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Single Sculls, Men

Date17 – 23 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith, New South Wales
Participants24 from 24 countries

Reigning champion Xeno Müller journeyed to the 2000 Summer Olympics in the hopes of defending his crown in the men’s single sculls, but he was well aware of the challenge he would face from New Zealand’s Rob Waddell, who had beaten him to the finish at the last two editions of the World Championships. Although these two competitors were the favorites to win gold, there were other less likely contenders in Sydney. Derek Porter of Canada, for example, was the reigning Pan American champion, Olympic runner-up, and World bronze medalist, as well as the 1993 World Champion, and there were many other seasoned veterans at the Games such as Václav Chalupa, Jr. of the Czech Republic, Jüri Jaanson of Estonia, and Sergio Fernández of Argentina.

Waddell posted the fasted time in the opening round, with Porter, Müller, and Germany’s Marcel Hacker, victor in the 1999 Diamond Challenge Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta, winning the other heats. Fernández, meanwhile, was eliminated in the repêchage. Chalupa suffered the same fate in the semi-finals in a heat won Müller, while Waddell again took the round in the fastest time. The New Zealander’s success continued in the final, where he won the gold medal by a margin of over a second and a half. The next three finishers, however, had just over half a second between them and battled down to the line for the remaining podium spots. When the waves settled, Müller had just barely held on to silver, by 0.28 seconds, while Hacker had managed to steal bronze from Porter by 0.27 seconds. One other notable participant was Andris Reinholds of Latvia, who became the first Olympic rower to be disqualified from the Games for doping, as he tested positive for nandrolone. Even though he was eventually relegated to the B final, his participation might have had a small impact on the event, for he helped eliminate Fernández by winning his repêchage heat.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Rob WaddellNZLGold
2Xeno MüllerSUISilver
3Marcel HackerGERBronze
4Derek PorterCAN
5Ivo YanakievBUL
6Jüri JaansonEST
7Gerard EgelmeersNED
8Don SmithUSA
9Matt WellsGBR
10Ján ŽiškaSVK
11Václav Chalupa, Jr.CZE
12Ali IbrahimEGY
13 MacarrãoBRA
14Mattia RighettiITA
15Sergio FernándezARG
16Vladimir BelonogovKAZ
17Felipe LealCHI
18Benjamin TolentinoPHI
19Jesús HuertaMEX
20Rafik AmraneALG
21Lee In-SuKOR
22Riadh Ben KhedherTUN
23Muhammad AkramPAK
DQAndris ReinholdsLAT

Round One

Date17 September 2000
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time9:10
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Derek PorterCAN7:02.241:40.01 (1)3:25.19 (1)5:13.21 (1)1:45.18 (1)1:48.02 (1)1:49.03 (1)Q
25Matt WellsGBR7:07.761:41.92 (4)3:28.83 (2)5:17.77 (2)1:46.91 (2)1:48.94 (2)1:49.99 (3)
31 MacarrãoBRA7:09.081:41.67 (3)3:30.18 (3)5:19.94 (3)1:48.51 (3)1:49.76 (3)1:49.14 (2)
43Mattia RighettiITA7:24.801:40.64 (2)3:31.03 (4)5:26.20 (4)1:50.39 (4)1:55.17 (5)1:58.60 (6)
56Jesús HuertaMEX7:29.641:49.38 (6)3:44.32 (6)5:38.11 (5)1:54.94 (5)1:53.79 (4)1:51.53 (4)
62Vladimir BelonogovKAZ7:34.661:45.23 (5)3:44.12 (5)5:41.39 (6)1:58.89 (6)1:57.27 (6)1:53.27 (5)

