Rowing — Single Sculls, Men

Times held 31
Total participants 417
Total countries 97

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1900 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 12 3
1900 Single Sculls (National), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 4 1
1906 Single Sculls, Men Intercalated 2 1
1908 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 9 6
1912 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 13 11
1920 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 10 10
1924 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 8 8
1928 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 15 15
1932 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 5 5
1936 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 20 20
1948 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 14 14
1952 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 18 18
1956 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 12 12
1960 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 13 13
1964 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 13 13
1968 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 17 17
1972 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 18 18
1976 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 15 15
1980 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 14 14
1984 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 16 16
1988 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 22 22
1992 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 22 22
1996 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 21 21
2000 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 24 24
2004 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 29 29
2008 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 32 32
2012 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 33 33
2016 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 32 32
2020 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 32 32
2024 Single Sculls, Men Olympic 33 33

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Hermann BarreletFRA André GaudinFRA St George AsheGBR
1904 Frank GreerUSA Jim JuvenalUSA Constance TitusUSA
1906 Gaston DelaplaneFRA Joseph LarranFRA
1908 Harry BlackstaffeGBR Alexander McCullochGBR Bernhard von Gaza
Károly Levitzky
GER
HUN
1912 Wally KinnearGBR Polydore VeirmanBEL Everard Butler
Mart Kuusik
CAN
RUS
1920 Jack Kelly, Sr.USA Jack BeresfordGBR Darcy HadfieldNZL
1924 Jack BeresfordGBR Garrett GilmoreUSA Josef SchneiderSUI
1928 Bobby PearceAUS Ken MyersUSA David ColletGBR
1932 Bobby PearceAUS Bill MillerUSA Guillermo DouglasURU
1936 Gustav SchäferGER Josef HasenöhrlAUT Dan BarrowUSA
1948 Merv WoodAUS Eduardo RissoURU Romolo CatastaITA
1952 Yury TyukalovURS Merv WoodAUS Teodor KocerkaPOL
1956 Vyacheslav IvanovURS Stuart MacKenzieAUS Jack Kelly, Jr.USA
1960 Vyacheslav IvanovURS Achim HillGER Teodor KocerkaPOL
1964 Vyacheslav IvanovURS Achim HillGER Göpf KottmannSUI
1968 Jan WieneseNED Jochen MeißnerFRG Alberto DemiddiARG
1972 Yury MalyshevURS Alberto DemiddiARG Wolfgang GüldenpfennigGDR
1976 Pertti KarppinenFIN Peter-Michael KolbeFRG Joachim DreifkeGDR
1980 Pertti KarppinenFIN Vasily YakushaURS Peter KerstenGDR
1984 Pertti KarppinenFIN Peter-Michael KolbeFRG Robert MillsCAN
1988 Thomas LangeGDR Peter-Michael KolbeFRG Eric VerdonkNZL
1992 Thomas LangeGER Václav Chalupa, Jr.TCH Kajetan BroniewskiPOL
1996 Xeno MüllerSUI Derek PorterCAN Thomas LangeGER
2000 Rob WaddellNZL Xeno MüllerSUI Marcel HackerGER
2004 Olaf TufteNOR Jüri JaansonEST Ivo YanakievBUL
2008 Olaf TufteNOR Ondřej SynekCZE Mahé DrysdaleNZL
2012 Mahé DrysdaleNZL Ondřej SynekCZE Alan CampbellGBR
2016 Mahé DrysdaleNZL Damir MartinCRO Ondřej SynekCZE
2020 Stefanos NtouskosGRE Kjetil BorchNOR Damir MartinCRO
2024 Oliver ZeidlerGER Yauheni ZalatyAIN Simon van DorpNED

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 5 1 0 6
Germany GER 3 2 3 8
Great Britain GBR 3 2 3 8
Australia AUS 3 2 0 5
New Zealand NZL 3 0 3 6
Finland FIN 3 0 0 3
United States USA 2 4 3 9
France FRA 2 2 0 4
Norway NOR 2 1 0 3
Switzerland SUI 1 1 2 4
East Germany GDR 1 0 3 4
Netherlands NED 1 0 1 2
Greece GRE 1 0 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 4 0 4
Czechia CZE 0 2 1 3
Canada CAN 0 1 2 3
Argentina ARG 0 1 1 2
Croatia CRO 0 1 1 2
