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

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, 200815:30-16:10Heats
Thursday, August 21, 200815:30-16:00Semifinals
Saturday, August 23, 200815:30-15:45Final

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

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