2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls
# 2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls

The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Monday 22 August 2016 | 16:55 | Heats |
| Tuesday 23 August 2016 | 11:20 | Repechage |
| Wednesday 24 August 2016 | 16:00 | Quarterfinals |
| Thursday 25 August 2016 | 15:35 | Semifinals A/B |
| Friday 26 August 2016 | 11:55 | Semifinals C/D |
| Saturday 27 August 2016 | 10:45 | Final D |
| Saturday 27 August 2016 | 11:00 | Final C |
| Saturday 27 August 2016 | 11:20 | Final B |
| Saturday 27 August 2016 | 12:40 | Final A |

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results

### Heats

The four fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Silvan Zehnder | Switzerland | 7:17.66 | Q |
| 2 | José Gómez-Feria | Spain | 7:21.35 | Q |
| 3 | Jerzy Kowalski | Poland | 7:24.63 | Q |
| 4 | Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi | Finland | 7:25.90 | Q |
| 5 | Sargis Gharabaghtsyan | Armenia | 9:38.93 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Konstantin Steinhübel | Germany | 7:04.36 | Q |
| 2 | Rajko Hrvat | Slovenia | 7:07.37 | Q |
| 3 | Péter Galambos | Hungary | 7:18.19 | Q |
| 4 | Iurii Peshkov | Russia | 7:36.78 | Q |
| 5 | Andres Mejia | Colombia | 8:02.01 | R |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 7:11.73 | Q |
| 2 | Yuki Ikeda | Japan | 7:16.87 | Q |
| 3 | Miloš Stanojević | Serbia | 7:19.70 | Q |
| 4 | Liu Jiajian | China | 7:23.04 | Q |
| 5 | Bart Lukkes | Netherlands | 7:30.12 | R |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Matteo Mulas | Italy | 7:20.26 | Q |
| 2 | Luka Radonić | Croatia | 7:22.06 | Q |
| 3 | Renzo León García | Peru | 7:22.92 | Q |
| 4 | Prem Nampratueng | Thailand | 7:23.10 | Q |
| 5 | Mattias Johansson | Sweden | 7:23.11 | R |

**Heat 5**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lukáš Babač | Slovakia | 7:11.54 | Q |
| 2 | Matthias Taborsky | Austria | 7:16.54 | Q |
| 3 | Colin Ethridge | United States | 7:21.44 | Q |
| 4 | Milan Viktora | Czech Republic | 7:29.25 | Q |
| 5 | Alhussein Ghambour | Libya | 7:49.98 | R |

### Repechage

The four fastest boats advanced to the final. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bart Lukkes | Netherlands | 7:17.98 | Q |
| 2 | Mattias Johansson | Sweden | 7:29.21 | Q |
| 3 | Andres Mejia | Colombia | 7:37.67 | Q |
| 4 | Alhussein Ghambour | Libya | 7:38.74 | Q |
| 5 | Sargis Gharabaghtsyan | Armenia | 8:30.89 | |

### Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.

**Quarterfinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Konstantin Steinhübel | Germany | 6:58.20 | SA/B |
| 2 | Miloš Stanojević | Serbia | 6:58.52 | SA/B |
| 3 | Silvan Zehnder | Switzerland | 7:00.07 | SA/B |
| 4 | Milan Viktora | Czech Republic | 7:06.30 | SC/D |
| 5 | Renzo León García | Peru | 7:19.58 | SC/D |
| 6 | Alhussein Ghambour | Libya | 7:44.36 | SC/D |

**Quarterfinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:54.79 | SA/B |
| 2 | Colin Ethridge | United States | 6:57.06 | SA/B |
| 3 | Luka Radonić | Croatia | 7:01.04 | SA/B |
| 4 | Jerzy Kowalski | Poland | 7:04.48 | SC/D |
| 5 | Iurii Peshkov | Russia | 7:09.48 | SC/D |
| 6 | Mattias Johansson | Sweden | 7:21.77 | SC/D |

