Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls; at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Competitors	29 from 29 nations
Medalists

The men's single sculls competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre, Greece. The event was held from August 14 until August 19. These are the results of the Men's single sculls competition, one of six events for male competitors in Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[1]

Heats

SF (ABC) denotes qualification to Semifinal A,B or C.
R denotes qualification to Repechage.

Heats were held on 14 August. The first place rower in each heat advanced directly to the top section semifinals, while the rest were sent to the repechages.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tim Maeyens	Belgium (BEL)	7:17.68	SF (ABC)
2	André Vonarburg	Switzerland (SUI)	7:23.43	R
3	Law Hiu Fung	Hong Kong (HKG)	7:28.16	R
4	Wang Ming-hui	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	7:29.99	R
5	Daniel Sosa	Paraguay (PAR)	7:52.50	R

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Václav Chalupa	Czech Republic (CZE)	7:13.84	SF (ABC)
2	Craig Jones	Australia (AUS)	7:19.71	R
3	Davor Mizerit	Slovenia (SLO)	7:24.60	R
4	Ali Ibrahim	Egypt (EGY)	7:36.60	R
5	Óscar Vásquez	Chile (CHI)	7:38.04	R

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Santiago Fernández	Argentina (ARG)	7:22.52	SF (ABC)
2	Raphael Hartl	Austria (AUT)	7:34.61	R
3	Vladimir Chernenko	Uzbekistan (UZB)	7:38.27	R
4	Mohamed Aich	Algeria (ALG)	7:41.85	R
5	Paulose Pandari Kunnel	India (IND)	8:00.11	R

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Olaf Tufte	Norway (NOR)	7:12.53	SF (ABC)
2	Ian Lawson	Great Britain (GBR)	7:24.01	R
3	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil (BRA)	7:26.81	R
4	Gustavo Salcedo	Peru (PER)	7:29.06	R
5	Leandro Salvagno	Uruguay (URU)	7:43.91	R

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marcel Hacker	Germany (GER)	7:17.55	SF (ABC)
2	Yuleidys Cascaret	Cuba (CUB)	7:19.45	R
3	Dirk Lippits	Netherlands (NED)	7:21.19	R
4	Su Hui	China (CHN)	7:23.19	R
5	Ham Jeong-uk	South Korea (KOR)	7:50.39	R

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jüri Jaanson	Estonia (EST)	7:13.74	SF (ABC)
2	Ivo Yanakiev	Bulgaria (BUL)	7:28.97	R
3	Matteo Stefanini	Italy (ITA)	7:31.54	R
4	Ibrahim Githaiga	Kenya (KEN)	8:13.33	R

Repechages

SF (ABC) denotes qualification to Semifinal A,B or C.
SF (DE) denotes qualification to Semifinal D or E.

The repechages took place on 17 August. The top two rowers in each repechage advanced to the top section of semifinals, while the others were relegated to the consolation semifinals (D and E).

Repechage 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ivo Yanakiev	Bulgaria (BUL)	6:52.51	SF (ABC)
2	Dirk Lippits	Netherlands (NED)	7:01.39	SF (ABC)
3	Gustavo Salcedo	Peru (PER)	7:05.08	SF (DE)
4	Paulose Pandari Kunnel	India (IND)	7:29.47	SF (DE)

Repechage 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Yuleidys Cascaret	Cuba (CUB)	6:58.44	SF (ABC)
2	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil (BRA)	7:03.08	SF (ABC)
3	Oscar Vasquez	Chile (CHI)	7:06.51	SF (DE)
4	Mohammed Aich	Algeria (ALG)	7:46.98	SF (DE)

Repechage 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ian Lawson	Great Britain (GBR)	6:56.55	SF (ABC)
2	Ali Ibrahim	Egypt (EGY)	6:59.05	SF (ABC)
3	Vladimir Tchernenko	Uzbekistan (UZB)	7:13.43	SF (DE)
4	Daniel Sosa	Paraguay (PAR)	7:21.03	SF (DE)

Repechage 4

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Davor Mizerit	Slovenia (SLO)	7:01.31	SF (ABC)
2	Raphael Hartl	Austria (AUT)	7:06.21	SF (ABC)
3	Wang Ming-hui	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	7:09.99	SF (DE)

Repechage 5

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Craig Jones	Australia (AUS)	7:06.13	SF (ABC)
2	Law Hiu Fung	Hong Kong (HKG)	7:10.72	SF (ABC)
3	Ham Jung-wook	South Korea (KOR)	7:11.38	SF (DE)
4	Ibrahim Githaiga	Kenya (KEN)	7:25.58	SF (DE)

Repechage 6

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	75Notes
1	André Vonarburg	Switzerland (SUI)	6:53.48	SF (ABC)
2	Su Hui	China (CHN)	6:57.77	SF (ABC)
3	Leandro Salvagno	Uruguay (URU)	7:02.68	SF (DE)
4	Matteo Stefanini	Italy (ITA)	7:08.91	SF (DE)

Semifinals

FA denotes qualification to Final A.
FB denotes qualification to Final B.
FC denotes qualification to Final C.
FD denotes qualification to Final D.
FE denotes qualification to Final E.

The semifinals were conducted on 18 August. The A, B, and C semifinals were for those rowers who still had a chance at medalling, and the top two in each of those semifinals moved on to the A final (top 6 places), the next two to the B final (places 7-12), and the bottom two in each to the C final (13-18). The D and E semifinals were consolation semis and the rowers in them had already been eliminated from medal contention; the top three in each moved to the D final (places 19-24) and the rest moved to E final (places 25-29).

