Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Benjamin Tolentino Philippines 7:22.31
2 Jesús Huerta Mexico 7:29.68
3 Rafik Amrane Algeria 7:35.66
4 Lee In-su South Korea 7:37.31
5 Riadh Ben Khedher Tunisia 7:54.45
- Muhammad Akram Pakistan
Results -- Finals
The men's single sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre. This rowing event is a single scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a single rower. The scull portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side (not feasible for singles events). The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals. During the first round six heats were held. The winning boat in each heat advanced to the semifinals, while all others were relegated to the repechages. The repechages offered the rowers a chance to qualify for the semi-final. Placing in the repechages determined which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in each quarterfinal moved on to the A/B semifinals, with the bottom three boats going to the C/D semifinals. Six semifinals were held, two each of A/B semifinals, C/D semifinals, and E/F semifinals.