Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

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Men's single sculls
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
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Olympic rowing
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates23–30 July 2021
Competitors32 from 32 nations
Winning time6:40.45
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stefanos Ntouskos  Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kjetil Borch  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Damir Martin  Croatia
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Rowing at the
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The men's single sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 23 to 30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.[1] 32 rowers from 32 nations competed.[2]

Background[]

This will be the 28th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (when bad weather forced the cancellation of all rowing events) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.

Of the 6 finalists from the 2016 Games, silver medalist Damir Martin of Croatia is the only one to return. Two-time reigning gold medalist Mahé Drysdale was defeated by Jordan Parry in New Zealand's selection process.[3]

The three World Champions since the 2016 Games are Ondřej Synek of the Czech Republic (a three-time Olympic medalist), Kjetil Borch of Norway, and Oliver Zeidler of Germany. Synek announced on his Facebook page that he will not be going to Tokyo.[4] Borch and Zeidler competed in Tokyo.

Benin, the Dominican Republic, the Ivory Coast, Nicaragua, and Saudi Arabia made their debut in the event. An athlete from Russia competed under the ROC flag. Italy and the Netherlands each made their 15th appearance, tied for most among nations competing in Tokyo and fourth-most among all nations (Great Britain at 22, the United States at 21, and Switzerland at 16 did not have competitors in this event at the 2020 Games).

Qualification[]

Main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) has been limited to a single boat (one rower) in the event since 1912. There are 32 qualifying places in the men's single sculls:[2]

  • 9 from the 2019 World Championship
  • 5 from the Asia & Oceania qualification regatta
  • 5 from the Africa qualification regatta
  • 5 from the Americas qualification regatta
  • 3 from the Europe qualification regatta
  • 2 from the final qualification regatta
  • 1 host nation place
  • 2 invitational places

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for rowing.

Competition format[]

This rowing event is a single scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a single rower. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side (not feasible for singles events). The competition consists of multiple rounds. The competition continues to use the five-round format introduced in 2012. Finals are held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals are given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals are named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.[5]

During the first round six heats are held. The first three boats in each heat advance to the quarterfinals, while all others are relegated to the repechages.

The repechage is a round which offers rowers a second chance to qualify for the quarterfinals. Placing in the repechage heats determines which quarterfinal the boat would race in. The top two boats in each repechage heat move on to the quarterfinals, with the remaining boats going to the E/F semifinals.

The four quarterfinals are the second round for rowers still competing for medals. Placing in the quarterfinal heats determines which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in each quarterfinal move on to the A/B semifinals, with the bottom three boats going to the C/D semifinals.

Six semifinals are held, two each of A/B semifinals, C/D semifinals, and E/F semifinals. For each semifinal race, the top three boats move on to the better of the two finals, while the bottom three boats go to the lesser of the two finals possible. For example, a second-place finish in an A/B semifinal would result in advancement to the A final.

The fifth and final round is the finals. Each final determines a set of rankings. The A final determines the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gives rankings from 7th to 12th, the C from 13th to 18th, and so on. Thus, to win a medal rowers have to finish in the top three of their heat (or top two of their repechage heat), top three of their quarterfinal, and top three of their A/B semifinal to reach the A final.

Schedule[]

The competition is held over eight days. Times given are session start times; multiple rowing events might have races during a session.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Friday, 23 July 2021 8:30 Heats
Saturday, 24 July 2021 8:30 Repechage
Sunday, 25 July 2021 9:00 Semifinals E/F
11:40 Quarterfinals
Thursday, 29 July 2021 11:00 Semifinals A/B
11:40 Semifinals C/D
Friday, 30 July 2021 7:45 Final F
8:05 Final E
8:35 Final D
8:55 Final C
9:15 Final B
Friday, 30 July 2021 9:45 Final A

Results[]

Heats[]

The first three of each heat qualify for the quarterfinals, while the remainder go to the repechage.[6]

Heat 1[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Kjetil Borch  Norway 6:54.46 Q
2 1 Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár  Hungary 7:04.42 Q
3 2 Lucas Verthein  Brazil 7:05.00 Q
4 6 Jan Fleissner  Czech Republic 7:16.56 R
5 5 Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel  Kuwait 8:49.03 R
6 3 Mohammed Al-Khafaji  Iraq 8:57.01 R

Heat 2[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Stefanos Ntouskos  Greece 6:59.49 Q
2 1 Jordan Parry  New Zealand 7:04.45 Q
3 6 Álvaro Torres  Peru 7:07.92 Q
4 5 Quentin Antognelli  Monaco 7:10.52 R
5 3 Ignacio Vásquez  Dominican Republic 7:43.71 R
6 4 Rio Rii  Vanuatu 8:00.98 R

