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

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The single sculls was one of the competitions in the Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. It was held on 25 August and 26 August 1900. 12 athletes from 4 nations competed. Four preliminary heats, two semifinals, and a final were held.

1 Medallists
2 Results
3 References

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hermann Barrelet France	André Gaudin France	George Saint Ashe Great Britain

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

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

[edit] First round, heat 1

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

Place	Rower	Nation	Time
1	George Saint Ashe	Great Britain	6:38.8
2	Raymond Benoit	France	6:45.4
3	E. Dammann	France	7:13.0

[edit] First round, heat 2

Place	Rower	Nation	Time
1	Hermann Barrelet	France	6:38.8
2	André Gaudin	France	6:43.0
3	Lardon	France	6:46.4

[edit] First round, heat 3

Place	Rower	Nation	Time
1	Louis Prével	France	6:29.6
2	Robert d'Heilly	France	6:38.8
—	Piaggio	Italy	Did not finish

[edit] First round, heat 4

Place	Rower	Nation	Time
1	Georges Delaporte	France	6:33.8
2	Pierre Ferlin	France	6:46.8
—	Antonia Vela Vivó	Spain	Did not finish

[edit] Semifinals

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

[edit] 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.

Place	Rower	Nation	Time
1	Hermann Barrelet	France	8:23.0
2	André Gaudin	France	8:33.4
3	George Saint Ashe	Great Britain	8:37.2
4	Raymond Benoit	France	Unknown

[edit] Semifinal 2

Place	Rower	Nation	Time
1	Louis Prével	France	8:36.4
2	Robert d'Heilly	France	8:45.0
3	Georges Delaporte	France	9:25.2
4	Pierre Ferlin	France	Unknown

[edit] Final

Yet another protest marred the single sculls competition in the final. Prével complained of being interfered with after falling in the water and dropping out of the race. His protest was not effective. 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.

Place	Rower	Nation	Time
1	Hermann Barrelet	France	7:35.6
2	André Gaudin	France	7:41.6
3	George Saint Ashe	Great Britain	8:15.6
4	Georges d'Heilly	France	8:16.0
—	Louis Prével	France	Did not finish

[edit] References

International Olympic Committee medal winners database
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Rowing 1900". Accessed 26 February 2006. Available electronically at [1].
Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.