Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueNotre Dame Island Olympic Basin
Date18 – 25 July
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
   Finland
   West Germany
   East Germany
Rowing at the
1976 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 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada. The event was held from July 18–25.

Schedule

Date Round Time
July 18 Heats 12.15
July 20 Repechage 10.45
July 23 Semi-finals 11.30
July 25 Finals 11.45

Heats

Three fastest rowers in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. The remaining rowers must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Peter-Michael Kolbe  West Germany (FRG) 7:05.95 SF
2 Sean Drea  Ireland (IRL) 7:07.20 SF
3 Joachim Dreifke  East Germany (GDR) 7:11.49 SF
4 Pertti Karppinen  Finland (FIN) 7:12.94
5 James Dietz  United States (USA) 7:24.98

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Nikolai Dovgan  Soviet Union (URS) 7:28.92 SF
2 Fabrizio Biondi  Italy (ITA) 7:35.33 SF
3 Hans Svensson  Sweden (SWE) 7:40.82 SF
4 Walter Lambertus  Romania (ROU) 7:42.65
5 Reinaldo Kutscher  Uruguay (URU) 7:48.59

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Ricardo Ibarra  Argentina (ARG) 7:17.41 SF
2 Edward Hale  Australia (AUS) 7:20.11 SF
3 Claude Dehombreux  Belgium (BEL) 7:23.33 SF
4 Ulli Wolf  Austria (AUT) 7:28.45
5 Federico Scheffler  Mexico (MEX) 7:32.55

Repechage

Three fastest rowers in the repechage advanced to semi-finals.

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Pertti Karppinen  Finland (FIN) 7:06.81 SF
2 Walter Lambertus  Romania (ROU) 7:08.88 SF
3 James Dietz  United States (USA) 7:13.46 SF
4 Ulli Wolf  Austria (AUT) 7:25.38
5 Reinaldo Kutscher  Uruguay (URU) 7:26.34
6 Federico Scheffler  Mexico (MEX) 7:37.98

Semi-finals

Three fastest rowers in each semi-final advanced to the Final A, while the others to the Final B.

Semi-final 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Ricardo Ibarra  Argentina (ARG) 6:57.41 FA
2 Peter-Michael Kolbe  West Germany (FRG) 6:59.18 FA
3 Joachim Dreifke  East Germany (GDR) 6:59.36 FA
4 Walter Lambertus  Romania (ROU) 7:01.23 FB
5 Claude Dehombreux  Belgium (BEL) 7:14.76 FB
6 Fabrizio Biondi  Italy (ITA) 7:16.13 FB

Semi-final 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Sean Drea  Ireland (IRL) 6:52.46 FA
2 Nikolai Dovgan  Soviet Union (URS) 6:58.15 FA
3 Pertti Karppinen  Finland (FIN) 6:59.13 FA
4 Hans Svensson  Sweden (SWE) 7:00.60 FB
5 James Dietz  United States (USA) 7:09.13 FB
6 Edward Hale  Australia (AUS) 7:16.64 FB

Finals

Final A

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Pertti Karppinen  Finland (FIN) 7:29.03
2nd, silver medalist(s) Peter-Michael Kolbe  West Germany (FRG) 7:31.67
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Joachim Dreifke  East Germany (GDR) 7:38.03
4 Sean Drea  Ireland (IRL) 7:42.53
5 Nikolai Dovgan  Soviet Union (URS) 7:57.39
6 Ricardo Ibarra  Argentina (ARG) 8:03.35

Final B

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 James Dietz  United States (USA) 7:58.70
2 Edward Hale  Australia (AUS) 7:58.86
3 Hans Svensson  Sweden (SWE) 7:59.36
4 Fabrizio Biondi  Italy (ITA) 8:07.17
5 Walter Lambertus  Romania (ROU) 8:11.13
6 Claude Dehombreux  Belgium (BEL) 8:15.35

References

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