Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin
Date	18–25 July
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
Medalists
Pertti Karppinen  Finland Peter-Michael Kolbe  West Germany Joachim Dreifke  East Germany

Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men	women
Double sculls	men	women
Coxless pair	men	women
Coxed pair	men
Quadruple sculls	men	women
Coxless four	men
Coxed four	men	women
Eight	men	women

The men's single sculls competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada. The event was held from 18–25 July.^[1]

Schedule

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	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	7:05.95	SF
2	Sean Drea	Ireland (IRL)	7:07.20	SF
3	Joachim Dreifke	East Germany (GDR)	7:11.49	SF
4	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:12.94
5	Jim Dietz	United States (USA)	7:24.98

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mykola Dovhan	Soviet Union (URS)	7:28.92	SF
2	Fabrizio Biondi	Italy (ITA)	7:35.33	SF
3	Hans Svensson	Sweden (SWE)	7:40.82	SF
4	Walter Lambertus	Romania (ROU)	7:42.65
5	Reinaldo Kutscher	Uruguay (URU)	7:48.59

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ricardo Ibarra	Argentina (ARG)	7:17.41	SF
2	Edward Hale	Australia (AUS)	7:20.11	SF
3	Claude Dehombreux	Belgium (BEL)	7:23.33	SF
4	Ulli Wolf	Austria (AUT)	7:28.45
5	Federico Scheffler	Mexico (MEX)	7:32.55

Repechage

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

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:06.81	SF
2	Walter Lambertus	Romania (ROU)	7:08.88	SF
3	Jim Dietz	United States (USA)	7:13.46	SF
4	Ulli Wolf	Austria (AUT)	7:25.38
5	Reinaldo Kutscher	Uruguay (URU)	7:26.34
6	Federico Scheffler	Mexico (MEX)	7:37.98

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	Ricardo Ibarra	Argentina (ARG)	6:57.41	FA
2	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	6:59.18	FA
3	Joachim Dreifke	East Germany (GDR)	6:59.36	FA
4	Walter Lambertus	Romania (ROU)	7:01.23	FB
5	Claude Dehombreux	Belgium (BEL)	7:14.76	FB
6	Fabrizio Biondi	Italy (ITA)	7:16.13	FB

Semi-final 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sean Drea	Ireland (IRL)	6:52.46	FA
2	Mykola Dovhan	Soviet Union (URS)	6:58.15	FA
3	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	6:59.13	FA
4	Hans Svensson	Sweden (SWE)	7:00.60	FB
5	Jim Dietz	United States (USA)	7:09.13	FB
6	Edward Hale	Australia (AUS)	7:16.64	FB

Finals

Final A

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:29.03
	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	7:31.67
	Joachim Dreifke	East Germany (GDR)	7:38.03
4	Sean Drea	Ireland (IRL)	7:42.53
5	Mykola Dovhan	Soviet Union (URS)	7:57.39
6	Ricardo Ibarra	Argentina (ARG)	8:03.35

Final B

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jim Dietz	United States (USA)	7:58.70
2	Edward Hale	Australia (AUS)	7:58.86
3	Hans Svensson	Sweden (SWE)	7:59.36
4	Fabrizio Biondi	Italy (ITA)	8:07.17
5	Walter Lambertus	Romania (ROU)	8:11.13
6	Claude Dehombreux	Belgium (BEL)	8:15.35

References

Sources

• The official report of the Games of the XXI Olympiad Montreal 1976 (PDF) (PDF). p. 97.