Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

The men's single sculls was a rowing event held as part of the Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event.[1]

Men's single sculls at the Games of the V Olympiad
Venue	Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
Dates	17–19 July
Competitors	13 from 12 nations
Medalists
Wally Kinnear  Great Britain Polydore Veirman  Belgium Everard Butler  Canada Mart Kuusik  Russia

Results

Heats

Kuusic nearly collided with Heinrich in the first heat, leading to a protest that resulted in the heat being re-rowed the next day; Heinrich was disqualified in the second running of the heat. Three of the heats were walkovers.

Heat 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Mart Kuusik (RUS)	7:45.2	QQ
2	Alfred Heinrich (AUT)	DQ
Heat 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Martin Stahnke (GER)	8:28.8	QQ
2	Cecil McVilly (ANZ)	DQ
Heat 3
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Everard Butler (CAN)	7:55.6	QQ
2	Axel Haglund (FIN)	(8:11.8)
Heat 4
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Wally Kinnear (GBR)	7:44.0	QQ
2	Kurt Hoffmann (GER)	(7:46.9)
Heat 5[2]
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	József Mészáros (HUN)	8:29.0	QQ
Heat 6
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Mikael Simonsen (DEN)	8:14.0	QQ
2	Jan Šourek (BOH)	DNF
Heat 7
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Károly Levitzky (HUN)	8:04.0	QQ
Heat 8
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Polydore Veirman (BEL)	7:59.2	QQ

Quarterfinals

Mészáros crossed in front of Veirman in the first quarterfinal, resulting in a protest and the contest being held over. The second time, Veirman got an early lead and kept it throughout. Simonsen abandoned the competition, giving Butler a walkover in the second quarterfinal. Kuusic won the final quarterfinal by three lengths, despite having been the only quarterfinalist to have already rowed during the day, in his rematch against Heinrich.

Quarterfinal 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Polydore Veirman (BEL)	7:52.0	QS
2	József Mészáros (HUN)	(7:57.9)
Quarterfinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Everard Butler (CAN)	7:39.9	QS
–	Mikael Simonsen (DEN)	DNS
Quarterfinal 3
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Wally Kinnear (GBR)	7:49.9	QS
2	Martin Stahnke (GER)	7:58.8
Quarterfinal 4
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Mart Kuusik (RUS)	7:45.2	QS
2	Károly Levitzky (HUN)	7:49.1

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Polydore Veirman (BEL)	7:41.0	QF
	Mart Kuusik (RUS)	(7:43.9)
Semifinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Wally Kinnear (GBR)	7:37.0	QF
	Everard Butler (CAN)	7:41.0

Final

Final
Place	Rower	Time
	Wally Kinnear (GBR)	7:47.3
	Polydore Veirman (BEL)	7:56.0

References

1. "Rowing at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
2. Ivan Schweiser of Bohemia is listed as starting in this heat in the Official Report; however, it appears he did not actually compete. Mallon, Bill; Ture Widlund (2002). The 1912 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-1047-7.

Sources

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 January 2007.