Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres

Canoeing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1 men
C-2 men
K-1 men women
Sprint
C-1 500 m   men  
C-1 1000 m men
C-2 500 m men
C-2 1000 m men
K-1 500 m men women
K-1 1000 m men
K-2 500 m men women
K-2 1000 m men
K-4 500 m women
K-4 1000 m men

The men's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 event is raced in single-person kayaks. This would be the last time the event would take place at the Summer Olympics. On 13 August 2009, it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men's 500 m events would be replaced by 200 m events at the 2012 Summer Olympics with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women. The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1, C-2, and K-1.[1]

Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top six finishers in each of the four heats advances directly to the semifinal along with the top three times. The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals advance to the final.

Heats took place on August 19, semifinal on August 21, and final on August 23.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 15:30-16:10 Heats
Thursday, August 21, 2008 15:30-16:00 Semifinals
Saturday, August 23, 2008 15:30-15:45 Final

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Ken Wallace (AUS)  Adam van Koeverden (CAN)  Tim Brabants (GBR)

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..6->Semifinals + 3 best next by time, Rest Out

Heat 1

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Adam van Koeverden Canada 1:35.554 WB QS
2 Eirik Verås Larsen Norway 1:36.439 QS
3 Michele Zerial Italy 1:36.950 QS
4 Steven Ferguson New Zealand 1:37.538 QS
5 Shaun Rubenstein South Africa 1:37.687 QS
6 Dmitriy Torlopov Kazakhstan 1:39.892 QS
7 Jorge Garcia Cuba 1:42.803 QS
8 Rudolph Berking-Williams Samoa 1:47.839 QS

Heat 2

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Tim Brabants Great Britain 1:36.338 QS
2 Anton Ryakhov Russia 1:37.666 QS
3 Stjepan Janić Croatia 1:37.724 QS
4 Arnaud Hybois France 1:37.902 QS
5 Miguel Correa Argentina 1:39.781 QS
6 Emanuel Silva Portugal 1:42.513 QS
7 Tony Lespoir Seychelles 1:53.248

Heat 3

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Ákos Vereckei Hungary 1:36.099 QS
2 Ken Wallace Australia 1:36.208 QS
3 Anders Gustafsson Sweden 1:36.633 QS
4 Marek Twardowski Poland 1:39.436 QS
5 Assane Dame Fall Senegal 1:52.215 QS
6 Alcino Silva São Tomé and Príncipe 1:58.178 QS
7 Kotoua Francis Abia Ivory Coast 2:00.716

Heat 4

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Michael Kolganov Israel 1:38.396 QS
2 Jonas Ems Germany 1:38.819 QS
3 Rami Zur United States 1:39.037 QS
4 Manuel Cortina Martínez Mexico 1:40.626 QS
5 Kasper Bleibach Denmark 1:42.529 QS
6 Pan Yao China 1:44.757 QS
7 Myint Tayzar Phone Myanmar 1:48.179 QS

Semifinals

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out

Semifinal 1

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Adam van Koeverden Canada 1:42.438 QF
2 Anton Ryakhov Russia 1:42.968 QF
3 Ken Wallace Australia 1:43.340 QF
4 Shaun Rubenstein South Africa 1:44.154
5 Emanuel Silva Portugal 1:45.985
6 Rami Zur United States 1:47.163
7 Manuel Cortina Martínez Mexico 1:48.333
8 Jorge Garcia Cuba 1:49.077
9 Assane Dame Fall Senegal 2:04.633

Semifinal 2

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Steven Ferguson New Zealand 1:42.238 QF
2 Anders Gustafsson Sweden 1:42.409 QF
3 Tim Brabants Great Britain 1:42.530 QF
4 Michele Zerial Italy 1:42.931
5 Marek Twardowski Poland 1:43.733
6 Jonas Ems Germany 1:44.717
7 Miguel Correa Argentina 1:46.422
8 Pan Yao China 1:55.242
— Rudolph Berking-Williams Samoa — DNS

Semifinal 3

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Stjepan Janić Croatia 1:41.689 QF
2 Eirik Verås Larsen Norway 1:41.927 QF
3 Ákos Vereckei Hungary 1:42.155 QF
4 Michael Kolganov Israel 1:43.145
5 Arnaud Hybois France 1:43.559
6 Kasper Bleibach Denmark 1:45.418
7 Dmitriy Torlopov Kazakhstan 1:47.573
8 Myint Tayzar Phone Myanmar 1:55.300
9 Alcino Silva São Tomé and Príncipe 2:06.288

Final

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
Ken Wallace Australia 1:37.252
Adam van Koeverden Canada 1:37.630
Tim Brabants Great Britain 1:37.671
4 Eirik Verås Larsen Norway 1:37.949
5 Anton Ryakhov Russia 1:38.187
6 Ákos Vereckei Hungary 1:38.318
7 Anders Gustafsson Sweden 1:38.447
8 Steven Ferguson New Zealand 1:38.512
9 Stjepan Janić Croatia 1:38.729

References

  1. ↑ 13 August 2009 International Canoe Federation announcement of canoe sprint format changes for the 2012 Summer Olympics. - accessed 14 August 2009.
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