# Diamond Challenge Sculls

The Diamond Challenge Sculls is a rowing event for men's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. First run in 1844, it is open to male scullers from all eligible rowing clubs.
The Diamond Challenge Sculls, the Wingfield Sculls and the London Cup in the Metropolitan Regatta make up the "Triple Crown" of the three premier single sculling events in the United Kingdom.

## Past winners

| Year | Winner | Club | Runner-up | Club |
| 1844 | Thomas Bumpsted | Scullers Club, London | H Morgan | Christ Church, Ox |
| 1845 | S Wallace | Leander Club | J W Conant | St. John's College, Ox |
| 1846 | Sir Edward Moon | Magdalen College, Oxford | Thomas Howard Fellows | Leander Club |
| 1847 | William Maule | Trinity College, Cm | Edward Moon | Magdalen College, Ox |
| 1848 | William Bagshawe | Trinity College, Cm | W Wilberforce | Oxford University BC |
| 1849 | Thomas Bone | London | C S Bagot | Trinity College, Cm |
| 1850 | Thomas Bone | Meteor Club, London | John Erskine Clarke | Wadham College |
| 1851 | Edward Gryffydh Peacock | Thames Club | Edward Macnaghten | Trinity College, Cm |
| 1852 | Edward Macnaghten | Trinity College, Cm | Edward Gryffydh Peacock | London |
| 1853 | Stephen Rippingall | Peterhouse, Cm | Martin Howy Irving | Balliol College, Ox |
| 1854 | Herbert Playford | Wandle Club, London | R C Galton | Trinity College, Cm |
| 1855 | A. A. Casamajor | Wandle Club, London | Herbert Playford | Wandle Club |
| 1856 | A. A. Casamajor | Argonaut Club, London | C Stephens | Caversham BC |
| 1857 | A. A. Casamajor | London RC | James Paine | London RC |
| 1858 | A. A. Casamajor | London RC | rowed over | n/a |
| 1859 | Edwin Brickwood | Richmond RC | R Beaumont | Third Trinity, Cm |
| 1860 | Herbert Playford | London RC | Edwin Brickwood | London |
| 1861 | A. A. Casamajor | London RC | Edwin Brickwood | London |
| 1862 | Edwin Brickwood | London RC | Walter Bradford Woodgate | Brasenose College, Ox |
| 1863 | Charles Bennett Lawes | Third Trinity, Cm | Edwin Brickwood | London |
| 1864 | Walter Bradford Woodgate | Brasenose College, Ox | Edward Michell | Magdalen College, Ox |
| 1865 | Edward Michell | Magdalen College, Ox | Charles Bennett Lawes | Third Trinity, Cm |
| 1866 | Edward Michell | Magdalen College, Ox | Walter Bradford Woodgate | Kingston RC |
| 1867 | William Crofts | Brasenose College, Ox | Frank Willan | Exeter College, Ox |
| 1868 | William Stout | London Rowing Club | William Crofts | Brasenose College, Ox |
| 1869 | William Crofts | Brasenose College, Oxford | A C Yarborough | Lincoln College, Ox |
| 1870 | John Brooks Close | First Trinity, Cm | R J Waldie-Griffith | Jesus College, Cm |
| 1871 | William Fawcus | Tynemouth RC | John Goldie | Lady Margaret BC, Cm |
| 1872 | Clement Courtenay Knollys | Magdalen College, Ox | C H Lawton | York |
| 1873 | Alfred Dicker | Lady Margaret, Cm | W Chillingworth | Twickenham RC |
| 1874 | Alfred Dicker | Lady Margaret, Cm | William Fawcus | Tynemouth RC |
| 1875 | Alfred Dicker | Lady Margaret, Cm | William Brooks Close | Cambridge |
| 1876 | Frank Lumley Playford | London RC | Robert Labat | London RC |
| 1877 | Tom Edwards-Moss | Brasenose College, Ox | A V Frere | Kingston RC |
| 1878 | Tom Edwards-Moss | Brasenose College, Ox | Jefferson Lowndes | Hertford College, Ox |
| 1879 | Jefferson Lowndes | Hertford College, Ox | Frank Lumley Playford | London RC |
| 1880 | Jefferson Lowndes | Derby School RC | C E Adam | Oxford |
| 1881 | Jefferson Lowndes | Derby School RC | Achilles Wild | Frankfurt, GER |
| 1882 | Jefferson Lowndes | Derby School RC | Alexandre Lein | Paris, FRA |
| 1883 | Jefferson Lowndes | Twickenham RC | Achilles Wild | Frankfurt, GER |
| 1884 | William Sully Unwin | Magdalen College, Ox | R H Smith | Thames RC |
| 1885 | William Sully Unwin | Magdalen College, Ox | Frederick I Pitman | Third Trinity, Cm |
| 1886 | Frederick Pitman | Third Trinity, Cm | William Sully Unwin | Magdalen College, Ox |
| 1887 | James Cardwell Gardner | Emmanuel College, Cm | Guy Nickalls | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| 1888 | Guy Nickalls | Magdalen College, Ox | E Doering | F Hammonia BC, GER |
| 1889 | Guy Nickalls | Magdalen College, Ox | Charles J Psotta | New York AC, USA |
| 1890 | Guy Nickalls | Magdalen College, Ox | Gilbert Kennedy | Kingston RC |
| 1891 | Vivian Nickalls | Magdalen College, Ox | rowed over | n/a |
| 1892 | Janus Ooms | Neptune RC, NED | S M Boyd | Trinity College, Dublin, IRE |
| 1893 | Guy Nickalls | Magdalen College, Ox | Gilbert Kennedy | Kingston RC |
| 1894 | Guy Nickalls | Formosa BC | Vivian Nickalls | Magdalen College, Ox |
| 1895 | Rupert Guinness | Leander Club | Guy Nickalls | London RC |
| 1896 | Rupert Guinness | Leander Club | Rupert Kendall Beaumont | Burton-On-Trent RC |
| 1897 | Edward Ten Eyck | Wachusett, USA | Harry Blackstaffe | Vesta RC |
| 1898 | Benjamin Hunting Howell | Trinity Hall, Cm | Harry Blackstaffe | Vesta RC |
| 1899 | Benjamin Hunting Howell | Thames RC | Harry Blackstaffe | Vesta RC |
| 1900 | Edward Hemmerde | University College, Ox | Benjamin Hunting Howell | Thames RC |
| 1901 | Charles Vincent Fox | Guards Brigade RC | St G Ashe | Thames RC |
| 1902 | Frederick Septimus Kelly | Balliol College, Ox | Raymond Etherington-Smith | Leander Club |
| 1903 | Frederick Septimus Kelly | Leander Club | Jack Beresford | Kennsington RC |
| 1904 | Lou Scholes | Toronto RC, CAN | Arthur Cloutte | London RC |
| 1905 | Frederick Septimus Kelly | Leander Club | Harry Blackstaffe | Vesta RC |
| 1906 | Harry Blackstaffe | Vesta RC | William Darell | Household Brigade |
| 1907 | William Darell | Household Brigade | Alexander McCulloch | University College, Ox |
| 1908 | Alexander McCulloch | Leander Club | Athol Alexander Stuart | Kingston RC |
| 1909 | Athol Alexander Stuart | Kingston RC | Rudolph Lucas | Mainz RC, GER |
| 1910 | Wally Kinnear | Kensington RC | Rudolph Lucas | Mainz RC, GER |
| 1911 | Wally Kinnear | Kensington RC | Eric Powell | Vikings Club |
| 1912 | Eric Powell | Vikings Club | Alexander McCulloch | Leander Club |
| 1913 | Cecil McVilly | Derwent RC, AUS | Edward Dennis P Pinks | London RC |
| 1914 | Giuseppe Sinigaglia | Lario Club, Como, ITA | Colin M Stuart | Trinity Hall, Cm |
| No races 1915–1919 (WWI) ||||||

