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
VenueEton Dorney
Date28 July – 3 August
Competitors33 from 33 nations
Winning time6:57.82
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 201212:30Heats
Sunday, 29 July 201209:50Repechages
Tuesday, 31 July 201209:30Semifinals E/F
Tuesday, 31 July 201210:40Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 1 August 201209:30Semifinals C/D
Wednesday, 1 August 201211:20Semifinals
Friday, 3 August 201209:30Final F
Friday, 3 August 201209:40Final E
Friday, 3 August 201209:50Final D
Friday, 3 August 201210:00Final C
Friday, 3 August 201210:40Final B
Friday, 3 August 201212:30Final

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.
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