Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 200 metres

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Men's K-1 200 metres
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Canoeing pictogram.svg
Canoeing pictogram
Venue Sea Forest Waterway
Dates4 August 2021 (heats and quarterfinal)
5 August 2021 (semifinal & final)
Competitors25 from 20 nations
Winning time35.035
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sándor Tótka Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Manfredi Rizza Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Liam Heath Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
  2016

The men's K-1 200 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 12 canoeists from at least 12 nations competed. [2]

Background

This was the 3rd appearance of the event, which replaced the men's K-1 500 metres in 2012.

The 2016 Olympic champion and reigning World Champion is Liam Heath of Great Britain, who earned a place for his NOC and has been selected to compete. [3]

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) only qualify 1 boat in the event, but could enter up to 2 boats if it had enough men's kayak quota place through other events. A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

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

Spain had to decline a quota place due to exceeding the total limit of 6 men's kayak places per nation (after qualifying in the K-4 and K-2 as well). This made a total of 5 World Championship places that were awarded as follows: [4]

RankKayakerNationQualificationSelected competitor
1 Liam Heath Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Quota #1 in K-1 200 m
2 Strahinja Stefanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Quota #2 in K-1 200 m
3 Carlos Garrote Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6 places from K-4 and K-2Could enter via K-1 500, K-2, or K-4
4 Maxime Beaumont Flag of France.svg  France Quota #3 in K-1 200 m
5 Manfredi Rizza Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Quota #4 in K-1 200 m
6 Petter Menning Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Quota #5 in K-1 200 m

The Americas continental tournament was cancelled; that place was allocated through the World Championships, with the place going to Argentina. [5] Egypt earned Africa's place (after South Africa declined), South Korea took Asia's, ROC and Latvia earned Europe's two places, and Samoa took Oceania's. Lithuania earned the final spot at the World Cup. [4]

NationQualificationSelected competitor
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Africa quota in K-1 200 m
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Americas quota in K-1 200 m
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Asia quota in K-1 200 m
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC Europe quota #1 in K-1 200 m
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia Europe quota #2 in K-1 200 m
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Oceania quota in K-1 200 m
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania World Cup quota in K-1 200 m

Nations with men's kayak quota spots from the K-1 1000 metres, K-2 1000 metres, or K-4 500 metres could enter (additional) boats as well.

NationSelected competitor 1Selected competitor 2
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [6] Carlos Arévalo (K-4) Saúl Craviotto (K-4)

Competition format

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The details for each round depend on how many boats ultimately enter. [7]

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 "1" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "200 metres" is the distance of each race. [8]

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. [9]

Legend
HHeats¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsFFinal
Sprint
Event↓/Date →Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6Sat 7
Men's K-1 200 mH¼½F

Results

Heats

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

Heat 5

RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes
14 Strahinja Stefanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 34.996SF
23 Rubén Rézola Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 35.059SF
35 Mindaugas Maldonis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 35.650QF
42 Tuva'a Clifton Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 38.363QF
56 Amado Cruz Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 39.645QF

Quarterfinals

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

Quarterfinal 3

RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes
15 Cho Gwang-hee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 35.048SF
26 Nicholas Matveev Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 35.181SF
34 Oleg Gusev Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 35.581
43 Tuva'a Clifton Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 38.287
57 Amado Cruz Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 39.333

Semifinals

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

Finals

References

  1. "Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Canoe Sprint" (PDF). International Canoe Federation . Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. Team GB
  4. 1 2 Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation
  5. "Mexico to make Olympic slalom debut after quota allocations". ICF. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. "Saúl Craviotto will lead the Spanish team for Tokyo 2020". 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  7. "Canoe Sprint Progression System" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  8. "Canoe Sprint". IOC. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. "Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020 . Retrieved 1 March 2020.