Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

The men's single sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, was officially termed Eton Dorney.[1][2]

Men's single sculls at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	28 July – 3 August
Competitors	33 from 33 nations
Winning time	6:57.82
Medalists
Mahé Drysdale  New Zealand Ondřej Synek  Czech Republic Alan Campbell  Great Britain

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. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

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

The repechages were rounds which offered rowers a chance to qualify for the quarterfinal. Placing in the repechages determined which quarterfinal the boat would race in. The top two boats in each repechage moved on to the quarterfinals, with the remaining boats going to the E/F semifinals.

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

Six semifinals were held, two each of A/B semifinals, C/D semifinals, and E/F semifinals. For each semifinal race, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals, while the bottom three boats went 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 fourth and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th, the C from 13th to 18th, and so on. Thus, to win a medal rowers had to finish in the top four of their heat, top three of their quarterfinal, and top three of their A/B semifinal to reach the A final.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 28 July 2012	12:30	Heats
Sunday, 29 July 2012	09:50	Repechages
Tuesday, 31 July 2012	09:30	Semifinals E/F
Tuesday, 31 July 2012	10:40	Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 1 August 2012	09:30	Semifinals C/D
Wednesday, 1 August 2012	11:20	Semifinals
Friday, 3 August 2012	09:30	Final F
Friday, 3 August 2012	09:40	Final E
Friday, 3 August 2012	09:50	Final D
Friday, 3 August 2012	10:00	Final C
Friday, 3 August 2012	10:40	Final B
Friday, 3 August 2012	12:30	Final

Results

Heats

First three of each heat qualify to the quarterfinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tim Maeyens	Belgium	6:42.52	Q OR
2	Ángel Fournier	Cuba	6:46.35	Q
3	Patrick Loliger Salas	Mexico	6:51.78	Q
4	Sawarn Singh	India	6:54.04	R
5	Óscar Vásquez	Chile	7:06.33	R
6	Mohsen Shadi	Iran	7:27.42	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marcel Hacker	Germany	6:43.80	Q
2	Santiago Fernández	Argentina	6:46.03	Q
3	Henrik Stephansen	Denmark	6:46.32	Q
4	Mindaugas Griskonis	Lithuania	6:46.56	R
5	Víctor Aspillaga	Peru	7:13.79	R
6	So Sau Wah	Hong Kong	7:15.91	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lassi Karonen	Sweden	6:45.42	Q
2	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Azerbaijan	6:49.81	Q
3	Mathias Raymond	Monaco	6:58.60	Q
4	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil	7:03.78	R
5	James Fraser-Mackenzie	Zimbabwe	7:16.83	R
6	Paul Etia Ndoumbe	Cameroon	7:29.77	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mahé Drysdale	New Zealand	6:49.69	Q
2	Olaf Tufte	Norway	7:00.90	Q
3	Nour El Din Hassanein	Egypt	7:06.17	Q
4	Roberto López	El Salvador	7:23.75	R
5	Hamadou Djibo Issaka	Niger	8:25.56	R

Heat 5

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alan Campbell	Great Britain	6:47.62	Q
2	Zhang Liang	China	6:50.71	Q
3	Michał Słoma	Poland	6:54.58	Q
4	Kim Dong-yong	South Korea	7:05.24	R
5	Vladislav Yakovlev	Kazakhstan	7:16.34	R

Heat 6

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ondřej Synek	Czech Republic	6:53.23	Q
2	Mario Vekic	Croatia	7:02.63	Q
3	Kenneth Jurkowski	United States	7:08.49	Q
4	Wang Ming-hui	Chinese Taipei	7:15.77	R
5	Aymen Mejri	Tunisia	7:21.64	R

Repechage

First two qualify to the quarterfinals.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sawarn Singh	India	7:00.49	Q
2	Kim Dong-yong	South Korea	7:03.91	Q
3	Víctor Aspillaga	Peru	7:10.54
4	Aymen Mejri	Tunisia	7:11.94
5	Paul Etia Ndoumbe	Cameroon	7:24.15

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mindaugas Griskonis	Lithuania	7:00.19	Q
2	Mohsen Shadi	Iran	7:11.55	Q
3	Wang Ming-hui	Chinese Taipei	7:16.84
4	James Fraser-Mackenzie	Zimbabwe	7:19.85
5	Hamadou Djibo Issaka	Niger	8:39.66

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil	7:07.17	Q
2	Óscar Vásquez	Chile	7:09.12	Q
3	So Sau Wah	Hong Kong	7:13.75
4	Vladislav Yakovlev	Kazakhstan	7:22.00
5	Roberto López	El Salvador	7:27.75

Quarterfinals

First three qualify to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mahé Drysdale	New Zealand	6:54.86	Q
2	Tim Maeyens	Belgium	6:56.65	Q
3	Mindaugas Griskonis	Lithuania	7:00.80	Q
4	Mario Vekic	Croatia	7:05.78
5	Michał Słoma	Poland	7:21.55
6	Óscar Vásquez	Chile	7:24.07