Heat #2

Time9:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Rob WaddellNZL6:54.201:39.64 (1)3:24.60 (1)5:08.51 (1)1:44.96 (1)1:43.91 (1)1:45.69 (1)Q
24Ivo YanakievBUL7:03.341:41.68 (2)3:27.21 (2)5:13.56 (2)1:45.53 (2)1:46.35 (2)1:49.78 (2)
35Ján ŽiškaSVK7:26.211:43.20 (4)3:32.20 (4)5:29.49 (4)1:49.00 (4)1:57.29 (5)1:56.72 (5)
41Benjamin TolentinoPHI7:29.861:49.20 (6)3:41.74 (5)5:35.21 (5)1:52.54 (5)1:53.47 (4)1:54.65 (4)
52Riadh Ben KhedherTUN7:59.751:47.34 (5)3:51.67 (6)5:55.93 (6)2:04.33 (6)2:04.26 (6)2:03.82 (6)
DQ6Andris ReinholdsLAT[7:06.28][1:41.90] ([3])[3:28.43] ([3])[5:16.20] ([3])[1:46.53] ([3])[1:47.77] ([3])[1:50.08] ([3])1

Heat #3

Time9:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Marcel HackerGER6:58.311:39.31 (1)3:24.39 (1)5:10.51 (1)1:45.08 (1)1:46.12 (1)1:47.80 (1)Q
23Václav Chalupa, Jr.CZE7:04.001:41.61 (3)3:27.16 (2)5:14.59 (2)1:45.55 (2)1:47.43 (2)1:49.41 (3)
31Jüri JaansonEST7:06.581:42.81 (4)3:30.48 (3)5:18.47 (3)1:47.67 (3)1:47.99 (3)1:48.11 (2)
45Sergio FernándezARG7:20.651:41.39 (2)3:31.46 (4)5:25.32 (4)1:50.07 (4)1:53.86 (4)1:55.33 (4)
56Rafik AmraneALG7:44.481:50.76 (6)3:48.07 (5)5:46.36 (5)1:57.31 (5)1:58.29 (5)1:58.12 (5)
62Muhammad AkramPAK7:54.711:49.49 (5)3:49.57 (6)5:53.08 (6)2:00.08 (6)2:03.51 (6)2:01.63 (6)

Heat #4

Time9:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Xeno MüllerSUI6:57.381:40.09 (1)3:24.68 (1)5:10.97 (1)1:44.59 (1)1:46.29 (1)1:46.41 (1)Q
26Gerard EgelmeersNED7:05.481:42.12 (2)3:31.49 (4)5:19.05 (2)1:49.37 (4)1:47.56 (2)1:46.43 (2)
32Don SmithUSA7:10.341:42.85 (3)3:31.27 (3)5:19.44 (3)1:48.42 (3)1:48.17 (3)1:50.90 (3)
44Ali IbrahimEGY7:21.321:43.40 (4)3:30.47 (2)5:20.21 (4)1:47.07 (2)1:49.74 (4)2:01.11 (5)
51Felipe LealCHI7:39.431:46.84 (5)3:42.85 (5)5:40.58 (5)1:56.01 (5)1:57.73 (5)1:58.85 (4)
65Lee In-SuKOR7:53.841:51.21 (6)3:49.85 (6)5:49.42 (6)1:58.64 (6)1:59.57 (6)2:04.42 (6)

Round One Repêchage

Date19 September 2000
FormatTop two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time9:10
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Matt WellsGBR7:08.191:40.50 (2)3:29.43 (1)5:18.76 (2)1:48.93 (2)1:49.33 (2)1:49.43 (2)Q
22Sergio FernándezARG7:13.681:40.19 (1)3:30.39 (3)5:22.20 (3)1:50.20 (3)1:51.81 (3)1:51.48 (3)
31Felipe LealCHI7:34.561:46.56 (4)3:42.45 (4)5:40.67 (4)1:55.89 (4)1:58.22 (5)1:53.89 (5)
45Vladimir BelonogovKAZ7:36.421:47.19 (5)3:45.19 (5)5:42.99 (5)1:58.00 (5)1:57.80 (4)1:53.43 (4)
DQ4Andris ReinholdsLAT[7:06.40][1:41.95] ([3])[3:29.69] ([2])[5:18.19] ([1])[1:47.74] ([1])[1:48.50] ([1])[1:48.21] ([1])2

Heat #2

Time9:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Jüri JaansonEST7:05.161:40.21 (2)3:25.70 (2)5:12.71 (1)1:45.49 (2)1:47.01 (1)1:52.45 (3)Q
23Ivo YanakievBUL7:09.221:39.74 (1)3:25.14 (1)5:15.21 (2)1:45.40 (1)1:50.07 (2)1:54.01 (4)Q
32Ali IbrahimEGY7:13.101:43.32 (3)3:30.62 (3)5:21.53 (3)1:47.30 (3)1:50.91 (3)1:51.57 (2)
45Jesús HuertaMEX7:31.931:50.27 (4)3:45.97 (4)5:40.69 (4)1:55.70 (4)1:54.72 (4)1:51.24 (1)
51Riadh Ben KhedherTUN7:53.951:50.58 (5)3:52.89 (5)5:54.90 (5)2:02.31 (5)2:02.01 (5)1:59.05 (5)

Heat #3

Time9:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Don SmithUSA7:11.831:41.99 (2)3:28.99 (2)5:18.45 (2)1:47.00 (2)1:49.46 (2)1:53.38 (1)Q
23Václav Chalupa, Jr.CZE7:17.531:40.35 (1)3:27.23 (1)5:16.30 (1)1:46.88 (1)1:49.07 (1)2:01.23 (4)Q
32Mattia RighettiITA7:21.201:42.09 (3)3:30.99 (3)5:24.31 (3)1:48.90 (3)1:53.32 (3)1:56.89 (3)
45Benjamin TolentinoPHI7:29.031:49.00 (5)3:40.65 (4)5:34.08 (4)1:51.65 (4)1:53.43 (4)1:54.95 (2)
51Muhammad AkramPAK7:51.401:47.99 (4)3:46.78 (5)5:49.56 (5)1:58.79 (5)2:02.78 (5)2:01.84 (5)

Heat #4

Time9:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Gerard EgelmeersNED7:04.251:42.30 (1)3:30.80 (1)5:16.85 (1)1:48.50 (2)1:46.05 (1)1:47.40 (1)Q
22Ján ŽiškaSVK7:14.311:43.80 (3)3:31.06 (2)5:18.84 (2)1:47.26 (1)1:47.78 (2)1:55.47 (3)Q
34 MacarrãoBRA7:22.131:42.58 (2)3:31.74 (3)5:23.73 (3)1:49.16 (3)1:51.99 (3)1:58.40 (4)
45Rafik AmraneALG7:42.171:50.52 (5)3:49.64 (5)5:47.73 (5)1:59.12 (5)1:58.09 (4)1:54.44 (2)
51Lee In-SuKOR7:45.761:47.78 (4)3:45.56 (4)5:45.96 (4)1:57.78 (4)2:00.40 (5)1:59.80 (5)

Semi-Finals A/B

Date21 September 2000
FormatTop three finishes in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time8:50
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Rob WaddellNZL6:58.011:38.82 (1)3:24.13 (1)5:08.30 (1)1:45.31 (3)1:44.17 (1)1:49.71 (4)Q
24Derek PorterCAN7:00.821:39.67 (2)3:24.93 (2)5:12.67 (2)1:45.26 (2)1:47.74 (2)1:48.15 (1)Q
36Ivo YanakievBUL7:03.891:40.71 (3)3:25.89 (3)5:13.68 (3)1:45.18 (1)1:47.79 (3)1:50.21 (5)Q
42Gerard EgelmeersNED7:07.141:41.25 (4)3:30.25 (5)5:18.68 (4)1:49.00 (6)1:48.43 (4)1:48.46 (2)Q
51Matt WellsGBR7:09.681:42.38 (6)3:31.09 (6)5:20.04 (6)1:48.71 (5)1:48.95 (6)1:49.64 (3)
65Don SmithUSA7:10.691:41.79 (5)3:30.01 (4)5:18.86 (5)1:48.22 (4)1:48.85 (5)1:51.83 (6)

