2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - One (Men)

sport	rowing
discipline	One
gender	Men
Attendees	32 athletes from 32 countries
Competition location	Lagoa Stadium
Competition phase	6-13 August 2016
Medalist Mahé Drysdale Damir Martin Ondřej Synek

The rowing competition in One of the Men as part of the rowing regatta of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from August 6th to 13th, 2016 in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon . 32 athletes from 32 countries competed.

The competition, which was held over the Olympic rowing distance of 2000 meters, began with six heats with five or six teams each. The rowers placed first to third in the prelims qualified directly for the quarter-finals, while the remaining 14 boats had to go to the three hope runs . Here the first two teams qualified again for the quarter-finals and all the others for the semifinals E / F for places 25 to 32. In the quarter-finals, four runs were made with six rowers each, with the positions 1 to 3 for the semifinals A. / B qualified, and places 4 to 6 for the semifinals C / D for 13th to 24th place. In the two rounds of the semifinals A / B, the first three rowers made it to the final, while 4th to 6th place went to the B final Place 7 to 12 led. The qualification mode in the semifinals C / D and E / F ran analogously for the finals C and D or E and F for lower placements. In the final on August 13th, the six best rowers competed for Olympic medals.

The teams qualified for the next round are highlighted in light green.

The competition ended with a photo decision between the defending champion Mahé Drysdale from New Zealand and Damir Martin from Croatia. Both reached the finish line at the same time in the final, but Drysdale had a lead of a few centimeters after evaluating the finish photo and thus defended his title. The three-time world champion from 2013 to 2015, Ondřej Synek from the Czech Republic, won the bronze medal in front of the other finalists Hannes Obreno from Belgium, Stanislau Schtscharbatschenja from Belarus and Ángel Fournier from Cuba.

Title holder and starting position

Olympic Champion ( London 2012 )	Mahé Drysdale ( New Zealand )
World Champion ( Aiguebelette 2015 )	Ondřej Synek ( Czech Republic )
European Champion ( Brandenburg 2016 )	Damir Martin ( Croatia )
World best time ( 6: 33.35 min , Poznan 2009 )	Mahé Drysdale ( New Zealand )

Attendees

qualification	nation	Rowers
World Championships 2015	Czech Republic	Ondřej Synek
	New Zealand	Mahé Drysdale
	Lithuania	Armandas Kelmelis
	Norway	Nils Jakob Hoff
	Croatia	Damir Martin
	Cuba	Ángel Fournier
	Belarus	Stanislau Shcharbatschenja
	United Kingdom	Alan Campbell
	Poland	Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk
African qualification	Egypt	Abdelkhalek El-Banna
	Tunisia	Mohamed Taieb
	Algeria	Sid Ali Boudina
	Zimbabwe	Andrew Peebles
Latin American qualification	Mexico	Juan Carlos Cabrera
	Argentina	Brian Rosso
	Peru	Renzo Leon Garcia
	Uruguay	Jhonatan Esquivel
	Venezuela	Jackson Vicent
	Ecuador	Bryan Sola Zambrano
Asian qualification	South Korea	Kim Dong-yong
	India	Dattu Baban Bhokanal
	Indonesia	memo
	Thailand	Jaruwat Saensuk
	Kazakhstan	Vladislav Yakovlev
	Iraq	Mohammed Jasim Al-Khafaji
	Uzbekistan	Shahboz Xolmirzayev
"European" qualification	Belgium	Hannes Obreno
	Australia	Rhys Grant
	Hungary	Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár
Invitation ("tripartite position")	Libya	Al-Hussein Gambour
	Vanuatu	Luigi Teilemb
Host substitute	Paraguay	Arturo Rivarola

In the context of the continental qualifying regattas, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States are counted as part of the “Europeans” pool. The Australian Rhys Grant therefore qualified in the European qualifying competitions in Lucerne.

