The men's C-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The C-1 event is raced in single-man sprint canoes. This would be the last time the event would take place at the Summer Olympics. On 13 August 2009, it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men's 500 m events would be replaced by 200 m events at the 2012 Summer Olympics with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women. The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1, C-2, and K-1.13 August 2009 International Canoe Federation announcement of canoe sprint format changes for the 2012 Summer Olympics. - accessed 14 August 2009.
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 19, semifinals on August 21, and finals on August 23.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundTuesday, August 19, 2008 16:10-16:40 HeatsThursday, August 21, 2008 16:00-16:20 SemifinalsSaturday, August 23, 2008 15:45-16:00 Final
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1->Final, 2..7->Semifinals, Rest Out
Heat 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1David Cal1:48.095 QF2Florin Georgian Mironcic1:48.608 QS3Yuriy Cheban1:49.454 QS4Attila Vajda1:49.942QS5Aldo Pruna1:51.111 QS6Nivalter Jesus1:51.363QS7Torsten Lachmann2:00.594QS8Fortunato Luis Pacavira2:13.265
Heat 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Aliaksandr Zhukouski1:48.669 QF2Mark Oldershaw1:48.817 QS3Mathieu Goubel1:49.527QS4Andreas Dittmer1:49.527QS5Mikhail Yemelyanov1:54.832 QS6Marián Ostrčil1:55.911 QS7Calvin Mokoto2:03.372 QS
Heat 3 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Maxim Opalev1:47.849 QF2Li Qiang1:49.164 QS3Paweł Baraszkiewicz1:50.463 QS4Vadim Menkov1:52.793QS5Andreas Kiligkaridis1:54.541 QS6Mikelis Ezmalis1:54.890 QS7Sean Pangelinan2:12.696 QS
Semifinals Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out
Semifinal 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Yuriy Cheban1:51.507 QF2Mathieu Goubel1:52.239 QF3Li Qiang1:52.887 QF4Andreas Dittmer1:53.182 5Aldo Pruna1:53.809 6Vadim Menkov1:55.610 7Nivalter Jesus1:56.139 8Marián Ostrčil1:58.401 9Sean Pangelinan2:17.940
Semifinal 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Attila Vajda1:51.029 QF2Florin Georgian Mironcic1:51.535 QF3Paweł Baraszkiewicz1:51.744 QF4Mark Oldershaw1:52.649 5Andreas Kiligkaridis1:56.3106Mikelis Ezmalis1:56.9077Torsten Lachmann1:59.119 8Mikhail Yemelyanov2:06.9089Calvin Mokoto2:12.226
Final RankCanoerCountryTimeNotesMaxim Opalev1:47.140 David Cal1:48.397Yuriy Cheban 1:48.766 4Mathieu Goubel 1:49.056 5Aliaksandr Zhukouski1:49.092 6Li Qiang1:49.287 7Florin Georgian Mironcic 1:49.861 8Paweł Baraszkiewicz1:50.048 9Attila Vajda 1:50.156
Opalev's gold earned him a complete set of medals in this event, having won a silver in 2000 and a bronze in 2004.
References
Sports-reference.com 2008 C-1 500 m results. Yahoo! results on C-1 500 m heats. - accessed August 19, 2008. Yahoo! August 21, 2008 sprint semifinal results. - accessed August 21, 2008. Yahoo! August 23, 2008 sprint final results. - accessed August 23, 2008. YouTube.com showing of the final. - accessed 13 August 2009.