The men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....

took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park

Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park

The Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park is the new, purpose-built venue for the rowing, canoeing and 10 km open-water swimming events in the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is located in Mapo Village in the Shunyi District in Beijing....

 in Beijing

Beijing

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 between August 18 and 22. The C-1 event is raced in single-man sprint canoe

Sprint canoe

A sprint canoe is a special type of canoe used in the sport of flatwater canoe racing.A one-person sprint canoe is 5.20 metres long; a traveling canoe of a similar length would be suitable for 2 to 3 people with gear...

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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 18, semifinals on August 20, and the final on August 22.

Medalists

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8

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Date	Time	Round
Monday, August 18, 2008	16:00-16:30	Heats
Wednesday, August 20, 2008	15:50-16:10	Semifinals
Friday, August 22, 2008	15:45-16:00	Final

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Athletes	Country	Time	Notes
1	Attila Vajda Attila Vajda Attila Vajda is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he has won two medals in the C-1 1000 m event with a gold in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....		3:55.319	QF
2	Florin Georgian Mironcic Florin Georgian Mironcic Florin Georgian Mironcic is an athlete from Romania sprint canoer who has competed since 2003. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and two bronzes .Mironcic also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the C-1 1000 m event at...		3:57.538	QS
3	Marcin Grzybowski Marcin Grzybowski Marcin Grzybowski is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. He won three medals in the C-4 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers , and a bronze ....		4:02.010	QS
4	Miķelis Ežmalis Miķelis Ežmalis Miķelis Ežmalis is a Latvian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.-References:*...		4:13.777	QS
5	Torsten Lachmann Torsten Lachmann Torsten Lachmann is a German-born, Australian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.-References:*...		4:15.188	QS
6	Everardo Cristóbal Everardo Cristóbal José Everardo Cristóbal Quirino is a Mexican sprint canoer who has been competing since 2005....		4:15.280	QS
7	Fortunato Luis Pacavira Fortunato Luis Pacavira Fortunato Luis Pacavira is an Angolan sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the heats of the C-1 500 m event and the semifinals of the C-1 1000 m event.-References:*...		4:39.538	QS
8	Sean Pangelinan Sean Pangelinan Sean Pangelinan is a Guamanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-1 500 m event and the heats of the C-1 1000 m event.-References:*...		4:49.284

Heat 2

Rank	Athletes	Country	Time	Notes
1	Vadim Menkov Vadim Menkov Vadim Menkov is an Uzbek sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds and a bronze...		3:56.793	QF
2	Mathieu Goubel Mathieu Goubel Mathieu Gobel is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver Mathieu Gobel (born April 3, 1980) is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint...		3:56.972	QS
3	Marián Ostrčil Marián Ostrcil Marián Ostrčil is a Slovak sprint canoer who has been competing since 1998.In 1998, in Nyköping, Sweden, he became European junior champion in the individual Canadian canoe 500m...		4:00.191	QS
4	Aliaksandr Zhukouski Aliaksandr Zhukouski Aliaksandr Zhukouski is a Belarusian sprint canoer who has competed since 2001. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and three bronzes .Zhukouski also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the C-1 500 m event at Athens...		4:01.380	QS
5	Viktor Melantiev		4:03.316	QS
6	Nivalter Santos		4:17.407	QS
7	Mikhail Yemelyanov Mikhail Yemelyanov Mikhail Yemelyanov is a Kazakhstani sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.-References:*...		4:19.259	QS

Heat 3

Rank	Athletes	Country	Time	Notes
1	David Cal David Cal David Cal Figueroa is a Spanish sprint canoer who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he has won four medals with a gold and three silvers .Cal was a junior world championship bronze medallist in Zagreb in 1999...		3:58.756	QF
2	Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer is a German sprint canoer. The dominant sprint canoer of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals.Dittmer won his first world championship medal - a bronze - at Paris in 1991 as a member of Germany's C-4 500 m crew...		4:00.505	QS
3	Aldo Pruna Díaz Aldo Pruna Díaz Aldo Pruna Díaz is a Cuban sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. He won a silver in the C-1 500 m event at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro....		4:02.351	QS
4	Thomas Hall Thomas Hall (canoer) Thomas Hall is an Olympic sprint canoer from Canada. Born in Montreal, but raised in nearby Pointe Claire, Quebec, Hall is part of a water sport family that includes a mother who was an international kayaker and a sister who is a competitive canoer...		4:05.198	QS
5	Andreas Kiligkaridis		4:18.488	QS
6	Yuriy Cheban Yuriy Cheban Yuriy Cheban is a Soviet-born, Ukrainian sprint canoer who has been competing since 2003. He was born in Mykolaiv....		4:23.188	QS
7	Calvin Mokoto Calvin Mokoto Calvin Mokoto is a South African sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.-References:*...		4:33.887	QS

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athletes	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Hall Thomas Hall (canoer) Thomas Hall is an Olympic sprint canoer from Canada. Born in Montreal, but raised in nearby Pointe Claire, Quebec, Hall is part of a water sport family that includes a mother who was an international kayaker and a sister who is a competitive canoer...		3:58.820	QF
2	Florin Georgian Mironcic Florin Georgian Mironcic Florin Georgian Mironcic is an athlete from Romania sprint canoer who has competed since 2003. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and two bronzes .Mironcic also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the C-1 1000 m event at...		3:59.664	QF
3	Aldo Pruna Díaz Aldo Pruna Díaz Aldo Pruna Díaz is a Cuban sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. He won a silver in the C-1 500 m event at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro....		4:01.745	QF
4	Viktor Melantiev		4:02.854
5	Marián Ostrčil Marián Ostrcil Marián Ostrčil is a Slovak sprint canoer who has been competing since 1998.In 1998, in Nyköping, Sweden, he became European junior champion in the individual Canadian canoe 500m...		4:03.696
6	Everardo Cristóbal Everardo Cristóbal José Everardo Cristóbal Quirino is a Mexican sprint canoer who has been competing since 2005....		4:04.267
7	Yuriy Cheban Yuriy Cheban Yuriy Cheban is a Soviet-born, Ukrainian sprint canoer who has been competing since 2003. He was born in Mykolaiv....		4:06.095
8	Mikhail Yemelyanov Mikhail Yemelyanov Mikhail Yemelyanov is a Kazakhstani sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.-References:*...		4:16.813
9	Miķelis Ežmalis Miķelis Ežmalis Miķelis Ežmalis is a Latvian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.-References:*...		4:16.820

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athletes	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mathieu Goubel Mathieu Goubel Mathieu Gobel is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver Mathieu Gobel (born April 3, 1980) is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint...		3:57.607	QF
2	Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer is a German sprint canoer. The dominant sprint canoer of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals.Dittmer won his first world championship medal - a bronze - at Paris in 1991 as a member of Germany's C-4 500 m crew...		3:58.595	QF
3	Aliaksandr Zhukouski Aliaksandr Zhukouski Aliaksandr Zhukouski is a Belarusian sprint canoer who has competed since 2001. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and three bronzes .Zhukouski also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the C-1 500 m event at Athens...		3:58.851	QF
4	Marcin Grzybowski Marcin Grzybowski Marcin Grzybowski is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. He won three medals in the C-4 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers , and a bronze ....		4:00.226
5	Andreas Kiligkaridis		4:04.627
6	Torsten Lachmann Torsten Lachmann Torsten Lachmann is a German-born, Australian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.-References:*...		4:09.792
7	Nivalter Santos		4:12.556
8	Calvin Mokoto Calvin Mokoto Calvin Mokoto is a South African sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.-References:*...		4:26.650
9	Fortunato Luis Pacavira Fortunato Luis Pacavira Fortunato Luis Pacavira is an Angolan sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the heats of the C-1 500 m event and the semifinals of the C-1 1000 m event.-References:*...		4:40.697

Final

Rank	Athletes	Country	Time	Notes
	Attila Vajda Attila Vajda Attila Vajda is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he has won two medals in the C-1 1000 m event with a gold in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....		3:50.467
	David Cal David Cal David Cal Figueroa is a Spanish sprint canoer who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he has won four medals with a gold and three silvers .Cal was a junior world championship bronze medallist in Zagreb in 1999...		3:52.751
	Thomas Hall Thomas Hall (canoer) Thomas Hall is an Olympic sprint canoer from Canada. Born in Montreal, but raised in nearby Pointe Claire, Quebec, Hall is part of a water sport family that includes a mother who was an international kayaker and a sister who is a competitive canoer...		3:53.653
4	Vadim Menkov Vadim Menkov Vadim Menkov is an Uzbek sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds and a bronze...		3:54.237
5	Aliaksandr Zhukouski Aliaksandr Zhukouski Aliaksandr Zhukouski is a Belarusian sprint canoer who has competed since 2001. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and three bronzes .Zhukouski also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the C-1 500 m event at Athens...		3:55.645
6	Florin Georgian Mironcic Florin Georgian Mironcic Florin Georgian Mironcic is an athlete from Romania sprint canoer who has competed since 2003. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and two bronzes .Mironcic also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the C-1 1000 m event at...		3:57.876
7	Mathieu Goubel Mathieu Goubel Mathieu Gobel is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver Mathieu Gobel (born April 3, 1980) is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint...		3:57.889
8	Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer is a German sprint canoer. The dominant sprint canoer of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals.Dittmer won his first world championship medal - a bronze - at Paris in 1991 as a member of Germany's C-4 500 m crew...		3:57.894
9	Aldo Pruna Díaz Aldo Pruna Díaz Aldo Pruna Díaz is a Cuban sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. He won a silver in the C-1 500 m event at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro....		3:59.087

Menkov led for the early part of the race, but was passed at the 750 meter mark by defending Olympic champion

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's C-1 1000 metres

These are the results of the men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.-Medalists:-Heats:...

 Cal and defending world champion Vajda. The Hungarian pulled away in the final 150 meters to win his gold medal which he dedicated to his fallen teammate György Kolonics

György Kolonics

György Kolonics , nicknamed Kolo, was a Hungarian sprint canoer who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics...

, who had died a month earlier training for the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

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