The women's single sculls (W1x)
rowing competition at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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, United States. It was held from 30 July to 4 August.
Background
Like some other rowing events at the 1984 Summer Olympics, the women's single sculls event was influenced by the absence of strong competitors due to the
Soviet Bloc boycott.
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,
and East German
Jutta Behrendt
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had become
world champion in 1983.
Sanda Toma, the winner of the
1980 Olympic event and
1981 world champion, had since retired.
World championship medallists competing in this event were
Beryl Mitchell from Great Britain, who had come second in 1981,
and
Valeria Răcilă of Romania and
Stephanie Foster of New Zealand, who had won silver and bronze in 1982, respectively.
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
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.
Previous W1x competitions
Results
Heats
The winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. All others went to the repechage. The heats were raced on 30 July.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Repechage
The first three of each heat advanced to the semi-final. The remaining rowers were eliminated from the competition. The repechages were raced on 1 August. 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).
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Semi-finals
The top three from each heat advanced to the A final. The others advanced to the B final.
The semi-finals were raced on 2 August.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Finals
B final
The B final was raced on 3 August.
A final
The A final was raced on 4 August.
Notes
References
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Volume 1 Part 1Volume 1 Part 2Volume 1 Part 3*
Volume 2 Part 1Volume 2 Part 2Volume 2 Part 3(page 469 onwards)
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Women's single sculls
Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics