Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls
| Men's single sculls at the Games of the IX Olympiad
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| Venue | Sloten | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
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Bobby Pearce |
 Australia
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Kenneth Myers |
 United States
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Theodore Collet |
 Great Britain
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The men's single sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven rowing events for men and was the seventh appearance of the event, which had been on the programme for every Games since rowing was added in 1900.
Source: Official results; De Wael
Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage.
Winners advanced to the second round, but were ineligible for a second repechage if they lost there. Losers were eliminated.
Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second repechage, if they had advanced by winning in the first round, or were eliminated if they had advanced through the first repechage.
Winners advanced to the third round, while losers were eliminated.
The competition became single-elimination from this point, with losers being eliminated even if they had not previously had to advance through a repechage.
Winners advanced to the gold medal final, with the losers competing for bronze.
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