### 1920 to 1939

| Year | Winner | Club | Runner-up | Club |
| 1920 | Jack Beresford | Thames RC | Donald Gollan | First Trinity, Cm |
| 1921 | Frits Eijken | Delft Univ, Laga, NED | Jack Beresford | Thames RC |
| 1922 | Walter Hoover | Duluth, Minnesota, USA | Jack Beresford | Thames RC |
| 1923 | Morris Keele Morris | London RC | Donald Gollan | Leander Club |
| 1924 | Jack Beresford | Thames RC | Keith Neville Craig | Pembroke College, Cm |
| 1925 | Jack Beresford | Thames RC | Donald Gollan | Leander Club |
| 1926 | Jack Beresford | Thames RC | Geoffrey Egbert G Goddard | Jesus College, Cm |
| 1927 | R T Lee | Worcester College, Ox | Joseph Wright Jr. | Argonaut RC, CAN |
| 1928 | Joseph Wright Jr. | Argonaut RC, CAN | R T Lee | Worcester College, Oxford |
| 1929 | Bert Gunther | De Amstel, NED | Joseph Wright Jr. | Argonaut RC, CAN |
| 1930 | Jack Guest | Don Rowing Club, CAN | Gerhard Boetzelen | Berliner RC, GER |
| 1931 | Bobby Pearce | Leander BC, Hamilton, CAN | Fred Bradley | Pembroke College, Cm |
| 1932 | Herbert Buhtz | Berliner RC, GER | Gerhard Boetzelen | Berliner RC, GER |
| 1933 | Tom Askwith | Peterhouse, Cm | Humphrey Warren | Trinity Hall, Cm |
| 1934 | Herbert Buhtz | Berliner RC, GER | Winthrop Rutherford | Princeton University, USA |
| 1935 | Ernst Rufli | FC Zurich RC, SWI | Jiří Zavřel | Veslařský Klub, CZE |
| 1936 | Ernst Rufli | FC Zurich RC, SWI | Thomas Harold Tyler | Thames RC |
| 1937 | Josef Hasenöhrl | RV Ellida, AUT | John Francis Coulson | Argonaut RC, CAN |
| 1938 | Joe Burk | Penn AC, USA | Len D Habbitts | Reading RC |
| 1939 | Joe Burk | Penn AC, USA | Roger Verey | Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy, POL |
| No races 1940–1945 (WWII) ||||||

