Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Men's single sculls at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Brussels-Scheldt Maritime Canal
Dates	August 27–29
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Jack Kelly  United States Jack Beresford  Great Britain Clarence Hadfield D'Arcy  New Zealand

Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men
Double sculls	men
Coxed pairs	men
Coxed fours	men
Eights	men

The men's single sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition, the fifth appearance of the event, was held from August 27, 1920 to August 29, 1920.

Ten rowers, each from a different nation, competed.

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Beresford (GBR)	7:45.0	Q
2	Max Schmid (SUI)	7:49.0
3	Gustav Zinke (TCH)
Quarterfinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Frits Eijken (NED)	7:50.0	Q
2	Nino Castelli (ITA)	7:59.0
3	Jacques Haller (BEL)
Quarterfinal 3
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Kelly (USA)	7:44.2	Q
2	Nils Ljunglöf (SWE)	7:49.6
Quarterfinal 4
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Clarence Hadfield D'Arcy (NZL)	8:05.0	Q
2	Theodor Eyrich (DEN)	8:11.0

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Beresford (GBR)	7:45.0	Q
2	Frits Eijken (NED)	7:50.4
Semifinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Kelly (USA)	7:46.2	Q
	Clarence Hadfield D'Arcy (NZL)	7:49.2

Final

Final
Place	Rower	Time
	John Kelly (USA)	7:35.0
	Jack Beresford (GBR)	7:36.0