Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's single sculls

Women's single sculls at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Rowing
Venue	Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Dates	9–11 September
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Helene Raynsford   Great Britain   Liudmila Vauchok   Belarus   Laura Schwanger   United States

Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's single sculls
Women's single sculls
Mixed double sculls
Mixed coxed four

The women's single sculls rowing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held from 9 to 11 September at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.^[1] The event was competed by Category A rowers, propelling boats by use of arms only.

Winners of two heats qualified for the A Final. The remainder rowed in two repechage heats, with the first two in each qualifying for the A Final, the remainder rowing in the B Final.

The event was won by Helene Raynsford, representing  Great Britain. ^[2]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rowed 9 September at 15:00.

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Helene Raynsford	Great Britain	5:38.44
2	Liudmila Vauchok	Belarus	5:45.51
3	Martyna Snopek	Poland	6:05.13
4	Pascal Bercovitch	Israel	6:12.32
5	Lee Jong Rye	South Korea	6:24.04
6	Cho Ping	Hong Kong	6:38.46

Heat 2

Rowed 9 September at 15:20.

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Laura Schwanger	United States	6:01.78
2	Zhang Jinhong	China	6:11.02
3	Svitlana Kupriianova	Ukraine	6:13.49
4	Claudia Santos	Brazil	6:14.76
5	Agnese Moro	Italy	6:26.38
6	Filomena Franco	Portugal	7:31.90

Repechage

Heat 1

Rowed 10 September at 15:00.

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Liudmila Vauchok	Belarus	6:22.26
2	Svitlana Kupriianova	Ukraine	6:28.44
3	Agnese Moro	Italy	7:01.36
4	Pascal Bercovitch	Israel	7:06.20
5	Cho Ping	Hong Kong	7:34.64

Heat 2

Rowed 10 September at 15:20.

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Zhang Jinhong	China	6:43.78
2	Claudia Santos	Brazil	6:57.12
3	Martyna Snopek	Poland	7:00.71
4	Lee Jong Rye	South Korea	7:15.70
5	Filomena Franco	Portugal	8:29.90

Final Round

Final B

Rowed 11 September at 15:00.

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Agnese Moro	Italy	7:01.24
2	Pascal Bercovitch	Israel	7:02.43
3	Lee Jong Rye	South Korea	7:11.48
4	Cho Ping	Hong Kong	7:41.06
5	Filomena Franco	Portugal	8:04.89
	Martyna Snopek	Poland	DNS

Final A

Rowed 11 September at 16:20.

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Helene Raynsford	Great Britain	6:12.93
	Liudmila Vauchok	Belarus	6:25.44
	Laura Schwanger	United States	6:35.07
4	Svitlana Kupriianova	Ukraine	6:40.04
5	Zhang Jinhong	China	6:40.81
6	Claudia Santos	Brazil	6:54.76

References

1. "Schedules and Results - Rowing". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
2. "Women's single sculls". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2012.