Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 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 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing between August 18 and 22. The C-1 event is raced in single-man sprint canoes.

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 18, semifinals on August 20, and the final on August 22.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Attila Vajda (HUN)  David Cal (ESP)  Thomas Hall (CAN)

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Monday, August 18, 2008 16:00-16:30 Heats
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 15:50-16:10 Semifinals
Friday, August 22, 2008 15:45-16:00 Final

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Attila Vajda Hungary 3:55.319 QF
2 Florin Georgian Mironcic Romania 3:57.538 QS
3 Marcin Grzybowski Poland 4:02.010 QS
4 Miķelis Ežmalis Latvia 4:13.777 QS
5 Torsten Lachmann Australia 4:15.188 QS
6 Everardo Cristóbal Mexico 4:15.280 QS
7 Fortunato Luis Pacavira Angola 4:39.538 QS
8 Sean Pangelinan Guam 4:49.284

Heat 2

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Vadim Menkov Uzbekistan 3:56.793 QF
2 Mathieu Goubel France 3:56.972 QS
3 Marián Ostrčil Slovakia 4:00.191 QS
4 Aliaksandr Zhukouski Belarus 4:01.380 QS
5 Viktor Melantiev Russia 4:03.316 QS
6 Nivalter Santos Brazil 4:17.407 QS
7 Mikhail Yemelyanov Kazakhstan 4:19.259 QS

Heat 3

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 David Cal Spain 3:58.756 QF
2 Andreas Dittmer Germany 4:00.505 QS
3 Aldo Pruna Díaz Cuba 4:02.351 QS
4 Thomas Hall Canada 4:05.198 QS
5 Andreas Kiligkaridis Greece 4:18.488 QS
6 Yuriy Cheban Ukraine 4:23.188 QS
7 Calvin Mokoto South Africa 4:33.887 QS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Thomas Hall Canada 3:58.820 QF
2 Florin Georgian Mironcic Romania 3:59.664 QF
3 Aldo Pruna Díaz Cuba 4:01.745 QF
4 Viktor Melantiev Russia 4:02.854
5 Marián Ostrčil Slovakia 4:03.696
6 Everardo Cristóbal Mexico 4:04.267
7 Yuriy Cheban Ukraine 4:06.095
8 Mikhail Yemelyanov Kazakhstan 4:16.813
9 Miķelis Ežmalis Latvia 4:16.820

Semifinal 2

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Mathieu Goubel France 3:57.607 QF
2 Andreas Dittmer Germany 3:58.595 QF
3 Aliaksandr Zhukouski Belarus 3:58.851 QF
4 Marcin Grzybowski Poland 4:00.226
5 Andreas Kiligkaridis Greece 4:04.627
6 Torsten Lachmann Australia 4:09.792
7 Nivalter Santos Brazil 4:12.556
8 Calvin Mokoto South Africa 4:26.650
9 Fortunato Luis Pacavira Angola 4:40.697

Final

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1st Attila Vajda Hungary 3:50.467
2nd David Cal Spain 3:52.751
3rd Thomas Hall Canada 3:53.653
4 Vadim Menkov Uzbekistan 3:54.237
5 Aliaksandr Zhukouski Belarus 3:55.645
6 Florin Georgian Mironcic Romania 3:57.876
7 Mathieu Goubel France 3:57.889
8 Andreas Dittmer Germany 3:57.894
9 Aldo Pruna Díaz Cuba 3:59.087

Menkov led for the early part of the race, but was passed at the 750 meter mark by defending Olympic champion Cal and defending world champion Vajda. The Hungarian pulled away in the final 150 meters to win his gold medal which he dedicated to his fallen teammate György Kolonics, who had died a month earlier training for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

References

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