The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.

Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Sunday 9 September 2018 10:02 Heats Tuesday 11 September 2018 10:26 RepechagesThursday 13 September 2018 11:00 Semifinals A/B 14:45 Semifinals C/DFriday 14 September 2018 13:16 Final A 15:19 Final B 15:35 Final C 15:51 Final D All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

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 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Jill Moffatt 7:42.14 SA/B 2Alice Arch 7:43.34 SA/B 3Anja Manoutschehri 7:49.94 R 4Dorottya Bene 7:59.88 R 5Emma Fredh 8:05.82 R

Heat 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Imogen Grant 7:29.39 SA/B 2Alena Furman 7:38.22 SA/B 3Anastasia Lebedeva 7:49.61 R 4Ai Tsuchiya 7:53.17 R 5Iben Østergaard 8:08.59 R

Heat 3 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Clara Guerra 7:39.77 SA/B 2Katarzyna Welna 7:44.55 SA/B 3Olga Svirska 7:47.99 R 4Amina Rouba 7:53.24 R 5Lee Ka Man 8:03.94 R

Heat 4 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Laura Tarantola 7:35.03 SA/B 2Michelle Sechser 7:36.38 SA/B 3Martine Veldhuis 7:42.59 R 4Khadija Krimi 7:44.54 R 5Marie-Louise Dräger 7:47.73 R

Repechages The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.

Repechage 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Anastasia Lebedeva 7:46.01 SA/B 2Khadija Krimi 7:46.98 SA/B 3Anja Manoutschehri 7:48.86 SC/D 4Amina Rouba 7:55.60 SC/D 5Lee Ka Man 8:05.19 SC/D –Emma Fredh –

Repechage 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Marie-Louise Dräger 7:39.84 SA/B 2Martine Veldhuis 7:43.68 SA/B 3Olga Svirska 7:47.88 SC/D 4Iben Østergaard 7:49.90 SC/D 5Dorottya Bene 7:55.25 SC/D 6Ai Tsuchiya 7:55.58 SC/D

Semifinals C/D All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the C final. The slowest boats were sent to the D final.

Semifinal 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Anja Manoutschehri 7:59.20 FC 2Iben Østergaard 8:06.57 FC 3Ai Tsuchiya 8:12.11 FC 4Lee Ka Man 8:17.55 FD

Semifinal 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Olga Svirska 8:04.52 FC 2Dorottya Bene 8:05.26 FC 3Amina Rouba 8:10.36 FD

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

Semifinal 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Imogen Grant 7:43.01 FA 2Michelle Sechser 7:44.84 FA 3Jill Moffatt 7:45.85 FA 4Katarzyna Welna 7:52.07 FB 5Martine Veldhuis 8:00.82 FB 6Anastasia Lebedeva 8:05.20 FB

Semifinal 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Alena Furman 7:43.34 FA 2Laura Tarantola 7:43.41 FA 3Clara Guerra 7:44.02 FA 4Marie-Louise Dräger 7:50.13 FB 5Alice Arch 7:50.99 FB 6Khadija Krimi 8:00.07 FB

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

Final D RankRowersCountryTime 1Amina Rouba 8:12.53 2Lee Ka Man 8:19.61

Final C RankRowersCountryTime 1Anja Manoutschehri 7:55.39 2Olga Svirska 8:00.70 3Iben Østergaard 8:05.17 4Dorottya Bene 8:08.28 5Ai Tsuchiya 8:09.45

Final B RankRowersCountryTime 1Martine Veldhuis 7:52.27 2Katarzyna Welna 7:52.37 3Marie-Louise Dräger 7:56.11 4Alice Arch 7:56.25 5Khadija Krimi 7:57.66 6Anastasia Lebedeva 8:03.93

Final A RankRowersCountryTime Laura Tarantola 7:51.79 Clara Guerra 7:51.96 Imogen Grant 7:52.61 4Michelle Sechser 7:53.70 5Jill Moffatt 8:02.39 6Alena Furman 13:30.77

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