Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 200 metres

The men's canoe sprint C-1 200 metres competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 17 and 18 August at Lagoa Stadium.[1]

Men's canoe sprint C-1 200 metres
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueLagoa Stadium
Date17–18 August
Competitors25 from 25 nations
Winning time39.279
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yuriy Cheban  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valentin Demyanenko  Azerbaijan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Isaquias Queiroz  Brazil
← 2012

The medals were presented by José Perurena López, IOC member, Spain and Tim Cornish, Board Member of the ICF.

It was the last appearance of the men's C-1 200 metres. The men's C-1 200 metres and men's K-2 200 metres were replaced with women's C-1 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres as part of the Olympics' move towards gender equality.[2]

Format edit

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The leading five in each heat plus the fastest sixth place advanced to the semifinals. The top two from each of the three semifinals plus the two best third-place times advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. The next eight fastest advanced to the "B" final.

Schedule edit

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 17 August 2016 09:16
10:42
Heats
Semifinals
Thursday, 18 August 2016 09:16 Finals

Results edit

Heats edit

The leading five in each heat plus the fastest sixth place advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Alfonso Benavides   Spain 40.610 SF
2 Oleg Tarnovschi   Moldova 40.852 SF
3 Yuriy Cheban   Ukraine 41.220 SF
4 Zaza Nadiradze   Georgia 41.423 SF
5 Li Qiang   China 41.456 SF
6 Tomasz Kaczor   Poland 42.450
7 Khaled Houcine   Tunisia 42.499

Heat 2 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Thomas Simart   France 40.415 SF
2 Isaquias Queiroz   Brazil 40.522 SF
3 Hélder Silva   Portugal 40.578 SF
4 Mark Oldershaw   Canada 40.972 SF
5 Dagnis Iļjins   Latvia 44.125 SF
6 Joaquim Lobo   Mozambique 44.949

Heat 3 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Andrey Kraitor   Russia 39.985 SF
2 Jonatán Hajdu   Hungary 40.147 SF
3 Martin Fuksa   Czech Republic 40.311 SF
4 Timur Khaidarov   Kazakhstan 40.492 SF
5 Stefan Kiraj   Germany 41.198 SF
6 Marcos Pulido   Mexico 41.910 SF

Heat 4 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Valentin Demyanenko   Azerbaijan 39.749 SF
2 Henrikas Žustautas   Lithuania 40.048 SF
3 Carlo Tacchini   Italy 41.368 SF
4 Adel Mojallali   Iran 41.650 SF
5 Angel Kodinov   Bulgaria 42.694 SF
6 Ferenc Szekszárdi   Australia 44.292

Semifinals edit

The top two from each of the semifinals plus the two best third-place times advanced to the "A" final. The next eight fastest advanced to the "B" final.

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Isaquias Queiroz   Brazil 39.659 FA
2 Alfonso Benavides   Spain 40.038 FA
3 Li Qiang   China 40.066 FA
4 Martin Fuksa   Czech Republic 40.311 FB
5 Timur Khaidarov   Kazakhstan 41.079 FB
6 Henrikas Žustautas   Lithuania 41.187 FB
7 Angel Kodinov   Bulgaria 42.925

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Andrey Kraitor   Russia 40.394 FA
2 Thomas Simart   France 40.670 FA
3 Oleg Tarnovschi   Moldova 40.715 FB
4 Carlo Tacchini   Italy 41.468 FB
5 Marcos Pulido   Mexico 42.283 FB
6 Adel Mojallali   Iran 42.386
7 Dagnis Iļjins   Latvia 45.082

Semifinal 3 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Zaza Nadiradze   Georgia 40.146 FA
2 Valentin Demyanenko   Azerbaijan 40.298 FA
3 Yuriy Cheban   Ukraine 40.590 FA
4 Jonatán Hajdu   Hungary 40.718 FB
5 Hélder Silva   Portugal 41.162 FB
6 Stefan Kiraj   Germany 43.171
7 Mark Oldershaw   Canada 43.357

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Martin Fuksa   Czech Republic 39.760
2 Jonatán Hajdu   Hungary 39.811
3 Henrikas Žustautas   Lithuania 40.230
4 Oleg Tarnovschi   Moldova 40.280
5 Hélder Silva   Portugal 40.388
6 Timur Khaidarov   Kazakhstan 40.549
7 Carlo Tacchini   Italy 40.733
8 Marcos Pulido   Mexico 42.098

Final A edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
  Yuriy Cheban   Ukraine 39.279 OR
  Valentin Demyanenko   Azerbaijan 39.493
  Isaquias Queiroz   Brazil 39.628
4 Alfonso Benavides   Spain 39.649
5 Zaza Nadiradze   Georgia 39.817
6 Andrey Kraitor   Russia 40.105
7 Li Qiang   China 40.143
8 Thomas Simart   France 40.180

References edit

  1. ^ "Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 200 metres". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. ^ "The IOC's final approval of the event programme for the 2020 Olympics confirms changes to the canoe sprint and slalom rundown for Tokyo". International Canoe Federation. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.