### 1946 to 1999

| Year | Winner | Club | Runner-up | Club |
| 1946 | Jean Séphériadès | SN Basse Seine, FRA | John B. Kelly Jr. | US Navy, USA |
| 1947 | John B. Kelly Jr. | University of Penn, USA | Carl H Fronsdal | Bergens Roklubb, NOR |
| 1948 | Mervyn Wood | NSW Police RC, AUS | Bert Bushnell | Maidenhead RC |
| 1949 | John B. Kelly Jr. | University of Penn, USA | Jack H Trinsey | Notre Dame Club of Phila, USA |
| 1950 | Antony Rowe | Leander Club | Rob van Mesdag | Trinity College, Dublin |
| 1951 | Tony Fox | Pembroke College, Cm | Erik Larsen | Koge Roklubb, DEN |
| 1952 | Mervyn Wood | Sydney Rowing Club, AUS | Tony Fox | London Rowing Club |
| 1953 | Tony Fox | London Rowing Club | Robert George | Union Nautique de Liege, BEL |
| 1954 | Perica Vlašić | Mornar Club, YUG | Alain Colomb | Aviron Romand, SWI |
| 1955 | Teodor Kocerka | AZS Bydgoszsz, POL | Sidney Rand | Royal Air Force |
| 1956 | Teodor Kocerka | AZS Bydgoszsz, POL | Tony Fox | London Rowing Club |
| 1957 | Stuart Mackenzie | Sydney RC, AUS | Vyacheslav Ivanov | Krasnoe Znamia, USSR |
| 1958 | Stuart Mackenzie | Sydney RC, AUS | Vyacheslav Ivanov | Central Army Club, USSR |
| 1959 | Stuart Mackenzie | Sydney RC, AUS | Harry Parker | Vesper BC, USA |
| 1960 | Stuart Mackenzie | Leander Club | Teodor Kocerka | AZS Szczecin, POL |
| 1961 | Stuart Mackenzie | Mosman RC, AUS | Oleg Tyurin | Trud Club, Leningrad |
| 1962 | Stuart Mackenzie | Leander Club | William L. Barry | Quintin BC |
| 1963 | Gottfried Kottmann | Belvoir RC, SWI | William L. Barry | Quintin BC |
| 1964 | Seymour Cromwell | Nonpareil RC, USA | Alberto Demiddi | Club de Regatas Rosario, ARG |
| 1965 | Donald Spero | NY AC, USA | Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh | Bristol RC |
| 1966 | Achim Hill | BSGM Baumschuleneweg, GDR | Jan Wienese | Roei en Zeilverenging de Amstel |
| 1967 | Martin Studach | Grasshopper Club Zürich, SWI | Jochen Meißner | Mannheimer Rv Amiciitia Von 1876 |
| 1968 | Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh | Eton Vikings | Kenny Dwan | Poplar, Blackwall & District RC |
| 1969 | Joachim Böhmer | SC Dynamo Berlin, GER | William B Tytus | Seattle Tennis Club |
| 1970 | Jochen Meißner | Mannheimer RV Amicitia, GER | Patrick Delafield | Tideway Scullers' School |
| 1971 | Alberto Demiddi | Club de Regatas Rosario, ARG | Jim Dietz | New York AC, USA |
| 1972 | Aleksandr Timoshinin | WMF Moscow, USSR | Seán Drea | Vesper BC, USA |
| 1973 | Seán Drea | Neptune Rowing Club, IRE | David Sturge | Lady Margaret BC |
| 1974 | Seán Drea | Neptune RC, IRE | Kenny Dwan | Poplar, Blackwall & District RC |
| 1975 | Seán Drea | Neptune RC, IRE | Jim Dietz | New York AC |
| 1976 | Ted Hale | Sydney Rowing Club, AUS | Peter Zeun | Peterborough City RC |
| 1977 | Tim Crooks | Leander Club | Jim Dietz | New York AC |
| 1978 | Tim Crooks | Leander Club | Hugh Matheson | Thames Tradesmen's RC |
| 1979 | Hugh Matheson | Nottingham Rowing Club | Johan Ghoos | Antwerpse RV, BEL |
| 1980 | Ricardo Ibarra | Mar del Plata, ARG | Rolf Thorsen | Horten Roklubb, NOR |
| 1981 | Chris Baillieu | Leander Club | Chris Howell | University of London RC |
| 1982 | Chris Baillieu | Leander Club | Allan Whitwell | Thames Tradesmen's RC |
| 1983 | Steve Redgrave | Marlow Rowing Club | Tim Crooks | Kingston RC |
| 1984 | Chris Baillieu | Leander Club | Bjarne Eltang | Danske SR, DEN |
| 1985 | Steve Redgrave | Marlow Rowing Club | Brad Alan Lewis | Dirty Dozen RC, USA |
| 1986 | Bjarne Eltang | Danske Stud RK, DEN | Steve Redgrave | Marlow Rowing Club |
| 1987 | Peter-Michael Kolbe | RC Hamburg, GER | Vasil Yakusha | Soviet Army, USSR |
| 1988 | Hamish McGlashan | Melbourne University BC | Andrew Sudduth | Harvard University, USA |
| 1989 | Václav Chalupa | Dukla Praha, CZE | Kajetan Broniewski | AZS-AWF Warszawa, POL |
| 1990 | Eric Verdonk | Koru RC, NZL | Wim Van Belleghem | Bruges Trimm-en, BEL |
| 1991 | Wim Van Belleghem | Royal Club Nautique de Gand, BEL | Eric Verdonk | Koru RC, NZL |
| 1992 | Rorie Henderson | Leander Club | Paul Reedy | Melbourne University BC |
| 1993 | Thomas Lange | Ruderverein Bollberg-Halle, GER | Václav Chalupa | Dukla Praha, CZE |
| 1994 | Xeno Müller | Grasshopper Club Zurich, SWI | Martin Haldbo Hansen | Denmark Rocenter |
| 1995 | Jüri Jaanson | Parnu Rowing Club, EST | Xeno Müller | Grasshopper Club, Zurich |
| 1996 | Merlin L. O. Vervoorn | DSR Proteus-Eretes, Delft, NED | Andy. R Bihrer | Grasshopper Club, Zurich |
| 1997 | Greg Searle | Molesey Boat Club | Peter Haining | Auriol Kensington RC |
| 1998 | Jamie Koven | Brown Alumni, USA | Greg Searle | Molesey Boat Club |
| 1999 | Marcel Hacker | RC Magdeburg, GER | Jamie Koven | Riverside Boat Club, USA |

