2025 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls

Men's lightweight single sculls
at the 2025 World Rowing Championships
Men's lightweight single sculls ; at the 2025 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Dianshan Lake
Location	Shanghai, China
Dates	23–27 September
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Winning time	6:54.10
Medalists

The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2025 World Rowing Championships took place at Dianshan Lake, in Shanghai.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are UTC+08:00

The two fastest boats in each heat and the six fastest times advanced to the semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the Final C.^[2]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Felipe Klüver	Uruguay	7:05.58	SF
2	Alexis López	Mexico	7:11.79	SF
3	Shakhzod Nurmatov	Uzbekistan	7:13.15	SF
4	Mohammed Al-Khafaji	Iraq	7:20.30	FC
5	Lee Jong-hee	South Korea	7:21.27	FC
6	Bin Ahmad Faiz Zuhairee	Malaysia	7:57.41	FC

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Julian Schöberl	Austria	6:54.46	SF
2	Gu Jiantao	China	6:56.43	SF
3	Jacob McCarthy	Ireland	6:56.65	SF
4	Chiu Hin Chun	Hong Kong	7:00.39	SF
5	Kasper Hirvilampi	Finland	7:33.85	FC

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Halil Kaan Köroğlu	Turkey	7:01.04	SF
2	Fabio Kress	Germany	7:05.41	SF
3	Justin Schmidt	United States	7:10.51	SF
4	Artem Matussevich	Kazakhstan	7:13.33	SF
5	Ghaith Kadri	Tunisia	7:13.95	SF

The three fastest boats in each heat advance to the Final A. The remaining boats were sent to the Final B.

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Julian Schöberl	Austria	7:22.09	FA
2	Fabio Kress	Germany	7:25.00	FA
3	Gu Jiantao	China	7:27.72	FA
4	Justin Schmidt	United States	7:31.24	FB
5	Chiu Hin Chun	Hong Kong	7:43.10	FB
6	Ghaith Kadri	Tunisia	7:53.03	FB

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Felipe Klüver	Uruguay	7:28.40	FA
2	Halil Kaan Köroğlu	Turkey	7:31.12	FA
3	Jacob McCarthy	Ireland	7:33.01	FA
4	Shakhzod Nurmatov	Uzbekistan	7:33.29	FB
5	Alexis López	Mexico	7:48.66	FB
6	Artem Matussevich	Kazakhstan	7:49.34	FB

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.^[3]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Mohammed Al-Khafaji	Iraq	7:53.93	13
2	Lee Jong-hee	South Korea	7:58.41	14
3	Kasper Hirvilampi	Finland	8:15.21	15
4	Bin Ahmad Faiz Zuhairee	Malaysia	8:35.73	16

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Chiu Hin Chun	Hong Kong	7:07.33	7
2	Shakhzod Nurmatov	Uzbekistan	7:09.98	8
3	Artem Matussevich	Kazakhstan	7:10.96	9
4	Justin Schmidt	United States	7:11.72	10
5	Ghaith Kadri	Tunisia	7:16.27	11
6	Alexis López	Mexico	7:28.86	12

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Felipe Klüver	Uruguay	6:54.10
	Julian Schöberl	Austria	6:57.85
	Jacob McCarthy	Ireland	6:59.07
4	Fabio Kress	Germany	7:03.28
5	Gu Jiantao	China	7:09.63
6	Halil Kaan Köroğlu	Turkey	7:16.23