Rowing 2020/Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls
General information
Sport	Rowing 2020
Date	23-30 July 2021
Competitors	32 athletes
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Previous medalists
Gold	Mahe Drysdale
Silver	Damir Martin
Bronze	Ondrej Synek
Conditions
Length	2000 metres
Medalists
	Stefanos Ntouskos
	Kjetil Borch
	Damir Martin

The men's single sculls of Rowing 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 23-30 July 2021 in the Sea Forest Waterway. With 32 athletes competing, the event was won by Stefanos Ntouskos from Greece, with Kjetil Borch from Norway taking the silver medal and Damir Martin from Croatia taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of four rounds, each with races of up to eight boats. In each round, the top few with the fastest time advance to the next round, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview

Thirty-two athletes qualified for the event with world champion Oliver Zeidler as one of the big favorites for the title. The German rower won a close final of the 2019 world championships against Sverri Nielsen, and also won two out of three World Cup races in the months prior to the Olympic Games, though Nielsen defeated him in the last race. Kjetil Borch was the 2018 world champion and finished just behind the two in two out of three World Cup races. Damir Martin was the defending silver medalist and also showed good performances in the races as a leadup to the Olympic Games. Other potential medal contenders and outsiders also included bronze medalist of the 2018 world championships Mindaugas Griskonis, Gennaro Alberto di Mauro, and fourth-placed at the European championships Stefanos Ntouskos.

Summary

Heats

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kjetil Borch	6:54.46	Q
2		Bendeguz Petervari-Molnar	7:04.42	Q
3		Luca Verthein Ferreira	7:05.00	Q
4		Jan Fleissner	7:16.56
5		Abdulrahman Alfadhel	8:49.03
6		Mohammed Al Khafaji	8:57.01

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Stefanos Ntouskos	6:59.49	Q
2		Jordan Parry	7:04.45	Q
3		Alvaro Torres Masias	7:07.92	Q
4		Quentin Antognelli	7:10.52
5		Ignacio Vasquez Jorge	7:43.71
6		Riilio Rii	8:00.98

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Sverri Nielsen	7:02.88	Q
2		Gennaro Alberto di Mauro	7:06.87	Q
3		Vladislav Yakovlev	7:10.08	Q
4		Peter Purcell-Gilpin	7:10.65
5		Alhussein Ghambour	7:52.37

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Trevor Jones	7:04.12	Q
2		Mindaugas Griskonis	7:05.88	Q
3		Onat Kazakli	7:20.11	Q
4		Dara Alizadeh	7:34.96
5		Husein Alireza	7:54.18

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Damir Martin	7:09.17	Q
2		Alexander Vyazovkin	7:14.95	Q
3		Cris Nievarez	7:22.97	Q
4		Felix Potoy	7:32.54
5		Privel Hinkati	7:40.87

Heat 6 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Oliver Zeidler	7:00.40	Q
2		Ryuta Arakawa	7:02.79	Q
3		Abdelkhalek Elbana	7:03.44	Q
4		Finn Florijn	7:04.56
5		Frank N'Dri	7:49.19

Repechages

Repechage 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Quentin Antognelli	7:34.14	Q
2		Mohammed Al Khafaji	7:41.72	Q
3		Felix Potoy	7:44.52
4		Alhussein Ghambour	7:57.88
5		Frank N'Dri	8:03.25

Repechage 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Jan Fleissner	7:29.90	Q
2		Dara Alizadeh	7:35.90	Q
3		Ignacio Vasquez Jorge	7:42.83
4		Privel Hinkati	7:55.93

Repechage 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Peter Purcell-Gilpin	7:35.16	Q
2		Husein Alireza	8:06.78	Q
3		Riilio Rii	8:17.00
4		Abdulrahman Alfadhel	9:04.73
5		Finn Florijn	DNS

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kjetil Borch	7:10.97	Q
2		Stefanos Ntouskos	7:12.77	Q
3		Gennaro Alberto di Mauro	7:26.25	Q
4		Quentin Antognelli	7:29.99
5		Abdelkhalek Elbana	7:32.86
6		Husein Alireza	8:35.05

Quarterfinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Sverri Nielsen	7:10.52	Q
2		Trevor Jones	7:17.65	Q
3		Alexander Vyazovkin	7:20.04	Q
4		Onat Kazakli	7:32.86
5		Dara Alizadeh	7:35.73
6		Peter Purcell-Gilpin	7:37.97

Quarterfinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Damir Martin	7:17.71	Q
2		Bendeguz Petervari-Molnar	7:24.63	Q
3		Ryuta Arakawa	7:26.04	Q
4		Alvaro Torres Masias	7:31.85
5		Jan Fleissner	7:37.01
6		Vladislav Yakovlev	7:39.47

