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

Men's K-1 200 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	25 from 20 nations
Winning time	35.035
Medalists
Sándor Tótka   Hungary Manfredi Rizza   Italy Liam Heath   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

Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 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:

• 5 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
• 6 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent except 2 places for Europe
• 1 place awarded through the 2021 Canoe Sprint World Cup Stage 2.

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]

Rank	Kayaker	Nation	Qualification	Selected competitor
1	Liam Heath	Great Britain	Quota #1 in K-1 200 m
2	Strahinja Stefanović	Serbia	Quota #2 in K-1 200 m
3	Carlos Garrote	Spain	6 places from K-4 and K-2	Could enter via K-1 500, K-2, or K-4
4	Maxime Beaumont	France	Quota #3 in K-1 200 m
5	Manfredi Rizza	Italy	Quota #4 in K-1 200 m
6	Petter Menning	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]

Nation	Qualification	Selected competitor
Egypt	Africa quota in K-1 200 m
Argentina	Americas quota in K-1 200 m
South Korea	Asia quota in K-1 200 m
ROC	Europe quota #1 in K-1 200 m
Latvia	Europe quota #2 in K-1 200 m
Samoa	Oceania quota in K-1 200 m
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.

Nation	Selected competitor 1	Selected competitor 2
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

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-1 200 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 5 Petter Menning   Sweden 34.698 SF 2 4 Saúl Craviotto   Spain 35.002 SF 3 3 Evgenii Lukantsov   ROC 35.157 QF 4 2 Kohl Horton   Cook Islands 40.061 QF 5 6 Rudolf Williams   Samoa 42.083 QF

Heat 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 3 Kolos Csizmadia   Hungary 34.442 SF 2 4 Carlos Arévalo   Spain 34.452 SF 3 5 Liam Heath   Great Britain 34.582 QF 4 6 Nicholas Matveev   Canada 36.190 QF 5 2 Momen Mahran   Egypt 38.850 QF

Heat 3 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 4 Sándor Tótka   Hungary 35.070 SF 2 5 Roberts Akmens   Latvia 35.448 SF 3 3 Cho Gwang-hee   South Korea 35.738 QF 4 2 Mark de Jonge   Canada 36.110 QF 5 6 Momotaro Matsushita   Japan 36.110 QF

Heat 4 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Manfredi Rizza   Italy 34.867 SF 2 4 Maxime Beaumont   France 35.259 SF 3 2 Oleg Gusev   ROC 35.928 QF 4 3 Yang Xiaoxu   China 36.561 QF 5 6 Bojan Zdelar   Serbia 37.092 QF

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	4	Strahinja Stefanović	Serbia	34.996	SF
2	3	Rubén Rézola	Argentina	35.059	SF
3	5	Mindaugas Maldonis	Lithuania	35.650	QF
4	2	Tuva'a Clifton	Samoa	38.363	QF
5	6	Amado Cruz	Belize	39.645	QF

Quarterfinals

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

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Mindaugas Maldonis   Lithuania 35.466 SF 2 2 Momotaro Matsushita   Japan 35.540 SF 3 4 Yang Xiaoxu   China 35.852 4 6 Momen Mahran   Egypt 37.836 3 Kohl Horton   Cook Islands DNF

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Liam Heath   Great Britain 33.985 OB, SF 2 4 Evgenii Lukantsov   ROC 35.184 SF 3 3 Mark de Jonge   Canada 35.462 4 7 Bojan Zdelar   Serbia 36.531 5 6 Rudolf Williams   Samoa 41.950

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	5	Cho Gwang-hee	South Korea	35.048	SF
2	6	Nicholas Matveev	Canada	35.181	SF
3	4	Oleg Gusev	ROC	35.581
4	3	Tuva'a Clifton	Samoa	38.287
5	7	Amado Cruz	Belize	39.333

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Kolos Csizmadia   Hungary 35.099 FA 2 7 Liam Heath   Great Britain 35.108 FA 3 4 Petter Menning   Sweden 35.149 FA 4 2 Roberts Akmens   Latvia 35.688 FA 5 3 Strahinja Stefanović   Serbia 35.855 FB 6 6 Maxime Beaumont   France 36.072 FB 7 8 Nicholas Matveev   Canada 36.584 FB 8 1 Momotaro Matsushita   Japan 37.096 FB

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Sándor Tótka   Hungary 35.114 FA 2 4 Manfredi Rizza   Italy 35.171 FA 3 6 Carlos Arévalo   Spain 35.207 FA 4 3 Saúl Craviotto   Spain 35.934 FA 5 8 Evgenii Lukantsov   ROC 36.036 FB 6 1 Cho Gwang-hee   South Korea 36.094 FB 7 2 Rubén Rézola   Argentina 36.552 FB 8 7 Mindaugas Maldonis   Lithuania 36.637 FB

Finals

Final A Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 4 Sándor Tótka   Hungary 35.035 6 Manfredi Rizza   Italy 35.080 3 Liam Heath   Great Britain 35.202 4 5 Kolos Csizmadia   Hungary 35.317 5 2 Carlos Arévalo   Spain 35.391 6 7 Petter Menning   Sweden 35.562 7 8 Saúl Craviotto   Spain 35.568 8 1 Roberts Akmens   Latvia 36.014

Final B Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 9 3 Maxime Beaumont   France 35.998 10 8 Mindaugas Maldonis   Lithuania 36.257 11 5 Strahinja Stefanović   Serbia 36.329 12 4 Evgenii Lukantsov   ROC 36.369 13 6 Cho Gwang-hee   South Korea 36.440 14 7 Nicholas Matveev   Canada 36.625 15 2 Rubén Rézola   Argentina 36.775 16 1 Momotaro Matsushita   Japan 37.250

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. Team GB
4. 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.