Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Lake Casitas
Date	31 July – 5 August
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Pertti Karppinen  Finland Peter-Michael Kolbe  West Germany Robert Mills  Canada

The men's single sculls competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Casitas, California, United States of America. The event was held from 31 July to 5 August.

Schedule

Date	Round
July 31	Heats
August 1	Repechage
August 2	Semi-finals
August 3	Final B
August 5	Final A

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:20.93	SF
2	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	7:28.49
3	John Biglow	United States (USA)	7:31.30
4	José Ramón Oyarzábal	Spain (ESP)	7:39.16
5	Denis Gate	France (FRA)	7:41.22
6	Juan Félix	Puerto Rico (PUR)	7:42.96

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Robert Mills	Canada (CAN)	7:24.10	SF
2	Gary Reid	New Zealand (NZL)	7:27.10
3	Konstatinos Kontomanolis	Greece (GRE)	7:35.92
4	Shunsuke Horiuchi	Japan (JPN)	7:58.36
5	Edgar Nanne-Villagran	Guatemala (GUA)	8:07.69

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ricardo Ibarra	Argentina (ARG)	7:27.60	SF
2	Bengt Nilsson	Sweden (SWE)	7:31.62
3	Raimund Haberl	Austria (AUT)	7:33.50
4	Lars Bjønness	Norway (NOR)	7:39.80
5	Herman van den Eerenbeemt	Netherlands (NED)	7:57.90

Repechage

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

Repechage 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	John Biglow	United States (USA)	7:21.47	SF
2	Gary Reid	New Zealand (NZL)	7:26.12	SF
3	Juan Felix	Puerto Rico (PUR)	7:26.85	SF
4	Lars Bjønness	Norway (NOR)	7:29.01
5	Edgar Nanne-Villagran	Guatemala (GUA)	7:50.60

Repechage 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	7:21.47	SF
2	Raimund Haberl	Austria (AUT)	7:26.12	SF
3	Denis Gate	France (FRA)	7:26.85	SF
4	Lars Bjønness	Norway (NOR)	7:29.01

Repechage 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Konstatinos Kontomanolis	Greece (GRE)	7:25.15	SF
2	Bengt Nilsson	Sweden (SWE)	7:30.24	SF
3	José Ramón Oyarzábal	Spain (ESP)	7:33.68	SF
4	Herman van den Eerenbeemt	Netherlands (NED)	7:34.28

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	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:19.52	FA
2	Robert Mills	Canada (CAN)	7:20.88	FA
3	Konstatinos Kontomanolis	Greece (GRE)	7:23.99	FA
4	José Ramón Oyarzábal	Spain (ESP)	7:32.72	FB
5	Gary Reid	New Zealand (NZL)	7:34.15	FB
6	Raimund Haberl	Austria (AUT)	7:38.48	FB

Semi-final 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	7:22.24	FA
2	Ricardo Ibarra	Argentina (ARG)	7:22.42	FA
3	John Biglow	United States (USA)	7:24.98	FA
4	Bengt Nilsson	Sweden (SWE)	7:33.28	FB
5	Juan Felix	Puerto Rico (PUR)	7:34.70	FB
6	Denis Gate	France (FRA)	8:00.33	FB

Finals

Final A

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time
	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:00.24
	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	7:02.19
	Robert Mills	Canada (CAN)	7:10.38
4	John Biglow	United States (USA)	7:12.00
5	Ricardo Ibarra	Argentina (ARG)	7:14.59
6	Konstatinos Kontomanolis	Greece (GRE)	7:17.03

Final B

Final B is used to determine 7th – 12th places.

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time
1	Gary Reid	New Zealand (NZL)	7:22.63
2	Raimund Haberl	Austria (AUT)	7:25.38
3	Bengt Nilsson	Sweden (SWE)	7:26.82
4	Juan Felix	Puerto Rico (PUR)	7:36.38
5	José Ramón Oyarzábal	Spain (ESP)	7:36.78
6	Denis Gate	France (FRA)	7:37.82

Sources

• The Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 Volume Two (PDF) (PDF). pp. 523–524.