Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

The men's single sculls competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada. The event was held from 18–25 July.[1]

Men's single sculls at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin
Date	18–25 July
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
Medalists
Pertti Karppinen  Finland Peter-Michael Kolbe  West Germany Joachim Dreifke  East Germany

Schedule

Date	Round	Time
18 July	Heats	12.15
20 July	Repechage	10.45
23 July	Semi-finals	11.30
25 July	Finals	11.45

Heats

Three fastest rowers in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. The remaining rowers must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	7:05.95	SF
2	Sean Drea	Ireland (IRL)	7:07.20	SF
3	Joachim Dreifke	East Germany (GDR)	7:11.49	SF
4	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:12.94
5	Jim Dietz	United States (USA)	7:24.98

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mykola Dovhan	Soviet Union (URS)	7:28.92	SF
2	Fabrizio Biondi	Italy (ITA)	7:35.33	SF
3	Hans Svensson	Sweden (SWE)	7:40.82	SF
4	Walter Lambertus	Romania (ROU)	7:42.65
5	Reinaldo Kutscher	Uruguay (URU)	7:48.59

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ricardo Ibarra	Argentina (ARG)	7:17.41	SF
2	Edward Hale	Australia (AUS)	7:20.11	SF
3	Claude Dehombreux	Belgium (BEL)	7:23.33	SF
4	Ulli Wolf	Austria (AUT)	7:28.45
5	Federico Scheffler	Mexico (MEX)	7:32.55

Repechage

Three fastest rowers in the repechage advanced to semi-finals.

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:06.81	SF
2	Walter Lambertus	Romania (ROU)	7:08.88	SF
3	Jim Dietz	United States (USA)	7:13.46	SF
4	Ulli Wolf	Austria (AUT)	7:25.38
5	Reinaldo Kutscher	Uruguay (URU)	7:26.34
6	Federico Scheffler	Mexico (MEX)	7:37.98

Semi-finals

Three fastest rowers in each semi-final advanced to the Final A, while the others to the Final B.

Semi-final 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ricardo Ibarra	Argentina (ARG)	6:57.41	FA
2	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	6:59.18	FA
3	Joachim Dreifke	East Germany (GDR)	6:59.36	FA
4	Walter Lambertus	Romania (ROU)	7:01.23	FB
5	Claude Dehombreux	Belgium (BEL)	7:14.76	FB
6	Fabrizio Biondi	Italy (ITA)	7:16.13	FB

Semi-final 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sean Drea	Ireland (IRL)	6:52.46	FA
2	Mykola Dovhan	Soviet Union (URS)	6:58.15	FA
3	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	6:59.13	FA
4	Hans Svensson	Sweden (SWE)	7:00.60	FB
5	Jim Dietz	United States (USA)	7:09.13	FB
6	Edward Hale	Australia (AUS)	7:16.64	FB

Finals

Final A

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	7:29.03
	Peter-Michael Kolbe	West Germany (FRG)	7:31.67
	Joachim Dreifke	East Germany (GDR)	7:38.03
4	Sean Drea	Ireland (IRL)	7:42.53
5	Mykola Dovhan	Soviet Union (URS)	7:57.39
6	Ricardo Ibarra	Argentina (ARG)	8:03.35

Final B

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jim Dietz	United States (USA)	7:58.70
2	Edward Hale	Australia (AUS)	7:58.86
3	Hans Svensson	Sweden (SWE)	7:59.36
4	Fabrizio Biondi	Italy (ITA)	8:07.17
5	Walter Lambertus	Romania (ROU)	8:11.13
6	Claude Dehombreux	Belgium (BEL)	8:15.35

References

1. "Rowing at the 1976 Monteral Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

Sources

• The official report of the Games of the XXI Olympiad Montreal 1976 (PDF) (PDF). p. 97.