Medals
| Medalists | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
Santiago Fernández  Argentina | Yoennis Hernández  Cuba | Marcelus dos Santos  Brazil |
The Men's Single Sculls took place at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas. The heats and repechages happened on July 14 and the Finals on July 17. [1]
| Medalists | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Santiago Fernández Argentina | Yoennis Hernández Cuba | Marcelus dos Santos Brazil |
| Heat 1 | June 14 8:40 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Lane | Name | NOC | Time | Obs |
| 1 | 1 | Santiago Fernández | Argentina | 7:05.97 | FA |
| 2 | 2 | Marcelus dos Santos | Brazil | 7:28.31 | R |
| 3 | 3 | Cesar Chavez |  El Salvador | 8:06.74 | R |
| 4 | 4 | Norberto Avila |  Honduras | 9:07.72 | R |
| 5 | Francisco Anderson |  Panama | DNS | ||
| Heat 2 | June 14 8:50 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Lane | Name | NOC | Time | Obs |
| 1 | 2 | Yoennis Hernández | Cuba | 7:08.12 | FA |
| 2 | 5 | Jamie Schroeder |  United States | 7:14.31 | R |
| 3 | 3 | Patrick Alexandre Salas |  Mexico | 7:16.60 | R |
| 4 | 1 | Oscar Vasquez |  Chile | 7:17.38 | R |
| 5 | 4 | Dhison Hernandez |  Venezuela | 7:26.92 | R |
| Repechage 1 | June 14 16:30 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Lane | Name | NOC | Time | Obs |
| 1 | 3 | Patrick Alexandre Salas | Mexico | 7:18.24 | FA |
| 2 | 2 | Marcelus dos Santos | Brazil | 7:20.61 | FA |
| 3 | 4 | Dhison Hernandez | Venezuela | 7:23.32 | FB |
| 4 | 1 | Norberto Avila | Honduras | 9:15.19 | FB |
| Repechage 2 | June 14 16:40 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Lane | Name | NOC | Time | Obs |
| 1 | 1 | Oscar Vasquez | Chile | 7:18.57 | FA |
| 2 | 2 | Jamie Schroeder | United States | 7:26.36 | FA |
| 3 | 3 | Cesar Chavez | El Salvador | 7:50.31 | FB |
| Final B | June 17 9:15 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Lane | Name | NOC | Time | |
| 1 | 2 | Dhison Hernandez | Venezuela | 7:34.06 | |
| 2 | 3 | Cesar Chavez | El Salvador | 8:01.51 | |
| 3 | 1 | Norberto Avila | Honduras | 10:17.30 | |
| Final A | June 17 9:25 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Lane | Name | NOC | Time | |
 | 3 | Santiago Fernández | Argentina | 6:59.41 | |
 | 4 | Yoennis Hernández | Cuba | 7:04.47 | |
 | 1 | Marcelus dos Santos | Brazil | 7:05.47 | |
| 4 | 5 | Oscar Vasquez | Chile | 7:07.22 | |
| 5 | 6 | Jamie Schroeder | United States | 7:13.63 | |
| 6 | 2 | Patrick Alexandre Salas | Mexico | 7:15.72 | |
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