2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls

The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.^[1]

Men's lightweight single sculls at the 2016 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Willem-Alexander Baan
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dates	22–27 August
Competitors	25 from 25 nations
Winning time	7:32:84
Medalists
Paul O'Donovan    Ireland   Péter Galambos    Hungary   Lukáš Babač    Slovakia
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Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 22 August 2016	16:55	Heats
Tuesday 23 August 2016	11:20	Repechage
Wednesday 24 August 2016	16:00	Quarterfinals
Thursday 25 August 2016	15:35	Semifinals A/B
Friday 26 August 2016	11:55	Semifinals C/D
Saturday 27 August 2016	10:45	Final D
	11:00	Final C
	11:20	Final B
	12:40	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 repechage.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Silvan Zehnder	Switzerland	7:17.66	Q
2	José Gómez-Feria	Spain	7:21.35	Q
3	Jerzy Kowalski	Poland	7:24.63	Q
4	Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi	Finland	7:25.90	Q
5	Sargis Gharabaghtsyan	Armenia	9:38.93	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Konstantin Steinhübel	Germany	7:04.36	Q
2	Rajko Hrvat	Slovenia	7:07.37	Q
3	Péter Galambos	Hungary	7:18.19	Q
4	Iurii Peshkov	Russia	7:36.78	Q
5	Andres Mejia	Colombia	8:02.01	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	7:11.73	Q
2	Yuki Ikeda	Japan	7:16.87	Q
3	Miloš Stanojević	Serbia	7:19.70	Q
4	Liu Jiajian	China	7:23.04	Q
5	Bart Lukkes	Netherlands	7:30.12	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Matteo Mulas	Italy	7:20.26	Q
2	Luka Radonić	Croatia	7:22.06	Q
3	Renzo León García	Peru	7:22.92	Q
4	Prem Nampratueng	Thailand	7:23.10	Q
5	Mattias Johansson	Sweden	7:23.11	R

Heat 5

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lukáš Babač	Slovakia	7:11.54	Q
2	Matthias Taborsky	Austria	7:16.54	Q
3	Colin Ethridge	United States	7:21.44	Q
4	Milan Viktora	Czech Republic	7:29.25	Q
5	Alhussein Ghambour	Libya	7:49.98	R

Repechage

The four fastest boats advanced to the final. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.^[3]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bart Lukkes	Netherlands	7:17.98	Q
2	Mattias Johansson	Sweden	7:29.21	Q
3	Andres Mejia	Colombia	7:37.67	Q
4	Alhussein Ghambour	Libya	7:38.74	Q
5	Sargis Gharabaghtsyan	Armenia	8:30.89

Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.^[4][5]

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Konstantin Steinhübel	Germany	6:58.20	SA/B
2	Miloš Stanojević	Serbia	6:58.52	SA/B
3	Silvan Zehnder	Switzerland	7:00.07	SA/B
4	Milan Viktora	Czech Republic	7:06.30	SC/D
5	Renzo León García	Peru	7:19.58	SC/D
6	Alhussein Ghambour	Libya	7:44.36	SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:54.79	SA/B
2	Colin Ethridge	United States	6:57.06	SA/B
3	Luka Radonić	Croatia	7:01.04	SA/B
4	Jerzy Kowalski	Poland	7:04.48	SC/D
5	Iurii Peshkov	Russia	7:09.48	SC/D
6	Mattias Johansson	Sweden	7:21.77	SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Péter Galambos	Hungary	6:56.19	SA/B
2	José Gómez-Feria	Spain	7:02.73	SA/B
3	Matteo Mulas	Italy	7:08.36	SA/B
4	Liu Jiajian	China	7:20.06	SC/D
5	Andres Mejia	Colombia	7:44.18	SC/D
–	Matthias Taborsky	Austria	DNF	SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lukáš Babač	Slovakia	6:55.86	SA/B
2	Rajko Hrvat	Slovenia	6:57.58	SA/B
3	Yuki Ikeda	Japan	6:59.08	SA/B
4	Bart Lukkes	Netherlands	7:01.87	SC/D
5	Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi	Finland	7:11.34	SC/D
6	Prem Nampratueng	Thailand	7:22.87	SC/D

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.^[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jerzy Kowalski	Poland	7:37.40	FC
2	Milan Viktora	Czech Republic	7:42.23	FC
3	Matthias Taborsky	Austria	7:44.12	FC
4	Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi	Finland	7:45.00	FD
5	Alhussein Ghambour	Libya	8:20.04	FD
6	Andres Mejia	Colombia	8:27.11	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Liu Jiajian	China	7:44.98	FC
2	Bart Lukkes	Netherlands	7:45.62	FC
3	Renzo León García	Peru	7:46.13	FC
4	Iurii Peshkov	Russia	8:03.05	FD
5	Mattias Johansson	Sweden	8:05.04	FD
6	Prem Nampratueng	Thailand	8:12.82	FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:51.71	FA
2	Rajko Hrvat	Slovenia	6:52.31	FA
3	Konstantin Steinhübel	Germany	6:52.32	FA
4	José Gómez-Feria	Spain	6:53.21	FB
5	Silvan Zehnder	Switzerland	6:59.42	FB
6	Matteo Mulas	Italy	7:17.33	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lukáš Babač	Slovakia	6:52.50	FA
2	Péter Galambos	Hungary	6:53.12	FA
3	Miloš Stanojević	Serbia	6:54.15	FA
4	Luka Radonić	Croatia	6:57.96	FB
5	Colin Ethridge	United States	7:02.61	FB
6	Yuki Ikeda	Japan	7:06.16	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.^[7]

Final D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi	Finland	8:01.12
2	Iurii Peshkov	Russia	8:08.90
3	Mattias Johansson	Sweden	8:09.06
4	Prem Nampratueng	Thailand	8:22.06
5	Andres Mejia	Colombia	8:33.30
6	Alhussein Ghambour	Libya	8:37.33

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Jerzy Kowalski	Poland	7:51.80
2	Liu Jiajian	China	8:00.39
3	Milan Viktora	Czech Republic	8:03.25
4	Bart Lukkes	Netherlands	8:04.12
5	Matthias Taborsky	Austria	8:07.27
6	Renzo León García	Peru	8:11.76

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	José Gómez-Feria	Spain	7:52.21
2	Yuki Ikeda	Japan	7:52.45
3	Matteo Mulas	Italy	7:58.39
4	Colin Ethridge	United States	7:59.54
5	Luka Radonić	Croatia	8:00.21
6	Silvan Zehnder	Switzerland	8:03.73

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	7:32.84
	Péter Galambos	Hungary	7:36.95
	Lukáš Babač	Slovakia	7:38.89
4	Rajko Hrvat	Slovenia	7:41.07
5	Konstantin Steinhübel	Germany	7:48.66
6	Miloš Stanojević	Serbia	7:49.03

References

1. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
2. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
3. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
4. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Quarterfinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
5. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Quarterfinal 3" (PDF). World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
6. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Semifinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
7. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.