Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres

The men's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program that took place at Lake Lanier.

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Results

Heats 26 competitors first raced in three heats. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals with the rest competing in the repechages.

Heat 11. 1:42.391 QS2. 1:42.731 QS3. 1:43.279 QS4. 1:43.343 QR5. 1:43.563 QR6. 1:47.823 QR7. 1:48.991 QR8. 1:49.695 QRHeat 21. 1:41.624 QS2. 1:42.160 QS3. 1:42.180 QS4. 1:42.652 QR5. 1:44.328 QR6. 1:45.328 QR7. 1:47.316 QR8. 1:52.760 QR9. 1:55.208 QRHeat 31. 1:40.411 QS2. 1:41.079 QS3. 1:41.171 QS4. 1:42.691 QR5. 1:43.810 QR6. 1:44.763 QR7. 1:45.623 QR8. 1:45.799 QR9. 1:56.827 QR

Repechages The top four finishers from each of the repechages along with the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the semifinals.

Repechage 1 1. 1:43.184 QS2. 1:43.384 QS3. 1:44.076 QS4. 1:44.204 QS5. 1:44.340 6. 1:45.220 7. 1:46.532 8. 1:53.432 Repechage 21. 1:42.851 QS2. 1:43.055 QS3. 1:43.343 QS4. 1:43.359 QS5. 1:44.143 QS6. 1:47.035 7. 1:47.815 8. 1:51.623 9. 1:55.103

Semifinals The top four finishers in each of the two semifinals along with the fifth fastest advanced to the final.

Semifinal 11. 1:39.185 QF2. 1:39.929 QF3. 1:40.765 QF4. 1:41.425 QF5. 1:41.565 QF6. 1:41.749 7. 1:41.873 8. 1:42.505 9. 1:43.045 Semifinal 21. 1:40.319 QF2. 1:40.615 QF3. 1:40.687 QF4. 1:41.083 QF5. 1:41.791 6. 1:41.883 7. 1:42.071 8. 1:42.335 9. 1:42.379

Final The final was held on August 4.

1:37.423 1:38.339 1:38.6154. 1:38.9755. 1:39.3076. 1:40.0477. 1:40.3318. 1:40.4079. 1:41.023

References 1996 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. p. 166. Sports-reference.com 1996 men's K-1 500 m results Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 470.