# 2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls

The men's single sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue. A top-nine finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday 25 August 2019 | 16:57 | Heats |
| Monday 26 August 2019 | 15:40 | Repechages |
| Wednesday 28 August 2019 | 13:17 | Quarterfinals AD |
| Wednesday 28 August 2019 | 16:04 | Quarterfinals EH |
| Thursday 29 August 2019 | 15:20 | Semifinals G/H |
| Thursday 29 August 2019 | 15:40 | Semifinals E/F |
| Thursday 29 August 2019 | 16:10 | Semifinals C/D |
| Friday 30 August 2019 | 12:20 | Semifinals A/B |
| Saturday 31 August 2019 | 09:18 | Final H |
| Saturday 31 August 2019 | 09:23 | Final G |
| Saturday 31 August 2019 | 09:28 | Final F |
| Saturday 31 August 2019 | 09:33 | Final E |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 10:30 | Final D |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 11:06 | Final C |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 12:30 | Final B |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 14:46 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the AD quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefanos Douskos | Greece | 7:05.55 | QAD |
| 2 | Tom Barras | Great Britain | 7:08.69 | QAD |
| 3 | Thibaut Verhoeven | France | 7:12.85 | R |
| 4 | Ángel Fournier | Cuba | 7:19.78 | R |
| 5 | Prem Nampratueng | Thailand | 7:38.24 | R |
| 6 | Javier Insfrán | Paraguay | 7:52.20 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stef Broenink | Netherlands | 7:02.43 | QAD |
| 2 | Simone Martini | Italy | 7:06.75 | QAD |
| 3 | Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 7:15.15 | R |
| 4 | Lukas Reim | Austria | 7:17.40 | R |
| 5 | Kevin Meador | United States | 7:31.46 | R |
| 6 | Jordi Jofre | Spain | 7:38.11 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kjetil Borch | Norway | 6:59.25 | QAD |
| 2 | Nico Stahlberg | Switzerland | 7:03.24 | QAD |
| 3 | Juan Carlos Cabrera | Mexico | 7:18.58 | R |
| 4 | Vladislav Yakovlev | Kazakhstan | 7:20.80 | R |
| 5 | Rohit Kumar | India | 7:23.90 | R |
| 6 | Dara Alizadeh | Bermuda | 7:36.65 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandar Filipović | Serbia | 7:04.15 | QAD |
| 2 | Pilip Pavukou | Belarus | 7:06.97 | QAD |
| 3 | Robert Ven | Finland | 7:08.90 | R |
| 4 | Mihai Chiruţă | Romania | 7:09.20 | R |
| 5 | Kim Dong-yong | South Korea | 7:23.61 | R |
| 6 | Privel Hinkati | Benin | 7:48.32 | R |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oliver Zeidler | Germany | 7:02.66 | QAD |
| 2 | Robbie Manson | New Zealand | 7:13.51 | QAD |
| 3 | Shakhboz Kholmurzaev | Uzbekistan | 7:20.64 | R |
| 4 | Quentin Antognelli | Monaco | 7:34.23 | R |
| 5 | Andrei Jämsä | Estonia | 7:44.53 | R |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk | Poland | 7:05.79 | QAD |
| 2 | Damir Martin | Croatia | 7:11.05 | QAD |
| 3 | Onat Kazakli | Turkey | 7:13.40 | R |
| 4 | Dani Fridman | Israel | 7:21.65 | R |
| 5 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Azerbaijan | 7:24.36 | R |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sverri Sandberg Nielsen | Denmark | 7:04.68 | QAD |
| 2 | Anders Backeus | Sweden | 7:14.13 | QAD |
| 3 | Lukáš Babač | Slovakia | 7:40.38 | R |
| 4 | Rio Rii | Vanuatu | 7:57.32 | R |
| 5 | Ahmad Al Hammadi | United Arab Emirates | 8:29.64 | R |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ondřej Synek | Czech Republic | 7:00.29 | QAD |
| 2 | Mindaugas Griškonis | Lithuania | 7:02.32 | QAD |
| 3 | Abdelkhalek El-Banna | Egypt | 7:17.27 | R |
| 4 | Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár | Hungary | 7:28.49 | R |
| 5 | Joseph Purman | Puerto Rico | 7:30.85 | R |

