Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Brussels-Scheldt Maritime Canal
Dates	August 27–29
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Medalists
John B. Kelly Sr. United States   Jack Beresford Great Britain   Darcy Hadfield New Zealand

Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men
Double sculls	men
Coxed pairs	men
Coxed fours	men
Eights	men

The men's single sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition, the fifth appearance of the event, was held from August 27, 1920 to August 29, 1920.

Ten rowers, each from a different nation, competed.

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Beresford (GBR)	7:45.0	Q
2	Max Schmid (SUI)	7:49.0
3	Gustav Zinke (TCH)
Quarterfinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Frits Eijken (NED)	7:50.0	Q
2	Nino Castelli (ITA)	7:59.0
3	Jacques Haller (BEL)
Quarterfinal 3
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	John B. Kelly Sr. (USA)	7:44.2	Q
2	Nils Ljunglöf (SWE)	7:49.6
Quarterfinal 4
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Darcy Hadfield (NZL)	8:05.0	Q
2	Theodor Eyrich (DEN)	8:11.0

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Beresford (GBR)	7:45.0	Q
2	Frits Eijken (NED)	7:50.4
Semifinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	John B. Kelly Sr. (USA)	7:46.2	Q
	Darcy Hadfield (NZL)	7:49.2

Final

Final
Place	Rower	Time
	John B. Kelly Sr. (USA)	7:35.0
	Jack Beresford (GBR)	7:36.0

References

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French). 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 April 2008.