Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1
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The men's K-1 slalom
competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
took place between August 11 and 12 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
in Beijing
. The K-1 (single kayak) event was raced by one-man kayak
s through a whitewater
course.
There were three rounds of competitions: the heats, the semifinal, and the final. In the heats, each canoeist completed two runs of the course. The time, in seconds, of each run was added to the number of penalty points assessed. Touching any of the 21 slalom gates resulted in a 2-second penalty for each gate touched, while skipping any of the gates resulted in a 50-second penalty. The total times for the two preliminary runs were summed to give a score for the heats. The top 15 boats advanced to the semifinals.
The semifinals consisted of a single run. The field was narrowed to the top 10 scores from that run; those 10 boats advanced to the final. The times from the final were added to the semifinal score to give an overall total.
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Slalom canoeing
Whitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...
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 between August 11 and 12 2008 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
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
. The K-1 (single kayak) event was raced by one-man kayak
Kayak
A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...
s through a whitewater
Whitewater racing
Wildwater canoeing is a competitive discipline of canoeing in which kayaks or Canadian canoes are used to negotiate a stretch of river speedily...
course.
There were three rounds of competitions: the heats, the semifinal, and the final. In the heats, each canoeist completed two runs of the course. The time, in seconds, of each run was added to the number of penalty points assessed. Touching any of the 21 slalom gates resulted in a 2-second penalty for each gate touched, while skipping any of the gates resulted in a 50-second penalty. The total times for the two preliminary runs were summed to give a score for the heats. The top 15 boats advanced to the semifinals.
The semifinals consisted of a single run. The field was narrowed to the top 10 scores from that run; those 10 boats advanced to the final. The times from the final were added to the semifinal score to give an overall total.
Schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8UTC+8
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| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, August 11, 2008 | 15:50-16:50 | Heats 1st Run |
| Monday, August 11, 2008 | 17:42-18:40 | Heats 2nd Run |
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 15:40-16:40 | Semifinal |
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 17:17-18:00 | Final |
Medalists
Heats
| Rank | Name | Preliminary runs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | ||
| 1 | 81.79 | 84.70 | 166.49 | |
| 2 | 85.66 | 82.40 | 168.06 | |
| 3 | 85.13 | 83.46 | 168.59 | |
| 4 | 84.90 | 84.36 | 169.26 | |
| 5 | 85.51 | 85.51 | 171.02 | |
| 6 | 86.21 | 85.54 | 171.75 | |
| 7 | 85.61 | 86.41 | 172.02 | |
| 8 | 90.17 | 82.09 | 172.26 | |
| 9 | 86.72 | 85.72 | 172.44 | |
| 10 | 86.28 | 86.30 | 172.58 | |
| 11 | 86.26 | 86.69 | 172.95 | |
| 12 | 84.95 | 88.07 | 173.02 | |
| 13 | 85.35 | 89.49 | 174.84 | |
| 14 | 86.26 | 88.90 | 175.16 | |
| 15 | 88.52 | 87.81 | 176.33 | |
| 16 | 88.24 | 88.40 | 176.64 | |
| 17 | 87.58 | 91.08 | 178.66 | |
| 18 | 89.82 | 90.05 | 179.87 | |
| 19 | 92.63 | 88.56 | 181.19 | |
| 20 | 84.91 | 135.63 | 220.54 | |
| 21 | 87.47 | 140.92 | 228.39 | |
- Qualified for semifinals
Semifinal
| Rank | Name | Semifinal run | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty seconds | Time | ||
| 1 | 0 | 86.08 | |
| 2 | 0 | 86.09 | |
| 3 | 0 | 87.21 | |
| 4 | 0 | 87.31 | |
| 5 | 0 | 88.40 | |
| 6 | 0 | 88.46 | |
| 7 | 0 | 88.49 | |
| 8 | 2 | 88.56 | |
| 9 | 0 | 88.69 | |
| 10 | 0 | 88.85 | |
| 11 | 0 | 88.97 | |
| 12 | 2 | 89.41 | |
| 13 | 4 | 89.42 | |
| 14 | 2 | 90.06 | |
| 15 | 2 | 95.74 | |
- Qualified for final
Final
| Rank | Name | Semifinal run | Final run | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty seconds | Time | Penalty seconds | Time | |||
| 0 | 87.31 | 0 | 84.39 | 171.70 | ||
| 0 | 87.21 | 0 | 86.09 | 173.30 | ||
| 0 | 86.08 | 0 | 87.37 | 173.45 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 88.85 | 0 | 88.06 | 176.91 | |
| 5 | 0 | 86.09 | 0 | 91.76 | 177.85 | |
| 6 | 0 | 88.46 | 2 | 89.89 | 178.35 | |
| 7 | 0 | 88.69 | 2 | 90.14 | 178.83 | |
| 8 | 0 | 88.49 | 0 | 91.19 | 179.68 | |
| 9 | 0 | 88.40 | 50 | 139.59 | 227.99 | |
| 10 | 2 | 88.56 | 52 | 142.37 | 230.93 | |