This is your guide to the historical results for the Olympic Rowing Single Sculls (1x) Men's race. See how the men did over the years and learn who the gold, silver, and bronze men's medalists were along with their corresponding countries.
1900 Paris Olympics
- Gold: Hermann Barrelet (FRA)
- Silver: André Gaudin (FRA)
- Bronze: George Saint Ashe (GBR)
1904 St. Louis Olympics
- Gold: Frank Greer (USA)
- Silver: James Juvenal (USA)
- Bronze: Constance Titus (USA)
1908 London Olympics
- Gold: Harry Blackstaffe (GBR)
- Silver: Alexander McCulloch (GBR)
- Bronze: Bernhard von Gaza (GER)
- Bronze: Karoly Levitzky (HUN)
1912 Stockholm Olympics
- Gold: William Kinnear (GBR)
- Silver: Polydore Veirman (BEL)
- Bronze: Everard Butler (CAN)
- Bronze: Mart Kuusik (RUS)
1920 Antwerp Olympics
- Gold: John B. Kelly, Sr. (USA)
- Silver: Jack Bereford (GBR)
- Bronze: Clarence Hadfield DArcy (NZL)
1924 Paris Olympics
- Gold: Jack Beresford (GBR)
- Silver: William Gilmore (USA)
- Bronze: Josef Schneider (SUI)
1928 Amsterdam Olympics
- Gold: Bobby Pearce (AUS)
- Silver: Kenneth Myers (USA)
- Bronze: Theodore Collet (GBR)
1932 Los Angeles Olympics
- Gold: Bobby Pearce (AUS)
- Silver: William Miller (USA)
- Bronze: Guillermo Douglas (URU)
1936 Berlin Olympics
- Gold: Gustav Schafer (GER)
- Silver: Josef Hasenohrl (AUT)
- Bronze: Daniel Barrow (USA)
1948 London Olympics
- Gold: MervynWood (AUS)
- Silver: Eduardo Risso (URU)
- Bronze: Romolo Catasta (ITA)
1952 Helsinki Olympics
- Gold: Yuri Tyukalov (URS)
- Silver: Mervyn Wood (AUS)
- Bronze: Teodor Kocerka (POL)
1956 Melbourne / Stockholm Olympics
- Gold: Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- Silver: Stuart MacKenzie (AUS)
- Bronze: John B. Kelly, Jr. (USA)
1960 Rome Olympics
- Gold: Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- Silver: Achim Hill (EUA)
- Bronze: Teodor Kocerka (POL)
1964 Tokyo Olympics
- Gold: Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- Silver: Achim Hill (EUA)
- Bronze: Gottfried Kottmann (SUI)
1968 Mexico Olympics
- Gold: Henri Jan Wienese (NED)
- Silver: Jochen Meissner (FRG)
- Bronze: Alberto Demiddi (ARG)
1972 Munich Olympics
- Gold: Yuri Malishev (URS)
- Silver: Alberto Demiddi (ARG)
- Bronze: Wolfgang Guldenpfennig (GDR)
1976 Montreal Olympics
- Gold: Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- Silver: Peter-Michael Kolbe (FRG)
- Bronze: Joachim Dreifke (GDR)
1980 Moscow Olympics
- Gold: Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- Silver: Vassily Yakusha (URS)
- Bronze: Peter Kersten (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles Olympics
- Gold: Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- Silver: Peter-Michael Kolbe (FRG)
- Bronze: Robert Mills (CAN)
1988 Seoul Olympics
- Gold: Thomas Lange (GDR)
- Silver: Peter-Michael Kolbe (FRG)
- Bronze: Eric Vergonk (NZL)
1992 Barcelona Olympics
- Gold: Thomas Lange (GDR)
- Silver: Vaclav Chalupa (TCH)
- Bronze: Kajetan Bronjewski (POL)
1996 Atlanta Olympics
- Gold: Xeno Muller (SUI)
- Silver: Derek Porter (CAN)
- Bronze: Thomas Lange (GER)
2000 Sydney Olympics
- Gold: Rob Waddell (NZL)
- Silver: Xeno Muller (SUI)
- Bronze: Marcel Hacker (GER)
2004 Athens Olympics
- Gold: Olaf Tufte (NOR)
- Silver: Juri Jaanson (EST)
- Bronze: Ivo Yanakiev (BUL)


