Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls


The men's single sculls competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland. The event was held from 20 July until 23 July.

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. Four heats were held in the first round. The first two boats in each heat advanced to the semi-finals, while the rest went to the first repechage on 21 July.
The repechage round also consists of four heats. Only the winner of each heat advanced to the second repechage round. The semi-finals of this event was held on the same day with the first repechage. Winner of the two heats advanced directly to the final and the rest must compete in the second repechage. Three heats were held in the second repechage, where the winner of each heat advanced to final.

Result

First round

Heat 1
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1Tony Fox7:45.1Q
2Ian Stephen7:47.7Q
3Sevi Holmsten7:52.1q
4Juan Omedes8:03.1q
5Carlos Adueza8:22.3q

Heat 2
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1Mervyn Wood7:44.1Q
2Paul Meyer7:44.5Q
3Günther Schütt7:58.4q
4František Reich7:59.0q
5Henri Steenacker8:04.0q

Heat 3
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1John B. Kelly Jr.7:58.4Q
2Teodor Kocerka7:59.5Q
3Ugo Pifferi8:09.0q
4Hussein El-Alfy8:33.5q

Heat 4
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1Yuriy Tyukalov7:47.9Q
2Eduardo Risso7:52.0Q
3Henri Butel8:00.4q
4Rob van Mesdag8:02.0q

First repechage

Heat 1
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1Rob van Mesdag7:35.6Q
2Sevi Holmsten7:37.2
3Hussein El-Alfy8:07.1

Heat 2
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1Günther Schütt7:38.4Q
2Henri Butel7:41.2
3Juan Omedes7:45.1

Heat 3
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1František Reich7:39.0Q
2Ugo Pifferi7:47.5

Heat 4
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1Henri Steenacker7:43.8Q
2Carlos Adueza8:08.9

Semi-final

Heat 1
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1Tony Fox7:54.4Q
2Mervyn Wood8:02.5Q
3Eduardo Risso8:05.9q
4Teodor Kocerka9:10.6q

Heat 2
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1Yuriy Tyukalov7:52.6Q
2John B. Kelly Jr.7:57.3Q
3Ian Stephen8:02.3q
4Paul Meyer8:07.1q

Second repechage

Heat 1
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1Mervyn Wood7:45.5Q
2Paul Meyer7:48.3
3Rob van Mesdag7:57.2
4Henri Steenacker7:59.5

Heat 2
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1Teodor Kocerka7:41.8Q
2John B. Kelly Jr.7:42.0
3František Reich7:55.0

Heat 3
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1Ian Stephen7:38.6Q
2Günther Schütt7:42.9
3Eduardo Risso7:50.5

Final

RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
Yuriy Tyukalov8:12.8
Mervyn Wood8:14.5
Teodor Kocerka8:19.4
4Tony Fox8:22.5
5Ian Stephen8:31.4