Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

First three of each heat qualify to the quarterfinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

First two qualify to the quarterfinals.

9 August, 08:10

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emma Twigg	New Zealand	7:31.79	SA/B
2	Miroslava Knapková	Czech Republic	7:37.04	SA/B
3	Kenia Lechuga	Mexico	7:44.11	SA/B
4	Kim Ye-ji	South Korea	7:51.80	SC/D
5	Gabriela Mosqueira	Paraguay	7:54.49	SC/D
6	Saiyidah Aisyah	Singapore	7:56.00	SC/D

9 August, 08:20

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Genevra Stone	United States	7:27.04	SA/B
2	Jeannine Gmelin	Switzerland	7:29.66	SA/B
3	Magdalena Lobnig	Austria	7:35.37	SA/B
4	Anna Malvina Svennung	Sweden	7:38.07	SC/D
5	Felice Chow	Trinidad and Tobago	8:02.53	SC/D
6	Nadia Negm	Egypt	8:25.75	SC/D

9 August, 08:30

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fie Udby Erichsen	Denmark	7:33.24	SA/B
2	Micheen Thornycroft	Zimbabwe	7:34.38	SA/B
3	Carling Zeeman	Canada	7:34.52	SA/B
4	Michelle Pearson	Bermuda	7:34.90	SC/D
5	Chierika Ukogu	Nigeria	7:54.44	SC/D
6	Amina Rouba	Algeria	8:21.06	SC/D

9 August, 08:40

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kim Brennan	Australia	7:26.86	SA/B
2	Duan Jingli	China	7:27.88	SA/B
3	Ekaterina Karsten	Belarus	7:28.03	SA/B
4	Sanita Pušpure	Ireland	7:28.68	SC/D
5	Lina Šaltytė	Lithuania	7:38.39	SC/D
6	Lucia Palermo	Argentina	7:56.61	SC/D

Notes:

• R: Repechage
• Q: Quarterfinals
• S: Semifinals

First three of each heat qualify to the final A.

First three of each heat qualify to the final C.

First three qualify to Final E, remainder to Final F.