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alan Campbell	Great Britain	6:52.10	Q
2	Marcel Hacker	Germany	6:54.18	Q
3	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Azerbaijan	6:56.36	Q
4	Patrick Loliger Salas	Mexico	7:00.20
5	Kim Dong-yong	South Korea	7:16.22
6	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil	7:17.37

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lassi Karonen	Sweden	6:57.06	Q
2	Santiago Fernández	Argentina	7:01.57	Q
3	Zhang Liang	China	7:02.03	Q
4	Sawarn Singh	India	7:11.59
5	Kenneth Jurkowski	United States	7:18.27
6	Nour El-Din Hassanein	Egypt	7:23.12

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ondřej Synek	Czech Republic	6:53.32	Q
2	Ángel Fournier	Cuba	6:54.12	Q
3	Olaf Tufte	Norway	6:55.36	Q
4	Henrik Stephansen	Denmark	6:55.95
5	Mathias Raymond	Monaco	7:20.16
6	Mohsen Shadi	Iran	7:32.72

Semifinal E/F

First three qualify to the Final E, remainder to Final F.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	So Sau Wah	Hong Kong	7:44.20	Q
2	Víctor Aspillaga	Peru	7:53.76	Q
3	Roberto López	El Salvador	7:57.89	Q
4	Hamadou Djibo Issaka	Niger	9:07.99

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wang Ming-hui	Chinese Taipei	7:33.18	Q
2	Vladislav Yakovlev	Kazakhstan	7:33.29	Q
3	James Fraser-Mackenzie	Zimbabwe	7:33.81	Q
4	Paul Etia Ndoumbe	Cameroon	7:35.48
5	Aymen Mejri	Tunisia	7:58.48

Semifinals C/D

First three qualify to the Final C, remainder to Final D.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mario Vekic	Croatia	7:33.51	Q
2	Sawarn Singh	India	7:36.25	Q
3	Mathias Raymond	Monaco	7:38.17	Q
4	Kim Dong-yong	South Korea	7:48.09
5	Óscar Vásquez	Chile	7:57.36
6	Mohsen Shadi	Iran	8:20.29

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Henrik Stephansen	Denmark	7:29.76	Q
2	Patrick Loliger Salas	Mexico	7:29.82	Q
3	Michał Słoma	Poland	7:39.00	Q
4	Nour El-Din Hassanein	Egypt	7:44.53
5	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil	7:54.18
6	Kenneth Jurkowski	United States	7:56.51

Semifinals A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mahé Drysdale	New Zealand	7:18.11	Q
2	Lassi Karonen	Sweden	7:19.77	Q
3	Marcel Hacker	Germany	7:22.07	Q
4	Ángel Fournier	Cuba	7:30.19
5	Mindaugas Griskonis	Lithuania	7:31.72
6	Olaf Tufte	Norway	7:35.31

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ondřej Synek	Czech Republic	7:16.58	Q
2	Alan Campbell	Great Britain	7:18.92	Q
3	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Azerbaijan	7:20.80	Q
4	Santiago Fernández	Argentina	7:29.68
5	Zhang Liang	China	7:31.52
6	Tim Maeyens	Belgium	7:39.78

Final F

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aymen Mejri	Tunisia	7:33.62
2	Paul Etia Ndoumbe	Cameroon	7:46.23
3	Hamadou Djibo Issaka	Niger	8:53.88

Final E

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	So Sau Wah	Hong Kong	7:29.35
2	Wang Ming-hui	Chinese Taipei	7:33.28
3	Víctor Aspillaga	Peru	7:35.88
4	Vladislav Yakovlev	Kazakhstan	7:36.14
5	Roberto López	El Salvador	7:41.32
6	James Fraser-Mackenzie	Zimbabwe	7:46.49

Final D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil	7:25.03
2	Nour El-Din Hassanein	Egypt	7:27.19
3	Kim Dong-yong	South Korea	7:27.94
4	Mohsen Shadi	Iran	7:31.42
5	Óscar Vásquez	Chile	7:36.79
–	Kenneth Jurkowski	United States		DNS

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Henrik Stephansen	Denmark	7:19.62
2	Patrick Loliger Salas	Mexico	7:20.10
3	Mario Vekic	Croatia	7:27.60
4	Sawarn Singh	India	7:29.66
5	Michał Słoma	Poland	7:34.98
6	Mathias Raymond	Monaco	7:36.35

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ángel Fournier	Cuba	7:11.17
2	Mindaugas Griškonis	Lithuania	7:15.32
3	Olaf Tufte	Norway	7:18.15
4	Santiago Fernández	Argentina	7:20.40
5	Zhang Liang	China	7:25.64
6	Tim Maeyens	Belgium	7:27.51

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
	Mahé Drysdale	New Zealand	6:57.82
	Ondřej Synek	Czech Republic	6:59.37
	Alan Campbell	Great Britain	7:03.28
4	Lassi Karonen	Sweden	7:04.04
5	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Azerbaijan	7:09.42
6	Marcel Hacker	Germany	7:10.21

References

1. "Rowing". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
2. "Rowing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

External links

• Official page for men's single sculls