Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin
Date	18–25 July
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Pertti Karppinen  Finland Vasily Yakusha  Soviet Union Peter Kersten  East Germany

The men's single sculls rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 20 to 27 July.

Schedule

Date	Round	Time
20 July	Heats	11.20
22 July	Repechage	11.00
24 July	Semi-finals	11.20
27 July	Finals	11.30

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hugh Matheson	Great Britain (GBR)	7:53.22	SF
2	Konstatinos Kontomanolis	Greece (GRE)	7:55.61	SF
3	Paulo César Dworakowski	Brazil (BRA)	8:01.38	SF
4	Didier Gallet	France (FRA)	8:04.41
5	Arturo Salfran	Cuba (CUB)	8:25.09

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:43.80	SF
2	Peter Kersten	East Germany (GDR)	7:49.01	SF
3	Vladek Lacina	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:53.24	SF
4	Bernard Destraz	Switzerland (SUI)	7:59.81
5	Chavdar Radev	Bulgaria (BUL)	8:04.96

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Vasily Yakusha	Soviet Union (URS)	7:47.15	SF
2	Hans Svensson	Sweden (SWE)	7:57.33	SF
3	Raimund Schmidt	Austria (AUT)	8:07.02	SF
4	Lajos Ódor	Hungary (HUN)	8:14.24

Repechage

Three fastest rowers in the repechage advanced to semi-finals.

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bernard Destraz	Switzerland (SUI)	7:25.97	SF
2	Lajos Odor	Hungary (HUN)	7:27.49	SF
3	Chavdar Radoev	Bulgaria (BUL)	7:28.96	SF
4	Didier Gallet	France (FRA)	7:32.81
5	Arturo Salfran	Cuba (CUB)	7:51.84

Semi-finals

Three fastest rowers in each semi-final advanced to the Final A, while the others to the Final B.

Semi-final 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Peter Kersten	East Germany (GDR)	7:11.99	FA
2	Vasily Yakusha	Soviet Union (URS)	7:15.14	FA
3	Hugh Matheson	Great Britain (GBR)	7:21.05	FA
4	Lajos Odor	Hungary (HUN)	7:32.94	FB
5	Raimund Schmidt	Austria (AUT)	7:38.50	FB
6	Paulo Cesar Dvorawski	Brazil (BRA)	7:39.28	FB

Semi-final 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:15.90	FA
2	Vladek Lacina	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:18.66	FA
3	Hans Svensson	Sweden (SWE)	7:19.66	FA
4	Konstatinos Kontomanolis	Greece (GRE)	7:23.15	FB
5	Bernard Destraz	Switzerland (SUI)	7:33.87	FB
6	Chavdar Radoev	Bulgaria (BUL)	7:34.21	FB

Finals

Final A

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:09.61
	Vasily Yakusha	Soviet Union (URS)	7:11.66
	Peter Kersten	East Germany (GDR)	7:14.88
4	Vladek Lacina	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:17.57
5	Hans Svensson	Sweden (SWE)	7:19.38
6	Hugh Matheson	Great Britain (GBR)	7:20.28

Final B

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bernard Destraz	Switzerland (SUI)	7:19.90
2	Konstatinos Kontomanolis	Greece (GRE)	7:20.29
3	Lajos Odor	Hungary (HUN)	7:23.30
4	Chavdar Radoev	Bulgaria (BUL)	7:23.50
5	Raimund Schmidt	Austria (AUT)	7:29.16
6	Paulo Cesar Dvorawski	Brazil (BRA)	7:32.00

Sources

• The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three (PDF) (PDF). p. 103.