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.

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. 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
DateTimeRound
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

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Tim Maeyens6:42.52Q OR
2Ángel Fournier6:46.35Q
3Patrick Loliger Salas6:51.78Q
4Sawarn Singh6:54.04R
5Óscar Vásquez7:06.33R
6Mohsen Shadi7:27.42R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Marcel Hacker6:43.80Q
2Santiago Fernández6:46.03Q
3Henrik Stephansen6:46.32Q
4Mindaugas Griskonis6:46.56R
5Víctor Aspillaga7:13.79R
6So Sau Wah7:15.91R

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Lassi Karonen6:45.42Q
2Aleksandar Aleksandrov6:49.81Q
3Mathias Raymond6:58.60Q
4Anderson Nocetti7:03.78R
5James Fraser-Mackenzie7:16.83R
6Paul Etia Ndoumbe7:29.77R

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Mahé Drysdale6:49.69Q
2Olaf Tufte7:00.90Q
3Nour El Din Hassanein7:06.17Q
4Roberto López7:23.75R
5Hamadou Djibo Issaka8:25.56R

Heat 5

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Alan Campbell6:47.62Q
2Zhang Liang6:50.71Q
3Michał Słoma6:54.58Q
4Kim Dong-yong7:05.24R
5Vladislav Yakovlev7:16.34R

Heat 6

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Ondřej Synek6:53.23Q
2Mario Vekic7:02.63Q
3Kenneth Jurkowski7:08.49Q
4Wang Ming-hui7:15.77R
5Aymen Mejri7:21.64R

Repechage

First two qualify to the quarterfinals.

Repechage 1

Repechage 2

Repechage 3

Quarterfinals

First three qualify to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Quarterfinal 2

Quarterfinal 3

Quarterfinal 4

Semifinals

Semifinal E/F

First three qualify to the Final E, remainder to Final F.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2

Semifinals C/D

First three qualify to the Final C, remainder to Final D.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2

Semifinals A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2

Finals

Final F

Final E

Final D

Final C

Final B

Final A