The single sculls was one of the competitions in the Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris.

[1] 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.

The single sculls has been held every time that rowing has been contested, beginning in 1900.

Barrelet and Gaudin objected and refused to race if Ashe were advanced, but eventually relented.