Rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Seine
Dates	July 14–17
Competitors	8 from 8 nations
Medalists
Jack Beresford  Great Britain William Gilmore  United States Josef Schneider  Switzerland

The men's single sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition, the sixth appearance of the event, was held from July 14, 1924, to July 17, 1924, on the river Seine.

Eight rowers, each from a different nation, competed. Beresford, the silver winner in 1920, took the gold after having to compete in the repechage to even secure a place in the final.

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Arthur Bull (AUS)	7:19.0	Q
2	Marc Detton (FRA)		r
3	Andrzej Osiecimski-Czapski (POL)
Semifinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Josef Schneider (SUI)	7:15.6	Q
2	Constant Pieterse (NED)		r
3	Hilton Belyea (CAN)
Semifinal 3
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	William Gilmore (USA)	7:03.2	Q
2	Jack Beresford (GBR)		r

Repechage

Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Beresford (GBR)	8:00.4	Q
2	Marc Detton (FRA)
3	Constant Pieterse (NED)

Final

Final
Place	Rower	Time
	Jack Beresford (GBR)	7:49.2
	William Gilmore (USA)	7:54.0
	Josef Schneider (SUI)	8:01.1
4	Arthur Bull (AUS)	Did not finish

References

• Kubatko, Justin. "Rowing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish).