# 2023 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls

The men's lightweight 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 | 11:08 | Heats |
| Monday 4 September 2023 | 16:47 | Repechages |
| Wednesday 6 September 2023 | 12:22 | Quarterfinals |
| Wednesday 6 September 2023 | 16:12 | Final E |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 12:15 | Semifinals A/B |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 15:25 | Semifinals C/D |
| Friday 8 September 2023 | 13:05 | Final D |
| Friday 8 September 2023 | 13:21 | Final C |
| Friday 8 September 2023 | 13:45 | Final B |
| Friday 8 September 2023 | 14:05 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

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

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sid Ali Boudina | Algeria | 6:55.00 | QAD |
| 2 | Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 6:55.60 | QAD |
| 3 | Lukas Reim | Austria | 6:58.74 | QAD |
| 4 | Marlon Colpaert | Belgium | 7:02.93 | QAD |
| 5 | Jacob McCarthy | Ireland | 7:09.73 | R |
| 6 | Kasper Hirvilampi | Finland | 7:18.13 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Naoki Furuta | Japan | 6:58.36 | QAD |
| 2 | Baptiste Savaete | France | 7:00.84 | QAD |
| 3 | Rasmus Lind | Denmark | 7:02.19 | QAD |
| 4 | Murray Bales-Smith | South Africa | 7:03.99 | QAD |
| 5 | Ricardo de la Rosa | Mexico | 7:07.23 | R |
| 6 | Ghaith Kadri | Tunisia | 7:12.78 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andri Struzina | Switzerland | 6:53.47 | QAD |
| 2 | Samuel Melvin | United States | 6:55.17 | QAD |
| 3 | Mohammed Al-Khafaji | Iraq | 7:01.01 | QAD |
| 4 | Arno Gaus | Germany | 7:13.20 | QAD |
| 5 | Finlay Hamill | New Zealand | 7:30.79 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Manel Balastegui | Spain | 6:58.98 | QAD |
| 2 | Andrei Fedarenka | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:01.49 | QAD |
| 3 | Rajko Hrvat | Slovenia | 7:06.63 | QAD |
| 4 | Giorgi Kanteladze | Georgia | 7:24.85 | QAD |
| 5 | Amel Younis | Palestine | 7:30.98 | R |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Niels Torre | Italy | 6:57.63 | QAD |
| 2 | Péter Galambos | Hungary | 7:10.15 | QAD |
| 3 | Oskar Soedal | Norway | 7:21.99 | QAD |
| 4 | Ziya Mammadzada | Azerbaijan | 7:37.93 | QAD |
| 5 | Hossam Dakhly | Egypt | 7:57.66 | R |

### Repechages

The two fastest boats in repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the final E.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jacob McCarthy | Ireland | 7:45.34 | Q |
| 2 | Finlay Hamill | New Zealand | 7:49.63 | Q |
| 3 | Ghaith Kadri | Tunisia | 7:52.16 | FE |
| 4 | Hossam Dakhly | Egypt | 8:40.91 | FE |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ricardo de la Rosa | Mexico | 7:35.83 | Q |
| 2 | Kasper Hirvilampi | Finland | 7:55.87 | Q |
| 3 | Amel Younis | Palestine | 8:09.18 | FE |

### Quarterfinals

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

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sid Ali Boudina | Algeria | 7:37.92 | SA/B |
| 2 | Naoki Furuta | Japan | 7:41.88 | SA/B |
| 3 | Mohammed Al-Khafaji | Iraq | 7:42.38 | SA/B |
| 4 | Rajko Hrvat | Slovenia | 7:44.57 | SC/D |
| 5 | Kasper Hirvilampi | Finland | 7:55.63 | SC/D |
| 6 | Ziya Mammadzada | Azerbaijan | 8:30.91 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andri Struzina | Switzerland | 7:34.42 | SA/B |
| 2 | Lukas Reim | Austria | 7:39.31 | SA/B |
| 3 | Murray Bales-Smith | South Africa | 7:42.33 | SA/B |
| 4 | Ricardo de la Rosa | Mexico | 7:50.98 | SC/D |
| 5 | Andrei Fedarenka | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:52.07 | SC/D |
| 6 | Oskar Soedal | Norway | 7:54.11 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 7:35.09 | SA/B |
| 2 | Péter Galambos | Hungary | 7:37.02 | SA/B |
| 3 | Manel Balastegui | Spain | 7:39.41 | SA/B |
| 4 | Rasmus Lind | Denmark | 7:39.67 | SC/D |
| 5 | Arno Gaus | Germany | 7:48.83 | SC/D |
| 6 | Finlay Hamill | New Zealand | 8:00.53 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Niels Torre | Italy | 7:37.74 | SA/B |
| 2 | Baptiste Savaete | France | 7:39.47 | SA/B |
| 3 | Samuel Melvin | United States | 7:41.90 | SA/B |
| 4 | Marlon Colpaert | Belgium | 7:43.43 | SC/D |
| 5 | Jacob McCarthy | Ireland | 7:59.69 | SC/D |
| 6 | Giorgi Kanteladze | Georgia | 8:03.54 | SC/D |

