# 2023 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls

The men's single sculls competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday 3 September 2023 | 09:30 | Heats |
| Monday 4 September 2023 | 15:30 | Repechages |
| Tuesday 5 September 2023 | 12:58 | Quarterfinals EH |
| Wednesday 6 September 2023 | 11:26 | Quarterfinals AD |
| Wednesday 6 September 2023 | 15:30 | Semifinals G/H |
| Wednesday 6 September 2023 | 15:44 | Semifinals E/F |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 15:45 | Semifinals C/D |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 17:15 | Final H |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 17:20 | Final G |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 17:25 | Final F |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 17:35 | Final E |
| Friday 8 September 2023 | 09:55 | Semifinals A/B |
| Sunday 10 September 2023 | 09:40 | Final D |
| Sunday 10 September 2023 | 10:18 | Final C |
| Sunday 10 September 2023 | 11:16 | Final B |
| Sunday 10 September 2023 | 14:25 | 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 Ntouskos | Greece | 6:45.46 | QAD |
| 2 | Davide Mumolo | Italy | 6:50.09 | QAD |
| 3 | Gonzalo García Ferrero | Spain | 6:52.04 | R |
| 4 | André Pinto | Portugal | 7:00.38 | R |
| 5 | Zurab Kintiraia | Georgia | 7:32.48 | R |
| 6 | Emerson Costino | Angola | 8:06.74 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 6:49.18 | QAD |
| 2 | Lucas Verthein | Brazil | 6:50.67 | QAD |
| 3 | Alexandros Zisimidis | Cyprus | 6:56.35 | R |
| 4 | Dani Fridman | Israel | 7:02.03 | R |
| 5 | Zhang Hanwen | China | 7:03.26 | R |
| 6 | Kyle Spenard | Barbados | 8:34.58 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oliver Zeidler | Germany | 6:44.10 | QAD |
| 2 | Trevor Jones | Canada | 6:46.07 | QAD |
| 3 | Kjetil Borch | Norway | 6:46.19 | R |
| 4 | Cevdet Ege Mutlu | Turkey | 6:56.80 | R |
| 5 | Mohamed Taieb | Tunisia | 7:01.38 | R |
| 6 | Abdalla Ahmed | Sudan | 7:42.99 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ryuta Arakawa | Japan | 6:48.19 | QAD |
| 2 | Nikolaj Pimenov | Serbia | 6:51.32 | QAD |
| 3 | Bruno Cetraro | Uruguay | 7:00.12 | R |
| 4 | Bakr Al-Dulaimi | Iraq | 7:01.67 | R |
| 5 | Dara Alizadeh | Bermuda | 7:07.52 | R |
| 6 | Abdelkhalek El-Banna | Egypt | 7:09.77 | R |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yauheni Zalaty | Individual Neutral Athletes | 6:44.61 | QAD |
| 2 | Tim Brys | Belgium | 6:48.41 | QAD |
| 3 | Alexander Rossi | Australia | 6:56.74 | R |
| 4 | Aleksandr Vyazovkin | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:01.79 | R |
| 5 | Stephen Cox | Zimbabwe | 7:10.50 | R |
| 6 | Riccardo Bouehi | Ivory Coast | 7:15.80 | R |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Simon van Dorp | Netherlands | 6:40.82 | QAD |
| 2 | Thomas Mackintosh | New Zealand | 6:41.58 | QAD |
| 3 | Eliot Putnam | United States | 6:51.68 | R |
| 4 | Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár | Hungary | 7:00.79 | R |
| 5 | Bahman Nasiri | Azerbaijan | 7:02.01 | R |
| 6 | Mohamed Bukrah | Libya | 7:46.19 | R |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sverri Nielsen | Denmark | 6:52.45 | QAD |
| 2 | Eskil Borgh | Sweden | 6:53.77 | QAD |
| 3 | Joel Naukkarinen | Finland | 6:55.26 | R |
| 4 | Javier Insfran | Paraguay | 7:23.73 | R |
| 5 | Roberto López | El Salvador | 7:28.39 | R |
| 6 | Juan Flores | Mexico | 7:35.61 | R |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dovydas Nemeravičius | Lithuania | 6:47.07 | QAD |
| 2 | Damir Martin | Croatia | 6:51.94 | QAD |
| 3 | Quentin Antognelli | Monaco | 6:59.30 | R |
| 4 | Filip-Matej Pfeifer | Slovenia | 7:34.52 | R |
| 5 | Privel Hinkati | Benin | 7:43.00 | R |

