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

Men's single sculls
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue River Seine
Dates August 25–26
Competitors 12 from 4 nations
Medalists
  Hermann Barrelet
France
  André Gaudin
France
  Saint George Ashe
Great Britain
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Rowing at the
1900 Summer Olympics
Single sculls men
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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.

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Results

First round

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

First round, heat 1

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

Place Rower Time
1  Saint George Ashe (GBR) 6:38.8
2  Raymond Benoit (FRA) 6:45.4
3  E. Dammann (FRA) 7:13.0

First round, heat 2

Place Rower Time
1  Hermann Barrelet (FRA) 6:38.8
2  André Gaudin (FRA) 6:43.0
3  Lardon (FRA) 6:46.4

First round, heat 3

Place Rower Time
1  Louis Prével (FRA) 6:29.6
2  Robert d'Heilly (FRA) 6:38.8
—  Piaggio (ITA) DNF

First round, heat 4

Place Rower Time
1  Georges Delaporte (FRA) 6:33.8
2  Pierre Ferlin (FRA) 6:46.8
—  Antonia Vela Vivó (ESP) DNF

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.

Place Rower Time
1  Hermann Barrelet (FRA) 8:23.0
2  André Gaudin (FRA) 8:33.4
3  Saint George Ashe (GBR) 8:37.2
4  Raymond Benoit (FRA) Unknown

Semifinal 2

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

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.

Place Rower Time
1  Hermann Barrelet (FRA) 7:35.6
2  André Gaudin (FRA) 7:41.6
3  Saint George Ashe (GBR) 8:15.6
4  Georges d'Heilly (FRA) 8:16.0
—  Louis Prével (FRA) DNF

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