Heat #2

Time9:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Xeno MüllerSUI7:01.861:39.71 (1)3:25.35 (1)5:13.87 (1)1:45.64 (1)1:48.52 (3)1:47.99 (2)Q
24Marcel HackerGER7:03.471:39.78 (2)3:27.33 (2)5:15.70 (2)1:47.55 (2)1:48.37 (2)1:47.77 (1)Q
32Jüri JaansonEST7:06.701:42.54 (4)3:31.00 (4)5:17.22 (3)1:48.46 (3)1:46.22 (1)1:49.48 (3)Q
46Ján ŽiškaSVK7:26.511:44.05 (5)3:34.88 (5)5:31.06 (5)1:50.83 (5)1:56.18 (5)1:55.45 (5)
51Václav Chalupa, Jr.CZE7:30.281:44.24 (6)3:38.21 (6)5:34.41 (6)1:53.97 (6)1:56.20 (6)1:55.87 (6)
DQ5Andris ReinholdsLAT[7:15.04][1:41.74] ([3])[3:30.71] ([3])[5:20.83] ([4])[1:48.97] ([4])[1:50.12] ([4])[1:54.21] ([4])3

Semi-Finals C/D

Date21 September 2000
FormatTop three finishers to C Final

Heat #1

Time10:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13 MacarrãoBRA7:12.971:41.00 (2)3:28.46 (1)5:19.52 (1)1:47.46 (1)1:51.06 (1)1:53.45 (1)Q
24Sergio FernándezARG7:21.461:40.76 (1)3:30.20 (2)5:25.03 (2)1:49.44 (2)1:54.83 (3)1:56.43 (6)Q
36Vladimir BelonogovKAZ7:24.441:43.77 (3)3:35.76 (3)5:30.77 (3)1:51.99 (3)1:55.01 (4)1:53.67 (2)Q
45Benjamin TolentinoPHI7:29.861:47.85 (5)3:40.55 (4)5:34.42 (4)1:52.70 (4)1:53.87 (2)1:55.44 (3)
52Jesús HuertaMEX7:37.061:45.45 (4)3:40.93 (5)5:41.27 (5)1:55.48 (6)2:00.34 (6)1:55.79 (4)
61Lee In-SuKOR7:40.031:49.04 (6)3:44.23 (6)5:43.77 (6)1:55.19 (5)1:59.54 (5)1:56.26 (5)

Heat #2

Time10:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Ali IbrahimEGY7:17.061:41.32 (1)3:27.76 (1)5:20.06 (1)1:46.44 (1)1:52.30 (1)1:57.00 (3)Q
23Mattia RighettiITA7:20.781:42.32 (2)3:30.68 (2)5:23.79 (2)1:48.36 (2)1:53.11 (2)1:56.99 (2)Q
32Felipe LealCHI7:28.781:44.57 (3)3:36.08 (3)5:31.54 (3)1:51.51 (3)1:55.46 (3)1:57.24 (4)Q
45Rafik AmraneALG7:38.511:46.94 (5)3:42.91 (4)5:40.58 (4)1:55.97 (4)1:57.67 (4)1:57.93 (5)
56Muhammad AkramPAK7:45.121:46.57 (4)3:43.10 (5)5:45.31 (5)1:56.53 (5)2:02.21 (6)1:59.81 (6)
61Riadh Ben KhedherTUN7:47.861:49.95 (6)3:49.31 (6)5:50.98 (6)1:59.36 (6)2:01.67 (5)1:56.88 (1)

