Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls


The men's single sculls competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place at the Long Beach Marine Stadium.

Competition format

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. The competition consists of multiple rounds.
During the first round two heats were held. The first boat in each heat advanced to the final, while all others were relegated to the repechages.
The repechages were rounds which offered rowers a chance to qualify for the final. The first two boats in the repechage heat advanced to the final.

Schedule

Results

Heats

First boat of each heat qualifies to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Bobby Pearce7:27.0Q
2William Miller7:29.2R

Heat 2

Repechage

First two qualify to the final.
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1William Miller8:05.8Q
2Guillermo Douglas8:20.2Q
3Joseph Wright Jr.8:37.8

Final

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
Bobby Pearce7:44.4
William Miller7:45.2
Guillermo Douglas8:13.6
4Dick Southwood8:33.6