Heat 3[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Sverri Nielsen  Denmark 7:02.88 Q
2 5 Gennaro Di Mauro  Italy 7:06.87 Q
3 4 Vladislav Yakovlev  Kazakhstan 7:10.08 Q
4 2 Peter Purcell-Gilpin  Zimbabwe 7:10.65 R
5 1 Alhussein Ghambour  Libya 7:52.37 R

Heat 4[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Trevor Jones  Canada 7:04.12 Q
2 4 Mindaugas Griskonis  Lithuania 7:05.88 Q
3 2 Onat Kazaklı  Turkey 7:20.11 Q
4 5 Dara Alizadeh  Bermuda 7:34.96 R
5 1 Husein Alireza  Saudi Arabia 7:54.18 R

Heat 5[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 1 Damir Martin  Croatia 7:09.17 Q
2 5 Aleksandr Vyazovkin  ROC 7:14.95 Q
3 4 Cris Nievarez  Philippines 7:22.97 Q
4 3 Félix Potoy  Nicaragua 7:32.54 R
5 2 Privel Hinkati  Benin 7:40.87 R

Heat 6[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Oliver Zeidler  Germany 7:00.40 Q
2 1 Ryuta Arakawa  Japan 7:02.79 Q
3 3 Abdelkhalek El-Banna  Egypt 7:03.44 Q
4 2 Finn Florijn  Netherlands 7:04.56 R
5 5 Franck N'Dri  Ivory Coast 7:49.19 R

Repechage[]

The first two in each heat qualify for the quarterfinals; the rest go to Semifinals E/F (out of medal contention).

Repechage heat 1[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Quentin Antognelli  Monaco 7:34.14 Q
2 1 Mohammed Al-Khafaji  Iraq 7:41.72 Q
3 3 Félix Potoy  Nicaragua 7:44.52 QEF
4 5 Alhussein Ghambour  Libya 7:57.88 QEF
5 2 Franck N'Dri  Ivory Coast 8:03.25 QEF

Repechage heat 2[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Jan Fleissner  Czech Republic 7:29.90 Q
2 3 Dara Alizadeh  Bermuda 7:35.90 Q
3 4 Ignacio Vásquez  Dominican Republic 7:42.83 QEF
4 1 Privel Hinkati  Benin 7:55.93 QEF

Repechage heat 3[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Peter Purcell-Gilpin  Zimbabwe 7:35.16 Q
2 2 Husein Alireza  Saudi Arabia 8:06.78 Q
3 1 Rio Rii  Vanuatu 8:17.00 QEF
4 5 Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel  Kuwait 9:04.73 QEF
4 Finn Florijn  Netherlands DNS

Quarterfinals[]

The first three of each heat qualify to the semifinals A/B, remaining Crews to Semifinal C/D

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Kjetil Borch  Norway 7:10.97 QAB
2 3 Stefanos Ntouskos  Greece 7:12.77 QAB
3 2 Gennaro Di Mauro  Italy 7:26.25 QAB
4 1 Quentin Antognelli  Monaco 7:29.99 QCD
5 5 Abdelkhalek El-Banna  Egypt 7:32.86 QCD
6 6 Husein Alireza  Saudi Arabia 8:35.05 QCD

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Sverri Nielsen  Denmark 7:10.52 QAB
2 3 Trevor Jones  Canada 7:17.65 QAB
3 5 Aleksandr Vyazovkin  ROC 7:20.04 QAB
4 2 Onat Kazaklı  Turkey 7:32.86 QCD
5 1 Dara Alizadeh  Bermuda 7:35.73 QCD
6 6 Peter Purcell-Gilpin  Zimbabwe 7:37.97 QCD

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Damir Martin  Croatia 7:17.71 QAB
2 2 Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár  Hungary 7:24.63 QAB
3 4 Ryuta Arakawa  Japan 7:26.04 QAB
4 5 Álvaro Torres  Peru 7:31.85 QCD
5 6 Jan Fleissner  Czech Republic 7:37.01 QCD
6 1 Vladislav Yakovlev  Kazakhstan 7:39.47 QCD

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Oliver Zeidler  Germany 7:12.75 QAB
2 2 Lucas Verthein  Brazil 7:14.26 QAB
3 5 Mindaugas Griskonis  Lithuania 7:16.71 QAB
4 3 Jordan Parry  New Zealand 7:18.48 QCD
5 6 Cris Nievarez  Philippines 7:50.74 QCD
6 1 Mohammed Al-Khafaji  Iraq 8:03.55 QCD

Semifinals[]

The first three of each heat qualify to the better final (E, C, A) while the remainder go to the lower final (F, D, B). The exception is that for Semifinal E/F 1 the first two qualify to Final E instead of the first three.

