Single sculls at the Olympics
Olympic sport
Single sculls at the Olympic Games | |
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![]() Medal ceremony of the men's single sculls in 2016 | |
Overview | |
Sport | Rowing |
Gender | Men and women |
Years held | Men: 1900–2024 Women: 1976–2024 |
Reigning champion | |
Men | ![]() |
Women | ![]() |
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.
Medalists
Men
Multiple medalists
Rank | Rower | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Vyacheslav Ivanov | ![]() | 1956–1964 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Pertti Karppinen | ![]() | 1976–1984 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Thomas Lange | ![]() ![]() | 1988–1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Mahé Drysdale | ![]() | 2008–2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | Bobby Pearce | ![]() | 1928–1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Olaf Tufte | ![]() | 2004–2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | Jack Beresford | ![]() | 1920–1924 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Mervyn Wood | ![]() | 1948–1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Xeno Müller | ![]() | 1996–2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Peter-Michael Kolbe | ![]() | 1976, 1984–1988 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Ondřej Synek | ![]() | 2008–2016 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
12 | Achim Hill | ![]() | 1960–1964 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Alberto Demiddi | ![]() | 1968–1972 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Teodor Kocerka | ![]() | 1952, 1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medalists by country
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 |
Women
Multiple medalists
Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ekaterina Karsten | ![]() | 1996–2008 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Rumyana Neykova | ![]() | 2000–2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski | ![]() | 2000–2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Kim Brennan | ![]() | 2012–2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | Silken Laumann | ![]() | 1992–1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medalists by country
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 |
References
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Olympic champions – Men's single sculls
- 1900:
Hermann Barrelet (FRA)
- 1904:
Frank Greer (USA)
- 1908:
Harry Blackstaffe (GBR)
- 1912:
Wally Kinnear (GBR)
- 1920:
Jack Kelly Sr. (USA)
- 1924:
Jack Beresford (GBR)
- 1928:
Bobby Pearce (AUS)
- 1932:
Bobby Pearce (AUS)
- 1936:
Gustav Schäfer (GER)
- 1948:
Mervyn Wood (AUS)
- 1952:
Yuriy Tyukalov (URS)
- 1956:
Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- 1960:
Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- 1964:
Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- 1968:
Jan Wienese (NED)
- 1972:
Yury Malyshev (URS)
- 1976:
Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- 1980:
Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- 1984:
Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- 1988:
Thomas Lange (GDR)
- 1992:
Thomas Lange (GER)
- 1996:
Xeno Müller (SUI)
- 2000:
Rob Waddell (NZL)
- 2004:
Olaf Tufte (NOR)
- 2008:
Olaf Tufte (NOR)
- 2012:
Mahé Drysdale (NZL)
- 2016:
Mahé Drysdale (NZL)
- 2020:
Stefanos Ntouskos (GRE)
- 2024:
Oliver Zeidler (GER)