Single sculls, women, 2,000 m

What to remember

In rowing, weather conditions make times vary so much that there are no world records. Instead there are world best times, every one of them rowed over 2,000 m, the standard length of international regattas.

The women's single sculls best belongs to Rumyana Neykova. In the final of the 2002 World Championships in Seville, the Bulgarian covered the distance in 7 min 07.71 s. Born in Sofia, she competed at five Olympic Games and became Olympic champion in the single sculls.

The single scull is a narrow, unstable racing shell for one person, known as a sculler, who drives the boat with two oars, one in each hand.