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Single Sculls, Men

Date17 – 19 July 1912
StatusOlympic
LocationDjurgårdsbrunnsviken, Stockholm
Participants13 from 11 countries
Format2,000 metres

Other than Cecil McVilly of Australia and Everard Butler of Canada, all the scullers were European. Butler was the top North American sculler, being superior to any of the United States’ men of the time. He had won the 1911 and 1912 championship of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen in the single sculls.

The top European sculler was likely William Kinnear, who had won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley in 1910 and 1911. But Kinnear lost at Henley early in 1912 to A. A. Stuart, who had also won the same event in 1909. The European championships were held later in 1912 and would be won by Belgium’s Polydore Veirman.

Kinnear, Butler, and Veirman made it through to the semi-finals. The biggest early casualty was McVilly, who was disqualified in the first round for colliding with Martin Stahnke’s (GER) boat. In the semi-finals, Veirman defeated Hugo Maximilian Kusick of Russia. The other semi was closely fought with Kinnear holding off Butler by one length. This set up a final between Kinnear and Veirman, probably the two favorites. In the final, Veirman led from the start, and was up by ½ length at 500 metres. But Kinnear pulled even at the halfway mark and pulled away to win by one length.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Wally KinnearGBRGold
2Polydore VeirmanBELSilver
=3Mart KuusikRUSBronze
=3Everard ButlerCANBronze
1 h1 r2/4József MészárosHUN
2 h3 r2/4Martin StahnkeGER
2 h4 r2/4Károly LevitzkyHUN
DNS h2 r2/4Mikael SimonsenDEN
2 h3 r1/4Axel Matias HaglundFIN
2 h4 r1/4Kurt HoffmannGER
AC h6 r1/4Jan ŠourekBOHDNF
AC h1 r1/4Alfred HeinrichAUTDQ
AC h2 r1/4Cecil McVillyANZDQ

Round One

Date17 – 18 July 1912

Heat #1

Time17 July 1912 — 15:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Mart KuusikRUS7:46.0Q1
2Alfred HeinrichAUTat 2 lengths2

Heat #1 Re-Race

Time18 July 1912 — 11:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Mart KuusikRUS7:45.2Q3
DNFAlfred HeinrichAUT4

Heat #2

Time17 July 1912 — 15:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Martin StahnkeGER8:28.8Q OB
DQCecil McVillyANZ[8:11.0]

Heat #3

Time17 July 1912 — 15:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Everard ButlerCAN7:55.6Q OB
2Axel Matias HaglundFINat 8 lengths

Heat #4

Time17 July 1912 — 16:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Wally KinnearGBR7:44.0Q OB
2Kurt HoffmannGERat 1½ lengths

Heat #5

Time17 July 1912 — 16:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1József MészárosHUN8:29Q walkover

Heat #6

Time17 July 1912 — 16:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Mikael SimonsenDEN8:14.0Q
DNFJan ŠourekBOH

Heat #7

Time17 July 1912 — 17:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Károly LevitzkyHUN8:04.0Q

Heat #8

Time17 July 1912 — 17:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Polydore VeirmanBEL7:59.2Q

Quarter-Finals

Date18 July 1912

Heat #1

Time11:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1József MészárosHUN8:23.05
DNFPolydore VeirmanBEL6

Heat #1 Re-Race

Time19:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Polydore VeirmanBEL7:52.0Q7
2József MészárosHUNat 3 lengths8

Heat #2

Time11:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Everard ButlerCAN7:39.9Q OB

Heat #3

Time12:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Wally KinnearGBR7:49.9Q
2Martin StahnkeGER7:58.8

Heat #4

Time12:10
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Mart KuusikRUS7:45.2Q
2Károly LevitzkyHUNat 2 lengths

Semi-Finals

Date19 July 1912

Heat #1

Time12:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Polydore VeirmanBEL7:41.0Q
2Mart KuusikRUSat 1½ lengths

Heat #2

Time13:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Wally KinnearGBR7:37.0Q OB
2Everard ButlerCAN7:41.0

Final Round

Date19 July 1912 — 17:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Wally KinnearGBR7:47.3
2Polydore VeirmanBEL7:56.0