The men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing between August 18 and 22. The C-1 event is raced in single-man sprint canoes.
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 Gold Silver Bronze
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundMonday, August 18, 2008 16:00-16:30 HeatsWednesday, August 20, 2008 15:50-16:10 SemifinalsFriday, August 22, 2008 15:45-16:00 Final
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1->Final, 2..7->Semifinals, Rest Out
Heat 1 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1Attila Vajda3:55.319 QF2Florin Georgian Mironcic3:57.538 QS3Marcin Grzybowski4:02.010 QS4Miķelis Ežmalis4:13.777QS5Torsten Lachmann4:15.188 QS6Everardo Cristóbal4:15.280QS7Fortunato Luis Pacavira4:39.538QS8Sean Pangelinan4:49.284
Heat 2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1Vadim Menkov3:56.793 QF2Mathieu Goubel3:56.972 QS3Marián Ostrčil4:00.191QS4Aliaksandr Zhukouski4:01.380QS5Viktor Melantiev4:03.316 QS6Nivalter Santos4:17.407 QS7Mikhail Yemelyanov4:19.259 QS
Heat 3 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1David Cal3:58.756 QF2Andreas Dittmer4:00.505 QS3Aldo Pruna Díaz4:02.351 QS4Thomas Hall4:05.198QS5Andreas Kiligkaridis4:18.488 QS6Yuriy Cheban4:23.188 QS7Calvin Mokoto4:33.887 QS
Semifinals Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out
Semifinal 1 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1Thomas Hall3:58.820 QF2Florin Georgian Mironcic3:59.664 QF3Aldo Pruna Díaz4:01.745 QF4Viktor Melantiev4:02.8545Marián Ostrčil4:03.696 6Everardo Cristóbal4:04.2677Yuriy Cheban4:06.0958Mikhail Yemelyanov4:16.813 9Miķelis Ežmalis4:16.820
Semifinal 2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1Mathieu Goubel3:57.607 QF2Andreas Dittmer3:58.595 QF3Aliaksandr Zhukouski3:58.851QF4Marcin Grzybowski4:00.226 5Andreas Kiligkaridis4:04.6276Torsten Lachmann4:09.792 7Nivalter Santos4:12.5568Calvin Mokoto4:26.6509Fortunato Luis Pacavira4:40.697
Final Rank Canoer Country Time NotesAttila Vajda3:50.467 David Cal3:52.751 Thomas Hall3:53.653 4Vadim Menkov3:54.2375Aliaksandr Zhukouski3:55.645 6Florin Georgian Mironcic3:57.876 7Mathieu Goubel3:57.889 8Andreas Dittmer3:57.8949Aldo Pruna Díaz3:59.087
Menkov led for the early part of the race, but was passed at the 750 meter mark by defending Olympic champion 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, who had died a month earlier training for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
References
Sports-reference.com 2008 C-1 1000 m results. Yahoo! August 18, 2008 sprint heat results. - accessed August 19, 2008. Yahoo! August 20, 2008 sprint semifinal results. - accessed August 20, 2008. Yahoo! August 22, 2008 sprint final results. - accessed August 22, 2008. YouTube.com C-1 1000 m Eurosport final. - accessed 27 October 2009.