Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney International Regatta Centre
Date	17 September – 23 September
Competitors	24 from 24 nations
Winning time	6:48.90
Medalists
Rob Waddell  New Zealand Xeno Mueller  Switzerland Marcel Hacker  Germany

Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Single sculls		men		women
Coxless pair		men		women
Double sculls		men		women
Lwt double sculls		men		women
Coxless four		men
Quadruple sculls		men		women
Eight		men		women
Lwt coxless four		men

The men's single sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

This rowing event is a single scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a single rower. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side (not feasible for singles events). The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

During the first round six heats were held. The winning boat in each heat advanced to the semifinals, while all others were relegated to the repechages.

The repechages offered the rowers a chance to qualify for the semi-final. Placing in the repechages determined which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in each quarterfinal moved on to the A/B semifinals, with the bottom three boats going to the C/D semifinals.

Six semifinals were held, two each of A/B semifinals, C/D semifinals, and E/F semifinals. For each semifinal race, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals, while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals possible. For example, a second-place finish in an A/B semifinal would result in advancement to the A final.

The fourth and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th, the C from 13th to 18th, and so on. Thus, to win a medal rowers had to finish in the top four of their heat, top three of their quarterfinal, and top three of their A/B semifinal to reach the A final.

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 17 September 2000	09:10	Heats
Tuesday, 19 September 2000	09:10	Repechages
Thursday, 21 September 2000	08:50	Semifinals
Thursday, 21 September 2000	10:30	Semifinals C/D
Friday, 22 September 2000	10:20	Final B
Friday, 22 September 2000	11:30	Final C
Friday, 22 September 2000	11:50	Final D
Saturday, 23 September 2000	08:50	Final

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Derek Porter	Canada	7:02.24	Q
2	Matthew Wells	Great Britain	7:07.76	R
3	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil	7:09.08	R
4	Mattia Righetti	Italy	7:24.80	R
5	Jesús Huerta Ramírez	Mexico	7:29.64	R
6	Vladimir Belonogov	Kazakhstan	7:34.66	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rob Waddell	New Zealand	6:54.20	Q
2	Ivo Yanakiev	Bulgaria	7:03.24	R
3	Andris Reinholds	Latvia	7:06.28	R
4	Ján Žiška	Slovakia	7:26.21	R
5	Benjamin Tolentino Jr.	Philippines	7:29.86	R
6	Riadh Ben Khedher	Tunisia	7:59.75	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marcel Hacker	Germany	6:58.31	Q
2	Vaclav Chalupa	Czech Republic	7:04.00	R
3	Juri Jaanson	Estonia	7:06.58	R
4	Sergio Fernandez	Argentina	7:20.65	R
5	Rafik Amrane	Algeria	7:44.48	R
6	Muhammad Akram	Pakistan	7:54.71	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Xeno Mueller	Switzerland	6:57.38	Q
2	Gerard Egelmeers	Netherlands	7:05.48	R
3	Don Smith	United States	7:10.34	R
4	Aly Ibrahim	Egypt	7:21.32	R
5	Felipe Leal	Chile	7:39.43	R
6	In-Soo Lee	23x15px South Korea	7:53.84	R

Repechage

First two qualify for semifinals A/B, remainder to semifinals C/D.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Andris Reinholds	Latvia	7:06.40	A/B
2	Matthew Wells	Great Britain	7:08.19	A/B
3	Sergio Fernandez	Argentina	7:13.68	C/D
4	Felipe Leal	Chile	7:34.56	C/D
5	Vladimir Belonogov	Kazakhstan	7:36.42	C/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Juri Jaanson	Estonia	7:05.16	A/B
2	Ivo Yanakiev	Bulgaria	7:09.22	A/B
3	Aly Ibrahim	Egypt	7:13.10	C/D
4	Jesús Huerta Ramírez	Mexico	7:31.93	C/D
5	Riadh Ben Khedher	Tunisia	7:53.05	C/D

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Don Smith	United States	7:11.83	A/B
2	Vaclav Chalupa	Czech Republic	7:17.53	A/B
3	Mattia Righetti	Italy	7:21.20	C/D
4	Benjamin Tolentino Jr.	Philippines	7:29.03	C/D
5	Muhammad Akram	Pakistan	7:51.50	C/D

Repechage 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gerard Egelmeers	Netherlands	7:04.25	A/B
2	Ján Žiška	Slovakia	7:14.31	A/B
3	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil	7:22.13	C/D
4	Rafik Amrane	Algeria	7:42.19	C/D
5	In-Soo Lee	23x15px South Korea	7:45.76	C/D

Semifinals

Held on September 21, 2000

Semifinals C/D

First three qualify to Final C, remainder to Final D.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil	7:12.97	C
2	Sergio Fernandez	Argentina	7:21.46	C
3	Vladimir Belonogov	Kazakhstan	7:24.44	C
4	Benjamin Tolentino Jr.	Philippines	7:29.86	D
5	Jesús Huerta Ramírez	Mexico	7:36.06	D
6	In-Soo Lee	23x15px South Korea	7:40.03	D

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aly Ibrahim	Egypt	7:17.06	C
2	Mattia Righetti	Italy	7:20.78	C
3	Felipe Leal	Chile	7:28.78	C
4	Rafik Amrane	Algeria	7:38.51	D
5	Muhammad Akram	Pakistan	7:45.12	D
6	Riadh Ben Khedher	Tunisia	7:47.86	D

Semifinals A/B

First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rob Waddell	New Zealand	6:58.01	A
2	Derek Porter	Canada	7:00.82	A
3	Ivo Yanakiev	Bulgaria	7:03.89	A
4	Gerard Egelmeers	Netherlands	7:07.14	B
5	Matthew Wells	Great Britain	7:09.68	B
6	Don Smith	United States	7:10.69	B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Xeno Mueller	Switzerland	7:01.86	A
2	Marcel Hacker	Germany	7:03.47	A
3	Juri Jaanson	Estonia	7:06.70	A
4	Andris Reinholds	Latvia	7:15.04	B
5	Ján Žiška	Slovakia	7:26.51	B
6	Vaclav Chalupa	Czech Republic	7:30.28	B

Finals

Final D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Benjamin Tolentino Jr.	Philippines	7:22.31
2	Jesús Huerta Ramírez	Mexico	7:29.68
3	Rafik Amrane	Algeria	7:35.66
4	In-Soo Lee	23x15px South Korea	7:37.31
5	Riadh Ben Khedher	Tunisia	7:54.45
—	Muhammad Akram	Pakistan		DNS

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aly Ibrahim	Egypt	7:01.44
2	Anderson Nocetti	Brazil	7:01.89
3	Mattia Righetti	Italy	7:08.16
4	Sergio Fernandez	Argentina	7:09.43
5	Vladimir Belonogov	Kazakhstan	7:21.44
6	Felipe Leal	Chile	7:44.48

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gerard Egelmeers	Netherlands	6:55.29
2	Don Smith	United States	6:59.82
3	Matthew Wells	Great Britain	7:00.22
4	Ján Žiška	Slovakia	7:06.96
—	Vaclav Chalupa	Czech Republic		DNS
—	Andris Reinholds	Latvia		DQ

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
	Rob Waddell	New Zealand	6:48.90
	Xeno Mueller	Switzerland	6:50.55
	Marcel Hacker	Germany	6:50.83
4	Derek Porter	Canada	6:51.10
5	Ivo Yanakiev	Bulgaria	6:57.32
6	Juri Jaanson	Estonia	6:59.15

External links

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
• Rowing Results