Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

Women's single sculls
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue Lake Casitas
Date 30 July – 4 August
Competitors 16[1] from 16[1] nations
Winning time 3:40.68
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Valeria Răcilă  Romania
2nd, silver medalist(s) Charlotte Geer  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ann Haesebrouck  Belgium

The women's single sculls (W1x) rowing competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Casitas in Ventura County, California, United States. It was held from 30 July to 4 August.[2]

Background

Like all other rowing events at the 1984 Summer Olympics, the result was influenced by the absence of strong competitors due to the Eastern Bloc boycott.[2] The last two world champions from the Soviet Union and East Germany were absent; Irina Fetisova of the Soviet Union had won the 1982 World Rowing Championships in Switzerland,[3] and East German Jutta Behrendt had become world champion in 1983.[4] Sanda Toma, the winner of the 1980 Olympic event and 1981 world champion, had since retired.[2][5] World championship medallists competing in this event were Beryl Mitchell from Great Britain, who had come second in 1981,[5] and Valeria Răcilă of Romania and Stephanie Foster of New Zealand, who had won silver and bronze in 1982, respectively.[3] Of all those, the Romanian was regarded as the favourite. Another competitor to be regarded as one of the favourites was María Fernanda de la Fuente of Mexico, who had come second in the 1983 Pan American Games.[2]

Previous W1x competitions

Competition Gold Silver Bronze
1980 Summer Olympics[6]  Romania
Sanda Toma		  Soviet Union
Antonina Makhina		  East Germany
Martina Schröter
1981 World Rowing Championships[5]  Romania
Sanda Toma		  Great Britain
Beryl Mitchell		  Soviet Union
Irina Fetisova
1982 World Rowing Championships[3]  Soviet Union
Irina Fetisova		  Romania
Valeria Răcilă		  New Zealand
Stephanie Foster
1983 World Rowing Championships[7]  East Germany
Jutta Behrendt		  Soviet Union
Irina Fetisova		  United States
Virginia Gilder

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. All others went to the repechage.[8] The heats were raced on 30 July.[9]

Heat 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Charlotte Geer  United States 3:45.05 SF
2 Andrea Schreiner  Canada 3:48.20 R
3 Jos Compaan  Netherlands 3:54.70 R
4 Astrid Unger  Austria 3:54.96 R
5 Ursula Brauch  West Germany 3:59.67 R
6 Jacqui Marshall  Australia 4:07.06 R

Heat 2

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Beryl Mitchell  Great Britain 3:45.18 SF
2 Ann Haesebrouck  Belgium 3:45.67 R
3 Lise Justesen  Denmark 3:50.15 R
4 Antonella Corazza  Italy 3:55.17 R
5 Annelie Larsson  Sweden 3:56.73 R

Heat 3

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Valeria Răcilă  Romania 3:44.22 SF
2 Stephanie Foster  New Zealand 3:51.86 R
3 María Fernanda de la Fuente  Mexico 3:55.60 R
4 Lisa Scheibert  Norway 3:55.80 R
5 Laurence Hourdel  France 4:00.27 R

Repechage

The first three of each heat advanced to the semi-final. The remaining rowers were eliminated from the competition.[10] The repechages were raced on 1 August.[9] The Italian rower, Antonella Corazza, did not compete in the repechage, but replaced Paola Grizzetti in the quadruple sculls team instead (in both the repechage on 1 August, and the final on 4 August).[11][12]

Heat 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Ann Haesebrouck  Belgium 3:48.57 SF
2 Annelie Larsson  Sweden 3:50.60 SF
3 Jos Compaan  Netherlands 3:59.29 SF
4 Jacqui Marshall  Australia 4:04.08

Heat 2

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Andrea Schreiner  Canada 3:52.10 SF
2 María Fernanda de la Fuente  Mexico 3:54.01 SF
3 Lisa Scheibert  Norway 3:56.31 SF
4 Ursula Brauch  West Germany 4:00.20

Heat 3

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Lise Justesen  Denmark 3:47.60 SF
2 Stephanie Foster  New Zealand 3:51.19 SF
3 Astrid Unger  Austria 3:52.70 SF
4 Laurence Hourdel  France 3:59.60

Semi-finals

The top three from each heat advanced to the A final. The others advanced to the B final.[13] The semi-finals were raced on 2 August.[9]

Heat 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Valeria Răcilă  Romania 3:54.55 FA
2 Charlotte Geer  United States 3:57.93 FA
3 Andrea Schreiner  Canada 3:59.02 FA
4 Stephanie Foster  New Zealand 4:02.29 FB
5 Lisa Scheibert  Norway 4:04.62 FB
6 Annelie Larsson  Sweden 4:08.39 FB

Heat 2

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Lise Justesen  Denmark 3:55.34 FA
2 Ann Haesebrouck  Belgium 3:56.45 FA
3 Beryl Mitchell  Great Britain 3:56.59 FA
4 Astrid Unger  Austria 3:59.52 FB
5 María Fernanda de la Fuente  Mexico 4:01.77 FB
6 Jos Compaan  Netherlands 4:06.39 FB

Finals

B final

The B final was raced on 3 August.[9]

Rank Rower Country Time
7 Stephanie Foster  New Zealand 3:52.20
8 Jos Compaan  Netherlands 3:52.80
9 Astrid Unger  Austria 3:53.08
10 Annelie Larsson  Sweden 3:53.39
11 María Fernanda de la Fuente  Mexico 3:57.93
12 Lisa Scheibert  Norway 4:00.70

A final

The A final was raced on 4 August.[9]

Rank Rower Country Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Valeria Răcilă  Romania 3:40.68
2nd, silver medalist(s) Charlotte Geer  United States 3:43.89
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ann Haesebrouck  Belgium 3:45.72
4 Andrea Schreiner  Canada 3:45.97
5 Lise Justesen  Denmark 3:47.79
6 Beryl Mitchell  Great Britain 3:51.20

Notes

  1. 1 2 Perelman 1985b, p. 518.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Rudern - Weltmeisterschaften" (in German). sport-komplett. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Perelman 1985b, p. 520.
  10. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls Round One Repêchage". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  11. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Antonella Corazza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  12. ↑ Perelman 1985b, pp. 520–22.
  13. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls Semi-Finals". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

References

  • Perelman, Richard B., ed. (1985). Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 1: Organization and Planning (PDF)|format= requires |url= (help). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  • Perelman, Richard B., ed. (1985). Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (PDF)|format= requires |url= (help). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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