Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

Women's single sculls at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Lake Lanier
Date	21–27 July
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Ekaterina Khodotovich  Belarus Silken Laumann  Canada Trine Hansen  Denmark

The Women's single sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Lanier, Atlanta, United States of America. The event was held from 21 to 27 July 1996.

Heats

The winner in each heat advanced directly to the semi-finals. The remaining rowers must compete in the repechage for the remaining spots in semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Maria Brandin	Sweden (SWE)	8:00.70	SF
2	Rumyana Neykova	Bulgaria (BUL)	8:12.85	R
3	Tonia Svaier	Greece (GRE)	8:17.49	R
4	Birutė Šakickienė	Lithuania (LTU)	8:21.78	R
5	Meike Evers	Germany (GER)	8:24.14	R
6	Ana Urbano	Argentina (ARG)	8:42.59	R

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ekaterina Khodotovich	Belarus (BLR)	8:03.73	SF
2	Annelies Bredael	Belgium (BEL)	8:08.40	R
3	Ruth Davidon	United States (USA)	8:09.78	R
4	Céline Garcia	France (FRA)	8:10.22	R
5	Elisabeta Lipă	Romania (ROM)	8:22.92	R
6	Samia Hireche	Algeria (ALG)	9:08.31	R

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Trine Hansen	Denmark (DEN)	8:02.06	SF
2	Silken Laumann	Canada (CAN)	8:10.57	R
3	Liu Xiaochun	China (CHN)	8:12.82	R
4	Guin Batten	Great Britain (GBR)	8:54.05	R
5	Laila Finska-Bezerra	Finland (FIN)	8:31.56	R

Repechage

First three rowers in each race advanced to Semifinal 1 or 2, the rest went to Final C.

Repechage 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ruth Davidon	United States (USA)	8:33.73	S
2	Rumyana Neykova	Bulgaria (BUL)	8:41.37	S
3	Guin Batten	Great Britain (GBR)	8:44.73	S
4	Meike Evers	Germany (GER)	8:54.05	FC
5	Samia Hireche	Algeria (ALG)	9:28.41	FC

Repechage 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Elisabeta Lipă	Romania (ROM)	8:30.97	S
2	Annelies Bredael	Belgium (BEL)	8:33.72	S
3	Liu Xiaochun	China (CHN)	8:37.01	S
4	Birutė Šakickienė	Lithuania (LTU)	8:41.08	FC

Repechage 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Silken Laumann	Canada (CAN)	8:28.88	S
2	Céline Garcia	France (FRA)	8:32.58	S
3	Laila Finska-Bezerra	Finland (FIN)	8:35.72	S
4	Tonia Svaier	Greece (GRE)	8:49.44	FC
5	Ana Urbano	Argentina (ARG)	9:04.66	FC

Semifinal

First three rowers from each semifinal advanced to Final A, while the others advanced to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Silken Laumann	Canada (CAN)	7:57.68	FA
2	Ekaterina Khodotovich	Belarus (BLR)	8:00.02	FA
3	Maria Brandin	Sweden (SWE)	8:01.55	FA
4	Annelies Bredael	Belgium (BEL)	8:05.78	FB
5	Rumyana Neykova	Bulgaria (BUL)	8:15.63	FB
6	Laila Finska-Bezerra	Finland (FIN)	8:25.00	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Trine Hansen	Denmark (DEN)	7:53.45	FA
2	Ruth Davidon	United States (USA)	7:54.97	FA
3	Guin Batten	Great Britain (GBR)	7:56.61	FA
4	Elisabeta Lipă	Romania (ROM)	8:01.84	FB
5	Céline Garcia	France (FRA)	8:13.37	FB
6	Liu Xiaochun	China (CHN)	8:15.83	FB

Final

Final C

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
13	Meike Evers	Germany (GER)	8:16.51
14	Birutė Šakickienė	Lithuania (LTU)	8:17.80
15	Tonia Svaier	Greece (GRE)	8:25.83
16	Ana Urbano	Argentina (ARG)	8:41.51
17	Samia Hireche	Algeria (ALG)	9:09.92

Final B

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
7	Annelies Bredael	Belgium (BEL)	7:25.83
8	Rumyana Neykova	Bulgaria (BUL)	7:27.77
9	Elisabeta Lipă	Romania (ROM)	7:28.79
10	Céline Garcia	France (FRA)	7:33.30
11	Liu Xiaochun	China (CHN)	7:33.67
12	Laila Finska-Bezerra	Finland (FIN)	7:34.85

Final A

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
	Ekaterina Khodotovich	Belarus (BLR)	7:32.31
	Silken Laumann	Canada (CAN)	7:35.15
	Trine Hansen	Denmark (DEN)	7:37.20
4	Maria Brandin	Sweden (SWE)	7:42.58
5	Guin Batten	Great Britain (GBR)	7:45.08
6	Ruth Davidon	United States (USA)	7:46.47