2023 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls

The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade.[1]

Men's lightweight single sculls
at the 2023 World Rowing Championships
VenueLake Sava
LocationBelgrade, Serbia
Dates3 September – 8 September
Competitors27 from 27 nations
Winning time7:42.41
Medalists
gold medal     Switzerland
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Poland
← 2022

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 3 September 202311:08Heats
Monday 4 September 202316:47Repechages
Wednesday 6 September 202312:22Quarterfinals
16:12Final E
Thursday 7 September 202312:15Semifinals A/B
15:25Semifinals C/D
Friday 8 September 202313:05Final D
13:21Final C
13:45Final B
14:05Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The four fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Sid Ali Boudina  Algeria6:55.00QAD
2Artur Mikołajczewski  Poland6:55.60QAD
3Lukas Reim  Austria6:58.74QAD
4Marlon Colpaert  Belgium7:02.93QAD
5Jacob McCarthy  Ireland7:09.73R
6Kasper Hirvilampi  Finland7:18.13R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Naoki Furuta  Japan6:58.36QAD
2Baptiste Savaete  France7:00.84QAD
3Rasmus Lind  Denmark7:02.19QAD
4Murray Bales-Smith  South Africa7:03.99QAD
5Ricardo de la Rosa  Mexico7:07.23R
6Ghaith Kadri  Tunisia7:12.78R

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Andri Struzina  Switzerland6:53.47QAD
2Samuel Melvin  United States6:55.17QAD
3Mohammed Al-Khafaji  Iraq7:01.01QAD
4Arno Gaus  Germany7:13.20QAD
5Finlay Hamill  New Zealand7:30.79R

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Manel Balastegui  Spain6:58.98QAD
2Andrei FedarenkaIndividual Neutral Athletes7:01.49QAD
3Rajko Hrvat  Slovenia7:06.63QAD
4Giorgi Kanteladze  Georgia7:24.85QAD
5Amel Younis  Palestine7:30.98R

Heat 5

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Niels Torre  Italy6:57.63QAD
2Péter Galambos  Hungary7:10.15QAD
3Oskar Soedal  Norway7:21.99QAD
4Ziya Mammadzada  Azerbaijan7:37.93QAD
5Hossam Dakhly  Egypt7:57.66R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the final E.[3]

Repechage 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Jacob McCarthy  Ireland7:45.34Q
2Finlay Hamill  New Zealand7:49.63Q
3Ghaith Kadri  Tunisia7:52.16FE
4Hossam Dakhly  Egypt8:40.91FE

Repechage 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Ricardo de la Rosa  Mexico7:35.83Q
2Kasper Hirvilampi  Finland7:55.87Q
3Amel Younis  Palestine8:09.18FE

Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in Quarterfinal advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the CD semifinals.[4]

Quarterfinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Sid Ali Boudina  Algeria7:37.92SA/B
2Naoki Furuta  Japan7:41.88SA/B
3Mohammed Al-Khafaji  Iraq7:42.38SA/B
4Rajko Hrvat  Slovenia7:44.57SC/D
5Kasper Hirvilampi  Finland7:55.63SC/D
6Ziya Mammadzada  Azerbaijan8:30.91SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Andri Struzina  Switzerland7:34.42SA/B
2Lukas Reim  Austria7:39.31SA/B
3Murray Bales-Smith  South Africa7:42.33SA/B
4Ricardo de la Rosa  Mexico7:50.98SC/D
5Andrei FedarenkaIndividual Neutral Athletes7:52.07SC/D
6Oskar Soedal  Norway7:54.11SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Artur Mikołajczewski  Poland7:35.09SA/B
2Péter Galambos  Hungary7:37.02SA/B
3Manel Balastegui  Spain7:39.41SA/B
4Rasmus Lind  Denmark7:39.67SC/D
5Arno Gaus  Germany7:48.83SC/D
6Finlay Hamill  New Zealand8:00.53SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Niels Torre  Italy7:37.74SA/B
2Baptiste Savaete  France7:39.47SA/B
3Samuel Melvin  United States7:41.90SA/B
4Marlon Colpaert  Belgium7:43.43SC/D
5Jacob McCarthy  Ireland7:59.69SC/D
6Giorgi Kanteladze  Georgia8:03.54SC/D

Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each Semifinal advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[5]

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Rasmus Lind  Denmark8:00.74FC
2Rajko Hrvat  Slovenia8:04.19FC
3Andrei FedarenkaIndividual Neutral Athletes8:10.33FC
4Ziya Mammadzada  Azerbaijan8:30.79FD
5Giorgi Kanteladze  Georgia8:34.82FD
6Jacob McCarthy  Ireland8:49.89FD

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Marlon Colpaert  Belgium8:00.85FC
2Arno Gaus  Germany8:02.52FC
3Ricardo de la Rosa  Mexico8:07.05FC
4Oskar Soedal  Norway8:13.60FD
5Finlay Hamill  New Zealand8:26.19FD
6Kasper Hirvilampi  Finland8:56.13FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each Semifinal advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[6]

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Artur Mikołajczewski  Poland7:44.19FA
2Baptiste Savaete  France7:48.40FA
3Lukas Reim  Austria7:53.75FA
4Sid Ali Boudina  Algeria7:58.75FB
5Samuel Melvin  United States8:04.13FB
6Mohammed Al-Khafaji  Iraq8:32.99FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Andri Struzina  Switzerland7:44.66FA
2Niels Torre  Italy7:50.86FA
3Péter Galambos  Hungary7:57.60FA
4Manel Balastegui  Spain8:04.84FB
5Murray Bales-Smith  South Africa8:08.90FB
6Naoki Furuta  Japan8:15.51FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[7]

Final E

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Ghaith Kadri  Tunisia8:14.6625
2Amel Younis  Palestine8:34.1826
3Hossam Dakhly  Egypt8:49.8827

Final D

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Oskar Soedal  Norway7:57.8119
2Giorgi Kanteladze  Georgia8:15.6420
3Ziya Mammadzada  Azerbaijan8:21.3221
4Kasper Hirvilampi  Finland8:26.9622
5Jacob McCarthy  Ireland8:28.3023
Finlay Hamill  New ZealandDNS24

Final C

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Rasmus Lind  Denmark7:50.8313
2Marlon Colpaert  Belgium7:52.1314
3Rajko Hrvat  Slovenia7:55.3515
4Arno Gaus  Germany7:56.1016
5Ricardo de la Rosa  Mexico8:07.8917
6Andrei FedarenkaIndividual Neutral Athletes8:11.4518

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Samuel Melvin  United States8:02.597
2Manel Balastegui  Spain8:04.348
3Sid Ali Boudina  Algeria8:06.179
4Mohammed Al-Khafaji  Iraq8:07.5710
5Murray Bales-Smith  South Africa8:08.9911
6Naoki Furuta  Japan8:17.3312

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Andri Struzina  Switzerland7:42.41
Niels Torre  Italy7:44.90
Artur Mikołajczewski  Poland7:47.72
4Baptiste Savaete  France7:59.55
5Péter Galambos  Hungary8:07.25
6Lukas Reim  AustriaDNS

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