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Men’s Single sculls
Held at 28 Games, 1900–2024. Most golds: Soviet Union (5). Most medals: Vyacheslav Ivanov (3). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals86
Delegations30on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Oliver Zeidler Germany | Yauheni Zalaty Individual Neutral Athletes | Simon van Dorp Netherlands |
| 2020 Tokyo | Stefanos Ntouskos Greece | Kjetil Borch Norway | Damir Martin Croatia |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Mahé Drysdale New Zealand | Damir Martin Croatia | Ondřej Synek Czechia |
| 2012 London | Mahé Drysdale New Zealand | Ondřej Synek Czechia | Alan Campbell Great Britain |
| 2008 Beijing | Olaf Tufte Norway | Ondřej Synek Czechia | Mahé Drysdale New Zealand |
| 2004 Athens | Olaf Tufte Norway | Jüri Jaanson Estonia | Ivo Yanakiev Bulgaria |
| 2000 Sydney | Rob Waddell New Zealand | Xeno Müller Switzerland | Marcel Hacker Germany |
| 1996 Atlanta | Xeno Müller Switzerland | Derek Porter Canada | Thomas Lange Germany |
| 1992 Barcelona | Thomas Lange Germany | Václav Chalupa Czechoslovakia | Kajetan Broniewski Poland |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Pertti Karppinen Finland | Peter-Michael Kolbe West Germany | Robert Mills Canada |
| 1980 Moscow | Pertti Karppinen Finland | Vasil Yakusha Soviet Union | Peter Kersten East Germany |
| 1976 Montreal | Pertti Karppinen Finland | Peter-Michael Kolbe West Germany | Joachim Dreifke East Germany |
| 1972 Munich | Yury Malyshev Soviet Union | Alberto Demiddi Argentina | Wolfgang Güldenpfennig East Germany |
| 1968 Mexico City | Jan Wienese Netherlands | Jochen Meißner West Germany | Alberto Demiddi Argentina |
| 1964 Tokyo | Vyacheslav Ivanov Soviet Union | Achim Hill United Team of Germany | Gottfried Kottmann Switzerland |
| 1960 Rome | Vyacheslav Ivanov Soviet Union | Achim Hill United Team of Germany | Teodor Kocerka Poland |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Vyacheslav Ivanov Soviet Union | Stuart Mackenzie Australia | John B. Kelly Jr. United States |
| 1952 Helsinki | Yuriy Tyukalov Soviet Union | Mervyn Wood Australia | Teodor Kocerka Poland |
| 1948 London | Merv Wood Australia | Eduardo Risso Uruguay | Romolo Catasta Italy |
| 1936 Berlin | Gustav Schäfer Germany | Josef Hasenöhrl Austria | Dan Barrow United States |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Bobby Pearce Australia | William Miller United States | Guillermo Douglas Uruguay |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Bobby Pearce Australia | Ken Myers United States | David Collet Great Britain |
| 1924 Paris | Jack Beresford Great Britain | William Gilmore United States | Josef Schneider Switzerland |
| 1920 Antwerp | John B. Kelly Sr. United States | Jack Beresford Great Britain | Darcy Hadfield New Zealand |
| 1912 Stockholm | Wally Kinnear Great Britain | Polydore Veirman Belgium | Everard Butler Canada / Mart Kuusik Russian Empire |
| 1908 London | Harry Blackstaffe Great Britain | Alexander McCulloch Great Britain | Bernhard von Gaza Germany / Károly Levitzky Hungary |
| 1904 St. Louis | Frank Greer United States | James Juvenal United States | Constance Titus United States |
| 1900 Paris | Hermann Barrelet France | André Gaudin France | Saint-George Ashe Great Britain |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | United States | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Most medals
| Athlete | Gold | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Vyacheslav Ivanov | 3 | 3 |
| Pertti Karppinen | 3 | 3 |
| Mahé Drysdale | 2 | 3 |
| Bobby Pearce | 2 | 2 |
| Olaf Tufte | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Beresford | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Lange | 1 | 2 |
| Xeno Müller | 1 | 2 |
| Hermann Barrelet | 1 | 1 |
| Frank Greer | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Blackstaffe | 1 | 1 |
| Wally Kinnear | 1 | 1 |