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Single sculls at the Olympics

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Single sculls
at the Olympic Games
Medal ceremony of the men's single sculls in 2016
Overview
SportRowing
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 19002024
Women: 19762024
Reigning champion
Men Oliver Zeidler (GER)
Women Karolien Florijn (NED)

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

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Men

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
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Hermann Barrelet
 France
André Gaudin
 France
Saint-George Ashe
 Great Britain
1904 St. Louis
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Frank Greer
 United States
James Juvenal
 United States
Constance Titus
 United States
1908 London
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Harry Blackstaffe
 Great Britain
Alexander McCulloch
 Great Britain
Bernhard von Gaza
 Germany
Károly Levitzky
 Hungary
1912 Stockholm
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Wally Kinnear
 Great Britain
Polydore Veirman
 Belgium
Everard Butler
 Canada
Mart Kuusik
 Russian Empire
1920 Antwerp
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John B. Kelly Sr.
 United States
Jack Beresford
 Great Britain
Darcy Hadfield
 New Zealand
1924 Paris
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Jack Beresford
 Great Britain
William Gilmore
 United States
Josef Schneider
 Switzerland
1928 Amsterdam
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Bobby Pearce
 Australia
Ken Myers
 United States
David Collet
 Great Britain
1932 Los Angeles
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Bobby Pearce
 Australia
William Miller
 United States
Guillermo Douglas
 Uruguay
1936 Berlin
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Gustav Schäfer
 Germany
Josef Hasenöhrl
 Austria
Dan Barrow
 United States
1948 London
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Mervyn Wood
 Australia
Eduardo Risso
 Uruguay
Romolo Catasta
 Italy
1952 Helsinki
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Yuriy Tyukalov
 Soviet Union
Mervyn Wood
 Australia
Teodor Kocerka
 Poland
1956 Melbourne
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Vyacheslav Ivanov
 Soviet Union
Stuart Mackenzie
 Australia
John B. Kelly Jr.
 United States
1960 Rome
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Vyacheslav Ivanov
 Soviet Union
Achim Hill
 United Team of Germany
Teodor Kocerka
 Poland
1964 Tokyo
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Vyacheslav Ivanov
 Soviet Union
Achim Hill
 United Team of Germany
Gottfried Kottmann
 Switzerland
1968 Mexico City
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Jan Wienese
 Netherlands
Jochen Meißner
 West Germany
Alberto Demiddi
 Argentina
1972 Munich
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Yury Malyshev
 Soviet Union
Alberto Demiddi
 Argentina
Wolfgang Güldenpfennig
 East Germany
1976 Montreal
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Pertti Karppinen
 Finland
Peter-Michael Kolbe
 West Germany
Joachim Dreifke
 East Germany
1980 Moscow
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Pertti Karppinen
 Finland
Vasil Yakusha
 Soviet Union
Peter Kersten
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
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Pertti Karppinen
 Finland
Peter-Michael Kolbe
 West Germany
Robert Mills
 Canada
1988 Seoul
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Thomas Lange
 East Germany
Peter-Michael Kolbe
 West Germany
Eric Verdonk
 New Zealand
1992 Barcelona
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Thomas Lange
 Germany
Václav Chalupa
 Czechoslovakia
Kajetan Broniewski
 Poland
1996 Atlanta
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Xeno Müller
 Switzerland
Derek Porter
 Canada
Thomas Lange
 Germany
2000 Sydney
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Rob Waddell
 New Zealand
Xeno Müller
 Switzerland
Marcel Hacker
 Germany
2004 Athens
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Olaf Tufte
 Norway
Jüri Jaanson
 Estonia
Ivo Yanakiev
 Bulgaria
2008 Beijing
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Olaf Tufte
 Norway
Ondřej Synek
 Czech Republic
Mahé Drysdale
 New Zealand
2012 London
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Mahé Drysdale
 New Zealand
Ondřej Synek
 Czech Republic
Alan Campbell
 Great Britain
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Mahé Drysdale
 New Zealand
Damir Martin
 Croatia
Ondřej Synek
 Czech Republic
2020 Tokyo
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Stefanos Ntouskos
 Greece
Kjetil Borch
 Norway
Damir Martin
 Croatia
2024 Paris
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Oliver Zeidler
 Germany
Yauheni Zalaty
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Simon van Dorp
 Netherlands

