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
Sport	Rowing
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1900–2024 Women: 1976–2024
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

Men

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

Multiple medalists

Rank	Rower	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Vyacheslav Ivanov	Soviet Union (URS)	1956–1964	3	0	0	3
1	Pertti Karppinen	Finland (FIN)	1976–1984	3	0	0	3
3	Thomas Lange	East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER)	1988–1996	2	0	1	3
3	Mahé Drysdale	New Zealand (NZL)	2008–2016	2	0	1	3
5	Bobby Pearce	Australia (AUS)	1928–1932	2	0	0	2
5	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

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
18	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

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

Multiple medalists

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
3	Kim Brennan	Australia (AUS)	2012–2016	1	0	1	2
5	Silken Laumann	Canada (CAN)	1992–1996	0	1	1	2

Medalists by country

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
5	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

Olympic champions – Men's single sculls

v t e Olympic champions – Women's single sculls
1976: Christine Scheiblich (GDR) 1980: Sanda Toma (ROU) 1984: Valeria Răcilă (ROU) 1988: Jutta Behrendt (GDR) 1992: Elisabeta Lipă (ROU) 1996: Ekaterina Karsten (BLR) 2000: Ekaterina Karsten (BLR) 2004: Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (GER) 2008: Rumyana Neykova (BUL) 2012: Miroslava Knapková (CZE) 2016: Kim Brennan (AUS) 2020: Emma Twigg (NZL) 2024: Karolien Florijn (NED)

v t e Rowing at the Summer Olympics
Editions	1896 1900 1904 1906 (Intercalated) 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Current events	Single sculls Double sculls Quadruple sculls Coxless pair Coxless four Eight Lightweight double sculls
Discontinued events	Coxed pair Coxed four Coxed four with inriggers Lightweight coxless four
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