Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

The single sculls was one of the competitions in the Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. It was held on 25 and 26 August 1900. 12 athletes from 4 nations competed. Four preliminary heats, two semifinals, and a final were held.[1]

Men's single sculls
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueRiver Seine
Dates25–26 August
Competitors12 from 4 nations
Medalists
Hermann Barrelet
 France
André Gaudin
 France
Saint-George Ashe
 Great Britain
Rowing at the
1900 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmen
Coxed pairmen
Coxed fourmen
Eightmen

Results

First round

The top two rowers in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

First round, heat 1

Ashe went out of his rowing lane, interfering with Benoit. Despite this, he was not disqualified.

PlaceRowerTime
1 Saint-George Ashe (GBR)6:38.8
2 Raymond-Benoît (FRA)6:45.4
3 Édouard Dammann (FRA)7:13.0

First round, heat 2
PlaceRowerTime
1 Hermann Barrelet (FRA)6:38.8
2 André Gaudin (FRA)6:43.0
3 Lardon (FRA)6:46.4

First round, heat 3
PlaceRowerTime
1 Louis Prével (FRA)6:29.6
2 Robert d'Heilly (FRA)6:38.8
— Maxime Piaggio (FRA)DNF

First round, heat 4
PlaceRowerTime
1 Charles Delaporte (FRA)6:33.8
2 Pierre Ferlin (FRA)6:46.8
— Antonio Vela (ESP)DNF

Semifinals

The top two rowers in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

For unknown reasons, Ashe protested the result of this semifinal. Barrelet and Gaudin objected and refused to race if Ashe were advanced, but eventually relented. The final therefore included five rowers instead of the planned four.

PlaceRowerTime
1 Hermann Barrelet (FRA)8:23.0
2 André Gaudin (FRA)8:33.4
3 Saint-George Ashe (GBR)8:37.2
4 Raymond-Benoît (FRA)Unknown

Semifinal 2
PlaceRowerTime
1 Louis Prével (FRA)8:36.4
2 Robert d'Heilly (FRA)8:45.0
3 Charles Delaporte (FRA)9:25.2
4 Pierre Ferlin (FRA)Unknown

Final

Yet another protest marred the single sculls competition in the final, as Prével complained of being interfered with after falling in the water and dropping out of the race; His protest was rejected. Barrelet and Gaudin, who had placed first and second in both the preliminary round and the semifinal, did so once again in the final. Ashe took the bronze medal, with d'Heilly close behind him.

PlaceRowerTime
1 Hermann Barrelet (FRA)7:35.6
2 André Gaudin (FRA)7:41.6
3 Saint-George Ashe (GBR)8:15.6
4 Robert d'Heilly (FRA)8:16.0
— Louis Prével (FRA)DNF

References
  1. "Rowing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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