The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.

Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Monday 22 August 2016 16:55 Heats Tuesday 23 August 2016 11:20 Repechage Wednesday 24 August 2016 16:00 Quarterfinals Thursday 25 August 2016 15:35 Semifinals A/B Friday 26 August 2016 11:55 Semifinals C/DSaturday 27 August 2016 10:45 Final D 11:00 Final C 11:20 Final B 12:40 Final A All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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

Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Silvan Zehnder 7:17.66 Q 2José Gómez-Feria 7:21.35 Q 3Jerzy Kowalski 7:24.63 Q 4Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi 7:25.90 Q 5Sargis Gharabaghtsyan 9:38.93 R

Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Konstantin Steinhübel 7:04.36 Q 2Rajko Hrvat 7:07.37 Q 3Péter Galambos 7:18.19 Q 4Iurii Peshkov 7:36.78 Q 5Andres Mejia 8:02.01 R

Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Paul O'Donovan 7:11.73 Q 2Yuki Ikeda 7:16.87 Q 3Miloš Stanojević 7:19.70 Q 4Liu Jiajian 7:23.04 Q 5Bart Lukkes 7:30.12 R

Heat 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Matteo Mulas 7:20.26 Q 2Luka Radonić 7:22.06 Q 3Renzo León García 7:22.92 Q 4Prem Nampratueng 7:23.10 Q 5Mattias Johansson 7:23.11 R

Heat 5 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Lukáš Babač 7:11.54 Q 2Matthias Taborsky 7:16.54 Q 3Colin Ethridge 7:21.44 Q 4Milan Viktora 7:29.25 Q 5Alhussein Ghambour 7:49.98 R

Repechage The four fastest boats advanced to the final. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Bart Lukkes 7:17.98 Q 2Mattias Johansson 7:29.21 Q 3Andres Mejia 7:37.67 Q 4Alhussein Ghambour 7:38.74 Q 5Sargis Gharabaghtsyan 8:30.89

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 1Konstantin Steinhübel 6:58.20 SA/B 2Miloš Stanojević 6:58.52 SA/B 3Silvan Zehnder 7:00.07 SA/B 4Milan Viktora 7:06.30 SC/D 5Renzo León García 7:19.58 SC/D 6Alhussein Ghambour 7:44.36 SC/D

Quarterfinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Paul O'Donovan 6:54.79 SA/B 2Colin Ethridge 6:57.06 SA/B 3Luka Radonić 7:01.04 SA/B 4Jerzy Kowalski 7:04.48 SC/D 5Iurii Peshkov 7:09.48 SC/D 6Mattias Johansson 7:21.77 SC/D

Quarterfinal 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Péter Galambos 6:56.19 SA/B 2José Gómez-Feria 7:02.73 SA/B 3Matteo Mulas 7:08.36 SA/B 4Liu Jiajian 7:20.06 SC/D 5Andres Mejia 7:44.18 SC/D –Matthias Taborsky SC/D

Quarterfinal 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Lukáš Babač 6:55.86 SA/B 2Rajko Hrvat 6:57.58 SA/B 3Yuki Ikeda 6:59.08 SA/B 4Bart Lukkes 7:01.87 SC/D 5Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi 7:11.34 SC/D 6Prem Nampratueng 7:22.87 SC/D

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

Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Jerzy Kowalski 7:37.40 FC 2Milan Viktora 7:42.23 FC 3Matthias Taborsky 7:44.12 FC 4Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi 7:45.00 FD 5Alhussein Ghambour 8:20.04 FD 6Andres Mejia 8:27.11 FD

Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Liu Jiajian 7:44.98 FC 2Bart Lukkes 7:45.62 FC 3Renzo León García 7:46.13 FC 4Iurii Peshkov 8:03.05 FD 5Mattias Johansson 8:05.04 FD 6Prem Nampratueng 8:12.82 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.

Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Paul O'Donovan 6:51.71 FA 2Rajko Hrvat 6:52.31 FA 3Konstantin Steinhübel 6:52.32 FA 4José Gómez-Feria 6:53.21 FB 5Silvan Zehnder 6:59.42 FB 6Matteo Mulas 7:17.33 FB

Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Lukáš Babač 6:52.50 FA 2Péter Galambos 6:53.12 FA 3Miloš Stanojević 6:54.15 FA 4Luka Radonić 6:57.96 FB 5Colin Ethridge 7:02.61 FB 6Yuki Ikeda 7:06.16 FB

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

Final D RankRowerCountryTime 1Juho-Pekka Petäjäniemi 8:01.12 2Iurii Peshkov 8:08.90 3Mattias Johansson 8:09.06 4Prem Nampratueng 8:22.06 5Andres Mejia 8:33.30 6Alhussein Ghambour 8:37.33

Final C RankRowerCountryTime 1Jerzy Kowalski 7:51.80 2Liu Jiajian 8:00.39 3Milan Viktora 8:03.25 4Bart Lukkes 8:04.12 5Matthias Taborsky 8:07.27 6Renzo León García 8:11.76

Final B RankRowerCountryTime 1José Gómez-Feria 7:52.21 2Yuki Ikeda 7:52.45 3Matteo Mulas 7:58.39 4Colin Ethridge 7:59.54 5Luka Radonić 8:00.21 6Silvan Zehnder 8:03.73

Final A RankRowerCountryTime Paul O'Donovan 7:32.84 Péter Galambos 7:36.95 Lukáš Babač 7:38.89 4Rajko Hrvat 7:41.07 5Konstantin Steinhübel 7:48.66 6Miloš Stanojević 7:49.03

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