Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

The men's single sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven rowing events for men and was the seventh appearance of the event, which had been on the programme for every Games since rowing was added in 1900.[1]

Men's single sculls
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueSloten
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
Bobby Pearce  Australia
Ken Myers  United States
David Collet  Great Britain

Results

Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

Round 1

Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1David Collet Great Britain8:29.6Q2
2Édouard Candeveau Switzerland8:35.8R1
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Bobby Pearce Australia7:55.8Q2
2Walter Flinsch Germany8:21.8R1
Heat 3
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Joe Wright Canada7:57.8Q2
2Bert Gunther Netherlands7:58.4R1
Heat 4
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Vincent Saurin France8:09.2Q2
2Jacques Mottard Belgium8:14.8R1
Heat 5
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Béla Szendey Hungary8:03.2Q2
2Arnold Schwartz Denmark8:06.0R1
Heat 6
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Ken Myers United States8:14.2Q2
2Hendrik de Kok South Africa8:19.2R1
Heat 7
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Josef Straka Czechoslovakia8:05.2Q2
2Kinichiro Ishii JapanDNFelim.
Heat 8
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Michelangelo Bernasconi Italy8:02.0Q2

Repechage 1

Winners advanced to the second round, but were ineligible for a second repechage if they lost there. Losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Arnold Schwartz Denmark8:20.2Q2
2Walter Flinsch Germany8:23.4elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Bert Gunther Netherlands8:11.6Q2
2Jacques Mottard Belgium8:17.0elim.
Heat 3
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Édouard Candeveau Switzerland8:28.6Q2
2Hendrik de Kok South Africa8:50.0elim.

Round 2

Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second repechage, if they had advanced by winning in the first round, or were eliminated if they had advanced through the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Bert Gunther Netherlands8:23.8Q3
2Béla Szendey Hungary8:33.8R2
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Josef Straka Czechoslovakia8:36.4Q3
2Joe Wright Canada8:45.0R2
Heat 3
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Bobby Pearce Australia7:28.0Q3
2Arnold Schwartz Denmark7:47.6elim.
Heat 4
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Ken Myers United States7:46.8Q3
2David Collet Great Britain7:56.4R2
Heat 5
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Vincent Saurin France8:38.2Q3
2Michelangelo Bernasconi Italy9:10.2R2
Heat 6
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Édouard Candeveau Switzerland9:06.6Q3

Repechage 2

Winners advanced to the third round, while losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Joe Wright Canada7:49.6Q3
2Michelangelo Bernasconi ItalyDNFelim.
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1David Collet Great Britain7:35.2Q3
2Béla Szendey Hungary7:42.4elim.

Round 3

The competition became single-elimination from this point, with losers being eliminated even if they had not previously had to advance through a repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1David Collet Great Britain7:52.2Q
2Joe Wright Canada7:57.6elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Bert Gunther Netherlands7:57.4Q
2Josef Straka Czechoslovakia8:04.8elim.
Heat 3
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Ken Myers United States8:05.6Q
2Édouard Candeveau Switzerland8:11.0elim.
Heat 4
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Bobby Pearce Australia7:42.8Q
2Vincent Saurin France8:11.8elim.

Semifinals

Winners advanced to the gold medal final, with the losers competing for bronze.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Bobby Pearce Australia7:01.8QA
2David Collet Great Britain7:08.6QB
Heat 2
Rank Rower Nation Time Qual.
1Ken Myers United States7:14.2QA
2Bert Gunther Netherlands7:18.0QB

Finals

Gold medal final
Rank Rower Nation Time
Bobby Pearce Australia7:11.0
Ken Myers United States7:20.8
Bronze medal final
Rank Rower Nation Time
1 ()David Collet Great Britain7:19.8
2 (4)Bert Gunther Netherlands7:31.6

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  3. "Rowing 1928".
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