Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal
Dates	27–29 August
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Medalists
John B. Kelly Sr.  United States Jack Beresford  Great Britain Darcy Hadfield  New Zealand

Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men
Double sculls	men
Coxed pair	men
Coxed four	men
Eight	men

The men's single sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition, the fifth appearance of the event, was held from 27 to 29 August 1920. Ten rowers, each from a different nation, competed.^[1]

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Beresford (GBR)	7:45.0	Q
2	Max Schmid (SUI)	7:49.0
3	Gustav Zinke (TCH)
Quarterfinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Frits Eijken (NED)	7:50.0	Q
2	Nino Castelli (ITA)	7:59.0
3	Jacques Haller (BEL)
Quarterfinal 3
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	John B. Kelly Sr. (USA)	7:44.2	Q
2	Nils Ljunglöf (SWE)	7:49.6
Quarterfinal 4
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Darcy Hadfield (NZL)	8:05.0	Q
2	Theodor Eyrich (DEN)	8:11.0

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Beresford (GBR)	7:45.0	Q
2	Frits Eijken (NED)	7:50.4
Semifinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	John B. Kelly Sr. (USA)	7:46.2	Q
	Darcy Hadfield (NZL)	7:49.2

Final

Final
Place	Rower	Time
	John B. Kelly Sr. (USA)	7:35.0
	Jack Beresford (GBR)	7:36.0

References

Sources

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 April 2008.