Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueSloten
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
 Bobby Pearce  Australia
 Kenneth Myers  United States
 Theodore Collet  Great Britain
Rowing at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Single sculls   men
Coxless pair men
Double sculls men
Coxed pair men
Coxless four men
Coxed four men
Eight men

The men's single sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven rowing events for men and was the seventh appearance of the event, which had been on the programme for every Games since rowing was added in 1900.

Results

Source: Official results;[1] De Wael[2]

Round 1

Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 David Collet Great Britain 8:29.6 Q2
2 Édouard Candeveau Switzerland 8:35.8 R1
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Bobby Pearce Australia 7:55.8 Q2
2 Walter Flinsch Germany 8:21.8 R1
Heat 3
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Joe Wright Canada 7:57.8 Q2
2 Bert Gunther Netherlands 7:58.4 R1
Heat 4
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Victor Saurin France 8:09.2 Q2
2 Jacques Mottard Belgium 8:14.8 R1
Heat 5
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Béla Szendey Hungary 8:03.2 Q2
2 Arnold Schwartz Denmark 8:06.0 R1
Heat 6
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Ken Myers United States 8:14.2 Q2
2 Hendrik de Kok South Africa 8:19.2 R1
Heat 7
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Josef Straka Czechoslovakia 8:05.2 Q2
2 Kinichiro Ishii Japan DNF elim.
Heat 8
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Michelangelo Bernasconi Italy 8:02.0 Q2

Repechage 1

Winners advanced to the second round, but were ineligible for a second repechage if they lost there. Losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Arnold Schwartz Denmark 8:20.2 Q2
2 Walter Flinsch Germany 8:23.4 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Bert Gunther Netherlands 8:11.6 Q2
2 Jacques Mottard Belgium 8:17.0 elim.
Heat 3
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Édouard Candeveau Switzerland 8:28.6 Q2
2 Hendrik de Kok South Africa 8:50.0 elim.

Round 2

Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second repechage, if they had advanced by winning in the first round, or were eliminated if they had advanced through the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Bert Gunther Netherlands 8:23.8 Q3
2 Béla Szendey Hungary 8:33.8 R2
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Josef Straka Czechoslovakia 8:36.4 Q3
2 Joe Wright Canada 8:45.0 R2
Heat 3
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Bobby Pearce Australia 7:28.0 Q3
2 Arnold Schwartz Denmark 7:47.6 elim.
Heat 4
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Ken Myers United States 7:46.8 Q3
2 David Collet Great Britain 7:56.4 R2
Heat 5
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Victor Saurin France 8:38.2 Q3
2 Michelangelo Bernasconi Italy 9:10.2 R2
Heat 6
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Édouard Candeveau Switzerland 9:06.6 Q3

Repechage 2

Winners advanced to the third round, while losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Joe Wright Canada 7:49.6 Q3
2 Michelangelo Bernasconi Italy DNF elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 David Collet Great Britain 7:35.2 Q3
2 Béla Szendey Hungary 7:42.4 elim.

Round 3

The competition became single-elimination from this point, with losers being eliminated even if they had not previously had to advance through a repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 David Collet Great Britain 7:52.2 Q
2 Joe Wright Canada 7:57.6 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Bert Gunther Netherlands 7:57.4 Q
2 Josef Straka Czechoslovakia 8:04.8 elim.
Heat 3
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Ken Myers United States 8:05.6 Q
2 Édouard Candeveau Switzerland 8:11.0 elim.
Heat 4
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Bobby Pearce Australia 7:42.8 Q
2 Victor Saurin France 8:11.8 elim.

Semifinals

Winners advanced to the gold medal final, with the losers competing for bronze.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Bobby Pearce Australia 7:01.8 QA
2 David Collet Great Britain 7:08.6 QB
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1 Ken Myers United States 7:14.2 QA
2 Bert Gunther Netherlands 7:18.0 QB

Finals

Gold medal final
Rank Rower Nation Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Bobby Pearce Australia 7:11.0
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ken Myers United States 7:20.8
Bronze medal final
Rank Rower Nation Time
1 (3rd, bronze medalist(s)) David Collet Great Britain 7:19.8
2 (4) Bert Gunther Netherlands 7:31.6

References

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