| Single sculls at the Olympic Games | |
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 Medal ceremony of the men's single sculls in 2016 | |
| Overview | |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Gender | Men and women |
| Years held | Men: 1900–2024 Women: 1976–2024 |
| Reigning champion | |
| Men |  Oliver Zeidler (GER) |
| Women |  Karolien Florijn (NED) |
The single sculls is a rowing event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900, and has been held every Games since. The women's competition was added in 1976.
| Rank | Rower | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vyacheslav Ivanov |  Soviet Union (URS) | 1956–1964 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pertti Karppinen |  Finland (FIN) | 1976–1984 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Thomas Lange |  East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER) | 1988–1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mahé Drysdale |  New Zealand (NZL) | 2008–2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Bobby Pearce |  Australia (AUS) | 1928–1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Olaf Tufte |  Norway (NOR) | 2004–2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | Jack Beresford |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1920–1924 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mervyn Wood | Australia (AUS) | 1948–1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Xeno Müller |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1996–2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Peter-Michael Kolbe | West Germany (FRG) | 1976, 1984–1988 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Ondřej Synek |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 2008–2016 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Achim Hill |  United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1960–1964 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Alberto Demiddi |  Argentina (ARG) | 1968–1972 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Teodor Kocerka |  Poland (POL) | 1952, 1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 20 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Russian Empire (RU1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ekaterina Karsten |  Belarus (BLR) | 1996–2008 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Rumyana Neykova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2000–2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski | Germany (GER) | 2000–2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kim Brennan | Australia (AUS) | 2012–2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Silken Laumann | Canada (CAN) | 1992–1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Romania (ROU) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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