### 2000 onwards

| Year | Winner | Club | Runner-up | Club |
| 2000 | Aquil Abdullah | Princeton Training Center, USA | Simon D. Goodbrand | Rob Roy Boat Club |
| 2001 | Duncan Free | Surfers Paradise RC, AUS | Todd Hallett | Amateur AC, CAN |
| 2002 | Pete Wells | University of London | Matt Langridge | Leander Club |
| 2003 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | Ben P. Hopkins | Vurtin Univ, AUS |
| 2004 | Marcel Hacker | Casseler Fraven Ruderverein, GER | Colin Smith | Oxford University |
| 2005 | Wyatt Allen | Princeton Training Center, USA | Charlie M. Palmer | Cantabrigian RC |
| 2006 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Charlie M. Palmer | Cambridge University |
| 2007 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL |
| 2008 | Ian Lawson | Leander Club | Sean M Jacob | Old Collegians BC, IRE |
| 2009 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School |
| 2010 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Lassi Karonen | Brudpiga Roddklubb, SWE |
| 2011 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | Nick Hudson | Australian Institute of Sport |
| 2012 | Peter Lambert | Old Edwardian BC, RSA | Graeme Thomas | Agecroft RC |
| 2013 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Kur Club, Azerbaijan | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School |
| 2014 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Roel Braas | Hollandia Roeiclub, NED |
| 2015 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Gabor Csepregi | Danubius Nemzeti Hajos Egylet, HUN |
| 2016 | Hannes Obreno | Brugse Trim en RC, BEL | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL |
| 2017 | Matthew Dunham | Waiariki RC NZL | John Graves | Craftsbury Sculling Center, USA. |
| 2018 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Kjetil Borch | Horten Roklubb, NOR |
| 2019 | Oliver Zeidler | Donau-Ruder-Club, GER | Guillaume Krommenhoek | Hollandia Roeiclub, NED |
| 2020 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Graeme Thomas | Agecroft Rowing Club | Sebastian Devereux | Leander Club |
| 2022 | Oliver Zeidler | Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 | David Bartholot | Rowing Australia |
| 2023 | Oliver Zeidler | Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 | Piotr Płomiński | WTW Warszawa, POL |
| 2024 | Oliver Zeidler | Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 | James Plihal | Craftsbury Green Racing Project, USA. |