Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's single sculls

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The men's single sculls was a rowing event held as part of the Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Results 2.1 Heats 2.2 Quarterfinals 2.3 Semifinals 2.4 Final 3 References

[edit] Medalists

Gold	William Kinnear (GBR)
Silver	Polydore Veirman (BEL)
Bronze	Everard Butler (CAN)
Bronze	Mihkel Kuusic (RUS)

[edit] Results

[edit] Heats

Kuusic nearly collided with Heinrich in the first heat, leading to a protest that resulted in the heat being re-rowed the next day. Heinrich did not finish the race in the second running of the heat. The final two heats were walkovers.

Heat 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Mihkel Kuusic (RUS)	7:45.2	QQ
2	Alfred Heinrich (AUT)	DNF
Heat 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Martin Stahnke (GER)	8:28.8	QQ
2	Cecil McVilly (AUS)	DQ
Heat 3
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Everard Butler (CAN)	7:45.2	QQ
2	Axel Haglund (FIN)
Heat 4
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	William Kinnear (GBR)	7:44.0	QQ
2	Kurt Hoffman (GER)
Heat 5
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	József Mészáros (HUN)	8:29.0	QQ
2	Ivan Schweiser (BOH)
Heat 6
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Mikael Simonsen (DEN)	8:14.0	QQ
2	Jaroslav Šourek (BOH)	DNF
Heat 7
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Károly Levitsky (HUN)	8:04.0	QQ
Heat 8
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Polydore Veirman (BEL)	7:59.2	QQ

[edit] Quarterfinals

Mészáros crossed in front of Veirman in the first quarterfinal, resulting in a protest and the contest being held over. The second time, Veirman got an early lead and kept it throughout. Simonsen abandoned the competition, giving Butler a walkover in the second quarterfinal. Kuusic won the final quarterfinal by three lengths, despite having been the only quarterfinalist to have already rowed during the day, in his rematch against Heinrich.

Quarterfinal 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Polydore Veirman (BEL)	7:45.2	QS
2	József Mészáros (HUN)
Quarterfinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Everard Butler (CAN)	7:39.9	QS
2	Mikael Simonsen (DEN)	DNS
Quarterfinal 3
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	William Kinnear (GBR)	7:49.9	QS
2	Martin Stahnke (GER)	7:58.8
Quarterfinal 4
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Mihkel Kuusic (RUS)	7:45.0	QS
2	Károly Levitsky (HUN)

[edit] Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Polydore Veirman (BEL)	7:41.0	QF
	Mihkel Kuusic (RUS)
Semifinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	William Kinnear (GBR)	7:37.0	QF
	Everard Butler (CAN)	7:41.0

[edit] Final

Final
Place	Rower	Time
	William Kinnear (GBR)	7:47.3
	Polydore Veirman (BEL)	7:56.0

[edit] References

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 19 January 2007. (Polish)