Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Gold medalist Hermann Barrelet (1911)
VenueSeine
Dates25–26 August
Competitors12 from 3 nations
Winning time7:35.6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hermann Barrelet
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) André Gaudin
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Saint-George Ashe
 Great Britain
Rowing at the
1900 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmen
Coxed pairmen
Coxed fourmen
Eightmen

The single sculls was one of the competitions in the Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. It was held on 25 and 26 August 1900. 12 athletes from 3 nations competed. Four quarterfinals, two semifinals, and a final were held.[1] The event was won by Hermann Barrelet of France; the host nation also took silver with André Gaudin. Saint-George Ashe of Great Britain earned bronze, after interfering with another rower in the quarterfinals and advancing out of the semifinals for unknown reasons after placing third in his heat.

Background

This was the first appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The single sculls has been held every time that rowing has been contested, beginning in 1900.[2]

Great Britain's best sculler, C. V. Fox, entered but withdrew.[3]

Competition format

The tournament featured three rounds: quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were four quarterfinals, each with three boats; the top two in each advanced to the semifinals. The two semifinals each had four boats, with the top two advancing to the final. The final was a four-boat race.[2]

The distance for each race was 1750 metres, rather than the 2000 metres which was becoming standard even at the time (and has been used in the Olympics since 1912, except in 1948).[4]

Schedule
Date Time Round
Saturday, 25 August 19009:00Quarterfinals
Sunday, 26 August 190010:00
16:30		Semifinals
Final

Results

Quarterfinals

The top two rowers in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Ashe went out of his rowing lane, interfering with Benoit. Despite this, he was not disqualified.

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Saint-George Ashe Great Britain6:38.8Q
2Raymond-Benoît France6:45.4Q
3Édouard Dammann France7:13.0

Quarterfinal 2
RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Hermann Barrelet France6:38.8Q
2André Gaudin France6:43.0Q
3Lardon France6:46.4

Quarterfinal 3
RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Louis Prével France6:29.6Q
2Robert d'Heilly France6:38.8Q
—Maxime Piaggio FranceDNF

Quarterfinal 4
RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Charles Delaporte France6:33.8Q
2Pierre Ferlin France6:46.8Q
—Antonio Vela SpainDNF

Semifinals

The top two rowers in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

For unknown reasons, Ashe protested the result of this semifinal. Barrelet and Gaudin objected and refused to race if Ashe were advanced, but eventually relented. The final therefore included five rowers instead of the planned four.

RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Hermann Barrelet France8:23.0Q
2André Gaudin France8:33.4Q
3Saint-George Ashe Great Britain8:37.2q
4Raymond-Benoît FranceUnknown

Semifinal 2
RankRowerNationTimeNotes
1Louis Prével France8:36.4Q
2Robert d'Heilly France8:45.0Q
3Charles Delaporte France9:25.2
4Pierre Ferlin FranceUnknown

Final

Yet another protest marred the single sculls competition in the final, as Prével complained of being interfered with after falling in the water and dropping out of the race; his protest was rejected. Barrelet and Gaudin, who had placed first and second in both the preliminary round and the semifinal, did so once again in the final. Ashe took the bronze medal, with d'Heilly close behind him.

RankRowerNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Hermann Barrelet France7:35.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)André Gaudin France7:41.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Saint-George Ashe Great Britain8:15.6
4Robert d'Heilly France8:16.0
—Louis Prével FranceDNF

Results summary
RankRowerNationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1st place, gold medalist(s)Hermann Barrelet France6:38.88:23.07:35.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)André Gaudin France6:43.08:33.47:41.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Saint-George Ashe Great Britain6:38.88:37.28:15.6
4Robert d'Heilly France6:38.88:45.08:16.0
5Louis Prével France6:29.68:36.4DNF
6Charles Delaporte France6:33.89:25.2Did not advance
7Pierre Ferlin France6:46.8Unknown
Raymond-Benoît France6:45.4Unknown
9Lardon France6:46.4Did not advance
10Édouard Dammann France7:13.0
—Maxime Piaggio FranceDNF
Antonio Vela SpainDNF

References
  1. "Rowing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. "Single Sculls, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. "Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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