**Quarterfinal 3**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Péter Galambos | Hungary | 6:56.19 | SA/B |
| 2 | José Gómez-Feria | Spain | 7:02.73 | SA/B |
| 3 | Matteo Mulas | Italy | 7:08.36 | SA/B |
| 4 | Liu Jiajian | China | 7:20.06 | SC/D |
| 5 | Andres Mejia | Colombia | 7:44.18 | SC/D |
| – | Matthias Taborsky | Austria | DNF | SC/D |

**Quarterfinal 4**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lukáš Babač | Slovakia | 6:55.86 | SA/B |
| 2 | Rajko Hrvat | Slovenia | 6:57.58 | SA/B |
| 3 | Yuki Ikeda | Japan | 6:59.08 | SA/B |
| 4 | Bart Lukkes | Netherlands | 7:01.87 | SC/D |
| 5 | Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi | Finland | 7:11.34 | SC/D |
| 6 | Prem Nampratueng | Thailand | 7:22.87 | SC/D |

### Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jerzy Kowalski | Poland | 7:37.40 | FC |
| 2 | Milan Viktora | Czech Republic | 7:42.23 | FC |
| 3 | Matthias Taborsky | Austria | 7:44.12 | FC |
| 4 | Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi | Finland | 7:45.00 | FD |
| 5 | Alhussein Ghambour | Libya | 8:20.04 | FD |
| 6 | Andres Mejia | Colombia | 8:27.11 | FD |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Liu Jiajian | China | 7:44.98 | FC |
| 2 | Bart Lukkes | Netherlands | 7:45.62 | FC |
| 3 | Renzo León García | Peru | 7:46.13 | FC |
| 4 | Iurii Peshkov | Russia | 8:03.05 | FD |
| 5 | Mattias Johansson | Sweden | 8:05.04 | FD |
| 6 | Prem Nampratueng | Thailand | 8:12.82 | 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.

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:51.71 | FA |
| 2 | Rajko Hrvat | Slovenia | 6:52.31 | FA |
| 3 | Konstantin Steinhübel | Germany | 6:52.32 | FA |
| 4 | José Gómez-Feria | Spain | 6:53.21 | FB |
| 5 | Silvan Zehnder | Switzerland | 6:59.42 | FB |
| 6 | Matteo Mulas | Italy | 7:17.33 | FB |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lukáš Babač | Slovakia | 6:52.50 | FA |
| 2 | Péter Galambos | Hungary | 6:53.12 | FA |
| 3 | Miloš Stanojević | Serbia | 6:54.15 | FA |
| 4 | Luka Radonić | Croatia | 6:57.96 | FB |
| 5 | Colin Ethridge | United States | 7:02.61 | FB |
| 6 | Yuki Ikeda | Japan | 7:06.16 | FB |

### Finals

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

**Final D**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi | Finland | 8:01.12 |
| 2 | Iurii Peshkov | Russia | 8:08.90 |
| 3 | Mattias Johansson | Sweden | 8:09.06 |
| 4 | Prem Nampratueng | Thailand | 8:22.06 |
| 5 | Andres Mejia | Colombia | 8:33.30 |
| 6 | Alhussein Ghambour | Libya | 8:37.33 |

**Final C**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jerzy Kowalski | Poland | 7:51.80 |
| 2 | Liu Jiajian | China | 8:00.39 |
| 3 | Milan Viktora | Czech Republic | 8:03.25 |
| 4 | Bart Lukkes | Netherlands | 8:04.12 |
| 5 | Matthias Taborsky | Austria | 8:07.27 |
| 6 | Renzo León García | Peru | 8:11.76 |

**Final B**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | José Gómez-Feria | Spain | 7:52.21 |
| 2 | Yuki Ikeda | Japan | 7:52.45 |
| 3 | Matteo Mulas | Italy | 7:58.39 |
| 4 | Colin Ethridge | United States | 7:59.54 |
| 5 | Luka Radonić | Croatia | 8:00.21 |
| 6 | Silvan Zehnder | Switzerland | 8:03.73 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 7:32.84 |
| | Péter Galambos | Hungary | 7:36.95 |
| | Lukáš Babač | Slovakia | 7:38.89 |
| 4 | Rajko Hrvat | Slovenia | 7:41.07 |
| 5 | Konstantin Steinhübel | Germany | 7:48.66 |
| 6 | Miloš Stanojević | Serbia | 7:49.03 |
