The men's single sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.

Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Sunday 9 September 2018 12:17 Heats Monday 10 September 2018 12:01 RepechagesThursday 13 September 2018 09:49 Quarterfinals 16:37 Semifinals C/D 17:25 Semifinals E/F Friday 14 September 2018 09:51 Semifinals A/BSaturday 15 September 2018 16:21 Final D 16:45 Final E 16:53 Final FSunday 16 September 2018 09:38 Final C 10:38 Final B 12:04 Final A All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Results Heats The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.

Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Robbie Manson 6:53.68 Q 2Quentin Antognelli 6:55.33 Q 3Robert Ven 6:58.11 Q 4Romuald Thomas 7:02.43 R 5Andrei Jämsä 7:22.90 R 6Privel Hinkati 7:26.65 R

Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Ondřej Synek 6:56.73 Q 2Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár 7:03.33 Q 3Aleksandar Aleksandrov 7:06.90 Q 4Mmbudzeni Masutha 7:18.72 R 5Abdelkhalek El-Banna 7:20.30 R 6Oleksandr Lukianenko 7:49.02 R

Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Dzianis Mihal 6:51.43 Q 2Oliver Zeidler 6:52.55 Q 3Dani Fridman 6:55.39 Q 4Kevin Meador 6:57.53 R 5Onat Kazakli 6:57.90 R

Heat 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Sverri Sandberg Nielsen 6:50.01 Q 2Marko Marjanović 6:54.59 Q 3Pierre De Loof 6:55.17 Q 4Anders Backeus 7:01.91 R 5Rio Rii 7:42.39 R

Heat 5 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Kjetil Borch 6:41.00 Q 2Nico Stahlberg 6:44.21 Q 3Harry Leask 6:45.25 Q 4Luke Letcher 6:47.69 R 5Arturo Rivarola 7:25.39 R

Heat 6 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Mindaugas Griškonis 6:51.07 Q 2Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk 6:58.78 Q 3Simone Martini 7:02.00 Q 4Brian Rosso 7:22.57 R 5Methasit Phromphoem 7:37.62 R

Repechages The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E/F semifinals.

Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Onat Kazakli 7:00.75 Q 2Romuald Thomas 7:01.48 Q 3Brian Rosso 7:04.15 SE/F 4Oleksandr Lukianenko 7:23.60 SE/F 5Arturo Rivarola 7:27.62 SE/F

Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Anders Backeus 7:06.81 Q 2Mmbudzeni Masutha 7:14.42 Q 3Andrei Jämsä 7:16.97 SE/F 4Methasit Phromphoem 7:34.80 SE/F

Repechage 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Kevin Meador 6:56.56 Q 2Luke Letcher 7:03.33 Q 3Abdelkhalek El-Banna 7:10.02 SE/F 4Privel Hinkati 7:29.41 SE/F 5Rillio Rii 7:40.86 SE/F

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 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Robbie Manson 6:49.75 SA/B 2Mindaugas Griškonis 6:51.47 SA/B 3Nico Stahlberg 6:54.43 SA/B 4Luke Letcher 7:00.31 SC/D 5Anders Backeus 7:01.67 SC/D 6Pierre De Loof 7:06.74 SC/D

Quarterfinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Ondřej Synek 6:52.24 SA/B 2Kjetil Borch 6:54.29 SA/B 3Marko Marjanović 6:57.79 SA/B 4Romuald Thomas 6:59.31 SC/D 5Kevin Meador 7:08.69 SC/D 6Dani Fridman 7:25.61 SC/D

Quarterfinal 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Harry Leask 6:53.38 SA/B 2Dzianis Mihal 6:56.22 SA/B 3Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár 6:57.81 SA/B 4Simone Martini 6:59.14 SC/D 5Onat Kazakli 7:18.31 SC/D 6Quentin Antognelli 7:25.62 SC/D

Quarterfinal 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Oliver Zeidler 6:49.10 SA/B 2Sverri Sandberg Nielsen 6:51.37 SA/B 3Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk 6:58.13 SA/B 4Aleksandar Aleksandrov 7:01.70 SC/D 5Robert Ven 7:02.89 SC/D 6Mmbudzeni Masutha 7:48.91 SC/D

Semifinals E/F The two fastest boats in semi 1 and three in semi 2 were sent to the E final. The remaining boats were sent to the F final.

Semifinals 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Abdelkhalek El-Banna 7:27.82 FE 2Methasit Phromphoem 7:59.89 FE 3Rillio Rii 8:12.68 FF

Semifinals 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Andrei Jämsä 7:47.01 FE 2Oleksandr Lukianenko 7:50.66 FE 3Arturo Rivarola 7:56.41 FE 4Privel Hinkati 8:08.70 FF

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

Semifinals 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Pierre De Loof 7:09.94 FC 2Robert Ven 7:10.30 FC 3Simone Martini 7:11.01 FC 4Luke Letcher 7:14.87 FD 5Kevin Meador 7:17.90 FD 6Mmbudzeni Masutha 7:29.26 FD

Semifinals 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Dani Fridman 7:07.73 FC 2Onat Kazakli 7:09.68 FC 3Romuald Thomas 7:09.93 FC 4Anders Backeus 7:13.97 FD 5Quentin Antognelli 7:27.46 FD 6Aleksandar Aleksandrov 7:32.33 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.

Semifinals 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Kjetil Borch 6:43.35 FA 2Harry Leask 6:45.05 FA 3Robbie Manson 6:45.22 FA 4Sverri Sandberg Nielsen 6:45.99 FB 5Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk 6:48.96 FB 6Nico Stahlberg 6:54.40 FB

Semifinals 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Ondřej Synek 6:48.55 FA 2Oliver Zeidler 6:49.63 FA 3Mindaugas Griškonis 6:51.72 FA 4Dzianis Mihal 7:00.74 FB 5Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár 7:03.30 FB 6Marko Marjanović 7:15.55 FB

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

Final F RankRowerCountryTime 1Privel Hinkati 7:24.51 2Rillio Rii 7:36.76

Final E RankRowerCountryTime 1Abdelkhalek El-Banna 7:04.03 2Andrei Jämsä 7:07.76 3Oleksandr Lukianenko 7:11.43 4Arturo Rivarola 7:17.86 5Methasit Phromphoem 7:23.77

Final D RankRowerCountryTime 1Luke Letcher 6:54.32 2Kevin Meador 6:56.64 3Aleksandar Aleksandrov 7:02.17 4Mmbudzeni Masutha 7:03.40 5Quentin Antognelli 6Anders Backeus

Final C RankRowerCountryTime 1Dani Fridman 6:50.83 2Pierre De Loof 6:55.70 3Robert Ven 6:57.83 4Romuald Thomas 6:59.75 5Simone Martini 7:06.31 6Onat Kazakli 7:21.52

Final B RankRowerCountryTime 1Sverri Sandberg Nielsen 6:49.30 2Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk 6:50.24 3Nico Stahlberg 6:51.84 4Dzianis Mihal 6:52.71 5Marko Marjanović 6:54.75 6Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár

Final A RankRowerCountryTime Kjetil Borch 6:38.31 Ondřej Synek 6:39.92 Mindaugas Griškonis 6:42.90 4Harry Leask 6:45.02 5Robbie Manson 6:46.11 6Oliver Zeidler 6:50.71

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