Semifinal A

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Václav Chalupa	Czech Republic (CZE)	6:59.39	FA
2	Santiago Fernández	Argentina (ARG)	7:00.90	FA
3	Davor Mizerit	Slovenia (SLO)	7:04.07	FB
4	Craig Jones	Australia (AUS)	7:05.94	FB
5	Dirk Lippits	Netherlands (NED)	7:05.94	FC
6	Su Hui	China (CHN)	7:10.33	FC

Semifinal B

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Olaf Tufte	Norway (NOR)	6:50.55	FA
2	Ivo Yanakiev	Bulgaria (BUL)	6:53.43	FA
3	Marcel Hacker	Germany (GER)	6:55.98	FB
4	André Vonarburg	Switzerland (SUI)	7:08.52	FB
5	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil (BRA)	7:11.90	FC
6	Ali Ibrahim	Egypt (EGY)	7:14.58	FC

Semifinal C

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jüri Jaanson	Estonia (EST)	6:47.36	FA
2	Tim Maeyens	Belgium (BEL)	6:50.33	FA
3	Ian Lawson	Great Britain (GBR)	6:57.95	FB
4	Yuleidys Cascaret	Cuba (CUB)	6:58.35	FB
5	Raphael Hartl	Austria (AUT)	6:58.67	FC
6	Law Hiu Fung	Hong Kong (HKG)	7:12.52	FC

Three of the four favored scullers, Václav Chalupa, Jüri Jaanson and Olaf Tufte, all qualify relatively easily for the finals from Semis A, B and C, respectively. But in a major surprise, Marcel Hacker, who is in Semi B with Tufte, finishes third and fails to qualify. Hacker is the returning Bronze medalist, a former World Champion, and holder of the World's best time. Ivo Yanakiev, who finishes second in Semi B, goes on to win a Bronze medal.

Semifinal D

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gustavo Salcedo	Peru (PER)	7:09.06	FD
2	Matteo Stefanini	Italy (ITA)	7:10.34	FD
3	Vladimir Tchernenko	Uzbekistan (UZB)	7:13.21	FD
4	Wang Ming-hui	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	7:14.79	FE
5	Mohammed Aich	Algeria (ALG)	7:22.05	FE
6	Ibrahim Githaiga	Kenya (KEN)	7:40.78	FE

Semifinal E

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Leandro Salvagno	Uruguay (URU)	7:24.41	FD
2	Oscar Vasquez	Chile (CHI)	7:27.11	FD
3	Ham Jung-wook	South Korea (KOR)	7:33.70	FD
4	Daniel Sosa	Paraguay (PAR)	7:36.87	FE
5	Paulose Pandari Kunnel	India (IND)	7:48.38	FE

Finals

Finals were contested on 19 August.

Final A

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time
	Olaf Tufte	Norway (NOR)	6:49.30
	Jüri Jaanson	Estonia (EST)	6:51.42
	Ivo Yanakiev	Bulgaria (BUL)	6:52.80
4	Santiago Fernández	Argentina (ARG)	6:55.17
5	Václav Chalupa	Czech Republic (CZE)	6:59.13
6	Tim Maeyens	Belgium (BEL)	7:01.74

In the finals, Václav Chalupa followed by Fernandez and Maeyens pull out to an early lead. At the 1000 meter mark (halfway), Olaf Tufte grabs a small lead over Chalupa with Jüri Jaanson a close third. With 500 meters to go, Jaanson takes a small lead over Tufte. Two seconds back (one length), Chalupa held a small lead for third over Ivo Yanakiev who has been slowly moving up through the field. In the final 500 meters, Tufte regains the lead and pulls away to win by a length over Jaanson. Meanwhile, Yanakiev grabs third over Chalupa who fades to fifth place.

Final B

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time
1	Marcel Hacker	Germany (GER)	6:47.26
2	André Vonarburg	Switzerland (SUI)	6:52.88
3	Davor Mizerit	Slovenia (SLO)	6:55.64
4	Ian Lawson	Great Britain (GBR)	6:57.63
5	Craig Jones	Australia (AUS)	6:58.48
6	Yuleidys Cascaret	Cuba (CUB)	6:58.61

Final C

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time
1	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil (BRA)	6:53.64
2	Ali Ibrahim	Egypt (EGY)	6:55.34
3	Su Hui	China (CHN)	6:57.42
4	Dirk Lippits	Netherlands (NED)	6:58.20
5	Raphael Hartl	Austria (AUT)	7:00.75
6	Law Hiu Fung	Hong Kong (HKG)	7:10.75

Final D

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time
1	Matteo Stefanini	Italy (ITA)	6:57.16
2	Leandro Salvagno	Uruguay (URU)	7:01.33
3	Gustavo Salcedo	Peru (PER)	7:03.24
4	Ham Jung-wook	South Korea (KOR)	7:10.44
5	Oscar Vasquez	Chile (CHI)	7:10.75
6	Vladimir Tchernenko	Uzbekistan (UZB)	7:23.56

Final E

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time
1	Wang Ming-hui	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	7:07.84
2	Daniel Sosa	Paraguay (PAR)	7:13.49
3	Paulose Pandari Kunnel	India (IND)	7:22.63
4	Mohammed Aich	Algeria (ALG)	7:25.49
5	Ibrahim Githaiga	Kenya (KEN)	7:29.02

References

↑ "Rowing at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

External links

Official Olympic Report

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[SR-1] "Rowing at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

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