### Repechages

The fastest boat in each repechage advanced to the AD quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the EF quarterfinals.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bruno Cetraro | Uruguay | 7:20.31 | QAD |
| 2 | Cevdet Ege Mutlu | Turkey | 7:20.52 | QEH |
| 3 | Zhang Hanwen | China | 7:41.62 | QEH |
| 4 | Emerson Costino | Angola | 8:49.99 | QEH |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alexander Rossi | Australia | 7:32.71 | QAD |
| 2 | Mohamed Taieb | Tunisia | 7:39.40 | QEH |
| 3 | Bakr Al-Dulaimi | Iraq | 7:47.63 | QEH |
| 4 | Kyle Spenard | Barbados | 9:02.62 | QEH |

#### Repechage 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Eliot Putnam | United States | 7:26.21 | QAD |
| 2 | Aleksandr Vyazovkin | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:34.84 | QEH |
| 3 | Dara Alizadeh | Bermuda | 7:54.65 | QEH |
| 4 | Abdalla Ahmed | Sudan | 8:17.80 | QEH |

#### Repechage 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár | Hungary | 7:30.63 | QAD |
| 2 | Joel Naukkarinen | Finland | 7:36.10 | QEH |
| 3 | Stephen Cox | Zimbabwe | 7:39.20 | QEH |
| 4 | Abdelkhalek El-Banna | Egypt | 7:49.46 | QEH |

#### Repechage 5

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Quentin Antognelli | Monaco | 7:22.51 | QAD |
| 2 | Bahman Nasiri | Azerbaijan | 7:27.09 | QEH |
| 3 | Javier Insfran | Paraguay | 7:32.64 | QEH |
| 4 | Riccardo Bouehi | Ivory Coast | 8:02.35 | QEH |

#### Repechage 6

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gonzalo García Ferrero | Spain | 7:37.93 | QAD |
| 2 | Filip-Matej Pfeifer | Slovenia | 7:58.09 | QEH |
| 3 | Mohamed Bukrah | Libya | 8:15.75 | QEH |
| 4 | Roberto López | El Salvador | 8:15.87 | QEH |

#### Repechage 7

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | André Pinto | Portugal | 7:31.25 | QAD |
| 2 | Alexandros Zisimidis | Cyprus | 7:52.30 | QEH |
| 3 | Juan Flores | Mexico | 7:54.81 | QEH |
| 4 | Privel Hinkati | Benin | 8:22.73 | QEH |

#### Repechage 8

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kjetil Borch | Norway | 7:27.25 | QAD |
| 2 | Dani Fridman | Israel | 7:31.32 | QEH |
| 3 | Zurab Kintiraia | Georgia | 8:07.14 | QEH |

### Quarterfinals EH

The three fastest boats in each heat advanced to the EF semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the GH semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandr Vyazovkin | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:16.13 | SE/F |
| 2 | Mohamed Taieb | Tunisia | 7:20.15 | SE/F |
| 3 | Stephen Cox | Zimbabwe | 7:29.70 | SE/F |
| 4 | Riccardo Bouehi | Ivory Coast | 7:34.86 | SG/H |
| 5 | Mohamed Bukrah | Libya | 7:54.84 | SG/H |
| 6 | Emerson Costino | Angola | 8:24.54 | SG/H |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bahman Nasiri | Azerbaijan | 7:23.54 | SE/F |
| 2 | Juan Flores | Mexico | 7:29.46 | SE/F |
| 3 | Joel Naukkarinen | Finland | 7:44.15 | SE/F |
| 4 | Roberto López | El Salvador | 7:47.87 | SG/H |
| 5 | Zurab Kintiraia | Georgia | 7:57.50 | SG/H |
| 6 | Kyle Spenard | Barbados | 8:38.61 | SG/H |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Filip-Matej Pfeifer | Slovenia | 7:22.34 | SE/F |
| 2 | Dani Fridman | Israel | 7:30.46 | SE/F |
| 3 | Zhang Hanwen | China | 7:33.01 | SE/F |
| 4 | Abdalla Ahmed | Sudan | 8:05.14 | SG/H |
| 5 | Privel Hinkati | Benin | 8:09.10 | SG/H |
| | Bakr Al-Dulaimi | Iraq | DNS | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Cevdet Ege Mutlu | Turkey | 7:14.11 | SE/F |
| 2 | Alexandros Zisimidis | Cyprus | 7:17.04 | SE/F |
| 3 | Abdelkhalek El-Banna | Egypt | 7:19.64 | SE/F |
| 4 | Dara Alizadeh | Bermuda | 7:24.50 | SG/H |
| 5 | Javier Insfran | Paraguay | 7:33.28 | SG/H |

