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

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Men's single sculls
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueSloten
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bobby Pearce  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kenneth Myers  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Theodore Collet  Great Britain
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Rowing at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmen
Coxless pairmen
Double scullsmen
Coxed pairmen
Coxless fourmen
Coxed fourmen
Eightmen

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 Q1
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 place, gold medalist(s) Bobby Pearce  Australia 7:11.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ken Myers  United States 7:20.8
Bronze medal final
Rank Rower Nation Time
1 (3rd place, bronze medalist(s)) David Collet  Great Britain 7:19.8
2 (4) Bert Gunther  Netherlands 7:31.6

References

  1. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Rowing 1928".
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