Prelims

Saturday 6th August 2016

Forward 1

Juan Carlos Cabrera in his lead

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Ángel Fournier	7: 06.89	Quarter finals
2	Juan Carlos Cabrera	7: 08.27
3	Dattu Baban Bhokanal	7: 21.67
4th	Jaruwat Saensuk	7: 25.06	Hope runs
5	Armandas Kelmelis	7: 34.59
6th	Luigi Teilemb	8: 00.42

Forward 2

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Mahé Drysdale	7: 04.45	Quarter finals
2	Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár	7: 12.86
3	Jhonatan Esquivel	7: 16.08
4th	Renzo Leon Garcia	7: 21.04	Hope runs
5	Mohammed Jasim Al-Khafaji	7: 25.04
6th	Jackson Vicent	7: 28.36

Forward 3

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Hannes Obreno	7: 09.06	Quarter finals
2	Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk	7: 12.43
3	Brian Rosso	7: 22.69
4th	Shahboz Xolmirzayev	7: 25.03	Hope runs
5	Al-Hussein Gambour	7: 43.85

Forward 4

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Alan Campbell	7: 08.31	Quarter finals
2	Stanislau Shcharbatschenja	7: 11.49
3	memo	7: 14.17
4th	Kim Dong-yong	7: 20.85	Hope runs
5	Andrew Peebles	7: 25.39

Forward 5

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Ondřej Synek	7: 21.90	Quarter finals
2	Rhys Grant	7: 28.83
3	Arturo Rivarola	7: 29.23
4th	Sid Ali Boudina	7: 45.90	Hope runs
5	Bryan Sola Zambrano	7: 48.77

Forward 6

Vladislav Yakovlev in his advance

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Nils Jakob Hoff	7: 17.47	Quarter finals
2	Damir Martin	7: 23.08
3	Abdelkhalek El-Banna	7: 34.05
4th	Mohamed Taieb	7: 37.95	Hope runs
5	Vladislav Yakovlev	7: 38.65

Hope runs

planned for Sunday, August 7, 2016 , postponed to Monday, August 8, 2016

Hope run 1

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Sid Ali Boudina	7: 20.84	Quarter finals
2	Renzo Leon Garcia	7: 25.55
3	Luigi Teilemb	7: 34.12	Semi-finals E / F
4th	Al-Hussein Gambour	7: 45.09
5	Vladislav Yakovlev	12: 04.17

Hope run 2

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Kim Dong-yong	7: 12.96	Quarter finals
2	Mohammed Jasim Al-Khafaji	7: 14.38
3	Jaruwat Saensuk	7: 16.39	Semi-finals E / F
4th	Bryan Sola Zambrano	7: 28.30

Hope run 3

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Armandas Kelmelis	7: 13.36	Quarter finals
2	Shahboz Xolmirzayev	7: 14.58
3	Andrew Peebles	7: 17.19	Semi-finals E / F
4th	Mohamed Taieb	7: 27.18
5	Jackson Vicent	7: 28.67

Quarter finals

Tuesday August 9th

Quarter finals 1

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Ángel Fournier	6: 51.89	Semi-finals A / B
2	Rhys Grant	6: 55.14
3	Nils Jakob Hoff	6: 57.94
4th	memo	6: 59.76	Semi-finals C / D
5	Kim Dong-yong	7: 05.69
6th	Shahboz Xolmirzayev	7: 09.99

Quarter finals 2

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Mahé Drysdale	6: 46.51	Semi-finals A / B
2	Ondřej Synek	6: 50.51
3	Stanislau Shcharbatschenja	6: 55.19
4th	Brian Rosso	7: 03.23	Semi-finals C / D
5	Armandas Kelmelis	7: 04.67
6th	Renzo Leon Garcia	7: 30.91

Quarter finals 3

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Hannes Obreno	6: 48.90	Semi-finals A / B
2	Juan Carlos Cabrera	6: 50.04
3	Abdelkhalek El-Banna	6: 50.82
4th	Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár	6: 52.80	Semi-finals C / D
5	Sid Ali Boudina	7: 13.59
6th	Arturo Rivarola	7: 17.12

Quarter Finals 4

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Damir Martin	6: 44.44	Semi-finals A / B
2	Alan Campbell	6: 49.41
3	Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk	6: 53.52
4th	Dattu Baban Bhokanal	6: 59.89	Semi-finals C / D
5	Jhonatan Esquivel	7: 40.27
6th	Mohammed Jasim Al-Khafaji	8: 29.76

Semifinals

Friday, August 12, 2016 (semi-finals A / B, postponed from Thursday, August 11, 2016 and semi-finals C / D, postponed from Wednesday, August 10, 2016); Tuesday, August 9, 2016 (semi-finals E / F, postponed from Monday, August 8, 2016)

