Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls
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The men's single sculls competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 13 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.[1] There were 32 competitors from 32 nations.[2] The event was won by Mahé Drysdale of New Zealand, the sixth man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the event. He won an exceptionally close final against Damir Martin of Croatia. Martin's silver was Croatia's first medal in the event. Bronze went to Ondřej Synek of the Czech Republic. Both Drysdale and Synek earned their third medal in the event; Drysdale had taken bronze in 2008 before winning in 2012 and 2016, while Synek had twice been the runner-up in 2008 and 2012 before this third-place finish.
Men's single sculls at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas | |||||||||
Dates | 6–13 August 2016 | |||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 32 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 6:41.34 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The measurer noted Martin as the winner with photo finish, while Drysdale as second, but then the result was removed. They had the same final time, 6 minutes 41.34 seconds, and the winner, Drysdale, was decided with a photo finish (five thousandths of a second) by judges.[3][4] The Croatian Olympic Committee disputes the photo finish, and officially requested the International Olympic Committee and International Rowing Federation for an analysis by independent experts of the entire video and photo finish.[5]