### Quarterfinals AD

The three fastest boats in each Quarterfinal advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the CD semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefanos Ntouskos | Greece | 7:08.00 | SA/B |
| 2 | Nikolaj Pimenov | Serbia | 7:11.81 | SA/B |
| 3 | Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 7:14.57 | SA/B |
| 4 | Trevor Jones | Canada | 7:15.98 | SC/D |
| 5 | Quentin Antognelli | Monaco | 7:36.65 | SC/D |
| 6 | Gonzalo García Ferrero | Spain | 7:51.02 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oliver Zeidler | Germany | 7:06.01 | SA/B |
| 2 | Thomas Mackintosh | New Zealand | 7:08.33 | SA/B |
| 3 | Ryuta Arakawa | Japan | 7:11.65 | SA/B |
| 4 | Tim Brys | Belgium | 7:12.41 | SC/D |
| 5 | Kjetil Borch | Norway | 7:17.81 | SC/D |
| 6 | Bruno Cetraro | Uruguay | 7:52.54 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Simon van Dorp | Netherlands | 7:05.97 | SA/B |
| 2 | Yauheni Zalaty | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:06.90 | SA/B |
| 3 | Damir Martin | Croatia | 7:12.33 | SA/B |
| 4 | Eliot Putnam | United States | 7:20.55 | SC/D |
| 5 | Alexander Rossi | Australia | 7:30.90 | SC/D |
| 6 | Eskil Borgh | Sweden | 7:39.11 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sverri Nielsen | Denmark | 7:16.59 | SA/B |
| 2 | Dovydas Nemeravičius | Lithuania | 7:18.26 | SA/B |
| 3 | Davide Mumolo | Italy | 7:19.78 | SA/B |
| 4 | Lucas Verthein | Brazil | 7:29.22 | SC/D |
| 5 | André Pinto | Portugal | 7:45.28 | SC/D |
| 6 | Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár | Hungary | 7:58.40 | SC/D |

### Semifinals G/H

The three fastest boats in each Semifinal advanced directly to the Final G. The remaining boats were sent to the Final H.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Javier Insfran | Paraguay | 8:09.10 | FG |
| 2 | Riccardo Bouehi | Ivory Coast | 8:12.65 | FG |
| 3 | Zurab Kintiraia | Georgia | 8:41.90 | FG |
| 4 | Abdalla Ahmed | Sudan | 8:49.03 | FH |
| 5 | Emerson Costino | Angola | 9:44.05 | FH |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dara Alizadeh | Bermuda | 8:19.06 | FG |
| 2 | Roberto López | El Salvador | 8:24.14 | FG |
| 3 | Mohamed Bukrah | Libya | 8:30.24 | FG |
| 4 | Privel Hinkati | Benin | 8:38.76 | FH |
| 5 | Kyle Spenard | Barbados | 9:30.48 | FH |

### Semifinals E/F

The three fastest boats in each Semifinal advanced to the Final E. The remaining boats were sent to the Final F.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandr Vyazovkin | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:46.27 | FE |
| 2 | Alexandros Zisimidis | Cyprus | 7:50.12 | FE |
| 3 | Juan Flores | Mexico | 7:55.59 | FE |
| 4 | Abdelkhalek El-Banna | Egypt | 8:03.69 | FF |
| 5 | Stephen Cox | Zimbabwe | 8:09.77 | FF |
| 6 | Filip-Matej Pfeifer | Slovenia | 8:28.25 | FF |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bahman Nasiri | Azerbaijan | 7:48.34 | FE |
| 2 | Cevdet Ege Mutlu | Turkey | 7:48.85 | FE |
| 3 | Dani Fridman | Israel | 7:51.33 | FE |
| 4 | Mohamed Taieb | Tunisia | 7:56.13 | FF |
| 5 | Joel Naukkarinen | Finland | 8:15.50 | FF |
| 6 | Zhang Hanwen | China | 8:31.94 | FF |

