Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

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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.

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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 medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Hungary.svg  Attila Vajda  (HUN)Flag of Spain.svg  David Cal  (ESP)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Thomas Hall  (CAN)

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Monday, August 18, 200816:00-16:30 Heats
Wednesday, August 20, 200815:50-16:10 Semifinals
Friday, August 22, 200815:45-16:00 Final

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Attila Vajda Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:55.319 QF
2 Florin Georgian Mironcic Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3:57.538 QS
3 Marcin Grzybowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:02.010 QS
4 Miķelis Ežmalis Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 4:13.777 QS
5 Torsten Lachmann Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:15.188 QS
6 Everardo Cristóbal Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:15.280 QS
7 Fortunato Luis Pacavira Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 4:39.538 QS
8 Sean Pangelinan Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 4:49.284

Heat 2

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Vadim Menkov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 3:56.793 QF
2 Mathieu Goubel Flag of France.svg  France 3:56.972 QS
3 Marián Ostrčil Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4:00.191 QS
4 Aliaksandr Zhukouski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 4:01.380 QS
5 Viktor Melantiev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:03.316 QS
6 Nivalter Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:17.407 QS
7 Mikhail Yemelyanov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 4:19.259 QS

Heat 3

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 David Cal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:58.756 QF
2 Andreas Dittmer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:00.505 QS
3 Aldo Pruna Díaz Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 4:02.351 QS
4 Thomas Hall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:05.198 QS
5 Andreas Kiligkaridis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:18.488 QS
6 Yuriy Cheban Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4:23.188 QS
7 Calvin Mokoto Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:33.887 QS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Thomas Hall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:58.820 QF
2 Florin Georgian Mironcic Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3:59.664 QF
3 Aldo Pruna Díaz Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 4:01.745 QF
4 Viktor Melantiev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:02.854
5 Marián Ostrčil Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4:03.696
6 Everardo Cristóbal Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:04.267
7 Yuriy Cheban Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4:06.095
8 Mikhail Yemelyanov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 4:16.813
9 Miķelis Ežmalis Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 4:16.820

Semifinal 2

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Mathieu Goubel Flag of France.svg  France 3:57.607 QF
2 Andreas Dittmer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:58.595 QF
3 Aliaksandr Zhukouski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 3:58.851 QF
4 Marcin Grzybowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:00.226
5 Andreas Kiligkaridis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:04.627
6 Torsten Lachmann Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:09.792
7 Nivalter Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:12.556
8 Calvin Mokoto Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:26.650
9 Fortunato Luis Pacavira Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 4:40.697

Final

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Attila Vajda Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:50.467
Silver medal icon.svg David Cal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:52.751
Bronze medal icon.svg Thomas Hall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:53.653
4 Vadim Menkov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 3:54.237
5 Aliaksandr Zhukouski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 3:55.645
6 Florin Georgian Mironcic Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3:57.876
7 Mathieu Goubel Flag of France.svg  France 3:57.889
8 Andreas Dittmer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:57.894
9 Aldo Pruna Díaz Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  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.

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