Final Round

Date22 – 23 September 2000

Final A

Time23 September 2000 — 8:50
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Rob WaddellNZL6:48.901:39.41 (2)3:22.54 (2)5:04.64 (2)1:43.13 (2)1:42.10 (2)1:44.26 (4)
23Xeno MüllerSUI6:50.551:39.73 (3)3:22.32 (1)5:04.12 (1)1:42.59 (1)1:41.80 (1)1:46.43 (6)
32Marcel HackerGER6:50.831:40.55 (5)3:25.57 (4)5:10.61 (4)1:45.02 (4)1:45.04 (3)1:40.22 (1)
45Derek PorterCAN6:51.101:40.08 (4)3:24.47 (3)5:09.54 (3)1:44.39 (3)1:45.07 (4)1:41.56 (2)
56Ivo YanakievBUL6:57.321:41.35 (6)3:27.32 (6)5:14.07 (5)1:45.97 (5)1:46.75 (5)1:43.25 (3)
61Jüri JaansonEST6:59.151:38.99 (1)3:26.66 (5)5:14.85 (6)1:47.67 (6)1:48.19 (6)1:44.30 (5)

Final B

Time22 September 2000 — 10:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Gerard EgelmeersNED6:55.291:41.67 (3)3:27.37 (1)5:12.97 (1)1:45.70 (1)1:45.60 (1)1:42.32 (1)
26Don SmithUSA6:59.821:40.85 (1)3:27.64 (2)5:15.16 (2)1:46.79 (3)1:47.52 (3)1:44.66 (3)
32Matt WellsGBR7:00.221:41.16 (2)3:28.01 (3)5:16.45 (3)1:46.85 (4)1:48.44 (4)1:43.77 (2)
45Ján ŽiškaSVK7:06.961:42.86 (4)3:29.38 (4)5:16.79 (4)1:46.52 (2)1:47.41 (2)1:50.17 (4)
DQ3Andris ReinholdsLAT[6:56.33]– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)4

Final C

Time22 September 2000 — 11:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Ali IbrahimEGY7:01.441:41.49 (3)3:27.28 (1)5:15.08 (1)1:45.79 (1)1:47.80 (1)1:46.36 (3)
23 MacarrãoBRA7:01.891:41.00 (2)3:28.27 (2)5:17.18 (2)1:47.27 (2)1:48.91 (2)1:44.71 (2)
32Mattia RighettiITA7:08.161:41.76 (4)3:29.43 (3)5:20.14 (3)1:47.67 (3)1:50.71 (3)1:48.02 (5)
45Sergio FernándezARG7:09.431:40.94 (1)3:29.96 (4)5:22.09 (4)1:49.02 (4)1:52.13 (4)1:47.34 (4)
51Vladimir BelonogovKAZ7:21.441:42.17 (5)3:34.46 (5)5:44.85 (5)1:52.29 (5)2:10.39 (5)1:36.59 (1)
66Felipe LealCHI7:44.481:47.12 (6)3:43.55 (6)5:54.54 (6)1:56.43 (6)2:10.99 (6)1:49.94 (6)

Final D

Time22 September 2000 — 11:50
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Benjamin TolentinoPHI7:22.311:47.65 (4)3:38.41 (1)5:31.94 (1)1:50.76 (1)1:53.53 (1)1:50.37 (1)
22Jesús HuertaMEX7:29.681:47.31 (3)3:40.68 (2)5:36.52 (2)1:53.37 (2)1:55.84 (2)1:53.16 (2)
34Rafik AmraneALG7:35.661:46.93 (2)3:41.93 (3)5:40.54 (3)1:55.00 (4)1:58.61 (3)1:55.12 (4)
46Lee In-SuKOR7:37.611:48.73 (5)3:43.66 (4)5:42.93 (4)1:54.93 (3)1:59.27 (4)1:54.68 (3)
51Riadh Ben KhedherTUN7:54.451:46.51 (1)3:49.71 (5)5:54.93 (5)2:03.20 (5)2:05.22 (5)1:59.52 (5)
DNSMuhammad AkramPAK– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)