2019 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls

Women's lightweight single sculls at the 2019 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Linz-Ottensheim
Location	Ottensheim, Austria
Dates	25–30 August
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Winning time	7:43.98
Medalists
Marie-Louise Dräger   Germany   Chiaki Tomita   Japan   Madeleine Arlett   Great Britain

The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 25 August 2019	13:21	Heats
Tuesday 27 August 2019	10:56	Repechages
Thursday 29 August 2019	13:12	Semifinals A/B
Friday 30 August 2019	10:00	Final C
	10:27	Final B
	13:38	Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nicole van Wyk	South Africa	8:02.14	SA/B
2	Emily Schmieg	United States	8:05.23	SA/B
3	Maia Lund	Norway	8:05.39	R
4	Emma Fredh	Sweden	8:10.71	R
5	Paola Piazzolla	Italy	8:12.03	R
6	Winne Hung	Hong Kong	8:19.87	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marie-Louise Dräger	Germany	7:57.79	SA/B
2	Martine Veldhuis	Netherlands	8:01.49	SA/B
3	Lydia Heaphy	Ireland	8:01.79	R
4	Mathilde Persson	Denmark	8:06.24	R
5	Fu Xiaoyue	China	8:26.13	R
6	Gabriela Mosqueira	Paraguay	8:31.12	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Chiaki Tomita	Japan	7:54.04	SA/B
2	Madeleine Arlett	Great Britain	7:55.27	SA/B
3	Ellen Gleadow	Canada	7:55.69	R
4	Alice Arch	Australia	8:00.42	R
5	Alina Mochula	Kazakhstan	8:34.97	R

Repechages

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ellen Gleadow	Canada	7:49.77	SA/B
2	Mathilde Persson	Denmark	7:52.91	SA/B
3	Maia Lund	Norway	7:57.20	SA/B
4	Winne Hung	Hong Kong	8:02.07	FC
5	Gabriela Mosqueira	Paraguay	8:05.55	FC
6	Alina Mochula	Kazakhstan	8:07.74	FC

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alice Arch	Australia	7:47.82	SA/B
2	Paola Piazzolla	Italy	7:48.13	SA/B
3	Lydia Heaphy	Ireland	7:48.40	SA/B
4	Emma Fredh	Sweden	7:51.59	FC
5	Fu Xiaoyue	China	7:58.30	FC

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marie-Louise Dräger	Germany	7:32.77	FA
2	Madeleine Arlett	Great Britain	7:35.20	FA
3	Nicole van Wyk	South Africa	7:36.36	FA
4	Alice Arch	Australia	7:39.99	FB
5	Mathilde Persson	Denmark	7:40.11	FB
6	Lydia Heaphy	Ireland	7:42.23	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ellen Gleadow	Canada	7:36.91	FA
2	Chiaki Tomita	Japan	7:39.31	FA
3	Martine Veldhuis	Netherlands	7:41.20	FA
4	Maia Lund	Norway	7:43.87	FB
5	Paola Piazzolla	Italy	7:44.54	FB
6	Emily Schmieg	United States	7:47.94	FB

Finals

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

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Emma Fredh	Sweden	7:58.82
2	Fu Xiaoyue	China	8:06.67
3	Gabriela Mosqueira	Paraguay	8:09.34
4	Alina Mochula	Kazakhstan	8:10.89
5	Winne Hung	Hong Kong	8:12.18

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alice Arch	Australia	7:52.59
2	Mathilde Persson	Denmark	7:52.98
3	Emily Schmieg	United States	7:54.55
4	Maia Lund	Norway	7:55.01
5	Lydia Heaphy	Ireland	7:55.40
6	Paola Piazzolla	Italy	7:55.70

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Marie-Louise Dräger	Germany	7:43.98
	Chiaki Tomita	Japan	7:47.28
	Madeleine Arlett	Great Britain	7:49.82
4	Nicole van Wyk	South Africa	7:53.19
5	Ellen Gleadow	Canada	7:53.83
6	Martine Veldhuis	Netherlands	7:57.74