Semifinal A/B 1[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Kjetil Borch  Norway 6:42.92 FA
2 4 Damir Martin  Croatia 6:45.27 FA
3 6 Mindaugas Griškonis  Lithuania 6:45.90 FA
4 1 Gennaro Di Mauro  Italy 6:50.19 FB
5 5 Lucas Verthein  Brazil 7:02.87 FB
6 2 Trevor Jones  Canada 7:06.18 FB

Semifinal A/B 2[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Stefanos Ntouskos  Greece 6:41.61 FA
2 4 Sverri Sandberg Nielsen  Denmark 6:44.00 FA
3 1 Aleksandr Vyazovkin  ROC 6:44.56 FA
4 3 Oliver Zeidler  Germany 6:45.16 FB
5 5 Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár  Hungary 6:59.08 FB
6 6 Ryuta Arakawa  Japan 6:59.26 FB

Semifinal C/D 1[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Álvaro Torres  Peru 7:02.49 FC
2 4 Quentin Antognelli  Monaco 7:06.03 FC
3 5 Dara Alizadeh  Bermuda 7:11.14 FC
4 6 Mohammed Al-Khafaji  Iraq 7:21.52 FD
5 2 Cris Nievarez  Philippines 7:26.05 FD
6 1 Husein Alireza  Saudi Arabia 7:53.99 FD

Semifinal C/D 2[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Jordan Parry  New Zealand 6:57.70 FC
2 2 Abdelkhalek El-Banna  Egypt 6:58.84 FC
3 5 Jan Fleissner  Czech Republic 6:59.61 FC
4 1 Peter Purcell-Gilpin  Zimbabwe 7:01.72 FD
5 6 Vladislav Yakovlev  Kazakhstan 7:03.53 FD
6 4 Onat Kazaklı  Turkey 7:32.19 FD

Semifinal E/F 1[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Félix Potoy  Nicaragua 7:45.02 FE
2 1 Privel Hinkati  Benin 7:49.46 FE
3 3 Rio Rii  Vanuatu 8:19.99 FF

Semifinal E/F 2[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Ignacio Vásquez  Dominican Republic 7:42.80 FE
2 1 Franck N'Dri  Ivory Coast 7:55.12 FE
3 2 Al-Hussein Gambour  Libya 7:55.98 FE
4 4 Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel  Kuwait 8:56.83 FF

Finals[]

Final F[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
30 2 Rio Rii  Vanuatu 7:49.82
31 1 Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel  Kuwait 8:32.67

Final E[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
25 4 Ignacio Vásquez  Dominican Republic 7:25.88
26 3 Félix Potoy  Nicaragua 7:28.00
27 2 Privel Hinkati  Benin 7:38.58
28 5 Franck N'Dri  Ivory Coast 7:42.55
29 1 Al-Hussein Gambour  Libya 7:47.64

Final D[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
19 2 Vladislav Yakovlev  Kazakhstan 7:03.37
20 4 Peter Purcell-Gilpin  Zimbabwe 7:03.85
21 1 Onat Kazaklı  Turkey 7:13.65
22 3 Mohammed Al-Khafaji  Iraq 7:18.65
23 5 Cris Nievarez  Philippines 7:21.28
24 6 Husein Alireza  Saudi Arabia 7:52.67

Final C[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
13 3 Jordan Parry  New Zealand 6:55.55
14 2 Abdelkhalek El-Banna  Egypt 7:00.72
15 5 Quentin Antognelli  Monaco 7:01.85
16 1 Jan Fleissner  Czech Republic 7:02.93
17 4 Álvaro Torres  Peru 7:03.69
18 6 Dara Alizadeh  Bermuda 7:09.91

Final B[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
7 4 Oliver Zeidler  Germany 6.44.44
8 3 Gennaro Di Mauro  Italy 6:47.38
9 1 Trevor Jones  Canada 6:48.51
10 5 Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár  Hungary 6:50.45
11 6 Ryuta Arakawa  Japan 6:50.91
12 2 Lucas Verthein  Brazil 6:52.09

Final A[]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Stefanos Ntouskos  Greece 6:40.45 OB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Kjetil Borch  Norway 6:41.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Damir Martin  Croatia 6:42.58
4 5 Sverri Sandberg Nielsen  Denmark 6:42.73
5 6 Aleksandr Vyazovkin  ROC 6:49.09
6 1 Mindaugas Griškonis  Lithuania 6:57.60

References[]

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  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ Anderson, Ian. "New Zealand's dual Olympic rowing gold medallist Mahe Drysdale retires". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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  5. ^ "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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