The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2026 World Rowing Championships took place at Bosbaan, in Amsterdam.
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Monday 24 August 2026 17:22 Heats Wednesday 26 August 2026 15:19 Final C 17:15 SemifinalsThursday, 27 August 2026 15:21 Final B 17:41 Final A All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Results Heats The two fastest boats in each heat and the six fastest times advanced to the semifinals. Other crews to Final C.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Alexis López 7:45.22 SF 2Fabio Kress 7:45.72 SF 3Ghaith Kadri 7:45.84 SF 4Cornelus Palsma 7:55.37 SF 5Ajay Tyagi 8:15.78 FC 6Matías Ramírez 8:23.15 FC
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Petros Gkaidatzis 7:57.81 SF 2Santino Menin 8:03.67 SF 3Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi 8:11.29 SF 4Mohamed Kota 8:11.68 SF 5Justin Schmidt 8:11.79 SF
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Felipe Klüver 7:53.77 SF 2Konrad Hultsch 7:55.55 SF 3Mikita KarneyeuIndividual Neutral Athletes 1 7:58.08 SF 4Bence Tamás 8:14.45 FC 5César Cipriani 8:35.69 FC
Semifinals The three fastest boats in each heat advance to the Final A. The remaining boats were sent to the Final B. Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Petros Gkaidatzis 7:22.29 FA 2Alexis López 7:25.70 FA 3Justin Schmidt 7:26.83 FA 4Konrad Hultsch 7:30.39 FB 5Cornelus Palsma 7:30.93 FB 6Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi 7:44.71 FB
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Fabio Kress 7:24.32 FA 2Mikita KarneyeuIndividual Neutral Athletes 1 7:25.90 FA 3Felipe Klüver 7:26.49 FA 4Santino Menin 7:27.46 FB 5Ghaith Kadri 7:56.57 FB 6Mohamed Kota 8:14.39 FB
Finals The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals. Final C RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Ajay Tyagi 7:37.90 13 2Matías Ramírez 7:40.88 14 3Bence Tamás 7:41.47 15 4César Cipriani 7:53.13 16 Final B RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Santino Menin 7:36.02 7 2Konrad Hultsch 7:36.95 8 3Ghaith Kadri 7:37.81 9 4Mohamed Kota 7:38.01 10 5Cornelus Palsma 7:43.00 11 6Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi 7:47.86 12
Final A RankRowerCountryTime Petros Gkaidatzis 6:47.77 Felipe Klüver 6:51.50 Alexis López 6:52.06 4Fabio Kress 6:52.62 5Justin Schmidt 7:04.20 6Mikita KarneyeuIndividual Neutral Athletes 1 7:07.92
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