Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
Venue	Oberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date	27 August – 2 September
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Winning time	7:10.12
Medalists
Yury Malyshev  Soviet Union Alberto Demiddi  Argentina Wolfgang Güldenpfennig  East Germany

The men's single sculls competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August to 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.

Results

Heats

Winner of each of the three heats (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alberto Demiddi	Argentina	7:46.09
2	Udo Hild	West Germany	7:48.12
3	Melchior Bürgin	Switzerland	8:00.20
4	Janis Rodmanis	Chile	8:23.38
5	James Butterfield	Bermuda	8:29.20
6	Guillermo Spamer	Mexico	8:38.63

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Yury Malyshev	Soviet Union	7:42.67
2	Wolfgang Güldenpfennig	East Germany	7:46.31
3	Seán Drea	Ireland	7:47.64
4	James Dietz	United States	7:57.85
5	Jaroslav Hellebrand	Czechoslovakia	7:58.15
6	Lennart Bälter	Sweden	8:12.92

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Yordan Valchev	Bulgaria	7:50.29
2	Murray Watkinson	New Zealand	7:51.29
3	Kenneth Dwan	Great Britain	7:57.49
4	Kim Børgesen	Denmark	7:58.94
5	Hideo Okamoto	Japan	8:20.82
6	José Margues	Portugal	8:39.73

Repechage

Top three finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Udo Hild	West Germany	7:48.11
2	Seán Drea	Ireland	7:50.27
3	Kim Børgesen	Denmark	7:56.66
4	Lennart Bälter	Sweden	8:11.07
5	James Butterfield	Bermuda	8:26.16

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Wolfgang Güldenpfennig	East Germany	8:05.19
2	Kenneth Dwan	Great Britain	8:10.32
3	Jaroslav Hellebrand	Czechoslovakia	8:19.28
4	Janis Rodmanis	Chile	8:29.66
5	José Marques	Portugal	8:54.27

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	James Dietz	United States	7:59.13
2	Melchior Bürgin	Switzerland	8:04.81
3	Murray Watkinson	New Zealand	8:11.51
4	Hideo Okamoto	Japan	8:27.36
5	Guillermo Spamer	Mexico	8:40.76

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alberto Demiddi	Argentina	8:10.01
2	Wolfgang Güldenpfennig	East Germany	8:16.35
3	Melchior Bürgin	Switzerland	8:16.95
4	Yordan Valchev	Bulgaria	8:17.64
5	Seán Drea	Ireland	8:27.70
6	Jaroslav Hellebrand	Czechoslovakia	8:44.60

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Yury Malyshev	Soviet Union	8:13.49
2	James Dietz	United States	8:21.54
3	Udo Hild	West Germany	8:26.37
4	Kim Børgesen	Denmark	8:27.93
5	Murray Watkinson	New Zealand	8:30.88
6	Kenneth Dwan	Great Britain	8:38.62

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Seán Drea	Ireland	7:55.33
2	Yordan Valchev	Bulgaria	7:59.55
3	Kenneth Dwan	Great Britain	8:00.38
4	Murray Watkinson	New Zealand	8:05.42
5	Kim Børgesen	Denmark	8:09.04
6	Jaroslav Hellebrand	Czechoslovakia	8:11.04

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Yury Malyshev	Soviet Union	7:10.12
	Alberto Demiddi	Argentina	7:11.53
	Wolfgang Güldenpfennig	East Germany	7:14.45
4	Udo Hild	West Germany	7:20.81
5	James Dietz	United States	7:24.81
6	Melchior Bürgin	Switzerland	7:31.99

References

• Official reports of the 1972 Summer Olympics