Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1

The men's C-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 C-1 (solo canoe) event was raced by one-man canoes 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 12 boats advanced to the semifinals.

The semifinals consisted of a single run. The field was narrowed to the top 8 scores from that run; those 8 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+8) Date Time RoundMonday, August 11, 2008 15:00-15:50 Heats 1st RunMonday, August 11, 2008 16:52-17:40 Heats 2nd RunTuesday, August 12, 2008 15:00-15:40 SemifinalTuesday, August 12, 2008 16:47-17:15 Final

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Results Rank Name Country Preliminary Round Semifinal FinalRun 1Run 2TotalRankTimeRankTimeTotal Michal Martikán 85.13 85.02 170.15 1 88.92 1 87.73 176.65 David Florence 89.47 82.16 171.63 3 90.46 4 88.15 178.61 Robin Bell 88.86 87.59 176.45 7 91.16 5 89.43 180.59 4 Ander Elosegi 87.00 85.47 172.47 5 92.19 7 89.93 182.12 5 Stanislav Ježek 85.69 86.40 172.09 4 89.85 2 92.44 182.29 6 Benn Fraker 91.97 87.47 179.44 10 92.27 8 90.87 183.14 7 Christos Tsakmakis 91.53 86.01 177.54 8 92.18 6 94.49 186.67 8 Krzysztof Bieryt 95.39 87.90 183.29 12 90.08 3 110.13 200.21 9 Tony Estanguet 89.99 86.09 176.08 6 93.92 9 10 Alexander Lipatov 87.65 90.51 178.16 9 94.16 10 11 Feng Liming 91.44 90.55 181.99 11 94.64 11 12 Jan Benzien 85.92 84.58 170.50 2 95.15 12 13 James Cartwright 93.83 90.80 184.63 13 14 Takuya Haneda 94.08 92.24 186.32 14 15 Emir Mujčinović 95.41 93.90 189.31 15 16 Siboniso Cele 162.51 100.42 262.93 16

References

ICF slalom canoeing schedule for the 2008 Summer Olympics. - accessed July 30, 2008. Sports-reference.com 2008 men's slalom C-1 results