Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Han River Regatta Course
Date	19–24 September
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Winning time	6:58.65
Medalists
Thomas Lange  East Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe  West Germany Eric Verdonk  New Zealand

Rowing at the 1988 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 1988 Summer Olympics took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea. The event was held from 19 to 24 September.^[1]

Schedule

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	Thomas Lange	East Germany (GDR)	7:03.25	SF
2	Andrew Sudduth	United States (USA)	7:05.61
3	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	7:12.35
4	Kajetan Broniewski	Poland (POL)	7:13.77
5	Henk-Jan Zwolle	Netherlands (NED)	7:29.68
6	Juan Felix	Puerto Rico (PUR)	7:55.46

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hamish McGlashan	Australia (AUS)	7:25.26	SF
2	Jesús Posse	Uruguay (URU)	7:37.92
3	Jüri Jaanson	Soviet Union (URS)	7:41.28
4	Masahiro Sakata	Japan (JPN)	7:43.67
5	Gordon Henry	Canada (CAN)	7:51.83
6	Edgardo Maerina	Philippines (PHI)	8:54.90

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Eric Verdonk	New Zealand (NZL)	7:18.69	SF
2	Pascal Body	France (FRA)	7:26.12
3	Dirk Crois	Belgium (BEL)	7:34.74
4	Giovanni Calabrese	Italy (ITA)	7:45.02
5	Denis Marinho	Brazil (BRA)	7:48.33

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fredrik Hultén	Sweden (SWE)	7:12.98	SF
2	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:24.72
3	Arnold Jonke	Austria (AUT)	7:30.45
4	Im Gyeong-seok	South Korea (KOR)	7:39.94
5	Waleed Al-Mohamed Abdulmuhsin	Kuwait (KUW)	8:05.35

Repechage

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

Repechage 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:14.91	SF
2	Henk-Jan Zwolle	Netherlands (NED)	7:16.23	SF
3	Dirk Crois	Belgium (BEL)	7:19.94
4	Masahiro Sakata	Japan (JPN)	7:26.66

Repechage 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jüri Jaanson	Soviet Union (URS)	7:04.04	SF
2	Kajetan Broniewski	Poland (POL)	7:04.39	SF
3	Pascal Body	France (FRA)	7:05.80
4	Waleed Al-Mohammad	Kuwait (KUW)	8:15.16

Repechage 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	7:12.27	SF
2	Jesus Posse	Uruguay (URU)	7:17.43	SF
3	Denis Marinho	Brazil (BRA)	7:22.84
4	Lim Kyung-Suk	South Korea (KOR)	7:46.40
5	Edgardo Maerina	Philippines (PHI)	8:27.02

Repechage 4

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Andrew Sudduth	United States (USA)	7:05.52	SF
2	Giovanni Calabrese	Italy (ITA)	7:12.93	SF
3	Arnold Jonke	Austria (AUT)	7:18.29
4	Juan Felix	Puerto Rico (PUR)	7:18.77
5	Gordon Henry	Canada (CAN)	7:37.48

Semi-finals

Three fastest rowers in each semi-final advanced to the final, while the others to the small final.

Semi-final 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Lange	East Germany (GDR)	6:58.65	F
2	Andrew Sudduth	United States (USA)	6:59.70	F
3	Eric Verdonk	New Zealand (NZL)	7:11.98	F
4	Jesus Posse	Uruguay (URU)	7:27.43
5	Henk-Jan Zwolle	Netherlands (NED)	7:30.45
6	Jüri Jaanson	Soviet Union (URS)	7:32.51

Semi-final 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	7:01.76	F
2	Hamish McGlashan	Australia (AUS)	7:03.40	F
3	Kajetan Broniewski	Poland (POL)	7:03.90	F
4	Fredrik Hulten	Sweden (SWE)	7:04.36
5	Giovanni Calabrese	Italy (ITA)	7:23.69
6	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:32.78

Petite Final

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:34.47
2	Jüri Jaanson	Soviet Union (URS)	7:35.09
3	Fredrik Hulten	Sweden (SWE)	7:40.07
4	Giovanni Calabrese	Italy (ITA)	7:43.31
5	Jesus Posse	Uruguay (URU)	7:44.18
6	Henk-Jan Zwolle	Netherlands (NED)	7:44.92

Final

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
	Thomas Lange	East Germany (GDR)	6:49.86	OB
	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	6:54.77
	Eric Verdonk	New Zealand (NZL)	6:58.66
4	Hamish McGlashan	Australia (AUS)	7:01.43
5	Kajetan Broniewski	Poland (POL)	7:03.67
6	Andrew Sudduth	United States (USA)	7:11.45

References

Sources

• The Official Report of the Games of the XXIV Olympiad Seoul 1988 Volume Two (PDF) (PDF). pp. 516–517.