Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's K-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 K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Adam van Koeverden (CAN)	Nathan Baggaley (AUS)	Ian Wynne (GBR)

Heats

The 28 competitors first raced in three heats for position in one of three semifinal races. As there are 9 lanes on the course, 27 of 28 kayakers moved on. The heats were raced on August 24.

Heat 1
1.	Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR)	1:36.905	QS
2.	Nathan Baggaley (AUS)	1:37.997	QS
3.	Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb (FRA)	1:39.401	QS
4.	Michael Kolganov (ISR)	1:39.745	QS
5.	Kimmo Latvamaki (FIN)	1:40.645	QS
6.	Anders Gustafsson (SWE)	1:40.689	QS
7.	Andrey Shkiotov (RUS)	1:40.809	QS
Heat 2
1.	Ian Wynne (GBR)	1:37.341	QS
2.	Ákos Vereckei (HUN)	1:37.589	QS
3.	Petar Merkov (BUL)	1:38.725	QS
4.	Andrea Facchin (ITA)	1:40.025	QS
5.	Carlos Pérez (ESP)	1:40.149	QS
6.	Anton Ryahov (UZB)	1:42.253	QS
7.	Liu Haitao (CHN)	1:43.337	QS
Heat 3
1.	Adam van Koeverden (CAN)	1:37.591	QS
2.	Javier Correa (ARG)	1:38.675	QS
3.	Lutz Altepost (GER)	1:38.859	QS
4.	Emanuel Silva (POR)	1:40.067	QS
5.	Sebastian Cuattrin (BRA)	1:40.999	QS
6.	Martin Chorváth (SVK)	1:42.383	QS
7.	Simon Faeh (SUI)	1:42.415	QS
Heat 4
1.	Alan van Coller (RSA)	1:40.089	QS
2.	Rami Zur (USA)	1:40.349	QS
3.	Alvydas Duonėla (LTU)	1:40.365	QS
4.	Paweł Baumann (POL)	1:42.581	QS
5.	Apostolos Papandreou (GRE)	1:44.217	QS
6.	Tony Lespoir (SEY)	2:02.669	QS
7.	Steven Ferguson (NZL)	2:06.937

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals qualified for the final. Fourth place and higher competitors were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26.

Semifinal 1
1.	Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR)	1:38.361	QF
2.	Ákos Vereckei (HUN)	1:38.737	QF
3.	Javier Correa (ARG)	1:39.525	QF
4.	Alvydas Duonėla (LTU)	1:40.253
5.	Anton Ryahov (UZB)	1:40.737
6.	Kimmo Latvamaki (FIN)	1:40.753
7.	Andrey Shkiotov (RUS)	1:40.765
8.	Sebastian Cuattrin (BRA)	1:42.213
9.	Paweł Baumann (POL)	1:43.125
Semifinal 2
1.	Ian Wynne (GBR)	1:38.911	QF
2.	Lutz Altepost (GER)	1:39.643	QF
3.	Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb (FRA)	1:40.467	QF
4.	Rami Zur (USA)	1:40.727
5.	Simon Faeh (SUI)	1:41.039
6.	Carlos Pérez (ESP)	1:41.335
7.	Emanuel Silva (POR)	1:43.051
8.	Michael Kolganov (ISR)	1:43.411
9.	Tony Lespoir (SEY)	2:04.975
Semifinal 3
1.	Adam van Koeverden (CAN)	1:38.907	QF
2.	Nathan Baggaley (AUS)	1:39.031	QF
3.	Andrea Facchin (ITA)	1:40.387	QF
4.	Alan van Coller (RSA)	1:41.131
5.	Anders Gustafsson (SWE)	1:41.291
6.	Petar Merkov (BUL)	1:42.207
7.	Martin Chorváth (SVK)	1:43.095
8.	Liu Haitao (CHN)	1:46.179
9.	Apostolos Papandreou (GRE)	1:46.627

Final

The final was raced on August 28.

	Adam van Koeverden (CAN)	1:37.919
	Nathan Baggaley (AUS)	1:38.467
	Ian Wynne (GBR)	1:38.547
4.	Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR)	1:38.667
5.	Ákos Vereckei (HUN)	1:39.315
6.	Lutz Altepost (GER)	1:39.647
7.	Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb (FRA)	1:40.187
8.	Javier Correa (ARG)	1:40.639
9.	Andrea Facchin (ITA)	1:41.575

References

• 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results (English), (French), & (Greek)
• Sports-reference.com 2004 men's K-1 500 m results
• Yahoo! Sports Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe/Kayak Results