Quarterfinal 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Oliver Zeidler	7:12.75	Q
2		Luca Verthein Ferreira	7:14.26	Q
3		Mindaugas Griskonis	7:16.71	Q
4		Jordan Parry	7:18.48
5		Cris Nievarez	7:50.74
6		Mohammed Al Khafaji	8:03.55

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kjetil Borch	6:42.92	Q
2		Damir Martin	6:45.27	Q
3		Mindaugas Griskonis	6:45.90	Q
4		Gennaro Alberto di Mauro	6:50.19
5		Luca Verthein Ferreira	7:02.87
6		Trevor Jones	7:06.18

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Stefanos Ntouskos	6:41.61	Q
2		Sverri Nielsen	6:44.00	Q
3		Alexander Vyazovkin	6:44.56	Q
4		Oliver Zeidler	6:45.16
5		Bendeguz Petervari-Molnar	6:59.08
6		Ryuta Arakawa	6:59.26

Semifinal C/D 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Alvaro Torres Masias	7:02.49	Q
2		Quentin Antognelli	7:06.03	Q
3		Dara Alizadeh	7:11.14	Q
4		Mohammed Al Khafaji	7:21.52
5		Cris Nievarez	7:26.05
6		Husein Alireza	7:53.99

Semifinal C/D 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Jordan Parry	6:57.70	Q
2		Abdelkhalek Elbana	6:58.84	Q
3		Jan Fleissner	6:59.61	Q
4		Peter Purcell-Gilpin	7:01.72
5		Vladislav Yakovlev	7:03.53
6		Onat Kazakli	7:32.19

Semifinal E/F 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Felix Potoy	7:45.02	Q
2		Privel Hinkati	7:49.46	Q
3		Riilio Rii	8:19.99

Semifinal E/F 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Ignacio Vasquez Jorge	7:42.80	Q
2		Frank N'Dri	7:55.12	Q
3		Alhussein Ghambour	7:55.98
4		Abdulrahman Alfadhel	8:56.83

Finals

A Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Stefanos Ntouskos	6:40.45
2		Kjetil Borch	6:41.66
3		Damir Martin	6:42.58
4		Sverri Nielsen	6:42.73
5		Alexander Vyazovkin	6:49.09
6		Mindaugas Griskonis	6:57.60

B Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Oliver Zeidler	6:44.44
2		Gennaro Alberto di Mauro	6:47.38
3		Trevor Jones	6:48.51
4		Bendeguz Petervari-Molnar	6:50.45
5		Ryuta Arakawa	6:50.91
6		Luca Verthein Ferreira	6:52.09

C Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Jordan Parry	6:55.55
2		Abdelkhalek Elbana	7:00.72
3		Quentin Antognelli	7:01.85
4		Jan Fleissner	7:02.93
5		Alvaro Torres Masias	7:03.69
6		Dara Alizadeh	7:09.91

D Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Vladislav Yakovlev	7:03.37
2		Peter Purcell-Gilpin	7:03.85
3		Onat Kazakli	7:13.65
4		Mohammed Al Khafaji	7:18.65
5		Cris Nievarez	7:21.28
6		Husein Alireza	7:52.67

E Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Ignacio Vasquez Jorge	7:25.88
2		Felix Potoy	7:28.00
3		Privel Hinkati	7:38.58
4		Frank N'Dri	7:42.55
5		Alhyssein Ghambour	7:47.64

F Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Riilio Rii	7:49.82
2		Abdulrahman Alfadhel	8:32.67

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Stefanos Ntouskos	Greece
	Kjetil Borch	Norway
	Damir Martin	Croatia
4	Sverri Nielsen	Denmark
5	Alexander Vyazovkin	ROC
6	Mindaugas Griskonis	Lithuania
7	Oliver Zeidler	Germany
8	Gennaro Alberto di Mauro	Italy
9	Trevor Jones	Canada
10	Bendeguz Petervari-Molnar	Hungary
11	Ryuta Arakawa	Japan
12	Luca Verthein Ferreira	Brazil
13	Jordan Parry	New Zealand
14	Abdelkhalek Elbana	Egypt
15	Quentin Antognelli	Monaco
16	Jan Fleissner	Czech Republic
17	Alvaro Torres Masias	Peru
18	Dara Alizadeh	Bermuda
19	Vladislav Yakovlev	Kazakhstan
20	Peter Purcell-Gilpin	Zimbabwe
21	Onat Kazakli	Turkey
22	Mohammed Al Khafaji	Iraq
23	Cris Nievarez	Philippines
24	Husein Alireza	Saudi Arabia
25	Ignacio Vasquez Jorge	Dominican Republic
26	Felix Potoy	Nicaragua
27	Privel Hinkati	Benin
28	Franck N'Dri	Ivory Coast
29	Alhussein Ghambour	Libya
30	Riilio Rii	Vanuatu
31	Abdulrahman Alfadhel	Kuwait
32	Finn Florijn	Netherlands