Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1

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The men's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 11 and 12 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 (single kayak) event was raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course.

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There were three rounds of competitions: the heats, the semifinal, and the final. In the heats, each canoeist completed two runs of the course. The time, in seconds, of each run was added to the number of penalty points assessed. Touching any of the 21 slalom gates resulted in a 2-second penalty for each gate touched, while skipping any of the gates resulted in a 50-second penalty. The total times for the two preliminary runs were summed to give a score for the heats. The top 15 boats advanced to the semifinals.

The semifinals consisted of a single run. The field was narrowed to the top 10 scores from that run; those 10 boats advanced to the final. The times from the final were added to the semifinal score to give an overall total.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Monday, August 11, 200815:50-16:50 Heats 1st Run
Monday, August 11, 200817:42-18:40 Heats 2nd Run
Tuesday, August 12, 200815:40-16:40 Semifinal
Tuesday, August 12, 200817:17-18:00 Final

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Flag of Germany.svg  Alexander Grimm  (GER)Flag of France.svg  Fabien Lefèvre  (FRA)Flag of Togo.svg  Benjamin Boukpeti  (TOG)

Results

Heats

RankNameCountryPreliminary runs
Run 1Run 2Total
1 Peter Kauzer Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 81.7984.70166.49
2 Fabien Lefèvre Flag of France.svg  France 85.6682.40168.06
3 Daniele Molmenti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 85.1383.46168.59
4 Alexander Grimm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 84.9084.36169.26
5 Dariusz Popiela Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 85.5185.51171.02
6 Helmut Oblinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 86.2185.54171.75
7 Vavřinec Hradilek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 85.6186.41172.02
8 Benjamin Boukpeti Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 90.1782.09172.26
9 Campbell Walsh Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 86.7285.72172.44
10 Warwick Draper Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 86.2886.30172.58
11 Peter Cibák Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 86.2686.69172.95
12 Guillermo Díez-Canedo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 84.9588.07173.02
13 David Ford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 85.3589.49174.84
14 Robert Bouten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 86.2688.90175.16
15 Eoin Rheinisch Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 88.5287.81176.33
16 Pablo McCandless Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 88.2488.40176.64
17 Michael Kurt Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 87.5891.08178.66
18 Kazuki Yazawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 89.8290.05179.87
19 Atanas Nikolovski Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 92.6388.56181.19
20 Scott Parsons Flag of the United States.svg  United States 84.91135.63220.54
21 Ding Fuxue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 87.47140.92228.39
  Qualified for semifinals

Semifinal

RankNameCountrySemifinal run
Penalty secondsTime
1 Benjamin Boukpeti Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 086.08
2 Warwick Draper Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 086.09
3 Fabien Lefèvre Flag of France.svg  France 087.21
4 Alexander Grimm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 087.31
5 Robert Bouten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 088.40
6 David Ford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 088.46
7 Dariusz Popiela Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 088.49
8 Daniele Molmenti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 288.56
9 Helmut Oblinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 088.69
10 Eoin Rheinisch Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 088.85
11 Vavřinec Hradilek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 088.97
12 Peter Cibák Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 289.41
13 Peter Kauzer Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 489.42
14 Guillermo Díez-Canedo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 290.06
15 Campbell Walsh Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 295.74
  Qualified for final

Final

RankNameCountrySemifinal runFinal runTotal
Penalty secondsTimePenalty secondsTime
Gold medal icon.svg Alexander Grimm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 087.31084.39171.70
Silver medal icon.svg Fabien Lefèvre Flag of France.svg  France 087.21086.09173.30
Bronze medal icon.svg Benjamin Boukpeti Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 086.08087.37173.45
4 Eoin Rheinisch Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 088.85088.06176.91
5 Warwick Draper Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 086.09091,76177,85
6 David Ford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 088.46287,89178,35
7 Helmut Oblinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 088.69288,14178,83
8 Dariusz Popiela Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 088.49091,19179,68
9 Robert Bouten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 088.405089,59227,99
10 Daniele Molmenti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 288.565290,37230,93

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