Uruguay URU 0 1 1 2
Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
Estonia EST 0 1 0 1
Individual Neutral Athletes AIN 0 1 0 1
Poland POL 0 0 3 3
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Pertti Karppinen FIN 3 0 0 3
Vyacheslav Ivanov RUS
URS
3 0 0 3
Thomas Lange GDR
GER
2 0 1 3
Mahé Drysdale NZL 2 0 1 3
Bobby Pearce AUS 2 0 0 2
Olaf Tufte NOR 2 0 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2024 Summer Olympics Sid Boudina 18 See all
Angola ANG 2024 Summer Olympics André Matias 32 See all
Argentina ARG 1972 Summer Olympics Alberto Demiddi 2 Silver See all
Australasia ANZ 1912 Summer Olympics Cecil McVilly AC h2 r1/4 See all
Australia AUS 1928 Summer Olympics Bobby Pearce 1 Gold See all
1932 Summer Olympics Bobby Pearce 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Merv Wood 1 Gold
Austria AUT 1936 Summer Olympics Josef Hasenöhrl 2 Silver See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2012 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Aleksandrov 5 See all
Belarus BLR 2016 Summer Olympics Stanislau Shcharbachenia 5 See all
Belgium BEL 1912 Summer Olympics Polydore Veirman 2 Silver See all
Benin BEN 2020 Summer Olympics Privel Hinkati 27 See all
Bermuda BER 1972 Summer Olympics Jim Butterfield 5 h1 r2/4 See all
Bohemia BOH 1912 Summer Olympics Jan Šourek AC h6 r1/4 See all
Brazil BRA 1980 Summer Olympics Paulo César Dworakowski 12 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Lucas Verthein 12
Bulgaria BUL 2004 Summer Olympics Ivo Yanakiev 3 Bronze See all
Cameroon CMR 2008 Summer Olympics Paul Etia Ndoumbè 28 See all
Canada CAN 1996 Summer Olympics Derek Porter 2 Silver See all
Chile CHI 1952 Summer Olympics Carlos Andueza 2 h4 r2/5 See all
1972 Summer Olympics Janis Rodmanis 4 h2 r2/4
Chinese Taipei TPE 2008 Summer Olympics Wang Ming-Hui 23 See all
Colombia COL 2008 Summer Olympics Rodrigo Ideus 27 See all
Croatia CRO 2016 Summer Olympics Damir Martin 2 Silver See all
Cuba CUB 2016 Summer Olympics Ángel Fournier 6 See all
Czechia CZE 2008 Summer Olympics Ondřej Synek 2 Silver See all
2012 Summer Olympics Ondřej Synek 2 Silver
Czechoslovakia TCH 1992 Summer Olympics Václav Chalupa, Jr. 2 Silver See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 2020 Summer Olympics Franck N'dri 28 See all
Denmark DEN 1920 Summer Olympics Theodor Eyrich 2 h4 r1/3 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Sverri Nielsen 4
Dominican Republic DOM 2020 Summer Olympics Ignacio Vásquez 25 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Thomas Lange 1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 2016 Summer Olympics Bryan Sola 28 See all
Egypt EGY 1996 Summer Olympics Ali Ibrahim 8 See all
El Salvador ESA 2012 Summer Olympics Roberto López 29 See all
Estonia EST 2004 Summer Olympics Jüri Jaanson 2 Silver See all
Finland FIN 1976 Summer Olympics Pertti Karppinen 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Pertti Karppinen 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Pertti Karppinen 1 Gold
France FRA 1900 Summer Olympics Hermann Barrelet 1 Gold See all
1906 Intercalated Games Gaston Delaplane 1 Gold
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Gustav Schäfer 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Thomas Lange 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Oliver Zeidler 1 Gold
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Harry Blackstaffe 1 Gold See all
1912 Summer Olympics Wally Kinnear 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Jack Beresford 1 Gold
Greece GRE 2020 Summer Olympics Stefanos Ntouskos 1 Gold See all
Guatemala GUA 1984 Summer Olympics Édgar Nanne 5 h1 r2/4 See all
Honduras HON 2008 Summer Olympics Norberto Bernárdez 31 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2004 Summer Olympics Law Hiu Fung 18 See all
Hungary HUN 1908 Summer Olympics Károly Levitzky =3 Bronze See all
India IND 2016 Summer Olympics Dattu Baban Bhokanal 13 See all
Individual Neutral Athletes AIN 2024 Summer Olympics Yauheni Zalaty 2 Silver See all
Indonesia INA 2016 Summer Olympics La Memo 16 See all
Iraq IRQ 2016 Summer Olympics Mohammed Riyadh 21 See all
Ireland IRL 1976 Summer Olympics Seán Drea 4 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2012 Summer Olympics Mohsen Shadi 22 See all
Italy ITA 1948 Summer Olympics Romolo Catasta 3 Bronze See all