### Repechages

Repechage winners advanced to the AD quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the EH quarterfinals.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kevin Meador | United States | 7:21.53 | QAD |
| 2 | Robert Ven | Finland | 7:26.64 | QEH |
| 3 | Javier Insfrán | Paraguay | 7:28.37 | QEH |
| 4 | Vladislav Yakovlev | Kazakhstan | 7:29.86 | QEH |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mihai Chiruţă | Romania | 7:12.16 | QAD |
| 2 | Jordi Jofre | Spain | 7:17.92 | QEH |
| 3 | Shakhboz Kholmurzaev | Uzbekistan | 7:25.99 | QEH |
| 4 | Rohit Kumar | India | 7:35.43 | QEH |

#### Repechage 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Onat Kazaklı | Turkey | 7:21.68 | QAD |
| 2 | Quentin Antognelli | Monaco | 7:31.42 | QEH |
| 3 | Kim Dong-yong | South Korea | 7:33.90 | QEH |
| 4 | Dara Alizadeh | Bermuda | 7:47.91 | QEH |

#### Repechage 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dani Fridman | Israel | 7:32.93 | QAD |
| 2 | Lukáš Babač | Slovakia | 7:41.98 | QEH |
| 3 | Andrei Jämsä | Estonia | 7:52.45 | QEH |
| 4 | Privel Hinkati | Benin | 8:04.38 | QEH |

#### Repechage 5

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Azerbaijan | 7:26.58 | QAD |
| 2 | Abdelkhalek El-Banna | Egypt | 7:37.83 | QEH |
| 3 | Rillio Rii | Vanuatu | 8:09.15 | QEH |

#### Repechage 6

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thibaut Verhoeven | France | 7:18.31 | QAD |
| 2 | Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár | Hungary | 7:36.74 | QEH |
| 3 | Ahmad Al Hammadi | United Arab Emirates | 8:36.45 | QEH |

#### Repechage 7

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 7:19.61 | QAD |
| 2 | Ángel Fournier | Cuba | 7:25.49 | QEH |
| 3 | Joseph Purman | Puerto Rico | 7:37.51 | QEH |

#### Repechage 8

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Juan Carlos Cabrera | Mexico | 7:21.27 | QAD |
| 2 | Lukas Reim | Austria | 7:21.29 | QEH |
| 3 | Prem Nampratueng | Thailand | 7:39.21 | QEH |

### Quarterfinals EH

The three fastest boats in each quarter were sent to the E/F semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the G/H semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jordi Jofre | Spain | 7:10.98 | SE/F |
| 2 | Vladislav Yakovlev | Kazakhstan | 7:12.77 | SE/F |
| 3 | Quentin Antognelli | Monaco | 7:26.00 | SE/F |
| 4 | Andrei Jämsä | Estonia | 7:56.10 | SG/H |
| 5 | Ahmad Al Hammadi | United Arab Emirates | 8:17.19 | SG/H |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Abdelkhalek El-Banna | Egypt | 7:04.92 | SE/F |
| 2 | Prem Nampratueng | Thailand | 7:10.40 | SE/F |
| 3 | Joseph Purman | Puerto Rico | 7:12.44 | SE/F |
| 4 | Rohit Kumar | India | 7:13.85 | SG/H |
| 5 | Lukáš Babač | Slovakia | 7:38.73 | SG/H |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lukas Reim | Austria | 7:07.03 | SE/F |
| 2 | Shakhboz Kholmurzaev | Uzbekistan | 7:08.64 | SE/F |
| 3 | Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár | Hungary | 7:11.08 | SE/F |
| 4 | Javier Insfrán | Paraguay | 7:14.23 | SG/H |
| 5 | Dara Alizadeh | Bermuda | 7:24.04 | SG/H |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ángel Fournier | Cuba | 7:02.08 | SE/F |
| 2 | Robert Ven | Finland | 7:04.56 | SE/F |
| 3 | Kim Dong-yong | South Korea | 7:12.17 | SE/F |
| 4 | Privel Hinkati | Benin | 7:36.20 | SG/H |
| 5 | Rio Rii | Vanuatu | 7:46.93 | SG/H |

