Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres

The men's canoe sprint K-1 1,000 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 6 and 8 August at Eton Dorney.[1]

Men's canoe sprint K-1 1,000 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueEton Dorney
Date6 to 8 August
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Winning time3:26.462
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eirik Verås Larsen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Adam van Koeverden  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Max Hoff  Germany
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Competition format edit

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top five boats from each heat, and the fastest loser, advanced to the semifinals. The top four boats in each semifinal advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.[2]

Schedule edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date Time Round
Monday 6 August 2012 09:30
10:58
Heats
Semifinals
Wednesday 8 August 2012 09:30 Finals

Results edit

Heats edit

The first five and the best 6th placed canoeists qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Adam van Koeverden   Canada 3:28.697 Q
2 Marko Tomićević   Serbia 3:30.693 Q
3 Miroslav Kirchev   Bulgaria 3:30.768 Q
4 Jorge García   Cuba 3:30.852 Q
5 Tim Brabants   Great Britain 3:31.869 Q
6 Pavel Nikolaev   Russia 3:35.466
7 Maximilian Benassi   Italy 3:35.543
8 Joshua Utanga   Cook Islands 4:32.064

Heat 2 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Anders Gustafsson   Sweden 3:34.419 Q
2 Ben Fouhy   New Zealand 3:35.610 Q
3 Aleh Yurenia   Belarus 3:36.012 Q
4 Zhou Yubo   China 3:36.994 Q
5 Francisco Cubelos   Spain 3:37.791 Q
6 Ahmad Reza Talebian   Iran 3:39.504
7 Mostafa Mansour   Egypt 4:09.651

Heat 3 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 René Holten Poulsen   Denmark 3:30.284 Q
2 Max Hoff   Germany 3:30.709 Q
3 Eirik Verås Larsen   Norway 3:31.288 Q
4 Mohamed Mrabet   Tunisia 3:32.204 Q
5 Cyrille Carré   France 3:32.705 Q
6 Murray Stewart   Australia 3:32.768 q
7 Marek Krajčovič   Slovakia 3:39.649

Semifinals edit

The fastest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final (medal race). The slowest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final (consolation race).

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Adam van Koeverden   Canada 3:28.209 Q
2 Eirik Verås Larsen   Norway 3:29.547 Q
3 René Holten Poulsen   Denmark 3:30.247 Q
4 Tim Brabants   Great Britain 3:30.769 Q
5 Miroslav Kirchev   Bulgaria 3:30.818
6 Ben Fouhy   New Zealand 3:32.572
7 Zhou Yubo   China 3:36.163
8 Cyrille Carré   France 3:38.981

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Max Hoff   Germany 3:29.294 Q
2 Aleh Yurenia   Belarus 3:29.825 Q
3 Anders Gustafsson   Sweden 3:31.149 Q
4 Francisco Cubelos   Spain 3:31.833 Q
5 Jorge García   Cuba 3:31.937
6 Murray Stewart   Australia 3:32.975
7 Marko Tomićević   Serbia 3:43.589
8 Mohamed Mrabet   Tunisia 3:44.545

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Canoer Country Time
1 Jorge García   Cuba 3:29.938
2 Marko Tomićević   Serbia 3:30.754
3 Miroslav Kirchev   Bulgaria 3:33.051
4 Cyrille Carré   France 3:33.513
5 Mohamed Mrabet   Tunisia 3:33.515
6 Ben Fouhy   New Zealand 3:34.710
7 Zhou Yubo   China 3:36.110
8 Murray Stewart   Australia 3:40.834

Final A edit

Rank Canoer Country Time
  Eirik Verås Larsen   Norway 3:26.462
  Adam van Koeverden   Canada 3:27.170
  Max Hoff   Germany 3:27.759
4 René Holten Poulsen   Denmark 3:29.483
5 Anders Gustafsson   Sweden 3:29.919
6 Aleh Yurenia   Belarus 3:32.396
7 Francisco Cubelos   Spain 3:32.521
8 Tim Brabants   Great Britain 3:34.833

References edit

  1. ^ "Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Format Competition – Sprint". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.