The men's canoe sprint K-1 200 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 10 and 11 August at Eton Dorney.

Great Britain's Ed McKeever won the gold medal, ahead of Saúl Craviotto from Spain who won silver. Mark de Jonge from Canada took bronze.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top five boats from each heat, and the fastest loser, advanced to the semifinals. The top four boats in each semifinal advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) Date Time RoundFriday 10 August 2012 09:3011:02 HeatsSemifinalsSaturday 11 August 2012 09:30Finals

Results

Heats The five best placed boats in each heat and the fastest sixth placed both qualify for the semifinals.

Heat 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Mark de Jonge 35.396Q2 Piotr Siemionowski 35.990Q3 Momotaro Matsushita 36.096Q4 Egidijus Balčiūnas 36.173Q5 César de Cesare 36.181Q6 Murray Stewart 37.2027 Mohamed Mrabet 38.291

Heat 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Ed McKeever 35.087Q, OB2 Marko Novaković 35.212Q3 Miklós Dudás 35.323Q4 Yevgeny Salakhov 35.652Q5 Maxime Richard 36.125Q6 Tim Hornsby 36.560q7 Mostafa Mansour 40.507

Heat 3 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Saúl Craviotto 35.552Q2 Maxime Beaumont 35.571Q3 Kasper Bleibach 36.610Q4 Ronald Rauhe 36.817Q5 Zhou Yubo 38.316Q6 Joshua Utanga 38.966

Semifinals The fastest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final. The slowest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Mark de Jonge 35.595Q2 Saúl Craviotto 35.597Q3 Marko Novaković 36.293Q4 Yevgeny Salakhov 36.312Q5 Kasper Bleibach 36.6676 César de Cesare 36.9757 Momotaro Matsushita 37.2018 Zhou Yubo 39.042

Semifinal 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Ed McKeever 35.619Q2 Maxime Beaumont 35.814Q3 Miklós Dudás 35.993Q4 Ronald Rauhe 36.183Q5 Egidijus Balčiūnas 36.4956 Piotr Siemionowski 36.5077 Maxime Richard 37.0298 Tim Hornsby 37.660

Finals

Final B RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Kasper Bleibach 37.8022 Egidijus Balčiūnas 37.9953 Momotaro Matsushita 38.0404 César de Cesare 38.0755 Maxime Richard 38.4356 Piotr Siemionowski 38.5857 Tim Hornsby 39.3708 Zhou Yubo 40.157

Final A RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes Ed McKeever 36.246 Saúl Craviotto 36.540 Mark de Jonge 36.6574 Maxime Beaumont 36.6885 Yevgeny Salakhov 36.8256 Miklós Dudás 36.8307 Marko Novaković 37.0948 Ronald Rauhe 37.553

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