Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres

Canoeing at the
2004 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

These are the results of the men's C-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Andreas Dittmer (GER)  David Cal (ESP)  Maxim Opalev (RUS)

Heats

The 19 competitors first raced in three heats. The first-place finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final, and the remaining 16 canoers moved on to the two semifinal races. The heats were raced on August 24.

Heat 1
1. Andreas Dittmer (GER) 1:49.146 QF
2. Martin Marinov (AUS) 1:49.698 QS
3. Aldo Pruna Diaz (CUB) 1:50.246 QS
4. Aliaksandr Zhukouski (BLR) 1:50.378 QS
5. Andreas Kiligkaridis (GRE) 1:53.662 QS
6. Yuriy Cheban (UKR) 2:00.238 QS
7. Darwin Correa (URU) 2:02.014 QS
Heat 2
1. Maxim Opalev (RUS) 1:48.144 QF
2. Dagnis Vinogradovs (LAT) 1:50.776 QS
3. Florin Georgian Mironcic (ROU) 1:51.568 QS
4. Wang Bing (CHN) 1:51.920 QS
5. Emanuel Horvaticek (CRO) 1:55.528 QS
6. Kaissar Nurmaganbetov (KAZ) 1:55.636 QS
Heat 3
1. David Cal (ESP) 1:48.397 QF
2. Martin Doktor (CZE) 1:49.557 QS
3. Richard Dalton (CAN) 1:50.005 QS
4. Márton Joób (HUN) 1:51.025 QS
5. Stanimir Atanasov (BUL) 1:52.917 QS
6. Marián Ostrčil (SVK) 1:58.357 QS

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the final, joining the three first-place finishers from the initial heats. Fourth place and higher competitors were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26.

Semifinal 1
1. Martin Doktor (CZE) 1:50.253 QF
2. Márton Joób (HUN) 1:50.813 QF
3. Wang Bing (CHN) 1:51.649 QF
4. Aldo Pruna Diaz (CUB) 1:53.229
5. Kaissar Nurmaganbetov (KAZ) 1:53.333
6. Yuriy Cheban (UKR) 1:53.385
7. Andreas Kiligkaridis (GRE) 1:53.793
8. Florin Georgian Mironcic (ROU) 1:53.957
Semifinal 2
1. Aliaksandr Zhukouski (BLR) 1:50.563 QF
2. Stanimir Atanasov (BUL) 1:50.631 QF
3. Richard Dalton (CAN) 1:51.027 QF
4. Martin Marinov (AUS) 1:51.219
5. Dagnis Vinogradovs (LAT) 1:52.511
6. Marián Ostrčil (SVK) 1:52.871
7. Darwin Correa (URU) 1:58.727
8. Emanuel Horvaticek (CRO) 2:06.347

Final

The final was raced on August 28.

 Andreas Dittmer (GER) 1:46.383
 David Cal (ESP) 1:46.723
 Maxim Opalev (RUS) 1:47.767
4. Aliaksandr Zhukouski (BLR) 1:47.903
5. Martin Doktor (CZE) 1:47.999
6. Richard Dalton (CAN) 1:48.103
7. Márton Joób (HUN) 1:48.195
8. Stanimir Atanasov (BUL) 1:49.759
9. Wang Bing (CHN) 1:49.903

Dittmar learned his lesson from the previous day in letting Cal get out to far ahead in the C-1 1000 m event by staying close to the Spaniard through the entire race before winning his third Olympic gold medal.

References

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