The men's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 event is raced in single-person kayaks. 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 six finishers in each of the four heats advances directly to the semifinal along with the top three times. The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals advance to the final.
Heats took place on August 19, semifinal on August 21, and final on August 23.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundTuesday, August 19, 2008 15:30-16:10 HeatsThursday, August 21, 2008 15:30-16:00 SemifinalsSaturday, August 23, 2008 15:30-15:45 Final
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1..6->Semifinals + 3 best next by time, Rest Out
Heat 1 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Adam van Koeverden1:35.554 WBQS2Eirik Verås Larsen1:36.439 QS3Michele Zerial1:36.950 QS4Steven Ferguson1:37.538 QS5Shaun Rubenstein1:37.687 QS6Dmitriy Torlopov1:39.892 QS7Jorge Garcia1:42.803QS8Rudolph Berking-Williams1:47.839QS
Heat 2 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Tim Brabants1:36.338 QS2Anton Ryakhov1:37.666 QS3Stjepan Janić1:37.724 QS4Arnaud Hybois1:37.902 QS5Miguel Correa1:39.781 QS6Emanuel Silva1:42.513 QS7Tony Lespoir1:53.248
Heat 3 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Ákos Vereckei1:36.099 QS2Ken Wallace1:36.208 QS3Anders Gustafsson1:36.633 QS4Marek Twardowski1:39.436 QS5Assane Dame Fall1:52.215 QS6Alcino Silva1:58.178 QS7Kotoua Francis Abia2:00.716
Heat 4 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Michael Kolganov1:38.396 QS2Jonas Ems1:38.819 QS3Rami Zur1:39.037 QS4Manuel Cortina Martínez1:40.626 QS5Kasper Bleibach1:42.529 QS6Pan Yao1:44.757 QS7Myint Tayzar Phone1:48.179 QS
Semifinals Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out
Semifinal 1 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Adam van Koeverden1:42.438 QF2Anton Ryakhov1:42.968 QF3Ken Wallace1:43.340 QF4Shaun Rubenstein1:44.1545Emanuel Silva1:45.985 6Rami Zur1:47.163 7Manuel Cortina Martínez1:48.333 8Jorge Garcia1:49.077 9Assane Dame Fall2:04.633
Semifinal 2 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Steven Ferguson1:42.238 QF2Anders Gustafsson1:42.409 QF3Tim Brabants1:42.530 QF4Michele Zerial1:42.931 5Marek Twardowski1:43.733 6Jonas Ems1:44.717 7Miguel Correa1:46.422 8Pan Yao1:55.242 —Rudolph Berking-Williams —DNS
Semifinal 3 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Stjepan Janić1:41.689 QF2Eirik Verås Larsen1:41.927 QF3Ákos Vereckei1:42.155 QF4Michael Kolganov1:43.145 5Arnaud Hybois1:43.559 6Kasper Bleibach1:45.418 7Dmitriy Torlopov1:47.573 8Myint Tayzar Phone1:55.300 9Alcino Silva2:06.288
Final RankAthletesCountryTimeNotesKen Wallace 1:37.252 Adam van Koeverden 1:37.630 Tim Brabants 1:37.671 4Eirik Verås Larsen 1:37.949 5Anton Ryakhov 1:38.187 6Ákos Vereckei 1:38.318 7Anders Gustafsson 1:38.447 8Steven Ferguson 1:38.512 9Stjepan Janić 1:38.729
References
Sports-reference.com 2008 men's K-1 500 m results Yahoo! August 19, 2008 sprint heat results. - 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.