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Single Sculls, Men

Date14 – 17 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationBassin d'Argenteuil, Paris
Participants8 from 8 countries

The favourite in the single sculls in Paris was definitely Jack Beresford, Jr. of Great Britain, the runner-up in the event at the 1920 Summer Olympics and winner of the Diamond Sculls, then equivalent to a World Championship, in 1920 and 1924. In the opening round, however, he was handily defeated by Garrett Gilmore of the United States, who advanced to the final alongside Switzerland’s Josef Schneider and Australia’s Ted Bull. Gilmore was perhaps the best single sculler North America had to offer, having won numerous national and international titles since his debut in 1919, and his position was strengthened when the only other North American in the event, Arthur Belyea of Canada, contracted neuritis in his hip prior to the Games. Schneider, meanwhile, was European champion in the event in 1924 and 1926.

Beresford easily bested Constant Pieterse of the Netherlands and France’s Marc Detton in the repêchage, however, to earn the fourth spot in the final. At the beginning, the race could have gone to either Gilmore or Beresford, but the latter pulled ahead quickly and, by the 1,000 metre mark, was untouchable. Beresford finished nearly five seconds ahead of Gilmore to win the gold, while the American settled for silver and Schneider came in third, after Bull dropped out 300 metres before the finish.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Jack BeresfordGBRGold
2Garrett GilmoreUSASilver
3Josef SchneiderSUIBronze
AC r3/3Ted BullAUS
2 h1 r2/3Constant PieterseNED
AC h1 r2/3Marc DettonFRA
3 h1 r1/3Andrzej Osiecimski-CzapskiPOL
3 h2 r1/3Arthur BelyeaCAN
DNSBéla SzendeyHUN
DNSP. GrobertFRA
DNSPaul RobineauFRA
DNSV. ColomboITA
DNSStefan WróbelPOL
DNSRudolf BosshardSUI
DNSGustav ZinkeTCH
DNSPaul CostelloUSA

Round One

Date14 July 1924
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final.

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
11Ted BullAUS7:19.0QOB
22Marc DettonFRA7:19.2
33Andrzej Osiecimski-CzapskiPOL

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
13Josef SchneiderSUI7:15.6QOB
22Constant PieterseNED7:17.8
31Arthur BelyeaCANat 1 length to 2nd

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
12Garrett GilmoreUSA7:03.2QOB
23Jack BeresfordGBR7:07.4
DNS1Béla SzendeyHUN

Round One Repêchage

Date16 July 1924
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final.

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
13Jack BeresfordGBR8:00.5Q
22Constant PieterseNED8:09.4
DNF1Marc DettonFRA1

Final Round

Date17 July 1924
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
14Jack BeresfordGBR7:49.2
23Garrett GilmoreUSA7:54.0
32Josef SchneiderSUI8:01.1
DNF1Ted BullAUS