Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres

Canoeing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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The men's K-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing on 22 August. The K-1 event is raced in single-person kayaks.

Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top finisher in each of the three heats advances directly to the final, while the next six finishers (places 2 through 7) in each heat move on to the semifinals. The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals join the heats winners in the final.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Monday, August 18, 2008 15:30-16:00 Heats
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 15:30-15:50 Semifinals
Friday, August 22, 2008 15:30-15:45 Final

Medalists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Tim Brabants (GBR)  Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR)  Ken Wallace (AUS)

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1->Final, 2..7->Semifinals, Rest Out

Heat 1

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Tim Brabants  Great Britain 3:27.828 QF
2 Zoltán Benkő  Hungary 3:29.542 QS
3 Markus Oscarsson  Sweden 3:30.044 QS
4 Emanuel Silva  Portugal 3:31.843 QS
5 Shaun Rubenstein  South Africa 3:36.134 QS
6 Dmitriy Torlopov  Kazakhstan 3:39.671 QS
7 Manuel Cortina Martínez  Mexico 3:41.433 QS
8 Myint Tayzar Phone  Myanmar 3:53.578
9 Assane Dame Fall  Senegal 4:07.061

Heat 2

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Adam van Koeverden  Canada 3:29.622 QF
2 Stjepan Janić  Croatia 3:31.369 QS
3 Ben Fouhy  New Zealand 3:33.037 QS
4 Jernej Zupancic Regent  Slovenia 3:33.289 QS
5 Michael Kolganov  Israel 3:38.207 QS
6 Rami Zur  United States 3:38.693 QS
7 Jorge Garcia  Cuba 3:38.866 QS
8 Kotoua Francis Abia  Ivory Coast 4:14.411
9 Alcino Silva  São Tomé and Príncipe 4:28.057

Heat 3

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Eirik Verås Larsen  Norway 3:29.043 QF
2 Ken Wallace  Australia 3:30.306 QS
3 Max Hoff  Germany 3:30.316 QS
4 Anton Ryakhov  Russia 3:38.381 QS
5 Pan Yao  China 3:40.774 QS
6 Miguel Correa  Argentina 3:45.695 QS
7 Rudolph Berking-Williams  Samoa 4:00.784 QS
8 Tony Lespoir  Seychelles 4:05.890

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Ken Wallace  Australia 3:33.255 QF
2 Ben Fouhy  New Zealand 3:33.542 QF
3 Markus Oscarsson  Sweden 3:33.906 QF
4 Shaun Rubenstein  South Africa 3:36.969
5 Anton Ryakhov  Russia 3:37.017
6 Jernej Zupancic Regent  Slovenia 3:41.730
7 Rami Zur  United States 3:46.204
8 Dmitriy Torlopov  Kazakhstan 3:47.212
9 Rudolph Berking-Williams  Samoa 4:04.658

Semifinal 2

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Max Hoff  Germany 3:32.847 QF
2 Stjepan Janić  Croatia 3:33.942 QF
3 Zoltán Benkő  Hungary 3:34.473 QF
4 Emanuel Silva  Portugal 3:34.508
5 Jorge Garcia  Cuba 3:41.219
6 Pan Yao  China 3:41.539
7 Manuel Cortina Martínez  Mexico 3:43.017
8 Michael Kolganov  Israel 3:43.108
9 Miguel Correa  Argentina 3:51.715

Final

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
Tim Brabants  Great Britain 3:26.323
Eirik Verås Larsen  Norway 3:27.342
Ken Wallace  Australia 3:27.485
4 Ben Fouhy  New Zealand 3:29.193
5 Max Hoff  Germany 3:29.391
6 Markus Oscarsson  Sweden 3:30.198
7 Stjepan Janić  Croatia 3:30.495
8 Adam van Koeverden  Canada 3:31.793
9 Zoltán Benkő  Hungary 3:32.120

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