Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls

Women's single sculls at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin
Date	21–26 July
Competitors	11 from 11 nations
Medalists
Sanda Toma  Romania Antonina Makhina  Soviet Union Martina Schröter  East Germany
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Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men	women
Double sculls	men	women
Coxless pair	men	women
Coxed pair	men
Quadruple sculls	men	women
Coxless four	men
Coxed four	men	women
Eight	men	women
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The women's single sculls rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 21 to 26 July.^[1]

The two fastest teams in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The remaining teams had to compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Sanda Toma	Romania (ROU)	4:07.20
2	Martina Schröter	East Germany (GDR)	4:09.76
3	Antonina Makhina	Soviet Union (URS)	4:13.39
4	Hette Borrias	Netherlands (NED)	4:25.97

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Beryl Mitchell	Great Britain (GBR)	4:05.72
2	Mariann Ambrus	Hungary (HUN)	4:09.55
3	Lise Justesen	Denmark (DEN)	4:11.94
4	Frances Cryan	Ireland (IRL)	4:12.16

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Rositsa Spasova	Bulgaria (BUL)	4:01.33
2	Beata Dziadura	Poland (POL)	4:02.11
3	María Fernanda de la Fuente	Mexico (MEX)	4:12.84

The three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the semifinals.^[3]

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Antonina Makhina	Soviet Union (URS)	3:54.10
2	Frances Cryan	Ireland (IRL)	3:59.17
3	María Fernanda de la Fuente	Mexico (MEX)	4:00.24
4	Lise Justesen	Denmark (DEN)	4:00.40
5	Hette Borrias	Netherlands (NED)	4:05.39

The three fastest teams in each semifinal advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Sanda Toma	Romania (ROU)	3:42.63
2	Beryl Mitchell	Great Britain (GBR)	3:45.88
3	Beata Dziadura	Poland (POL)	3:49.06
4	Frances Cryan	Ireland (IRL)	3:49.22

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Martina Schröter	East Germany (GDR)	3:42.97
2	Antonina Makhina	Soviet Union (URS)	3:43.68
3	Rositsa Spasova	Bulgaria (BUL)	3:47.86
4	Mariann Ambrus	Hungary (HUN)	DNF

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
	Sanda Toma	Romania (ROU)	3:40.69
	Antonina Makhina	Soviet Union (URS)	3:41.65
	Martina Schröter	East Germany (GDR)	3:43.54
4	Rositsa Spasova	Bulgaria (BUL)	3:47.22
5	Beryl Mitchell	Great Britain (GBR)	3:49.71
6	Beata Dziadura	Poland (POL)	3:51.45

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
7	Frances Cryan	Ireland (IRL)	walkover
–	Mariann Ambrus	Hungary (HUN)	np

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
9	Lise Justesen	Denmark (DEN)	walkover
–	María Fernanda de la Fuente	Mexico (MEX)	np
–	Hette Borrias	Netherlands (NED)	np

• I. T. Novikov (ed.). The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three (PDF) (PDF). p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.