# Single sculls at the Olympics

The single sculls is a rowing event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900, and has been held every Games since. The women's competition was added in 1976.

## Medalists
### Men

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1900 Paris details | Hermann Barrelet France | André Gaudin France | Saint-George Ashe Great Britain |
| 1904 St. Louis details | Frank Greer United States | James Juvenal United States | Constance Titus United States |
| 1908 London details | Harry Blackstaffe Great Britain | Alexander McCulloch Great Britain | Bernhard von Gaza GermanyKároly Levitzky Hungary |
| 1912 Stockholm details | Wally Kinnear Great Britain | Polydore Veirman Belgium | Everard Butler CanadaMart Kuusik Russian Empire |
| 1920 Antwerp details | John B. Kelly Sr. United States | Jack Beresford Great Britain | Darcy Hadfield New Zealand |
| 1924 Paris details | Jack Beresford Great Britain | William Gilmore United States | Josef Schneider Switzerland |
| 1928 Amsterdam details | Bobby Pearce Australia | Ken Myers United States | David Collet Great Britain |
| 1932 Los Angeles details | Bobby Pearce Australia | William Miller United States | Guillermo Douglas Uruguay |
| 1936 Berlin details | Gustav Schäfer Germany | Josef Hasenöhrl Austria | Dan Barrow United States |
| 1948 London details | Mervyn Wood Australia | Eduardo Risso Uruguay | Romolo Catasta Italy |
| 1952 Helsinki details | Yuriy Tyukalov Soviet Union | Mervyn Wood Australia | Teodor Kocerka Poland |
| 1956 Melbourne details | Vyacheslav Ivanov Soviet Union | Stuart Mackenzie Australia | John B. Kelly Jr. United States |
| 1960 Rome details | Vyacheslav Ivanov Soviet Union | Achim Hill United Team of Germany | Teodor Kocerka Poland |
| 1964 Tokyo details | Vyacheslav Ivanov Soviet Union | Achim Hill United Team of Germany | Gottfried Kottmann Switzerland |
| 1968 Mexico City details | Jan Wienese Netherlands | Jochen Meißner West Germany | Alberto Demiddi Argentina |
| 1972 Munich details | Yury Malyshev Soviet Union | Alberto Demiddi Argentina | Wolfgang Güldenpfennig East Germany |
| 1976 Montreal details | Pertti Karppinen Finland | Peter-Michael Kolbe West Germany | Joachim Dreifke East Germany |
| 1980 Moscow details | Pertti Karppinen Finland | Vasil Yakusha Soviet Union | Peter Kersten East Germany |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | Pertti Karppinen Finland | Peter-Michael Kolbe West Germany | Robert Mills Canada |
| 1988 Seoul details | Thomas Lange East Germany | Peter-Michael Kolbe West Germany | Eric Verdonk New Zealand |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Thomas Lange Germany | Václav Chalupa Czechoslovakia | Kajetan Broniewski Poland |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Xeno Müller Switzerland | Derek Porter Canada | Thomas Lange Germany |
| 2000 Sydney details | Rob Waddell New Zealand | Xeno Müller Switzerland | Marcel Hacker Germany |
| 2004 Athens details | Olaf Tufte Norway | Jüri Jaanson Estonia | Ivo Yanakiev Bulgaria |
| 2008 Beijing details | Olaf Tufte Norway | Ondřej Synek Czech Republic | Mahé Drysdale New Zealand |
| 2012 London details | Mahé Drysdale New Zealand | Ondřej Synek Czech Republic | Alan Campbell Great Britain |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Mahé Drysdale New Zealand | Damir Martin Croatia | Ondřej Synek Czech Republic |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Stefanos Ntouskos Greece | Kjetil Borch Norway | Damir Martin Croatia |
| 2024 Paris details | Oliver Zeidler Germany | Yauheni Zalaty Individual Neutral Athletes | Simon van Dorp Netherlands |

#### Multiple medalists

| Rank | Rower | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Vyacheslav Ivanov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1956–1964 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Pertti Karppinen | Finland (FIN) | 1976–1984 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Thomas Lange | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER) | 1988–1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Mahé Drysdale | New Zealand (NZL) | 2008–2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Bobby Pearce | Australia (AUS) | 1928–1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Olaf Tufte | Norway (NOR) | 2004–2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Jack Beresford | Great Britain (GBR) | 1920–1924 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Mervyn Wood | Australia (AUS) | 1948–1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Xeno Müller | Switzerland (SUI) | 1996–2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Peter-Michael Kolbe | West Germany (FRG) | 1976, 1984–1988 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Ondřej Synek | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2008–2016 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Achim Hill | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1960–1964 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Alberto Demiddi | Argentina (ARG) | 1968–1972 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Teodor Kocerka | Poland (POL) | 1952, 1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

#### Medalists by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Russian Empire (RU1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Women

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1976 Montreal details | Christine Scheiblich East Germany | Joan Lind United States | Yelena Antonova Soviet Union |
| 1980 Moscow details | Sanda Toma Romania | Antonina Makhina Soviet Union | Martina Schröter East Germany |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | Valeria Răcilă Romania | Charlotte Geer United States | Ann Haesebrouck Belgium |
| 1988 Seoul details | Jutta Behrendt East Germany | Anne Marden United States | Magdalena Georgieva Bulgaria |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Elisabeta Lipă Romania | Annelies Bredael Belgium | Silken Laumann Canada |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Ekaterina Karsten Belarus | Silken Laumann Canada | Trine Hansen Denmark |
| 2000 Sydney details | Ekaterina Karsten Belarus | Rumyana Neykova Bulgaria | Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski Germany |
| 2004 Athens details | Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski Germany | Ekaterina Karsten Belarus | Rumyana Neykova Bulgaria |
| 2008 Beijing details | Rumyana Neykova Bulgaria | Michelle Guerette United States | Ekaterina Karsten Belarus |
| 2012 London details | Miroslava Knapková Czech Republic | Fie Udby Erichsen Denmark | Kim Brennan Australia |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Kim Brennan Australia | Genevra Stone United States | Duan Jingli China |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Emma Twigg New Zealand | Hanna Prakatsen ROC | Magdalena Lobnig Austria |
| 2024 Paris details | Karolien Florijn Netherlands | Emma Twigg New Zealand | Viktorija Senkutė Lithuania |

#### Multiple medalists

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Ekaterina Karsten | Belarus (BLR) | 1996–2008 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Rumyana Neykova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2000–2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski | Germany (GER) | 2000–2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Kim Brennan | Australia (AUS) | 2012–2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Silken Laumann | Canada (CAN) | 1992–1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### Medalists by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Romania (ROU) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |