2024 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls explained

Event:Men's lightweight single sculls
Championship:2024 World Rowing Championships
Dates:18–24 August
Venue:Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course
Location:St. Catharines, Canada
Competitors:21
Nations:21
Win Value:6:49.68
Gold:Paul O'Donovan
Gold Nation:IRL
Silver:Antonios Papakonstantinou
Silver Nation:GRE
Bronze:Niels Torre
Bronze Nation:ITA
Prev:2023

The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2024 World Rowing Championships took place in St. Catharines between 18 and 24 August 2024.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 18 August 2024 14:30 Heats
Monday 19 August 2024 14:30 Repechages
Thursday 22 August 2024 11:49 Semifinals C/D
Friday 23 August 2024 11:09 Semifinals A/B
Saturday 24 August 2024 09:57 Final D
11:07 Final C
11:17 Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon15:00 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal A
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Results

Heats

The fastest boat advanced to Semifinal A/B. Remaining crews to Repechage.

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Samuel Melvin6:43.62SAB
2Marlon Colpaert6:56.09R
3Chiu Hin Chun6:57.58R
4Pedro Dickson6:58.65R
5Mitsuo Nishimura6:59.02R
6Stephen Harris7:14.78R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Niels Torre6:39.56SAB WB
2Felipe Klüver6:56.81R
3Baptiste Savaete6:59.82R
4Ghaith Kadri7:06.81R
5Lucas Salmon Hernandez7:10.16R

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Julian Schöberl6:49.55SAB
2Sid Ali Boudina6:52.17R
3Paul Leerkamp6:57.16R
4Antonios Papakonstantinou7:04.32R
5Murray Bales-Smith7:07.05R

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Paul O'Donovan6:41.98SAB
2Alexis López6:49.52R
3Oskar Soedal7:07.53R
4Kasper Hirvilampi7:20.48R
5Amel Younis7:24.71R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in repechage advanced to the semifinals A/B. The remaining boats were sent to the semifinals C/D.

Repechage 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Alexis López7:57.44SAB
2Paul Leerkamp7:59.90SAB
3Ghaith Kadri8:10.71SCD
4Mitsuo Nishimura8:15.79SCD

Repechage 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Sid Ali Boudina7:51.56SAB
2Baptiste Savaete8:21.81SAB
3Pedro Dickson8:09.18SCD
4Amel Younis8:24.32SCD

Repechage 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Felipe Klüver7:54.54SAB
2Chiu Hin Chun7:58.01SAB
3Murray Bales-Smith8:03.91SCD
4Kasper Hirvilampi8:33.33SCD

Repechage 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Antonios Papakonstantinou7:43.26SAB
2Marlon Colpaert7:49.01SAB
3Stephen Harris7:50.28SCD
4Oskar Soedal8:10.59SCD
5Lucas Salmon Hernandez8:39.54SCD

Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semifinal advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Stephen Harris7:19.63FC
2Ghaith Kadri7:26.38FC
3Kasper Hirvilampi7:29.14FC
4Amel Younis7:33.69FD

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Mitsuo Nishimura7:15.06FC
2Pedro Dickson7:20.41FC
3Oskar Soedal7:24.10FC
4Lucas Salmon Hernandez7:40.17FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semifinal advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Antonios Papakonstantinou6:49.82FA
2Niels Torre6:51.01FA
3Samuel Melvin6:51.96FA
4Paul Leerkamp6:56.99FB
5Baptiste Savaete7:06.85FB
6Felipe Klüver7:07.40FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Paul O'Donovan6:47.74FA
2Julian Schöberl6:54.08FA
3Alexis López6:55.60FA
4Marlon Colpaert6:58.23FB
5Sid Ali Boudina6:59.19FB
6Chiu Hin Chun7:15.16FB

Final

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[2]

Final D

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Lucas Salmon Hernandez7:15.1519
2Amel Younis7:19.1620

Final C

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Stephen Harris6:59.7013
2Mitsuo Nishimura7:00.2914
3Pedro Dickson7:05.9615
4Oskar Soedal7:09.6916
5Ghaith Kadri7:12.5817
6Kasper Hirvilampi7:15.4418

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Ghaith Kadri6:52.577
2Marlon Colpaert6:54.288
3Paul Leerkamp6:56.149
4Baptiste Savaete6:57.7910
5Sid Ali Boudina6:58.1611
6Chiu Hin Chun7:07.3112

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Paul O'Donovan6:49.68
Antonios Papakonstantinou6:51.90
Niels Torre6:52.64
4Samuel Melvin6:54.35
5Julian Schöberl7:04.62
6Alexis López7:08.26

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 World Rowing Championships programme. World Rowing. 17 August 2024.
  2. Web site: 24 August 2024 . Results Summary by Event Men's Lightweight Single Sculls – Finals . 24 August 2024 . World Rowing.