### Semifinals C/D

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

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rasmus Lind | Denmark | 8:00.74 | FC |
| 2 | Rajko Hrvat | Slovenia | 8:04.19 | FC |
| 3 | Andrei Fedarenka | Individual Neutral Athletes | 8:10.33 | FC |
| 4 | Ziya Mammadzada | Azerbaijan | 8:30.79 | FD |
| 5 | Giorgi Kanteladze | Georgia | 8:34.82 | FD |
| 6 | Jacob McCarthy | Ireland | 8:49.89 | FD |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marlon Colpaert | Belgium | 8:00.85 | FC |
| 2 | Arno Gaus | Germany | 8:02.52 | FC |
| 3 | Ricardo de la Rosa | Mexico | 8:07.05 | FC |
| 4 | Oskar Soedal | Norway | 8:13.60 | FD |
| 5 | Finlay Hamill | New Zealand | 8:26.19 | FD |
| 6 | Kasper Hirvilampi | Finland | 8:56.13 | FD |

### Semifinals A/B

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

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 7:44.19 | FA |
| 2 | Baptiste Savaete | France | 7:48.40 | FA |
| 3 | Lukas Reim | Austria | 7:53.75 | FA |
| 4 | Sid Ali Boudina | Algeria | 7:58.75 | FB |
| 5 | Samuel Melvin | United States | 8:04.13 | FB |
| 6 | Mohammed Al-Khafaji | Iraq | 8:32.99 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andri Struzina | Switzerland | 7:44.66 | FA |
| 2 | Niels Torre | Italy | 7:50.86 | FA |
| 3 | Péter Galambos | Hungary | 7:57.60 | FA |
| 4 | Manel Balastegui | Spain | 8:04.84 | FB |
| 5 | Murray Bales-Smith | South Africa | 8:08.90 | FB |
| 6 | Naoki Furuta | Japan | 8:15.51 | FB |

### Finals

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

#### Final E

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Ghaith Kadri | Tunisia | 8:14.66 | 25 |
| 2 | Amel Younis | Palestine | 8:34.18 | 26 |
| 3 | Hossam Dakhly | Egypt | 8:49.88 | 27 |

#### Final D

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Oskar Soedal | Norway | 7:57.81 | 19 |
| 2 | Giorgi Kanteladze | Georgia | 8:15.64 | 20 |
| 3 | Ziya Mammadzada | Azerbaijan | 8:21.32 | 21 |
| 4 | Kasper Hirvilampi | Finland | 8:26.96 | 22 |
| 5 | Jacob McCarthy | Ireland | 8:28.30 | 23 |
| | Finlay Hamill | New Zealand | DNS | 24 |

#### Final C

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Rasmus Lind | Denmark | 7:50.83 | 13 |
| 2 | Marlon Colpaert | Belgium | 7:52.13 | 14 |
| 3 | Rajko Hrvat | Slovenia | 7:55.35 | 15 |
| 4 | Arno Gaus | Germany | 7:56.10 | 16 |
| 5 | Ricardo de la Rosa | Mexico | 8:07.89 | 17 |
| 6 | Andrei Fedarenka | Individual Neutral Athletes | 8:11.45 | 18 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Samuel Melvin | United States | 8:02.59 | 7 |
| 2 | Manel Balastegui | Spain | 8:04.34 | 8 |
| 3 | Sid Ali Boudina | Algeria | 8:06.17 | 9 |
| 4 | Mohammed Al-Khafaji | Iraq | 8:07.57 | 10 |
| 5 | Murray Bales-Smith | South Africa | 8:08.99 | 11 |
| 6 | Naoki Furuta | Japan | 8:17.33 | 12 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Andri Struzina | Switzerland | 7:42.41 |
| | Niels Torre | Italy | 7:44.90 |
| | Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 7:47.72 |
| 4 | Baptiste Savaete | France | 7:59.55 |
| 5 | Péter Galambos | Hungary | 8:07.25 |
| 6 | Lukas Reim | Austria | DNS |