| Event: | Single sculls |
| Sport: | Rowing |
| Gender: | Men and women |
| Firstyearmen: | 1900 |
| Firstyearwomen: | 1976 |
| Lastyearmen: | 2020 |
| Lastyearwomen: | 2020 |
| Yearsheld: | Men: 1900–2024 Women: 1976–2024 |
The single sculls is a rowing event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900, and has been held every Games since. The women's competition was added in 1976.
| Rank | Rower | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Ivanov, Vyacheslav" | 1956–1964 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| align=left data-sort-value="Karppinen, Pertti" | 1976–1984 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Lange, Thomas" | 1988–1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| align=left data-sort-value="Drysdale, Mahé" | 2008–2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Pearce, Bobby" | 1928–1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| align=left data-sort-value="Tufte, Olaf" | 2004–2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | align=left data-sort-value="Beresford, Jack" | 1920–1924 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| align=left data-sort-value="Wood, Mervyn" | 1948–1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Müller, Xeno" | 1996–2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | align=left data-sort-value="Kolbe, Peter-Michael" | 1976, 1984–1988 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 11 | align=left data-sort-value="Synek, Ondřej" | 2008–2016 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 12 | align=left data-sort-value="Hill, Achim" | 1960–1964 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 13 | align=left data-sort-value="Demiddi, Alberto" | 1968–1972 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 14 | align=left data-sort-value="Kocerka, Teodor" | 1952, 1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1976 Montreal | |||
| 1980 Moscow | |||
| 1984 Los Angeles | |||
| 1988 Seoul | |||
| 1992 Barcelona | |||
| 1996 Atlanta | |||
| 2000 Sydney | |||
| 2004 Athens | |||
| 2008 Beijing | |||
| 2012 London | |||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | |||
| 2020 Tokyo | |||
| 2024 Paris | |||
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Karsten, Ekaterina" | 1996–2008 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Neykova, Rumyana" | 2000–2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Rutschow-Stomporowski, Katrin" | 2000–2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| align=left data-sort-value="Brennan, Kim" | 2012–2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Silken, Laumann" | 1992–1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |