The men's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze
Results
Heats 31 competitors first raced in four heats. The top six finishers from each of the heats and the three fastest finishers advanced directly to the semifinals.
Heat 1 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual. 1 10 Ákos Vereckei 1:42.089 QS 2 16 Ian Wynne 1:42.779 QS 3 18 Ognjen Filipović 1:43.097 QS 4 19 Róbert Erban 1:43.109 QS 5 20 Antonio Scaduto 1:43.289 QS 6 21 Anders Svensson 1:43.349 QS 7 22 Alvydas Duonėla 1:43.877 QS 8 31 Roger Caumo 1:49.955
Heat 2 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual. 1 2 Petar Merkov 1:40.227 QS 2 3 Michael Kolganov 1:40.275 QS 3 4 Jovino González 1:40.761 QS 4 6 Lutz Liwowski 1:41.091 QS 5 8 Alan van Coller 1:41.805 QS 6 24 Pavel Hottmar 1:44.391 QS 7 28 Sergey Sergin 1:47.253
Heat 3 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual. 1 1 Grzegorz Kotowicz 1:40.204 QS 2 5 Knut Holmann 1:40.990 QS 3 9 Nathan Baggaley 1:41.854 QS 4 11 Vladimir Grushikhin 1:42.430 QS 5 13 Mihai Apostol 1:42.562 QS 6 14 Anton Ryakhov 1:42.694 QS 7 17 Hain Helde 1:42.772 QS 8 29 Nader Eivazi 1:49.306
Heat 4 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual. 1 7 Javier Correa 1:41.557 QS 2 12 Kimmo Latvamäki 1:42.535 QS 3 15 Geza Magyar 1:42.733 QS 4 23 Stein Jorgensen 1:44.185 QS 5 25 Anatoli Tishchenko 1:44.707 QS 6 26 Nam Sung-Ho 1:45.163 QS 7 27 Adrian Bachmann 1:45.187 QS 8 30 Gary Mawer 1:49.705 Overall Results Heats
Heats Overall Results Place Athlete NationHeatPlaceTimeQual. 1 Grzegorz Kotowicz 3 1 1:40.204 QS 2 Petar Merkov 2 1 1:40.227 QS 3 Michael Kolganov 2 2 1:40.275 QS 4 Jovino González 2 3 1:40.761 QS 5 Knut Holmann 3 2 1:40.990 QS 6 Lutz Liwowski 2 4 1:41.091 QS 7 Javier Correa 4 1 1:41.557 QS 8 Alan van Coller 2 5 1:41.805 QS 9 Nathan Baggaley 3 3 1:41.854 QS 10 Ákos Vereckei 1 1 1:42.089 QS 11 Vladimir Grushikhin 3 4 1:42.430 QS 12 Kimmo Latvamäki 4 2 1:42.535 QS 13 Mihai Apostol 3 5 1:42.562 QS 14 Anton Ryakhov 3 6 1:42.694 QS 15 Geza Magyar 4 3 1:42.733 QS 16 Ian Wynne 1 2 1:42.779 QS 17 Hain Helde 3 7 1:42.772 QS 18 Ognjen Filipović 1 3 1:43.097 QS 19 Róbert Erban 1 4 1:43.109 QS 20 Antonio Scaduto 1 5 1:43.289 QS 21 Anders Svensson 1 6 1:43.349 QS 22 Alvydas Duonėla 1 7 1:43.877 QS 23 Stein Jorgensen 4 4 1:44.185 QS 24 Pavel Hottmar 2 6 1:44.391 QS 25 Anatoli Tishchenko 4 5 1:44.707 QS 26 Nam Sung-Ho 4 6 1:45.163 QS 27 Adrian Bachmann 4 7 1:45.187 QS 28 Sergey Sergin 2 7 1:47.253 29 Nader Eivazi 3 8 1:49.306 30 Gary Mawer 4 8 1:49.705 31 Roger Caumo 1 8 1:49.955
Semifinals The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals advanced to the final. Heat 1 of 3 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual. 1 1 Ákos Vereckei 1:39.574 QF 2 2 Knut Holmann 1:39.964 QF 3 5 Michael Kolganov 1:40.426 QF 4 11 Geza Magyar 1:41.482 5 14 Pavel Hottmar 1:41.920 6 20 Antonio Scaduto 1:43.432 7 22 Mihai Apostol 1:43.444 8 23 Stein Jorgensen 1:44.182 9 25 Hain Helde 1:45.916
Heat Heat 2 of 3 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual. 1 3 Petar Merkov 1:40.008 QF 2 4 Alvydas Duonėla 1:40.368 QF 3 7 Alan van Coller 1:40.656 QF 4 8 Nathan Baggaley 1:40.884 5 13 Kimmo Latvamäki 1:41.640 6 15 Róbert Erban 1:42.300 7 21 Ognjen Filipović 1:43.434 8 26 Nam Sung-Ho 1:46.008 Vladimir Grushikhin DISQ
Gurshikhin's disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.
Heat 3 of 3 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual. 1 6 Lutz Liwowski 1:40.586 QF 2 9 Jovino González 1:41.168 QF 3 10 Grzegorz Kotowicz 1:41.198 QF 4 12 Ian Wynne 1:41.485 5 16 Anatoli Tishchenko 1:42.548 6 17 Javier Correa 1:42.784 7 18 Anders Svensson 1:43.070 8 19 Anton Ryakhov 1:43.292 9 24 Adrian Bachmann 1:45.866
Overall Results Semi-Finals
Semi-Finals Overall Results Place Athlete NationHeatPlaceTimeQual. 1 Ákos Vereckei 1 1 1:39.574 QF 2 Knut Holmann 1 2 1:39.964 QF 3 Petar Merkov 2 1 1:40.008 QF 4 Alvydas Duonėla 2 2 1:40.368 QF 5 Michael Kolganov 1 3 1:40.426 QF 6 Lutz Liwowski 3 1 1:40.586 QF 7 Alan van Coller 2 3 1:40.656 QF 8 Nathan Baggaley 2 4 1:40.884 9 Jovino González 3 2 1:41.168 QF 10 Grzegorz Kotowicz 3 3 1:41.198 QF 11 Geza Magyar 1 4 1:41.482 12 Ian Wynne 3 4 1:41.485 13 Kimmo Latvamäki 2 5 1:41.640 14 Pavel Hottmar 1 5 1:41.920 15 Róbert Erban 2 6 1:42.300 16 Anatoli Tishchenko 3 5 1:42.548 17 Javier Correa 3 6 1:42.784 18 Anders Svensson 3 7 1:43.070 19 Anton Ryakhov 3 8 1:43.292 20 Antonio Scaduto 1 6 1:43.432 21 Ognjen Filipović 2 7 1:43.434 22 Mihai Apostol 1 7 1:43.444 23 Stein Jorgensen 1 8 1:44.182 24 Adrian Bachmann 3 9 1:45.866 25 Hain Helde 1 9 1:45.916 26 Nam Sung-Ho 2 8 1:46.008 Vladimir Grushikhin 2 DISQ
Final
Final Date: Sunday 1 October 2000Place Athlete NationTime Knut Holmann 1:57.847 Petar Merkov 1:58.393 Michael Kolganov 1:59.563 4 Ákos Vereckei 2:00.145 5 Lutz Liwowski 2:00.259 6 Jovino González 2:03.889 7 Alvydas Duonėla 2:04.591 8 Alan van Coller 2:04.981 9 Grzegorz Kotowicz 2:07.711
The final was delayed six hours to strong winds of 50 mph (80 km/h), a race official sinking in his aluminum dinghy, start lanes for lanes seven and eight being broken prior to the start, and 30 spectators stripping to their underwear to swim to the medal podium only to be taken into custody by police and security personnel. Except for Kolganov edging pre-Olympic favorite Vereckei at the line, the race itself was generally uneventful.
References 2000 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results. Sports-reference.com 2000 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.