yi-ting	7:52.18
3		Alejandra Alonso	7:55.63
4		Veronica Toro Arana	7:57.22
5		Hung Wing Yan Winne	8:02.79
6		Jeong Hye-jeong	8:06.13

E Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Tala Abujbara	8:00.22
2		Kathleen Noble	8:07.00
3		Evidelia Gonzalez Jarquin	8:10.87
4		Joan Poh	8:21.23
5		Sarah Fraincart	8:25.38
6		Esther Toko	8:42.78

F Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Claire Ayivon	8:44.42
2		Esraa Khogali	10:05.32

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Emma Twigg	New Zealand
	Hanna Prakatsen	ROC
	Magdalena Lobnig	Austria
4	Victoria Thornley	Great Britain
5	Jeannine Gmelin	Switzerland
6	Jiang Yan	China
7	Anna Sarah Sophie Souwer	Netherlands
8	Carling Zeeman	Canada
9	Kara Kohler	United States
10	Anneta Kyridou	Greece
11	Nazanin Malaei	Iran
12	Sanita Puspure	Ireland
13	Tatsiana Klimovich	Belarus
14	Lovisa Claesson	Sweden
15	Jovana Arsic	Serbia
16	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico
17	Milena Venega Cancio	Cuba
18	Maike Diekmann	Namibia
19	Felice Aisha Chow	Trinidad and Tobago
20	Huang Yi-ting	Chinese Taipei
21	Alejandra Alonso	Paraguay
22	Veronica Toro Arana	Puerto Rico
23	Hung Wing Yan Winner	Hong Kong
24	Jeong Hye-jeong	South Korea
25	Tala Abujbara	Qatar
26	Kathleen Noble	Uganda
27	Evidelia Gonzalez Jarquin	Nicaragua
28	Joan Poh	Singapore
29	Sarah Fraincart	Morocco
30	Esther Toko	Nigeria
31	Claire Ayivon	Togo
32	Esraa Khogali	Sudan