2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls

Women's lightweight single sculls
at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Women's lightweight single sculls ; at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	9–14 September
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Winning time	7:51.79
Medalists
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The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[2]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jill Moffatt	Canada	7:42.14	SA/B
2	Alice Arch	Australia	7:43.34	SA/B
3	Anja Manoutschehri	Austria	7:49.94	R
4	Dorottya Bene	Hungary	7:59.88	R
5	Emma Fredh	Sweden	8:05.82	R

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Imogen Grant	Great Britain	7:29.39	SA/B
2	Alena Furman	Belarus	7:38.22	SA/B
3	Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	7:49.61	R
4	Ai Tsuchiya	Japan	7:53.17	R
5	Iben Østergaard	Denmark	8:08.59	R

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Clara Guerra	Italy	7:39.77	SA/B
2	Katarzyna Welna	Poland	7:44.55	SA/B
3	Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:47.99	R
4	Amina Rouba	Algeria	7:53.24	R
5	Lee Ka Man	Hong Kong	8:03.94	R

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Laura Tarantola	France	7:35.03	SA/B
2	Michelle Sechser	United States	7:36.38	SA/B
3	Martine Veldhuis	Netherlands	7:42.59	R
4	Khadija Krimi	Tunisia	7:44.54	R
5	Marie-Louise Dräger	Germany	7:47.73	R

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.^[3]^[4]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	7:46.01	SA/B
2	Khadija Krimi	Tunisia	7:46.98	SA/B
3	Anja Manoutschehri	Austria	7:48.86	SC/D
4	Amina Rouba	Algeria	7:55.60	SC/D
5	Lee Ka Man	Hong Kong	8:05.19	SC/D
–	Emma Fredh	Sweden	DNS	–

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marie-Louise Dräger	Germany	7:39.84	SA/B
2	Martine Veldhuis	Netherlands	7:43.68	SA/B
3	Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:47.88	SC/D
4	Iben Østergaard	Denmark	7:49.90	SC/D
5	Dorottya Bene	Hungary	7:55.25	SC/D
6	Ai Tsuchiya	Japan	7:55.58	SC/D

All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the C final. The slowest boats were sent to the D final.^[5]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anja Manoutschehri	Austria	7:59.20	FC
2	Iben Østergaard	Denmark	8:06.57	FC
3	Ai Tsuchiya	Japan	8:12.11	FC
4	Lee Ka Man	Hong Kong	8:17.55	FD

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Olga Svirska	Latvia	8:04.52	FC
2	Dorottya Bene	Hungary	8:05.26	FC
3	Amina Rouba	Algeria	8:10.36	FD

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[5]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Imogen Grant	Great Britain	7:43.01	FA
2	Michelle Sechser	United States	7:44.84	FA
3	Jill Moffatt	Canada	7:45.85	FA
4	Katarzyna Welna	Poland	7:52.07	FB
5	Martine Veldhuis	Netherlands	8:00.82	FB
6	Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	8:05.20	FB

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alena Furman	Belarus	7:43.34	FA
2	Laura Tarantola	France	7:43.41	FA
3	Clara Guerra	Italy	7:44.02	FA
4	Marie-Louise Dräger	Germany	7:50.13	FB
5	Alice Arch	Australia	7:50.99	FB
6	Khadija Krimi	Tunisia	8:00.07	FB

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.^[6]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Amina Rouba	Algeria	8:12.53
2	Lee Ka Man	Hong Kong	8:19.61

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Anja Manoutschehri	Austria	7:55.39
2	Olga Svirska	Latvia	8:00.70
3	Iben Østergaard	Denmark	8:05.17
4	Dorottya Bene	Hungary	8:08.28
5	Ai Tsuchiya	Japan	8:09.45

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Martine Veldhuis	Netherlands	7:52.27
2	Katarzyna Welna	Poland	7:52.37
3	Marie-Louise Dräger	Germany	7:56.11
4	Alice Arch	Australia	7:56.25
5	Khadija Krimi	Tunisia	7:57.66
6	Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	8:03.93

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Laura Tarantola	France	7:51.79
	Clara Guerra	Italy	7:51.96
	Imogen Grant	Great Britain	7:52.61
4	Michelle Sechser	United States	7:53.70
5	Jill Moffatt	Canada	8:02.39
6	Alena Furman	Belarus	13:30.77