Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course
Date	15–19 October
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Jan Wienese  Netherlands Jochen Meißner  West Germany Alberto Demiddi  Argentina

The men's single sculls competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico. The event was held 15–19 October.

Heats

First two rowers advanced directly to semi-finals. The others must compete again in the repechage for remaining six spots in the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jochen Meißner	West Germany (FRG)	7:45.80	SF
2	Alberto Demiddi	Argentina (ARG)	7:49.78	SF
3	Manfred Krausbar	Austria (AUT)	7:55.70
4	Vaclav Kozak	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:59.93
5	Zdzislaw Bromek	Poland (POL)	8:06.61
6	Tsugio Ito	Japan (JPN)	8:10.00

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Niels Henry Secher	Denmark (DEN)	7:51.45	SF
2	Roger Jackson	Canada (CAN)	7:55.88	SF
3	Viktor Melnikov	Soviet Union (URS)	8:03.29
4	Eugen Petrache	Romania (ROU)	8:05.33
5	Hans Ruckstuhl	Switzerland (SUI)	8:08.90
6	Heriberto Martínez	Cuba (CUB)	8:14.20

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jan Wienese	Netherlands (NED)	7:44.92	SF
2	Achim Hill	East Germany (GDR)	7:47.23	SF
3	John Van Blom	United States (USA)	7:54.79
4	Kenny Dwan	Great Britain (GBR)	8:03.95
5	Claude Dehombreux	Belgium (BEL)	8:19.41

Repechage

Three fastest rowers from each repechage advanced to semi-finals.

Repechage 1

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	John van Blom	United States (USA)	7:43.00	SF
2	Manfred Krausbar	Austria (AUT)	7:46.65	SF
3	Zdzislaw Bromek	Poland (POL)	7:48.68	SF
4	Claude Dehombreux	Belgium (BEL)	7:54.98
5	Eugen Petrache	Romania (ROU)	8:02.94
6	Heriberto Martinez	Cuba (CUB)	8:20.92

Repechage 2

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kenny Dwan	Great Britain (GBR)	7:41.98	SF
2	Victor Melnikov	Soviet Union (URS)	7:46.86	SF
3	Vaclav Kozak	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:49.93	SF
4	Tsugio Ito	Japan (JPN)	7:58.08

Semi-finals

First three rowers from each semi-final advanced to the final round, while the rest advanced to the small final.

Semi-final 1

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Achim Hill	East Germany (GDR)	7:48.56	F
2	Jochen Meißner	West Germany (FRG)	7:51.26	F
3	Kenny Dwan	Great Britain (GBR)	7:55.90	F
4	Vaclav Kozak	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	8:01.81
5	Niels Henry Secher	Denmark (DEN)	8:17.64
6	Manfred Krausbar	Austria (AUT)	8:19.41

Semi-final 2

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jan Wienese	Netherlands (NED)	7:45.48	F
2	Alberto Demiddi	Argentina (ARG)	7:47.98	F
3	John van Blom	United States (USA)	7:49.85	F
4	Victor Melnikov	Soviet Union (URS)	7:50.30
5	Roger Jackson	Canada (CAN)	8:10.64
6	Zdzislaw Bromek	Poland (POL)	8:13.92

Finals

The final round is for the rowers who still have chance to get the medals. The small final is used to determine the 7th until 12th place of this rowing event.

Small final

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zdzislaw Bromek	Poland (POL)	7:38.88
2	Niels Henry Secher	Denmark (DEN)	7:43.47
3	Vaclav Kozak	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:45.81
4	Manfred Krausbar	Austria (AUT)	7:46.19
5	Roger Jackson	Canada (CAN)	7:48.05
6	Victor Melnikov	Soviet Union (URS)	-	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
	Jan Wienese	Netherlands (NED)	7:45.48
	Jochen Meißner	West Germany (FRG)	7:47.98
	Alberto Demiddi	Argentina (ARG)	7:49.85
4	John van Blom	United States (USA)	7:50.30
5	Achim Hill	East Germany (GDR)	8:10.64
6	Kenny Dwan	Great Britain (GBR)	8:13.92

Sources

• The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 Volume Three (PDF) (PDF). pp. 544–545.