### Semifinals C/D

The fastest boat in each Semifinal advanced to the Final C. The remaining boats were sent to the Final D.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tim Brys | Belgium | 7:39.65 | FC |
| 2 | André Pinto | Portugal | 7:43.04 | FC |
| 3 | Alexander Rossi | Australia | 7:44.43 | FC |
| 4 | Gonzalo García Ferrero | Spain | 7:55.91 | FD |
| 5 | Eskil Borgh | Sweden | 8:02.10 | FD |
| 6 | Trevor Jones | Canada | 8:12.79 | FD |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lucas Verthein | Brazil | 7:34.68 | FC |
| 2 | Quentin Antognelli | Monaco | 7:36.82 | FC |
| 3 | Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár | Hungary | 7:38.69 | FC |
| 4 | Bruno Cetraro | Uruguay | 7:39.08 | FD |
| 5 | Eliot Putnam | United States | 7:54.63 | FD |
| | Kjetil Borch | Norway | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each Semifinal advanced to the Final A. The remaining boats were sent to the Final B.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oliver Zeidler | Germany | 6:53.47 | FA |
| 2 | Stefanos Ntouskos | Greece | 6:55.71 | FA |
| 3 | Damir Martin | Croatia | 6:58.67 | FA |
| 4 | Yauheni Zalaty | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:00.14 | FB |
| 5 | Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 7:09.15 | FB |
| 6 | Dovydas Nemeravičius | Lithuania | 7:09.47 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Simon van Dorp | Netherlands | 6:55.46 | FA |
| 2 | Sverri Nielsen | Denmark | 6:57.30 | FA |
| 3 | Thomas Mackintosh | New Zealand | 6:58.12 | FA |
| 4 | Nikolaj Pimenov | Serbia | 7:03.52 | FB |
| 5 | Ryuta Arakawa | Japan | 7:09.91 | FB |
| 6 | Davide Mumolo | Italy | 7:14.96 | 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 | Total rank |
| 1 | Privel Hinkati | Benin | 8:01.84 | 42 |
| 2 | Abdalla Ahmed | Sudan | 8:09.66 | 43 |
| 3 | Kyle Spenard | Barbados | 8:40.69 | 44 |
| 4 | Emerson Costino | Angola | 8:43.34 | 45 |

#### Final G

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Javier Insfran | Paraguay | 7:30.46 | 36 |
| 2 | Dara Alizadeh | Bermuda | 7:33.46 | 37 |
| 3 | Riccardo Bouehi | Ivory Coast | 7:37.38 | 38 |
| 4 | Zurab Kintiraia | Georgia | 7:54.94 | 39 |
| 5 | Mohamed Bukrah | Libya | 8:00.52 | 40 |
| 6 | Roberto López | El Salvador | 8:02.61 | 41 |

#### Final F

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Mohamed Taieb | Tunisia | 7:20.04 | 30 |
| 2 | Filip-Matej Pfeifer | Slovenia | 7:24.56 | 31 |
| 3 | Abdelkhalek El-Banna | Egypt | 7:24.66 | 32 |
| 4 | Joel Naukkarinen | Finland | 7:31.85 | 33 |
| 5 | Stephen Cox | Zimbabwe | 7:36.11 | 34 |
| 6 | Zhang Hanwen | China | 7:51.49 | 35 |

#### Final E

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Aleksandr Vyazovkin | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:10.61 | 24 |
| 2 | Bahman Nasiri | Azerbaijan | 7:13.57 | 25 |
| 3 | Cevdet Ege Mutlu | Turkey | 7:16.11 | 26 |
| 4 | Alexandros Zisimidis | Cyprus | 7:16.25 | 27 |
| 5 | Juan Flores | Mexico | 7:30.86 | 28 |
| 6 | Dani Fridman | Israel | 7:33.77 | 29 |

#### Final D

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Eliot Putnam | United States | 6:53.53 | 19 |
| 2 | Bruno Cetraro | Uruguay | 6:57.23 | 20 |
| 3 | Gonzalo García Ferrero | Spain | 6:58.24 | 21 |
| 4 | Eskil Borgh | Sweden | 7:13.10 | 22 |
| | Trevor Jones | Canada | DNS | 23 |

#### Final C

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Tim Brys | Belgium | 6:50.08 | 13 |
| 2 | Lucas Verthein | Brazil | 6:53.08 | 14 |
| 3 | Alexander Rossi | Australia | 6:55.03 | 15 |
| 4 | Quentin Antognelli | Monaco | 6:56.94 | 16 |
| 5 | André Pinto | Portugal | 7:03.39 | 17 |
| 6 | Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár | Hungary | 7:13.15 | 18 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Yauheni Zalaty | Individual Neutral Athletes | 6:51.29 | 7 |
| 2 | Ryuta Arakawa | Japan | 6:52.19 | 8 |
| 3 | Dovydas Nemeravičius | Lithuania | 6:52.61 | 9 |
| 4 | Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 6:53.72 | 10 |
| 5 | Davide Mumolo | Italy | 6:58.70 | 11 |
| 6 | Nikolaj Pimenov | Serbia | 7:12.33 | 12 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Oliver Zeidler | Germany | 6:38.08 |
| | Simon van Dorp | Netherlands | 6:39.26 |
| | Thomas Mackintosh | New Zealand | 6:40.33 |
| 4 | Stefanos Ntouskos | Greece | 6:40.56 |
| 5 | Sverri Nielsen | Denmark | 6:48.19 |
| 6 | Damir Martin | Croatia | 7:06.39 |