Single sculls at the Olympics

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.

Single sculls
at the Olympic Games
Medal ceremony of the men's single sculls in 2016
Overview
SportRowing
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 19002024
Women: 19762024
Reigning champion
Men Oliver Zeidler (GER)
Women Karolien Florijn (NED)

Medalists

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
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Hermann Barrelet
  France
André Gaudin
  France
Saint-George Ashe
  Great Britain
1904 St. Louis
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Frank Greer
  United States
James Juvenal
  United States
Constance Titus
  United States
1908 London
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Harry Blackstaffe
  Great Britain
Alexander McCulloch
  Great Britain
Bernhard von Gaza
  Germany
Károly Levitzky
  Hungary
1912 Stockholm
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Wally Kinnear
  Great Britain
Polydore Veirman
  Belgium
Everard Butler
  Canada
Mart Kuusik
  Russian Empire
1920 Antwerp
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John B. Kelly Sr.
  United States
Jack Beresford
  Great Britain
Darcy Hadfield
  New Zealand
1924 Paris
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Jack Beresford
  Great Britain
William Gilmore
  United States
Josef Schneider
  Switzerland
1928 Amsterdam
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Bobby Pearce
  Australia
Ken Myers
  United States
David Collet
  Great Britain
1932 Los Angeles
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Bobby Pearce
  Australia
William Miller
  United States
Guillermo Douglas
  Uruguay
1936 Berlin
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Gustav Schäfer
  Germany
Josef Hasenöhrl
  Austria
Dan Barrow
  United States
1948 London
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Mervyn Wood
  Australia
Eduardo Risso
  Uruguay
Romolo Catasta
  Italy
1952 Helsinki
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Yuriy Tyukalov
  Soviet Union
Mervyn Wood
  Australia
Teodor Kocerka
  Poland
1956 Melbourne
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Vyacheslav Ivanov
  Soviet Union
Stuart Mackenzie
  Australia
John B. Kelly Jr.
  United States
1960 Rome
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Vyacheslav Ivanov
  Soviet Union
Achim Hill
  United Team of Germany
Teodor Kocerka
  Poland
1964 Tokyo
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Vyacheslav Ivanov
  Soviet Union
Achim Hill
  United Team of Germany
Gottfried Kottmann
  Switzerland
1968 Mexico City
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Jan Wienese
  Netherlands
Jochen Meißner
  West Germany
Alberto Demiddi
  Argentina
1972 Munich
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Yury Malyshev
  Soviet Union
Alberto Demiddi
  Argentina
Wolfgang Güldenpfennig
  East Germany
1976 Montreal
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Pertti Karppinen
  Finland
Peter-Michael Kolbe
  West Germany
Joachim Dreifke
  East Germany
1980 Moscow
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Pertti Karppinen
  Finland
Vasil Yakusha
  Soviet Union
Peter Kersten
  East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
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Pertti Karppinen
  Finland
Peter-Michael Kolbe
  West Germany
Robert Mills
  Canada
1988 Seoul
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Thomas Lange
  East Germany
Peter-Michael Kolbe
  West Germany
Eric Verdonk
  New Zealand
1992 Barcelona
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Thomas Lange
  Germany
Václav Chalupa
  Czechoslovakia
Kajetan Broniewski
  Poland
1996 Atlanta
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Xeno Müller
  Switzerland
Derek Porter
  Canada
Thomas Lange
  Germany
2000 Sydney
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Rob Waddell
  New Zealand
Xeno Müller
  Switzerland
Marcel Hacker
  Germany
2004 Athens
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Olaf Tufte
  Norway
Jüri Jaanson
  Estonia
Ivo Yanakiev
  Bulgaria
2008 Beijing
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Olaf Tufte
  Norway
Ondřej Synek
  Czech Republic
Mahé Drysdale
  New Zealand
2012 London
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Mahé Drysdale
  New Zealand
Ondřej Synek
  Czech Republic
Alan Campbell
  Great Britain
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Mahé Drysdale
  New Zealand
Damir Martin
  Croatia
Ondřej Synek
  Czech Republic
2020 Tokyo
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Stefanos Ntouskos
  Greece
Kjetil Borch
  Norway
Damir Martin
  Croatia
2024 Paris
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Oliver Zeidler
  Germany
Yauheni Zalaty
  Individual Neutral Athletes
Simon van Dorp
  Netherlands

Multiple medalists

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Rank Rower Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Vyacheslav Ivanov   Soviet Union (URS) 1956–1964 3 0 0 3
Pertti Karppinen   Finland (FIN) 1976–1984 3 0 0 3
3 Thomas Lange   East Germany (GDR)
  Germany (GER)
1988–1996 2 0 1 3
Mahé Drysdale   New Zealand (NZL) 2008–2016 2 0 1 3
5 Bobby Pearce   Australia (AUS) 1928–1932 2 0 0 2
Olaf Tufte   Norway (NOR) 2004–2008 2 0 0 2
7 Jack Beresford   Great Britain (GBR) 1920–1924 1 1 0 2
Mervyn Wood   Australia (AUS) 1948–1952 1 1 0 2
Xeno Müller   Switzerland (SUI) 1996–2000 1 1 0 2
10 Peter-Michael Kolbe   West Germany (FRG) 1976, 1984–1988 0 3 0 3
11 Ondřej Synek   Czech Republic (CZE) 2008–2016 0 2 1 3
12 Achim Hill   United Team of Germany (EUA) 1960–1964 0 2 0 2
13 Alberto Demiddi   Argentina (ARG) 1968–1972 0 1 1 2
14 Teodor Kocerka   Poland (POL) 1952, 1960 0 0 2 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Soviet Union (URS) 5 1 0 6
2   Great Britain (GBR) 3 2 3 8
3   Australia (AUS) 3 2 0 5
4   Finland (FIN) 3 0 0 3
5   United States (USA) 2 4 3 9
6   New Zealand (NZL) 2 0 3 5
7   Germany (GER) 2 0 2 4
8   Norway (NOR) 2 0 0 2
9   France (FRA) 1 1 0 2
10   East Germany (GDR) 1 0 3 4
11   Switzerland (SUI) 1 0 2 3
12   Greece (GRE) 1 0 0 1
13   Netherlands (NED) 1 0 0 1
14   West Germany (FRG) 0 4 0 4
15   Czech Republic (CZE) 0 2 1 3
16   United Team of Germany (EUA) 0 2 0 2
17   Canada (CAN) 0 1 2 3
18   Argentina (ARG) 0 1 1 2
  Uruguay (URU) 0 1 1 2
20   Austria (AUT) 0 1 0 1
  Belgium (BEL) 0 1 0 1
  Croatia (CRO) 0 1 0 1
  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 1 0 1
  Estonia (EST) 0 1 0 1
25   Poland (POL) 0 0 3 3
26   Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 1 1
  Hungary (HUN) 0 0 1 1
  Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1
  Russian Empire (RU1) 0 0 1 1

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1976 Montreal
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Christine Scheiblich
  East Germany
Joan Lind
  United States
Yelena Antonova
  Soviet Union
1980 Moscow
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Sanda Toma
  Romania
Antonina Makhina
  Soviet Union
Martina Schröter
  East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
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Valeria Răcilă
  Romania
Charlotte Geer
  United States
Ann Haesebrouck
  Belgium
1988 Seoul
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Jutta Behrendt
  East Germany
Anne Marden
  United States
Magdalena Georgieva
  Bulgaria
1992 Barcelona
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Elisabeta Lipă
  Romania
Annelies Bredael
  Belgium
Silken Laumann
  Canada
1996 Atlanta
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Ekaterina Karsten
  Belarus
Silken Laumann
  Canada
Trine Hansen
  Denmark
2000 Sydney
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Ekaterina Karsten
  Belarus
Rumyana Neykova
  Bulgaria
Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
  Germany
2004 Athens
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Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
  Germany
Ekaterina Karsten
  Belarus
Rumyana Neykova
  Bulgaria
2008 Beijing
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Rumyana Neykova
  Bulgaria
Michelle Guerette
  United States
Ekaterina Karsten
  Belarus
2012 London
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Miroslava Knapková
  Czech Republic
Fie Udby Erichsen
  Denmark
Kim Brennan
  Australia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Kim Brennan
  Australia
Genevra Stone
  United States
Duan Jingli
  China
2020 Tokyo
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Emma Twigg
  New Zealand
Hanna Prakatsen
  ROC
Magdalena Lobnig
  Austria
2024 Paris
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Karolien Florijn
  Netherlands
Emma Twigg
  New Zealand
Viktorija Senkutė
  Lithuania

Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Ekaterina Karsten   Belarus (BLR) 1996–2008 2 1 1 4
2 Rumyana Neykova   Bulgaria (BUL) 2000–2008 1 1 1 3
3 Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski   Germany (GER) 2000–2004 1 0 1 2
Kim Brennan   Australia (AUS) 2012–2016 1 0 1 2
5 Silken Laumann   Canada (CAN) 1992–1996 0 1 1 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Romania (ROU) 3 0 0 3
2   Belarus (BLR) 2 1 1 4
3   East Germany (GDR) 2 0 1 3
4   Bulgaria (BUL) 1 1 2 4
5   Australia (AUS) 1 0 1 2
  Germany (GER) 1 0 1 2
7   Czech Republic (CZE) 1 0 0 1
8   United States (USA) 0 5 0 5
9   Belgium (BEL) 0 1 1 2
  Canada (CAN) 0 1 1 2
  Denmark (DEN) 0 1 1 2
  Soviet Union (URS) 0 1 1 2
13   China (CHN) 0 0 1 1

References

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