Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls
![Gold medalist Hermann Barrelet (1911)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Hermann_Barrelet_1911.jpg)
The
single sculls was one of the competitions in the
Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in
Paris. It was held on 25 and 26 August 1900. 12 athletes from 3 nations competed. Four quarterfinals, two semifinals, and a final were held. The event was won by
Hermann Barrelet of France; the host nation also took silver with
André Gaudin.
Saint-George Ashe of Great Britain earned bronze, after interfering with another rower in the quarterfinals and advancing out of the semifinals for unknown reasons after placing third in his heat.
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