Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueLake Lanier
DateJuly 21 – July 27
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
   Switzerland
   Canada
   Germany
Rowing at the
1996 Summer Olympics

Single sculls   men   women
Coxless pair men women
Double sculls men women
Lwt double sculls men women
Coxless four men
Quadruple sculls men women
Eight men women
Lwt coxless four men

The men's single sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Lanier, Atlanta, United States of America. The event was held from 21 – 27 July 1996.

Heats

The winner in each heat advanced directly to the semi-finals. The remaining rowers must compete in the repechage for the remaining spots in semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Xeno Muller  Switzerland (SUI) 7:26.75 SF
2 Iztok Cop  Slovenia (SLO) 7:32.69
3 Horst Nussbaumer  Austria (AUT) 7:36.15
4 Giovanni Calabrese  Italy (ITA) 7:39.90
5 Anton Sema  Russia (RUS) 7:49.94
6 Daisaku Takeda  Japan (JPN) 7:56.93

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Derek Porter  Canada (CAN) 7:31.75 SF
2 Laszlo Szogi  Hungary (HUN) 7:39.31
3 David Cameron  Australia (AUS) 7:53.55
4 Oleksandr Khimich  Ukraine (UKR) 7:57.05
5 Michael Tse  Hong Kong (HKG) 8:11.51

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Thomas Lange  Germany (GER) 7:34.52 SF
2 Sergio Fernandez  Argentina (ARG) 7:37.53
3 Ali Ibrahim  Egypt (EGY) 7:41.17
4 Peter Haining  Great Britain (GBR) 7:42.65
5 Jüri Jaanson  Estonia (EST) 8:10.01

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Vaclav Chalupa  Czech Republic (CZE) 7:35.48 SF
2 Fredrik Bekken  Norway (NOR) 7:39.36
3 Cyrus Beasley  United States (USA) 7:44.79
4 Rob Waddell  New Zealand (NZL) 7:48.69
5 Tomas Soderblom  Finland (FIN) 7:53.46

Repechage

First two rowers in each race advanced to Semifinal 1 or 2, the rest went to Semifinal 3 or 4.

Repechage 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Iztok Cop  Slovenia (SLO) 7:41.83
2 Peter Haining  Great Britain (GBR) 7:45.95
3 David Cameron  Australia (AUS) 7:49.24
4 Tomas Soderblom  Finland (FIN) 7:52.52
5 Daisaku Takeda  Japan (JPN) 7:59.77

Repechage 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Rob Waddell  New Zealand (NZL) 7:42.87
2 Ali Ibrahim  Egypt (EGY) 7:45.64
3 Laszlo Szogi  Hungary (HUN) 7:53.04
4 Anton Sema  Russia (RUS) 8:46.71

Repechage 3

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Sergio Fernandez  Argentina (ARG) 7:42.63
2 Cyrus Beasley  United States (USA) 7:44.36
3 Giovanni Calabrese  Italy (ITA) 7:39.90
4 Michael Tse  Hong Kong (HKG) 8:31.41

Repechage 4

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Fredrik Bekken  Norway (NOR) 7:47.31
2 Horst Nussbaumer  Austria (AUT) 7:49.79
3 Oleksandr Khimich  Ukraine (UKR) 7:56.15
4 Jüri Jaanson  Estonia (EST) 8:15.25

Semifinal

Rowers competing in Semifinal 1 and 2 are the rowers who still have chance to win medal in Final A. First three rowers from each semifinal advanced to Final A, while the others advanced to Final B. In other hand, rowers competing in Semifinal 3 and 4 are the rowers who were already eliminated from the medal race, first three rowers from these semifinals advanced to Final C and the others to Final D.

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Xeno Muller  Switzerland (SUI) 7:10.07 FA
2 Derek Porter  Canada (CAN) 7:14.91 FA
3 Fredrik Bekken  Norway (NOR) 7:19.92 FA
4 Ali Ibrahim  Egypt (EGY) 7:22.43 FB
5 Sergio Fernandez  Argentina (ARG) 7:23.70 FB
6 Peter Haining  Great Britain (GBR) 7:30.47 FB

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Thomas Lange  Germany (GER) 7:12.30 FA
2 Iztok Cop  Slovenia (SLO) 7:15.07 FA
3 Vaclav Chalupa  Czech Republic (CZE) 7:16.97 FA
4 Rob Waddell  New Zealand (NZL) 7:18.52 FB
5 Cyrus Beasley  United States (USA) 7:31.49 FB
6 Horst Nussbaumer  Austria (AUT) 7:35.52 FB

Semifinal 3

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 David Cameron  Australia (AUS) 7:25.38 FC
2 Laszlo Szogi  Hungary (HUN) 7:27.92 FC
3 Jüri Jaanson  Estonia (EST) 7:28.89 FC
4 Daisaku Takeda  Japan (JPN) 7:32.63 FD
5 Michael Tse  Hong Kong (HKG) 7:51.15 FD

Semifinal 4

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Giovanni Calabrese  Italy (ITA) 7:23.59 FC
2 Tomas Soderblom  Finland (FIN) 7:23.88 FC
3 Anton Sema  Russia (RUS) 7:28.44 FC
4 Oleksandr Khimich  Ukraine (UKR) 7:31.24 FD

Final

Final A

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Xeno Muller  Switzerland (SUI) 6:44.85
2nd, silver medalist(s) Derek Porter  Canada (CAN) 6:47.45
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Thomas Lange  Germany (GER) 6:47.72
4 Iztok Cop  Slovenia (SLO) 6:51.71
5 Vaclav Chalupa  Czech Republic (CZE) 6:55.65
6 Fredrik Bekken  Norway (NOR) 6:59.51

Final B

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Rob Waddell  New Zealand (NZL) 6:49.55
2 Ali Ibrahim  Egypt (EGY) 6:52.11
3 Horst Nussbaumer  Austria (AUT) 6:53.20
4 Cyrus Beasley  United States (USA) 6:54.17
5 Peter Haining  Great Britain (GBR) 6:55.06
6 Sergio Fernandez  Argentina (ARG) 6:56.97

Final C

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 David Cameron  Australia (AUS) 7:30.55
2 Tomas Soderblom  Finland (FIN) 7:32.98
3 Laszlo Szogi  Hungary (HUN) 7:34.23
4 Anton Sema  Russia (RUS) 7:44.93
5 Giovanni Calabrese  Italy (ITA) 7:48.63
6 Jüri Jaanson  Estonia (EST) 8:33.53

Final D

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Oleksandr Khimich  Ukraine (UKR) 7:40.54
2 Daisaku Takeda  Japan (JPN) 7:45.23
3 Michael Tse  Hong Kong (HKG) 8:06.43

References

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