Multiple medalists

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Rank Rower Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Vyacheslav Ivanov  Soviet Union (URS) 1956–1964 3 0 0 3
Pertti Karppinen  Finland (FIN) 1976–1984 3 0 0 3
3 Thomas Lange  East Germany (GDR)
 Germany (GER)
1988–1996 2 0 1 3
Mahé Drysdale  New Zealand (NZL) 2008–2016 2 0 1 3
5 Bobby Pearce  Australia (AUS) 1928–1932 2 0 0 2
Olaf Tufte  Norway (NOR) 2004–2008 2 0 0 2
7 Jack Beresford  Great Britain (GBR) 1920–1924 1 1 0 2
Mervyn Wood  Australia (AUS) 1948–1952 1 1 0 2
Xeno Müller  Switzerland (SUI) 1996–2000 1 1 0 2
10 Peter-Michael Kolbe  West Germany (FRG) 1976, 1984–1988 0 3 0 3
11 Ondřej Synek  Czech Republic (CZE) 2008–2016 0 2 1 3
12 Achim Hill  United Team of Germany (EUA) 1960–1964 0 2 0 2
13 Alberto Demiddi  Argentina (ARG) 1968–1972 0 1 1 2
14 Teodor Kocerka  Poland (POL) 1952, 1960 0 0 2 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union (URS) 5 1 0 6
2  Great Britain (GBR) 3 2 3 8
3  Australia (AUS) 3 2 0 5
4  Finland (FIN) 3 0 0 3
5  United States (USA) 2 4 3 9
6  New Zealand (NZL) 2 0 3 5
7  Germany (GER) 2 0 2 4
8  Norway (NOR) 2 0 0 2
9  France (FRA) 1 1 0 2
10  East Germany (GDR) 1 0 3 4
11  Switzerland (SUI) 1 0 2 3
12  Greece (GRE) 1 0 0 1
13  Netherlands (NED) 1 0 0 1
14  West Germany (FRG) 0 4 0 4
15  Czech Republic (CZE) 0 2 1 3
16  United Team of Germany (EUA) 0 2 0 2
17  Canada (CAN) 0 1 2 3
18  Argentina (ARG) 0 1 1 2
 Uruguay (URU) 0 1 1 2
20  Austria (AUT) 0 1 0 1
 Belgium (BEL) 0 1 0 1
 Croatia (CRO) 0 1 0 1
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 1 0 1
 Estonia (EST) 0 1 0 1
25  Poland (POL) 0 0 3 3
26  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 1 1
 Hungary (HUN) 0 0 1 1
 Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1
 Russian Empire (RU1) 0 0 1 1

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1976 Montreal
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Christine Scheiblich
 East Germany
Joan Lind
 United States
Yelena Antonova
 Soviet Union
1980 Moscow
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Sanda Toma
 Romania
Antonina Makhina
 Soviet Union
Martina Schröter
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
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Valeria Răcilă
 Romania
Charlotte Geer
 United States
Ann Haesebrouck
 Belgium
1988 Seoul
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Jutta Behrendt
 East Germany
Anne Marden
 United States
Magdalena Georgieva
 Bulgaria
1992 Barcelona
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Elisabeta Lipă
 Romania
Annelies Bredael
 Belgium
Silken Laumann
 Canada
1996 Atlanta
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Ekaterina Karsten
 Belarus
Silken Laumann
 Canada
Trine Hansen
 Denmark
2000 Sydney
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Ekaterina Karsten
 Belarus
Rumyana Neykova
 Bulgaria
Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
 Germany
2004 Athens
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Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
 Germany
Ekaterina Karsten
 Belarus
Rumyana Neykova
 Bulgaria
2008 Beijing
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Rumyana Neykova
 Bulgaria
Michelle Guerette
 United States
Ekaterina Karsten
 Belarus
2012 London
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Miroslava Knapková
 Czech Republic
Fie Udby Erichsen
 Denmark
Kim Brennan
 Australia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Kim Brennan
 Australia
Genevra Stone
 United States
Duan Jingli
 China
2020 Tokyo
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Emma Twigg
 New Zealand
Hanna Prakatsen
 ROC
Magdalena Lobnig
 Austria
2024 Paris
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Karolien Florijn
 Netherlands
Emma Twigg
 New Zealand
Viktorija Senkutė
 Lithuania

Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Ekaterina Karsten  Belarus (BLR) 1996–2008 2 1 1 4
2 Rumyana Neykova  Bulgaria (BUL) 2000–2008 1 1 1 3
3 Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski  Germany (GER) 2000–2004 1 0 1 2
Kim Brennan  Australia (AUS) 2012–2016 1 0 1 2
5 Silken Laumann  Canada (CAN) 1992–1996 0 1 1 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Romania (ROU) 3 0 0 3
2  Belarus (BLR) 2 1 1 4
3  East Germany (GDR) 2 0 1 3
4  Bulgaria (BUL) 1 1 2 4
5  Australia (AUS) 1 0 1 2
 Germany (GER) 1 0 1 2
7  Czech Republic (CZE) 1 0 0 1
8  United States (USA) 0 5 0 5
9  Belgium (BEL) 0 1 1 2
 Canada (CAN) 0 1 1 2
 Denmark (DEN) 0 1 1 2
 Soviet Union (URS) 0 1 1 2
13  China (CHN) 0 0 1 1

References

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