2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls explained

Event:Men's single sculls
Championship:2018 World Rowing Championships
Dates:9–16 September
Venue:Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location:Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Competitors:32
Nations:32
Win Value:6:38.31
Gold:Kjetil Borch
Gold Nation:NOR
Silver:Ondřej Synek
Silver Nation:CZE
Bronze:Mindaugas Griškonis
Bronze Nation:LTU
Prev:2017
Next:2019

The men's single sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 9 September 2018 12:17 Heats
Monday 10 September 2018 12:01 Repechages
Thursday 13 September 2018 09:49 Quarterfinals
16:37 Semifinals C/D
17:25 Semifinals E/F
Friday 14 September 2018 09:51 Semifinals A/B
Saturday 15 September 2018 16:21 Final D
16:45 Final E
16:53 Final F
Sunday 16 September 2018 09:38 Final C
10:38 Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon12:04 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal A
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Results

Heats

The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Robbie Manson6:53.68Q
2Quentin Antognelli6:55.33Q
3Robert Ven6:58.11Q
4Romuald Thomas7:02.43R
5Andrei Jämsä7:22.90R
6Privel Hinkati7:26.65R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Ondřej Synek6:56.73Q
2Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár7:03.33Q
3Aleksandar Aleksandrov7:06.90Q
4Mmbudzeni Masutha7:18.72R
5Abdelkhalek El-Banna7:20.30R
6Oleksandr Lukianenko7:49.02R

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Dzianis Mihal6:51.43Q
2Oliver Zeidler6:52.55Q
3Dani Fridman6:55.39Q
4Kevin Meador6:57.53R
5Onat Kazakli6:57.90R

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Sverri Sandberg Nielsen6:50.01Q
2Marko Marjanović6:54.59Q
3Pierre De Loof6:55.17Q
4Anders Backeus7:01.91R
5Rio Rii7:42.39R

Heat 5

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Kjetil Borch6:41.00Q
2Nico Stahlberg6:44.21Q
3Harry Leask6:45.25Q
4Luke Letcher6:47.69R
5Arturo Rivarola7:25.39R

Heat 6

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Mindaugas Griškonis6:51.07Q
2Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk6:58.78Q
3Simone Martini7:02.00Q
4Brian Rosso7:22.57R
5Methasit Phromphoem7:37.62R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E/F semifinals.[3]

Repechage 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Onat Kazakli7:00.75Q
2Romuald Thomas7:01.48Q
3Brian Rosso7:04.15SE/F
4Oleksandr Lukianenko7:23.60SE/F
5Arturo Rivarola7:27.62SE/F

Repechage 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Anders Backeus7:06.81Q
2Mmbudzeni Masutha7:14.42Q
3Andrei Jämsä7:16.97SE/F
4Methasit Phromphoem7:34.80SE/F

Repechage 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Kevin Meador6:56.56Q
2Luke Letcher7:03.33Q
3Abdelkhalek El-Banna7:10.02SE/F
4Privel Hinkati7:29.41SE/F
5Rillio Rii7:40.86SE/F

Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.[4]

Quarterfinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Robbie Manson6:49.75SA/B
2Mindaugas Griškonis6:51.47SA/B
3Nico Stahlberg6:54.43SA/B
4Luke Letcher7:00.31SC/D
5Anders Backeus7:01.67SC/D
6Pierre De Loof7:06.74SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Ondřej Synek6:52.24SA/B
2Kjetil Borch6:54.29SA/B
3Marko Marjanović6:57.79SA/B
4Romuald Thomas6:59.31SC/D
5Kevin Meador7:08.69SC/D
6Dani Fridman7:25.61SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Harry Leask6:53.38SA/B
2Dzianis Mihal6:56.22SA/B
3Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár6:57.81SA/B
4Simone Martini6:59.14SC/D
5Onat Kazakli7:18.31SC/D
6Quentin Antognelli7:25.62SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Oliver Zeidler6:49.10SA/B
2Sverri Sandberg Nielsen6:51.37SA/B
3Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk6:58.13SA/B
4Aleksandar Aleksandrov7:01.70SC/D
5Robert Ven7:02.89SC/D
6Mmbudzeni Masutha7:48.91SC/D

Semifinals E/F

The two fastest boats in semi 1 and three in semi 2 were sent to the E final. The remaining boats were sent to the F final.[5]

Semifinals 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Abdelkhalek El-Banna7:27.82FE
2Methasit Phromphoem7:59.89FE
3Rillio Rii8:12.68FF

Semifinals 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Andrei Jämsä7:47.01FE
2Oleksandr Lukianenko7:50.66FE
3Arturo Rivarola7:56.41FE
4Privel Hinkati8:08.70FF

Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[5]

Semifinals 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Pierre De Loof7:09.94FC
2Robert Ven7:10.30FC
3Simone Martini7:11.01FC
4Luke Letcher7:14.87FD
5Kevin Meador7:17.90FD
6Mmbudzeni Masutha7:29.26FD

Semifinals 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Dani Fridman7:07.73FC
2Onat Kazakli7:09.68FC
3Romuald Thomas7:09.93FC
4Anders Backeus7:13.97FD
5Quentin Antognelli7:27.46FD
6Aleksandar Aleksandrov7:32.33FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[5]

Semifinals 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Kjetil Borch6:43.35FA
2Harry Leask6:45.05FA
3Robbie Manson6:45.22FA
4Sverri Sandberg Nielsen6:45.99FB
5Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk6:48.96FB
6Nico Stahlberg6:54.40FB

Semifinals 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Ondřej Synek6:48.55FA
2Oliver Zeidler6:49.63FA
3Mindaugas Griškonis6:51.72FA
4Dzianis Mihal7:00.74FB
5Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár7:03.30FB
6Marko Marjanović7:15.55FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[6] [7] [8]

Final F

RankRowerCountryTime
1Privel Hinkati7:24.51
2Rillio Rii7:36.76

Final E

RankRowerCountryTime
1Abdelkhalek El-Banna7:04.03
2Andrei Jämsä7:07.76
3Oleksandr Lukianenko7:11.43
4Arturo Rivarola7:17.86
5Methasit Phromphoem7:23.77

Final D

RankRowerCountryTime
1Luke Letcher6:54.32
2Kevin Meador6:56.64
3Aleksandar Aleksandrov7:02.17
4Mmbudzeni Masutha7:03.40
5Quentin Antognelli
6Anders Backeus

Final C

RankRowerCountryTime
1Dani Fridman6:50.83
2Pierre De Loof6:55.70
3Robert Ven6:57.83
4Romuald Thomas6:59.75
5Simone Martini7:06.31
6Onat Kazakli7:21.52

Final B

RankRowerCountryTime
1Sverri Sandberg Nielsen6:49.30
2Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk6:50.24
3Nico Stahlberg6:51.84
4Dzianis Mihal6:52.71
5Marko Marjanović6:54.75
6Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Kjetil Borch6:38.31
Ondřej Synek6:39.92
Mindaugas Griškonis6:42.90
4Harry Leask6:45.02
5Robbie Manson6:46.11
6Oliver Zeidler6:50.71

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Schedule By Event. World Rowing. 11 September 2018.
  2. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Heat. World Rowing. 11 September 2018.
  3. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Repechage. World Rowing. 11 September 2018.
  4. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Quarterfinal. World Rowing. 14 September 2018.
  5. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (M1x) Men's Single Sculls - Semifinal . World Rowing. 14 September 2018.
  6. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final. World Rowing. 15 September 2018.
  7. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Daily Results Summary – 15 Sep 2018. World Rowing. 7 June 2019.
  8. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final B. World Rowing. 7 June 2019.