Japan JPN 2024 Summer Olympics Ryuta Arakawa 9 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2000 Summer Olympics Vladimir Belonogov 16 See all
Kenya KEN 2004 Summer Olympics Ibrahim Githaiga 27 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2020 Summer Olympics Husein Ali Reza 24 See all
Kuwait KUW 1988 Summer Olympics Waleed Al-Mohamed Abdulmuhsin 4 h2 r2/4 See all
Latvia LAT 1992 Summer Olympics Uģis Lasmanis 9 See all
Lebanon LBN 1992 Summer Olympics Christian Francis 22 See all
Libya LBA 2020 Summer Olympics Al-Hussein Gambour 29 See all
Lithuania LTU 2020 Summer Olympics Mindaugas Griškonis 6 See all
Mexico MEX 1992 Summer Olympics Joaquín Gómez 7 See all
Monaco MON 2020 Summer Olympics Quentin Antognelli 15 See all
Netherlands NED 1968 Summer Olympics Jan Wienese 1 Gold See all
New Zealand NZL 2000 Summer Olympics Rob Waddell 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Mahé Drysdale 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Mahé Drysdale 1 Gold
Nicaragua NCA 2020 Summer Olympics Félix Potoy 26 See all
Niger NIG 2012 Summer Olympics Hamadou Issaka 33 See all
Norway NOR 2004 Summer Olympics Olaf Tufte 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Olaf Tufte 1 Gold
Pakistan PAK 2000 Summer Olympics Muhammad Akram 23 See all
Paraguay PAR 2024 Summer Olympics Javier Insfrán 17 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2012 Summer Olympics Zhang Liang 11 See all
Peru PER 2020 Summer Olympics Álvaro Torres 17 See all
Philippines PHI 2000 Summer Olympics Benjamin Tolentino 18 See all
Poland POL 1952 Summer Olympics Teodor Kocerka 3 Bronze See all
1960 Summer Olympics Teodor Kocerka 3 Bronze
1992 Summer Olympics Kajetan Broniewski 3 Bronze
Portugal POR 1972 Summer Olympics José Lopes Marques 5 h2 r2/4 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics Juan Félix 10 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Vyazovkin 5 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Im Gyeong-Seok 4 h3 r2/4 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Kim Dong-Yong 17
Romania ROU 2024 Summer Olympics Mihai Chiruță 7 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1912 Summer Olympics Mart Kuusik =3 Bronze See all
Saar SAA 1952 Summer Olympics Günther Schütt 2 h3 r4/5 See all
Slovakia SVK 2000 Summer Olympics Ján Žiška 10 See all
Slovenia SLO 1996 Summer Olympics Iztok Čop 4 See all
South Africa RSA 1952 Summer Olympics Ian Stephen 5 See all
Soviet Union URS 1952 Summer Olympics Yury Tyukalov 1 Gold See all
1956 Summer Olympics Vyacheslav Ivanov 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Vyacheslav Ivanov 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Vyacheslav Ivanov 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Yury Malyshev 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1948 Summer Olympics Juan Omedes 2 h1 r2/4 See all
Sudan SUD 2024 Summer Olympics Abdalla Al-Arabi 33 See all
Sweden SWE 1920 Summer Olympics Nils Ljunglöf 2 h3 r1/3 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Lassi Karonen 4
Switzerland SUI 1996 Summer Olympics Xeno Müller 1 Gold See all
Thailand THA 2016 Summer Olympics Jaruwat Saensuk 26 See all
Tunisia TUN 2000 Summer Olympics Riadh Ben Khedher 22 See all
Türkiye TUR 1992 Summer Olympics Ali Rıza Bilal 20 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Oleksandr Khimich 19 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Ihor Mohylnyi 17 See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Frank Greer 1 Gold See all
1920 Summer Olympics Jack Kelly, Sr. 1 Gold
Uruguay URU 1948 Summer Olympics Eduardo Risso 2 Silver See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2016 Summer Olympics Shakhboz Kholmurzayev 22 See all
Vanuatu VAN 2016 Summer Olympics Luigi Teilemb 30 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Riilio Rii 30
Venezuela VEN 2008 Summer Olympics Dhison Hernández 24 See all
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Jochen Meißner 2 Silver See all
1976 Summer Olympics Peter-Michael Kolbe 2 Silver
1984 Summer Olympics Peter-Michael Kolbe 2 Silver
1988 Summer Olympics Peter-Michael Kolbe 2 Silver
Yugoslavia YUG 1956 Summer Olympics Perica Vlašić 3 h2 r3/4 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 2020 Summer Olympics Peter Purcell-Gilpin 20 See all