Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-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 C-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The C-1 event is raced in single-man sprint canoes. 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 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.

Heats took place on August 19, semifinals on August 21, and finals on August 23.

Contents

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 16:10-16:40 Heats
Thursday, August 21, 2008 16:00-16:20 Semifinals
Saturday, August 23, 2008 15:45-16:00 Final

Medalists

Gold  Maxim Opalev
Russia (RUS)
Silver  David Cal
Spain (ESP)
Bronze  Yuriy Cheban
Ukraine (UKR)

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 David Cal Spain 1:48.095 QF
2 Florin Georgian Mironcic Romania 1:48.608 QS
3 Yuriy Cheban Ukraine 1:49.454 QS
4 Attila Vajda Hungary 1:49.942 QS
5 Aldo Pruna Cuba 1:51.111 QS
6 Nivalter Jesus Brazil 1:51.363 QS
7 Torsten Lachmann Australia 2:00.594 QS
8 Fortunato Luis Pacavira Angola 2:13.265

Heat 2

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Aliaksandr Zhukouski Belarus 1:48.669 QF
2 Mark Oldershaw Canada 1:48.817 QS
3 Mathieu Goubel France 1:49.527 QS
4 Andreas Dittmer Germany 1:49.527 QS
5 Mikhail Yemelyanov Kazakhstan 1:54.832 QS
6 Marián Ostrčil Slovakia 1:55.911 QS
7 Calvin Mokoto South Africa 2:03.372 QS

Heat 3

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Maxim Opalev Russia 1:47.849 QF
2 Li Qiang China 1:49.164 QS
3 Paweł Baraszkiewicz Poland 1:50.463 QS
4 Vadim Menkov Uzbekistan 1:52.793 QS
5 Andreas Kiligkaridis Greece 1:54.541 QS
6 Mikelis Ezmalis Latvia 1:54.890 QS
7 Sean Pangelinan Guam 2:12.696 QS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Yuriy Cheban Ukraine 1:51.507 QF
2 Mathieu Goubel France 1:52.239 QF
3 Li Qiang China 1:52.887 QF
4 Andreas Dittmer Germany 1:53.182
5 Aldo Pruna Cuba 1:53.809
6 Vadim Menkov Uzbekistan 1:55.610
7 Nivalter Jesus Brazil 1:56.139
8 Marián Ostrčil Slovakia 1:58.401
9 Sean Pangelinan Guam 2:17.940

Semifinal 2

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Attila Vajda Hungary 1:51.029 QF
2 Florin Georgian Mironcic Romania 1:51.535 QF
3 Paweł Baraszkiewicz Poland 1:51.744 QF
4 Mark Oldershaw Canada 1:52.649
5 Andreas Kiligkaridis Greece 1:56.310
6 Mikelis Ezmalis Latvia 1:56.907
7 Torsten Lachmann Australia 1:59.119
8 Mikhail Yemelyanov Kazakhstan 2:06.908
9 Calvin Mokoto South Africa 2:12.226

Final

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
Maxim Opalev Russia 1:47.140
David Cal Spain 1:48.397
Yuriy Cheban Ukraine 1:48.766
4 Mathieu Goubel France 1:49.056
5 Aliaksandr Zhukouski Belarus 1:49.092
6 Li Qiang China 1:49.287
7 Florin Georgian Mironcic Romania 1:49.861
8 Paweł Baraszkiewicz Poland 1:50.048
9 Attila Vajda Hungary 1:50.156

Opalev's gold earned him a complete set of medals in this event, having won a silver in 2000 and a bronze in 2004.

References

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