### Quarterfinals AD

The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stef Broenink | Netherlands | 6:48.75 | SA/B |
| 2 | Stefanos Douskos | Greece | 6:51.81 | SA/B |
| 3 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Azerbaijan | 6:52.22 | SA/B |
| 4 | Nico Stahlberg | Switzerland | 6:54.98 | SC/D |
| 5 | Pilip Pavukou | Belarus | 6:55.88 | SC/D |
| 6 | Thibaut Verhoeven | France | 7:00.76 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kjetil Borch | Norway | 6:49.40 | SA/B |
| 2 | Robbie Manson | New Zealand | 6:51.39 | SA/B |
| 3 | Damir Martin | Croatia | 6:54.05 | SA/B |
| 4 | Juan Carlos Cabrera | Mexico | 6:56.55 | SC/D |
| 5 | Kevin Meador | United States | 7:02.59 | SC/D |
| 6 | Aleksandar Filipović | Serbia | 7:02.72 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oliver Zeidler | Germany | 6:49.07 | SA/B |
| 2 | Mindaugas Griškonis | Lithuania | 6:50.59 | SA/B |
| 3 | Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk | Poland | 6:55.51 | SA/B |
| 4 | Onat Kazaklı | Turkey | 6:58.76 | SC/D |
| 5 | Anders Backeus | Sweden | 7:04.06 | SC/D |
| 6 | Mihai Chiruţă | Romania | 7:10.52 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ondřej Synek | Czech Republic | 6:48.43 | SA/B |
| 2 | Sverri Sandberg Nielsen | Denmark | 6:48.96 | SA/B |
| 3 | Simone Martini | Italy | 6:51.45 | SA/B |
| 4 | Tom Barras | Great Britain | 6:53.13 | SC/D |
| 5 | Dani Fridman | Israel | 7:01.08 | SC/D |
| 6 | Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 7:11.60 | SC/D |

### Semifinals G/H

The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the G final. The remaining boats were sent to the H final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Javier Insfrán | Paraguay | 7:13.94 | FG |
| 2 | Lukáš Babač | Slovakia | 7:21.96 | FG |
| 3 | Andrei Jämsä | Estonia | 7:29.17 | FG |
| 4 | Rio Rii | Vanuatu | 7:33.02 | FH |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rohit Kumar | India | 7:12.70 | FG |
| 2 | Dara Alizadeh | Bermuda | 7:23.82 | FG |
| 3 | Privel Hinkati | Benin | 7:25.87 | FG |
| 4 | Ahmad Al Hammadi | United Arab Emirates | 8:00.78 | FH |

### Semifinals E/F

The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the E final. The remaining boats were sent to the F final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lukas Reim | Austria | 6:54.91 | FE |
| 2 | Jordi Jofre | Spain | 6:55.01 | FE |
| 3 | Robert Ven | Finland | 6:56.64 | FE |
| 4 | Kim Dong-yong | South Korea | 6:59.42 | FF |
| 5 | Quentin Antognelli | Monaco | 7:05.74 | FF |
| 6 | Prem Nampratueng | Thailand | 7:14.85 | FF |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vladislav Yakovlev | Kazakhstan | 6:58.10 | FE |
| 2 | Abdelkhalek El-Banna | Egypt | 6:58.54 | FE |
| 3 | Ángel Fournier | Cuba | 7:04.18 | FE |
| 4 | Shakhboz Kholmurzaev | Uzbekistan | 7:05.68 | FF |
| 5 | Joseph Purman | Puerto Rico | 7:07.04 | FF |
| – | Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár | Hungary | DNS | |

### Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 6:45.92 | FC |
| 2 | Dani Fridman | Israel | 6:46.51 | FC |
| 3 | Thibaut Verhoeven | France | 6:49.14 | FC |
| 4 | Nico Stahlberg | Switzerland | 6:49.24 | FD |
| 5 | Onat Kazakli | Turkey | 6:56.21 | FD |
| 6 | Kevin Meador | United States | 7:00.98 | FD |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Barras | Great Britain | 6:49.15 | FC |
| 2 | Aleksandar Filipović | Serbia | 6:49.23 | FC |
| 3 | Juan Carlos Cabrera | Mexico | 6:53.99 | FC |
| 4 | Mihai Chiruţă | Romania | 7:00.80 | FD |
| 5 | Anders Backeus | Sweden | 7:02.72 | FD |
| – | Pilip Pavukou | Belarus | DNS | |

### Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oliver Zeidler | Germany | 6:51.84 | FA |
| 2 | Sverri Sandberg Nielsen | Denmark | 6:52.93 | FA |
| 3 | Stef Broenink | Netherlands | 6:53.13 | FA |
| 4 | Robbie Manson | New Zealand | 7:00.73 | FB |
| 5 | Simone Martini | Italy | 7:10.66 | FB |
| 6 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Azerbaijan | 7:17.55 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ondřej Synek | Czech Republic | 6:57.10 | FA |
| 2 | Mindaugas Griškonis | Lithuania | 6:58.13 | FA |
| 3 | Kjetil Borch | Norway | 7:00.36 | FA |
| 4 | Damir Martin | Croatia | 7:04.63 | FB |
| 5 | Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk | Poland | 7:10.61 | FB |
| 6 | Stefanos Douskos | Greece | 7:25.38 | FB |

### Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.

#### Final H

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Rillio Rii | Vanuatu | 7:47.55 |
| 2 | Ahmad Al Hammadi | United Arab Emirates | 8:15.50 |

#### Final G

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Javier Insfrán | Paraguay | 7:13.12 |
| 2 | Lukáš Babač | Slovakia | 7:19.33 |
| 3 | Rohit Kumar | India | 7:20.58 |
| 4 | Dara Alizadeh | Bermuda | 7:24.74 |
| 5 | Privel Hinkati | Benin | 7:34.94 |
| 6 | Andrei Jämsä | Estonia | 8:00.56 |

#### Final F

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Shakhboz Kholmurzaev | Uzbekistan | 7:07.96 |
| 2 | Kim Dong-yong | South Korea | 7:08.29 |
| 3 | Prem Nampratueng | Thailand | 7:12.37 |
| 4 | Quentin Antognelli | Monaco | 7:15.25 |
| 5 | Joseph Purman | Puerto Rico | 7:18.13 |

#### Final E

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Abdelkhalek El-Banna | Egypt | 7:01.79 |
| 2 | Ángel Fournier | Cuba | 7:03.28 |
| 3 | Jordi Jofre | Spain | 7:04.23 |
| 4 | Lukas Reim | Austria | 7:04.23 |
| 5 | Vladislav Yakovlev | Kazakhstan | 7:05.44 |
| 6 | Robert Ven | Finland | 7:05.56 |

#### Final D

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Nico Stahlberg | Switzerland | 6:58.35 |
| 2 | Onat Kazakli | Turkey | 7:00.17 |
| 3 | Kevin Meador | United States | 7:04.29 |
| 4 | Anders Backeus | Sweden | 7:05.53 |
| 5 | Mihai Chiruţă | Romania | 7:06.94 |

#### Final C

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 6:59.06 |
| 2 | Tom Barras | Great Britain | 6:59.45 |
| 3 | Dani Fridman | Israel | 7:02.06 |
| 4 | Aleksandar Filipović | Serbia | 7:03.46 |
| 5 | Juan Carlos Cabrera | Mexico | 7:05.05 |
| 6 | Thibaut Verhoeven | France | 7:16.07 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Robbie Manson | New Zealand | 6:56.27 |
| 2 | Damir Martin | Croatia | 6:56.42 |
| 3 | Simone Martini | Italy | 6:56.92 |
| 4 | Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk | Poland | 6:58.34 |
| 5 | Stefanos Douskos | Greece | 7:12.74 |
| 6 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Azerbaijan | 7:26.06 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Oliver Zeidler | Germany | 6:44.55 |
| | Sverri Sandberg Nielsen | Denmark | 6:44.58 |
| | Kjetil Borch | Norway | 6:44.84 |
| 4 | Mindaugas Griškonis | Lithuania | 6:45.24 |
| 5 | Stef Broenink | Netherlands | 6:45.58 |
| 6 | Ondřej Synek | Czech Republic | 6:47.93 |