2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls

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

Men's single sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	9–16 September
Competitors	32 from 32 nations
Winning time	6:38.31
Medalists
Kjetil Borch    Norway   Ondřej Synek    Czech Republic   Mindaugas Griškonis    Lithuania

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date	Time	Round
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
	12:04	Final 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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Robbie Manson	New Zealand	6:53.68	Q
2	Quentin Antognelli	Monaco	6:55.33	Q
3	Robert Ven	Finland	6:58.11	Q
4	Romuald Thomas	France	7:02.43	R
5	Andrei Jämsä	Estonia	7:22.90	R
6	Privel Hinkati	Benin	7:26.65	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ondřej Synek	Czech Republic	6:56.73	Q
2	Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár	Hungary	7:03.33	Q
3	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Azerbaijan	7:06.90	Q
4	Mmbudzeni Masutha	South Africa	7:18.72	R
5	Abdelkhalek El-Banna	Egypt	7:20.30	R
6	Oleksandr Lukianenko	Ukraine	7:49.02	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Dzianis Mihal	Belarus	6:51.43	Q
2	Oliver Zeidler	Germany	6:52.55	Q
3	Dani Fridman	Israel	6:55.39	Q
4	Kevin Meador	United States	6:57.53	R
5	Onat Kazakli	Turkey	6:57.90	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sverri Sandberg Nielsen	Denmark	6:50.01	Q
2	Marko Marjanović	Serbia	6:54.59	Q
3	Pierre De Loof	Belgium	6:55.17	Q
4	Anders Backeus	Sweden	7:01.91	R
5	Rillio Rii	Vanuatu	7:42.39	R

Heat 5

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kjetil Borch	Norway	6:41.00	Q
2	Nico Stahlberg	Switzerland	6:44.21	Q
3	Harry Leask	Great Britain	6:45.25	Q
4	Luke Letcher	Australia	6:47.69	R
5	Arturo Rivarola	Paraguay	7:25.39	R

Heat 6

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mindaugas Griškonis	Lithuania	6:51.07	Q
2	Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk	Poland	6:58.78	Q
3	Simone Martini	Italy	7:02.00	Q
4	Brian Rosso	Argentina	7:22.57	R
5	Methasit Phromphoem	Thailand	7:37.62	R

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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Onat Kazakli	Turkey	7:00.75	Q
2	Romuald Thomas	France	7:01.48	Q
3	Brian Rosso	Argentina	7:04.15	SE/F
4	Oleksandr Lukianenko	Ukraine	7:23.60	SE/F
5	Arturo Rivarola	Paraguay	7:27.62	SE/F

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anders Backeus	Sweden	7:06.81	Q
2	Mmbudzeni Masutha	South Africa	7:14.42	Q
3	Andrei Jämsä	Estonia	7:16.97	SE/F
4	Methasit Phromphoem	Thailand	7:34.80	SE/F

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kevin Meador	United States	6:56.56	Q
2	Luke Letcher	Australia	7:03.33	Q
3	Abdelkhalek El-Banna	Egypt	7:10.02	SE/F
4	Privel Hinkati	Benin	7:29.41	SE/F
5	Rillio Rii	Vanuatu	7:40.86	SE/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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Robbie Manson	New Zealand	6:49.75	SA/B
2	Mindaugas Griškonis	Lithuania	6:51.47	SA/B
3	Nico Stahlberg	Switzerland	6:54.43	SA/B
4	Luke Letcher	Australia	7:00.31	SC/D
5	Anders Backeus	Sweden	7:01.67	SC/D
6	Pierre De Loof	Belgium	7:06.74	SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ondřej Synek	Czech Republic	6:52.24	SA/B
2	Kjetil Borch	Norway	6:54.29	SA/B
3	Marko Marjanović	Serbia	6:57.79	SA/B
4	Romuald Thomas	France	6:59.31	SC/D
5	Kevin Meador	United States	7:08.69	SC/D
6	Dani Fridman	Israel	7:25.61	SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Harry Leask	Great Britain	6:53.38	SA/B
2	Dzianis Mihal	Belarus	6:56.22	SA/B
3	Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár	Hungary	6:57.81	SA/B
4	Simone Martini	Italy	6:59.14	SC/D
5	Onat Kazakli	Turkey	7:18.31	SC/D
6	Quentin Antognelli	Monaco	7:25.62	SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Oliver Zeidler	Germany	6:49.10	SA/B
2	Sverri Sandberg Nielsen	Denmark	6:51.37	SA/B
3	Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk	Poland	6:58.13	SA/B
4	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Azerbaijan	7:01.70	SC/D
5	Robert Ven	Finland	7:02.89	SC/D
6	Mmbudzeni Masutha	South Africa	7:48.91	SC/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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Abdelkhalek El-Banna	Egypt	7:27.82	FE
2	Methasit Phromphoem	Thailand	7:59.89	FE
3	Rillio Rii	Vanuatu	8:12.68	FF

