2024 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls

Men's lightweight single sculls
at the 2024 World Rowing Championships
Men's lightweight single sculls ; at the 2024 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course
Location	St. Catharines, Canada
Dates	18–24 August
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Winning time	6:49.68
Medalists
	← 2023

The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2024 World Rowing Championships took place in St. Catharines between 18 and 24 August 2024.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 18 August 2024	14:30	Heats
Monday 19 August 2024	14:30	Repechages
Thursday 22 August 2024	11:49	Semifinals C/D
Friday 23 August 2024	11:09	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 24 August 2024	09:57	Final D
	11:07	Final C
	11:17	Final B
	15:00	Final A

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Results

Heats

The fastest boat advanced to Semifinal A/B. Remaining crews to Repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Samuel Melvin	United States	6:43.62	SAB
2	Marlon Colpaert	Belgium	6:56.09	R
3	Chiu Hin Chun	Hong Kong	6:57.58	R
4	Pedro Dickson	Argentina	6:58.65	R
5	Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	6:59.02	R
6	Stephen Harris	Canada	7:14.78	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Niels Torre	Italy	6:39.56	SAB WB
2	Felipe Klüver	Uruguay	6:56.81	R
3	Baptiste Savaete	France	6:59.82	R
4	Ghaith Kadri	Tunisia	7:06.81	R
5	Lucas Salmon Hernandez	Peru	7:10.16	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Julian Schöberl	Austria	6:49.55	SAB
2	Sid Ali Boudina	Algeria	6:52.17	R
3	Paul Leerkamp	Germany	6:57.16	R
4	Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	7:04.32	R
5	Murray Bales-Smith	South Africa	7:07.05	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:41.98	SAB
2	Alexis López	Mexico	6:49.52	R
3	Oskar Soedal	Norway	7:07.53	R
4	Kasper Hirvilampi	Finland	7:20.48	R
5	Amel Younis	Palestine	7:24.71	R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in repechage advanced to the semifinals A/B. The remaining boats were sent to the semifinals C/D.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alexis López	Mexico	7:57.44	SAB
2	Paul Leerkamp	Germany	7:59.90	SAB
3	Ghaith Kadri	Tunisia	8:10.71	SCD
4	Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	8:15.79	SCD

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sid Ali Boudina	Algeria	7:51.56	SAB
2	Baptiste Savaete	France	8:21.81	SAB
3	Pedro Dickson	Argentina	8:09.18	SCD
4	Amel Younis	Palestine	8:24.32	SCD

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Felipe Klüver	Uruguay	7:54.54	SAB
2	Chiu Hin Chun	Hong Kong	7:58.01	SAB
3	Murray Bales-Smith	South Africa	8:03.91	SCD
4	Kasper Hirvilampi	Finland	8:33.33	SCD

Repechage 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	7:43.26	SAB
2	Marlon Colpaert	Belgium	7:49.01	SAB
3	Stephen Harris	Canada	7:50.28	SCD
4	Oskar Soedal	Norway	8:10.59	SCD
5	Lucas Salmon Hernandez	Peru	8:39.54	SCD

Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semifinal advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Stephen Harris	Canada	7:19.63	FC
2	Ghaith Kadri	Tunisia	7:26.38	FC
3	Kasper Hirvilampi	Finland	7:29.14	FC
4	Amel Younis	Palestine	7:33.69	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	7:15.06	FC
2	Pedro Dickson	Argentina	7:20.41	FC
3	Oskar Soedal	Norway	7:24.10	FC
4	Lucas Salmon Hernandez	Peru	7:40.17	FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semifinal advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	6:49.82	FA
2	Niels Torre	Italy	6:51.01	FA
3	Samuel Melvin	United States	6:51.96	FA
4	Paul Leerkamp	Germany	6:56.99	FB
5	Baptiste Savaete	France	7:06.85	FB
6	Felipe Klüver	Uruguay	7:07.40	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:47.74	FA
2	Julian Schöberl	Austria	6:54.08	FA
3	Alexis López	Mexico	6:55.60	FA
4	Marlon Colpaert	Belgium	6:58.23	FB
5	Sid Ali Boudina	Algeria	6:59.19	FB
6	Chiu Hin Chun	Hong Kong	7:15.16	FB

Final

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.^[2]

Final D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Lucas Salmon Hernandez	Peru	7:15.15	19
2	Amel Younis	Palestine	7:19.16	20

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Stephen Harris	Canada	6:59.70	13
2	Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	7:00.29	14
3	Pedro Dickson	Argentina	7:05.96	15
4	Oskar Soedal	Norway	7:09.69	16
5	Ghaith Kadri	Tunisia	7:12.58	17
6	Kasper Hirvilampi	Finland	7:15.44	18

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Ghaith Kadri	Uruguay	6:52.57	7
2	Marlon Colpaert	Belgium	6:54.28	8
3	Paul Leerkamp	Germany	6:56.14	9
4	Baptiste Savaete	France	6:57.79	10
5	Sid Ali Boudina	Algeria	6:58.16	11
6	Chiu Hin Chun	Hong Kong	7:07.31	12

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:49.68
	Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	6:51.90
	Niels Torre	Italy	6:52.64
4	Samuel Melvin	United States	6:54.35
5	Julian Schöberl	Austria	7:04.62
6	Alexis López	Mexico	7:08.26

References

^ ^a ^b "2024 World Rowing Championships programme" (PDF). World Rowing. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
^ "Results Summary by Event Men's Lightweight Single Sculls – Finals" (PDF). World Rowing. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.

[Schedule-1] "2024 World Rowing Championships programme" (PDF). World Rowing. Retrieved 17 August 2024.

[2] "Results Summary by Event Men's Lightweight Single Sculls – Finals" (PDF). World Rowing. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.

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