Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres

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The men's C-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The C-1 event is raced in single-man sprint canoes. This would be the last time the event would take place at the Summer Olympics. On 13 August 2009, it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men's 500 m events would be replaced by 200 m events at the 2012 Summer Olympics with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women. The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1, C-2, and K-1. [1]

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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 19, semifinals on August 21, and finals on August 23.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, August 19, 200816:10-16:40 Heats
Thursday, August 21, 200816:00-16:20 Semifinals
Saturday, August 23, 200815:45-16:00 Final

Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Russia.svg  Maxim Opalev  (RUS)Flag of Spain.svg  David Cal  (ESP)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Iurii Cheban  (UKR)

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 David Cal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:48.095 QF
2 Florin Georgian Mironcic Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:48.608 QS
3 Yuriy Cheban Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:49.454 QS
4 Attila Vajda Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:49.942 QS
5 Aldo Pruna Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:51.111 QS
6 Nivalter Jesus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:51.363 QS
7 Torsten Lachmann Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:00.594 QS
8 Fortunato Luis Pacavira Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 2:13.265

Heat 2

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Aliaksandr Zhukouski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1:48.669 QF
2 Mark Oldershaw Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:48.817 QS
3 Mathieu Goubel Flag of France.svg  France 1:49.527 QS
4 Andreas Dittmer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:49.527 QS
5 Mikhail Yemelyanov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:54.832 QS
6 Marián Ostrčil Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:55.911 QS
7 Calvin Mokoto Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:03.372 QS

Heat 3

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Maxim Opalev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:47.849 QF
2 Li Qiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:49.164 QS
3 Paweł Baraszkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:50.463 QS
4 Vadim Menkov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1:52.793 QS
5 Andreas Kiligkaridis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:54.541 QS
6 Mikelis Ezmalis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:54.890 QS
7 Sean Pangelinan Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 2:12.696 QS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Yuriy Cheban Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:51.507 QF
2 Mathieu Goubel Flag of France.svg  France 1:52.239 QF
3 Li Qiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:52.887 QF
4 Andreas Dittmer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:53.182
5 Aldo Pruna Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:53.809
6 Vadim Menkov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1:55.610
7 Nivalter Jesus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:56.139
8 Marián Ostrčil Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:58.401
9 Sean Pangelinan Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 2:17.940

Semifinal 2

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Attila Vajda Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:51.029 QF
2 Florin Georgian Mironcic Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:51.535 QF
3 Paweł Baraszkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:51.744 QF
4 Mark Oldershaw Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:52.649
5 Andreas Kiligkaridis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:56.310
6 Mikelis Ezmalis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:56.907
7 Torsten Lachmann Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:59.119
8 Mikhail Yemelyanov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:06.908
9 Calvin Mokoto Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:12.226

Final

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Maxim Opalev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:47.140
Silver medal icon.svg David Cal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:48.397
Bronze medal icon.svg Yuriy Cheban Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:48.766
4 Mathieu Goubel Flag of France.svg  France 1:49.056
5 Aliaksandr Zhukouski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1:49.092
6 Li Qiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:49.287
7 Florin Georgian Mironcic Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:49.861
8 Paweł Baraszkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:50.048
9 Attila Vajda Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:50.156

Opalev's gold earned him a complete set of medals in this event, having won a silver in 2000 and a bronze in 2004.

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