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

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The men's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 event is raced in single-person kayaks. 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 six finishers in each of the four heats advances directly to the semifinal along with the top three times. The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals advance to the final.

Heats took place on August 19, semifinal on August 21, and final on August 23.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, August 19, 200815:30-16:10 Heats
Thursday, August 21, 200815:30-16:00 Semifinals
Saturday, August 23, 200815:30-15:45 Final

Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Australia.svg  Ken Wallace  (AUS)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Adam van Koeverden  (CAN)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tim Brabants  (GBR)

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..6->Semifinals + 3 best next by time, Rest Out

Heat 1

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Adam van Koeverden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:35.554 WB QS
2 Eirik Verås Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:36.439 QS
3 Michele Zerial Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:36.950 QS
4 Steven Ferguson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:37.538 QS
5 Shaun Rubenstein Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:37.687 QS
6 Dmitriy Torlopov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:39.892 QS
7 Jorge Garcia Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:42.803 QS
8 Rudolph Berking-Williams Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1:47.839 QS

Heat 2

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Tim Brabants Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:36.338 QS
2 Anton Ryakhov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:37.666 QS
3 Stjepan Janić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:37.724 QS
4 Arnaud Hybois Flag of France.svg  France 1:37.902 QS
5 Miguel Correa Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:39.781 QS
6 Emanuel Silva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:42.513 QS
7 Tony Lespoir Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:53.248

Heat 3

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Ákos Vereckei Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:36.099 QS
2 Ken Wallace Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:36.208 QS
3 Anders Gustafsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:36.633 QS
4 Marek Twardowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:39.436 QS
5 Assane Dame Fall Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1:52.215 QS
6 Alcino Silva Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 1:58.178 QS
7 Kotoua Francis Abia Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 2:00.716

Heat 4

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Michael Kolganov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:38.396 QS
2 Jonas Ems Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:38.819 QS
3 Rami Zur Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:39.037 QS
4 Manuel Cortina Martínez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:40.626 QS
5 Kasper Bleibach Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:42.529 QS
6 Pan Yao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:44.757 QS
7 Myint Tayzar Phone Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 1:48.179 QS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Adam van Koeverden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:42.438 QF
2 Anton Ryakhov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:42.968 QF
3 Ken Wallace Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:43.340 QF
4 Shaun Rubenstein Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:44.154
5 Emanuel Silva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:45.985
6 Rami Zur Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:47.163
7 Manuel Cortina Martínez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:48.333
8 Jorge Garcia Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:49.077
9 Assane Dame Fall Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2:04.633

Semifinal 2

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Steven Ferguson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:42.238 QF
2 Anders Gustafsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:42.409 QF
3 Tim Brabants Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:42.530 QF
4 Michele Zerial Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:42.931
5 Marek Twardowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:43.733
6 Jonas Ems Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:44.717
7 Miguel Correa Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:46.422
8 Pan Yao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:55.242
Rudolph Berking-Williams Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa DNS

Semifinal 3

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Stjepan Janić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:41.689 QF
2 Eirik Verås Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:41.927 QF
3 Ákos Vereckei Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:42.155 QF
4 Michael Kolganov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:43.145
5 Arnaud Hybois Flag of France.svg  France 1:43.559
6 Kasper Bleibach Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:45.418
7 Dmitriy Torlopov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:47.573
8 Myint Tayzar Phone Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 1:55.300
9 Alcino Silva Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 2:06.288

Final

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ken Wallace Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:37.252
Silver medal icon.svg Adam van Koeverden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:37.630
Bronze medal icon.svg Tim Brabants Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:37.671
4 Eirik Verås Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:37.949
5 Anton Ryakhov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:38.187
6 Ákos Vereckei Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:38.318
7 Anders Gustafsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:38.447
8 Steven Ferguson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:38.512
9 Stjepan Janić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:38.729

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