Semi-final A / B 1

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Ondřej Synek	6: 58.56	final
2	Damir Martin	6: 59.43
3	Ángel Fournier	7: 02.65
4th	Juan Carlos Cabrera	7: 03.68	B final
5	Abdelkhalek El-Banna	7: 13.55
6th	Nils Jakob Hoff	7: 39.12

Semi-final A / B 2

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Mahé Drysdale	7: 03.70	final
2	Stanislau Shcharbatschenja	7: 06.69
3	Hannes Obreno	7: 06.76
4th	Alan Campbell	7: 09.54	B final
5	Rhys Grant	7: 14.68
6th	Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk	7: 15.61

Semi-final C / D 1

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Jhonatan Esquivel	7: 22.98	C final
2	Brian Rosso	7: 24.65
3	memo	7: 25.60
4th	Shahboz Xolmirzayev	7: 26.04	D final
5	Sid Ali Boudina	7: 37.19
6th	Arturo Rivarola	7: 41.43

Semi-final C / D 2

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár	7: 18.88	C final
2	Dattu Baban Bhokanal	7: 19.02
3	Kim Dong-yong	7: 20.10
4th	Armandas Kelmelis	7: 20.72	D final
5	Renzo Leon Garcia	7: 37.34
6th	Mohammed Jasim Al-Khafaji	7: 48.31

Semi-finals E / F 1

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Jaruwat Saensuk	7: 54.38	E final
2	Mohamed Taieb	8: 02.05
3	Luigi Teilemb	8: 19.15
4th	Vladislav Yakovlev	11: 45.22	F-final

Semi-finals E / F 2

space	boat	Time (min)	qualification
1	Andrew Peebles	7: 45.20	E final
2	Jackson Vicent	7: 50.56
3	Bryan Sola Zambrano	7: 52.86
4th	Al-Hussein Gambour	8: 13.17	F-final

final

Saturday, August 13, 2016
Note: Determination of places 1 to 6

space	boat	Time (min)
1	Mahé Drysdale	6: 41.34
2	Damir Martin	6: 41.34
3	Ondřej Synek	6: 44.10
4th	Hannes Obreno	6: 47.42
5	Stanislau Shcharbatschenja	6: 48.78
6th	Ángel Fournier	6: 55.90

B final

Note: Determination of places 7 to 12

space	boat	Time (min)
7th	Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk	6: 47.95
8th	Juan Carlos Cabrera	6: 50.02
9	Rhys Grant	6: 51.90
10	Abdelkhalek El-Banna	6: 54.94
11	Nils Jakob Hoff	7: 02.66
12	Alan Campbell	DNS

The Briton Alan Campbell did not take part in the finals for medical reasons.

C final

Note: Determination of places 13 to 18

space	boat	Time (min)
13	Dattu Baban Bhokanal	6: 54.96
14th	Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár	6: 57.75
15th	Brian Rosso	6: 58.58
16	memo	6: 59.44
17th	Kim Dong-yong	6: 59.72
18th	Jhonatan Esquivel	7: 13.65

D final

Note: Determination of places 19 to 24

space	boat	Time (min)
19th	Armandas Kelmelis	7: 00.72
20th	Renzo Leon Garcia	7: 02.28
21st	Mohammed Jasim Al-Khafaji	7: 03.73
22nd	Shahboz Xolmirzayev	7: 04.78
23	Sid Ali Boudina	7: 06.64
24	Arturo Rivarola	7: 18.34

E final

Note: Determination of places 25 to 30

space	boat	Time (min)
25th	Andrew Peebles	7: 43.98
26th	Jaruwat Saensuk	7: 49.86
27	Mohamed Taieb	7: 53.36
28	Bryan Sola Zambrano	7: 53.54
29	Jackson Vicent	7: 57.83
30th	Luigi Teilemb	8: 24.67

F-final

Note: Determination of places 31 to 32

space	boat	Time (min)
31	Vladislav Yakovlev	7: 21.61
32	Al-Hussein Gambour	7: 41.77

Web links

• Results on the website of the World Rowing Association
• One (men) on the website www.sports-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Withdrawal of GBR M1x for Medical Reasons. (PDF; 46 kB) In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, August 13, 2016, accessed on August 15, 2016 (English).