Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

Men's K-2 1000 metres at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Canoeing pictogram
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Dates	4 August 2021 (heats and quarterfinal) 5 August 2021 (semifinal & final)
Competitors	32 (16 boats) from 14 nations
Winning time	3:15.280
Medalists
Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green   Australia Max Hoff Jacob Schopf   Germany Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf   Czech Republic
←  2016

The men's K-2 1000 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 5 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. ^[1] At least 20 canoeists (10 boats of 2) from at least 10 nations competed. ^[2]

Background

This was the 20th appearance of the event, one of four events that have been held at every Summer Olympics since the introduction of canoeing in 1936.

The reigning World Champions are Max Hoff and Jacob Schopf of Germany, who have been named to the German team. ^[3] The reigning Olympic champions are Max Rendschmidt and Marcus Gross, also of Germany; Rendschmidt has been named to the team, but Gross has not. ^[3]

Qualification

Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify one place in the event, though could enter up to 2 boats if it earned enough quota places through other men's kayak events. A total of 13 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

• 6 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
• 3 places awarded to 3 continents (excluding Europe) through the World Championships, which are then competed for at continental tournaments
• 1 place awarded through a European continental tournament

Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place. ^[2]

The three continental spots were awarded to the Americas (#14 Canada), Oceania (#15 New Zealand), and Asia (#21 Japan); Africa had the lowest next-ranked team (#24 South Africa). The continental tournaments were won by Canada (via World Championship rather than continental tournament, which was cancelled), China, Hungary, and New Zealand. The World Championships places were allocated as follows: ^[4]

Rank	Kayaker	Nation	Qualification	Selected competitors
1	Max Hoff Jacob Schopf	Germany	Quota #1 in K-2 (#1, #2 athlete quotas)	Max Hoff Jacob Schopf [3]
2	Francisco Cubelos Iñigo Peña	Spain	Quota #2 in K-2 (#3, #4 athlete quotas)
3	Cyrille Carré Étienne Hubert	France	Quota #3 in K-2 (#5, #6 athlete quotas)
4	Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf	Czech Republic	Quota #4 in K-2 (#7, #8 athlete quotas)
5	Jordan Wood Riley Fitzsimmons	Australia	Quota #5 in K-2 (#9, #10 athlete quotas)
6	Luca Beccaro Samuele Burgo	Italy	Quota #6 in K-2 (#11, #12 athlete quotas)

Continental places: ^[4]

Nation	Qualification	Selected competitor
Canada	Americas quota in K-2 500 m
China	Asia quota in K-2 500 m
Hungary	Europe quota in K-2 500 m
New Zealand	Oceania quota in K-2 500 m

Nations with women's kayak quota spots from the K-1 200 metres, K-1 500 metres, or K-4 500 metres could enter (additional) boats as well.

Competition format

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered. ^[5]

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no rudder). The "2" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "1000 metres" is the distance of each race. ^[6]

Schedule

The event was held over two consecutive days, with two rounds per day. All sessions started at 9:30 a.m. local time, though there are multiple events with races in each session. ^[1]

Legend

H

Heats

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

F

Final

Sprint

Event↓/Date →	Mon 2		Tue 3		Wed 4		Thu 5		Fri 6		Sat 7
Men's K-2 1000 m					H	¼	½	F

Results

Heats

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 7 Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green   Australia 3:08.773 OB, SF 2 5 Max Hoff Jacob Schopf   Germany 3:09.830 SF 3 4 Samuel Baláž Adam Botek   Slovakia 3:13.982 QF 4 2 Max Brown Kurtis Imrie   New Zealand 3:17.210 QF 5 3 Mikita Borykau Aleh Yurenia   Belarus 3:18.952 QF 6 6 Brian Malfesi Vincent Jourdenais   Canada 3:22.068 QF

Heat 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 2 Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz   Hungary 3:11.877 SF 2 5 Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf   Czech Republic 3:13.425 SF 3 6 Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood   Australia 3:18.453 QF 4 3 Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro   Italy 3:28.047 QF 5 4 Étienne Hubert Guillaume Burger   France 3:29.296 QF

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	4	Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña	Spain	3:10.138	SF
2	6	Wang Congkang Bu Tingkai	China	3:10.292	SF
3	5	Maxim Spesivtsev Roman Anoshkin	ROC	3:20.610	QF
4	3	Kornél Béke Ádám Varga	Hungary	3:26.732	QF
5	2	Tuva'a Clifton Rudolf Williams	Samoa	3:55.617	QF

Quarterfinals

Progression System: 1st-3rd to SF, rest to Final B.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 2 Mikita Borykau Aleh Yurenia   Belarus 3:10.126 SF 2 4 Max Brown Kurtis Imrie   New Zealand 3:10.220 SF 3 3 Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro   Italy 3:12.667 SF 4 5 Maxim Spesivtsev Roman Anoshkin   ROC 3:14.045 FB 5 6 Étienne Hubert Guillaume Burger   France 3:18.284 FB

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 4 Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood   Australia 3:10.619 SF 2 5 Samuel Baláž Adam Botek   Slovakia 3:11.458 SF 3 3 Kornél Béke Ádám Varga   Hungary 3:15.225 SF 4 6 Brian Malfesi Vincent Jourdenais   Canada 3:15.736 FB 5 2 Tuva'a Clifton Rudolf Williams   Samoa 3:46.523 FB

Semifinals

Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 4 Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green   Australia 3:17.077 FA 2 2 Max Brown Kurtis Imrie   New Zealand 3:17.684 FA 3 3 Wang Congkang Bu Tingkai   China 3:17.784 FA 4 5 Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf   Czech Republic 3:18.240 FA 5 7 Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro   Italy 3:20.591 FB 6 6 Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood   Australia 3:21.860 FB

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 3 Max Hoff Jacob Schopf   Germany 3:17.554 FA 2 5 Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz   Hungary 3:18.316 FA 3 6 Mikita Borykau Aleh Yurenia   Belarus 3:18.875 FA 4 4 Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña   Spain 3:19.133 FA 5 7 Kornél Béke Ádám Varga   Hungary 3:20.197 FB 6 2 Samuel Baláž Adam Botek   Slovakia 3:20.917 FB

Finals

Final A Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 5 Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green   Australia 3:15.280 4 Max Hoff Jacob Schopf   Germany 3:15.584 1 Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf   Czech Republic 3:16.106 4 6 Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz   Hungary 3:16.535 5 3 Max Brown Kurtis Imrie   New Zealand 3:17.267 6 8 Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña   Spain 3:17.327 7 2 Mikita Borykau Aleh Yurenia   Belarus 3:17.769 8 7 Wang Congkang Bu Tingkai   China 3:19.612

Final B Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 9 2 Maxim Spesivtsev Roman Anoshkin   ROC 3:19.680 10 6 Samuel Baláž Adam Botek   Slovakia 3:21.087 11 5 Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro   Italy 3:22.408 12 4 Kornél Béke Ádám Varga   Hungary 3:24.223 13 3 Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood   Australia 3:24.757 14 7 Brian Malfesi Vincent Jourdenais   Canada 3:25.181 15 8 Étienne Hubert Guillaume Burger   France 3:32.690 16 1 Tuva'a Clifton Rudolf Williams   Samoa 3:56.171

References

1. "Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
2. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Canoe Sprint" (PDF). International Canoe Federation . Retrieved 25 June 2021.
3. "DOSB nominiert weitere 94 Athletinnen für Tokio" [DOSB nominated 94 more athletes for Tokyo] (in German). German Olympic Sports Confederation. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
4. Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation
5. "Canoe Sprint Progression System" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
6. "Canoe Sprint". IOC. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.