Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres

Last updated

The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

Contents

Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Norway.svg  Knut Holmann  (NOR)Flag of Italy.svg  Beniamino Bonomi  (ITA)Flag of Australia.svg  Clint Robinson  (AUS)

Results

Heats

The 23 competitors first raced in three heats. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals while the remaining competitors competed in the repechages.

Heat 1
1.Flag of Finland.svg  Mikko Kolehmainen  (FIN)3:48.075QS
2.Flag of Poland.svg  Andrzej Gajewski  (POL)3:49.507QS
3.Flag of Argentina.svg  Abelardo Sztrum  (ARG)3:50.547QS
4.Flag of Portugal.svg  José Garcia  (POR)3:56.059QR
5.Flag of France.svg  Vincent Olla  (FRA)3:58.075QR
6.Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Safaryan  (KAZ)4:00.599QR
7.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Erik Gervais  (CAN)4:01.707QR
8.Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Ivan Kireyev  (UZB)4:05.299QR
Heat 2
1.Flag of Norway.svg  Knut Holmann  (NOR)3:45.192QS
2.Flag of Spain.svg  Agustín Calderon  (ESP)3:45.484QS
3.Flag of Romania.svg  Marin Popescu  (ROU)3:47.968QS
4.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Róbert Erban  (SVK)3:48.956QR
5.Flag of Brazil.svg  Sebastián Cuattrin  (BRA)3:49.308QR
6.Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Harbold  (USA)3:58.760QR
7.Flag of Estonia.svg  Hain Helde  (EST)3:59.136QR
Heat 3
1.Flag of Italy.svg  Beniamino Bonomi  (ITA)3:43.520QS
2.Flag of Australia.svg  Clint Robinson  (AUS)3:44.768QS
3.Flag of Germany.svg  Lutz Liwowski  (GER)3:44.776QS
4.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ivan Lawler  (GBR)3:51.580QR
5.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vladyslav Tereshchenko  (UKR)3:51.772QR
6.Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Kammerer  (HUN)4:02.724QR
7.Flag of Sweden.svg  Tom Krantz  (SWE)4:03.324QR
8.Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Miezan Edoukou  (CIV)4:31.680QR

Repechages

Two repechages were held. The top four finishers in each repechage and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the semifinals.

Repechage 1
1.Flag of Brazil.svg  Sebastián Cuattrin  (BRA)4:02.627QS
2.Flag of France.svg  Vincent Olla  (FRA)4:04.147QS
3.Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Kammerer  (HUN)4:05.859QS
4.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ivan Lawler  (GBR)4:06.555QS
5.Flag of Estonia.svg  Hain Helde  (EST)4:08.375QS
6.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Erik Gervais  (CAN)4:08.743
7.Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Miezan Edoukou  (CIV)4:44.155
Repechage 2
1.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Róbert Erban  (SVK)4:01.917QS
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Harbold  (USA)4:05.225QS
3.Flag of Portugal.svg  José Garcia  (POR)4:05.677QS
4.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vladyslav Tereshchenko  (UKR)4:08.681
5.Flag of Sweden.svg  Tom Krantz  (SWE)4:10.057
6.Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Safaryan  (KAZ)4:10.633
7.Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Ivan Kireyev  (UZB)4:12.105

Semifinals

The top four finishers from each of the two semifinals along with the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.Flag of Italy.svg  Beniamino Bonomi  (ITA)3:40.631QF
2.Flag of Norway.svg  Knut Holmann  (NOR)3:41.635QF
3.Flag of Germany.svg  Lutz Liwowski  (GER)3:42.567QF
4.Flag of Poland.svg  Andrzej Gajewski  (POL)3:43.399QF
5.Flag of Brazil.svg  Sebastián Cuattrin  (BRA)3:44.443QF
6.Flag of Argentina.svg  Abelardo Sztrum  (ARG)3:44.587
7.Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Harbold  (USA)3:44.663
8.Flag of Portugal.svg  José Garcia  (POR)3:48.859
9.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ivan Lawler  (GBR)3:55.583
Semifinal 2
1.Flag of Australia.svg  Clint Robinson  (AUS)3:43.657QF
2.Flag of Romania.svg  Marin Popescu  (ROU)3:44.249QF
3.Flag of Spain.svg  Agustín Calderon  (ESP)3:44.777QF
4.Flag of Finland.svg  Mikko Kolehmainen  (FIN)3:45.613QF
5.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Róbert Erban  (SVK)3:46.633
6.Flag of Estonia.svg  Hain Helde  (EST)3:47.237
7.Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Kammerer  (HUN)3:49.589
8.Flag of France.svg  Vincent Olla  (FRA)3:51.537
9.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vladyslav Tereshchenko  (UKR)3:55.649

Final

The final took place on August 3.

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of Norway.svg  Knut Holmann  (NOR)3:25.785
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Beniamino Bonomi  (ITA)3:27.073
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of Australia.svg  Clint Robinson  (AUS)3:29.713
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Lutz Liwowski  (GER)3:30.025
5.Flag of Spain.svg  Agustín Calderon  (ESP)3:31.397
6.Flag of Poland.svg  Andrzej Gajewski  (POL)3:32.521
7.Flag of Romania.svg  Marin Popescu  (ROU)3:34.549
8.Flag of Brazil.svg  Sebastián Cuattrin  (BRA)3:34.669
9.Flag of Finland.svg  Mikko Kolehmainen  (FIN)3:35.841

Robinson led for the first 250 meters before Holmann took over to lead at 500 meters. Bonomi took the lead at the 750 meter mark before Holmann, using a wooden boat, pulled away to win by over a boat length.

Related Research Articles

The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program on Lake Albano.

The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. Heats and the first repechage were timed in tenths of a second (0.1) while semifinals and finals were timed in hundredths of a second (0.01) in the official report.

The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. In the official report, heat results were shown in tenths of a second (0.1) while the remaining events were shown in hundredths of a second (0.01).

The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.

The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.

The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program.

The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.

The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.

The men's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program that took place at Castelldefels.

The men's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program that took place at Castelldefels.

The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.

The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program. The official report did not make clear on the third repechage, two semifinals, and final which events were the men's K-2 1000 m event and the men's K-4 1000 m event and would thus create confusion to the average reader.

The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.

The men's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program that took place at Lake Lanier.

The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

The men's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program that took place at Lake Lanier.

The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.

References