Semifinals 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Andrei Jämsä	Estonia	7:47.01	FE
2	Oleksandr Lukianenko	Ukraine	7:50.66	FE
3	Arturo Rivarola	Paraguay	7:56.41	FE
4	Privel Hinkati	Benin	8:08.70	FF

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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pierre De Loof	Belgium	7:09.94	FC
2	Robert Ven	Finland	7:10.30	FC
3	Simone Martini	Italy	7:11.01	FC
4	Luke Letcher	Australia	7:14.87	FD
5	Kevin Meador	United States	7:17.90	FD
6	Mmbudzeni Masutha	South Africa	7:29.26	FD

Semifinals 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Dani Fridman	Israel	7:07.73	FC
2	Onat Kazakli	Turkey	7:09.68	FC
3	Romuald Thomas	France	7:09.93	FC
4	Anders Backeus	Sweden	7:13.97	FD
5	Quentin Antognelli	Monaco	7:27.46	FD
6	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Azerbaijan	7:32.33	FD

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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kjetil Borch	Norway	6:43.35	FA
2	Harry Leask	Great Britain	6:45.05	FA
3	Robbie Manson	New Zealand	6:45.22	FA
4	Sverri Sandberg Nielsen	Denmark	6:45.99	FB
5	Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk	Poland	6:48.96	FB
6	Nico Stahlberg	Switzerland	6:54.40	FB

Semifinals 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ondřej Synek	Czech Republic	6:48.55	FA
2	Oliver Zeidler	Germany	6:49.63	FA
3	Mindaugas Griškonis	Lithuania	6:51.72	FA
4	Dzianis Mihal	Belarus	7:00.74	FB
5	Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár	Hungary	7:03.30	FB
6	Marko Marjanović	Serbia	7:15.55	FB

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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Privel Hinkati	Benin	7:24.51
2	Rillio Rii	Vanuatu	7:36.76

Final E

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Abdelkhalek El-Banna	Egypt	7:04.03
2	Andrei Jämsä	Estonia	7:07.76
3	Oleksandr Lukianenko	Ukraine	7:11.43
4	Arturo Rivarola	Paraguay	7:17.86
5	Methasit Phromphoem	Thailand	7:23.77

Final D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Luke Letcher	Australia	6:54.32
2	Kevin Meador	United States	6:56.64
3	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Azerbaijan	7:02.17
4	Mmbudzeni Masutha	South Africa	7:03.40
5	Quentin Antognelli	Monaco	DNS
6	Anders Backeus	Sweden	DNS

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Dani Fridman	Israel	6:50.83
2	Pierre De Loof	Belgium	6:55.70
3	Robert Ven	Finland	6:57.83
4	Romuald Thomas	France	6:59.75
5	Simone Martini	Italy	7:06.31
6	Onat Kazakli	Turkey	7:21.52

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Sverri Sandberg Nielsen	Denmark	6:49.30
2	Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk	Poland	6:50.24
3	Nico Stahlberg	Switzerland	6:51.84
4	Dzianis Mihal	Belarus	6:52.71
5	Marko Marjanović	Serbia	6:54.75
6	Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár	Hungary	DNS

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Kjetil Borch	Norway	6:38.31
	Ondřej Synek	Czech Republic	6:39.92
	Mindaugas Griškonis	Lithuania	6:42.90
4	Harry Leask	Great Britain	6:45.02
5	Robbie Manson	New Zealand	6:46.11
6	Oliver Zeidler	Germany	6:50.71

References

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