2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls

The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.^[1]

Men's lightweight single sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	9–14 September
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Winning time	6:56.36
Medalists
Jason Osborne    Germany   Michael Schmid     Switzerland   Andrew Campbell    United States
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Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 9 September 2018	09:30	Heats
Tuesday 11 September 2018	10:10	Repechages
Thursday 13 September 2018	10:42	Semifinals A/B
	17:09	Semifinals C/D
Friday 14 September 2018	13:00	Final A
	15:11	Final B
	15:27	Final C
	15:43	Final D

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[2][3]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Michael Schmid	Switzerland	6:48.49	SA/B
2	Andrew Campbell	United States	6:51.91	SA/B
3	Péter Galambos	Hungary	7:03.94	R
4	Alexis Lopez	Mexico	7:19.19	R
5	Miloš Stanojević	Serbia	7:23.89	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aaron Lattimer	Canada	6:47.93	SA/B
2	Martino Goretti	Italy	6:48.39	SA/B
3	Samuel Mottram	Great Britain	6:52.80	R
4	Chiu Hin Chun	Hong Kong	7:08.93	R
5	Kasper Hirvilampi	Finland	7:30.08	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sun Man	China	6:52.58	SA/B
2	Hugo Beurey	France	6:52.89	SA/B
3	Hamish Parry	Australia	6:54.08	R
4	Rainer Kepplinger	Austria	7:05.51	R
5	Yuki Ikeda	Japan	7:10.48	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jason Osborne	Germany	6:41.03	SA/B, WB
2	Rajko Hrvat	Slovenia	7:10.33	SA/B
3	Lazar Penev	Bulgaria	7:25.79	R
4	Jason Williams	Bahamas	7:57.39	R

Repechages

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

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Péter Galambos	Hungary	6:53.48	SA/B
2	Hamish Parry	Australia	6:59.57	SA/B
3	Chiu Hin Chun	Hong Kong	7:05.06	SC/D
4	Miloš Stanojević	Serbia	7:12.00	SC/D
5	Jason Williams	Bahamas	7:55.32	SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Samuel Mottram	Great Britain	6:54.64	SA/B
2	Alexis Lopez	Mexico	6:58.46	SA/B
3	Rainer Kepplinger	Austria	6:59.09	SC/D
4	Yuki Ikeda	Japan	7:06.20	SC/D
5	Lazar Penev	Bulgaria	7:21.42	SC/D
6	Kasper Hirvilampi	Finland	7:35.76	SC/D

Semifinals C/D

All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the C final. The slowest boats were sent to the D final.^[5]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Chiu Hin Chun	Hong Kong	7:23.27	FC
2	Yuki Ikeda	Japan	7:25.23	FC
3	Lazar Penev	Bulgaria	7:41.90	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rainer Kepplinger	Austria	7:27.29	FC
2	Miloš Stanojević	Serbia	7:34.59	FC
3	Kasper Hirvilampi	Finland	7:53.09	FC
4	Jason Williams	Bahamas	8:28.29	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.^[5]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Michael Schmid	Switzerland	6:54.03	FA
2	Péter Galambos	Hungary	6:54.92	FA
3	Sun Man	China	6:56.79	FA
4	Martino Goretti	Italy	6:59.05	FB
5	Alexis Lopez	Mexico	7:04.49	FB
6	Rajko Hrvat	Slovenia	7:07.70	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jason Osborne	Germany	6:52.97	FA
2	Andrew Campbell	United States	6:53.65	FA
3	Aaron Lattimer	Canada	6:55.72	FA
4	Samuel Mottram	Great Britain	6:59.33	FB
5	Hamish Parry	Australia	7:00.64	FB
6	Hugo Beurey	France	7:10.39	FB

Finals

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

Final D

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Lazar Penev	Bulgaria	7:40.44
2	Jason Williams	Bahamas	8:29.88

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Rainer Kepplinger	Austria	7:04.75
2	Chiu Hin Chun	Hong Kong	7:06.80
3	Miloš Stanojević	Serbia	7:07.14
4	Yuki Ikeda	Japan	7:12.03
5	Kasper Hirvilampi	Finland	7:32.92

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Martino Goretti	Italy	7:06.00
2	Samuel Mottram	Great Britain	7:06.94
3	Hamish Parry	Australia	7:07.84
4	Rajko Hrvat	Slovenia	7:10.52
5	Alexis López	Mexico	7:15.40
6	Hugo Beurey	France	7:19.10

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Jason Osborne	Germany	6:56.36
	Michael Schmid	Switzerland	6:58.34
	Andrew Campbell	United States	7:00.04
4	Aaron Lattimer	Canada	7:01.80
5	Sun Man	China	7:10.12
6	Péter Galambos	Hungary	7:13.03