The men's K-1 200 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 5 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. At least 12 canoeists from at least 12 nations competed.
Background This was the 3rd appearance of the event, which replaced the men's K-1 500 metres in 2012.
The 2016 Olympic champion and reigning World Champion is Liam Heath of Great Britain, who earned a place for his NOC and has been selected to compete.Team GB
Qualification
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) only qualify 1 boat in the event, but could enter up to 2 boats if it had enough men's kayak quota place through other events. A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:
5 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 6 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent except 2 places for Europe 1 place awarded through the 2021 Canoe Sprint World Cup Stage 2.
Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.
Spain had to decline a quota place due to exceeding the total limit of 6 men's kayak places per nation (after qualifying in the K-4 and K-2 as well). This made a total of 5 World Championship places that were awarded as follows:Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation
Rank Kayaker Nation Qualification Selected competitor 1Liam Heath Quota #1 in K-1 200 m 2Strahinja Stefanović Quota #2 in K-1 200 m 3Carlos Garrote 6 places from K-4 and K-2 4Maxime Beaumont Quota #3 in K-1 200 m 5Manfredi Rizza Quota #4 in K-1 200 m 6Petter Menning Quota #5 in K-1 200 m
The Americas continental tournament was cancelled; that place was allocated through the World Championships, with the place going to Argentina. Egypt earned Africa's place (after South Africa declined), South Korea took Asia's, ROC and Latvia earned Europe's two places, and Samoa took Oceania's. Lithuania earned the final spot at the World Cup.
Nation Qualification Selected competitor Africa quota in K-1 200 m Americas quota in K-1 200 m Asia quota in K-1 200 m Europe quota #1 in K-1 200 m Europe quota #2 in K-1 200 m Oceania quota in K-1 200 m World Cup quota in K-1 200 m
Nations with men's kayak quota spots from the K-1 1000 metres, K-2 1000 metres, or K-4 500 metres could enter (additional) boats as well.
Nation Selected competitor 1 Selected competitor 2 Carlos Arévalo (K-4) Saúl Craviotto (K-4)
Competition format Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The details for each round depend on how many boats ultimately enter.
The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no rudder). The "1" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "200 metres" is the distance of each race.
Schedule The event was held over two consecutive days, with two rounds per day. All sessions started at 9:30 a.m. local time, though there are multiple events with races in each session.
+Sprint Event↓/Date → Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Men's K-1 200 m H ¼ ½ F
Results Heats Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.
Heat 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Petter Menning34.698SF24Saúl Craviotto35.002SF33Evgenii Lukantsov35.157QF42Kohl Horton40.061QF56Rudolf Williams42.083QF
Heat 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes13Kolos Csizmadia34.442SF24Carlos Arévalo34.452SF35Liam Heath34.582QF46Nicholas Matveev36.190QF52Momen Mahran38.850QF
Heat 3 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Sándor Tótka35.070SF25Roberts Akmens35.448SF33Cho Gwang-hee35.738QF42Mark de Jonge36.110QF56Momotaro Matsushita36.110QF
Heat 4 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Manfredi Rizza34.867SF24Maxime Beaumont35.259SF32Oleg Gusev35.928QF43Yang Xiaoxu36.561QF56Bojan Zdelar37.092QF
Heat 5 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Strahinja Stefanović34.996SF23Rubén Rézola35.059SF35Mindaugas Maldonis35.650QF42Tuva'a Clifton38.363QF56Amado Cruz39.645QF
Quarterfinals Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest out.
Quarterfinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Mindaugas Maldonis 35.466SF22Momotaro Matsushita35.540SF34Yang Xiaoxu35.85246Momen Mahran37.8363Kohl HortonDNF
Quarterfinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Liam Heath33.985OB, SF24Evgenii Lukantsov35.184SF33Mark de Jonge35.46247Bojan Zdelar36.53156Rudolf Williams 41.950
Quarterfinal 3 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Cho Gwang-hee35.048SF26Nicholas Matveev35.181SF34Oleg Gusev35.58143Tuva'a Clifton38.28757Amado Cruz39.333
Semifinals Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Kolos Csizmadia35.099FA27Liam Heath35.108FA34Petter Menning35.149FA42Roberts Akmens35.688FA53Strahinja Stefanović35.855FB66Maxime Beaumont36.072FB78Nicholas Matveev36.584FB81Momotaro Matsushita37.096FB
Semifinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Sándor Tótka35.114FA24Manfredi Rizza35.171FA36Carlos Arévalo35.207FA43Saúl Craviotto35.934FA58Evgenii Lukantsov36.036FB61Cho Gwang-hee36.094FB72Rubén Rézola36.552FB87Mindaugas Maldonis36.637FB
Finals
Final A RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes4Sándor Tótka35.0356Manfredi Rizza35.0803Liam Heath35.20245Kolos Csizmadia35.31752Carlos Arévalo35.39167Petter Menning35.56278Saúl Craviotto35.56881Roberts Akmens36.014
Final B RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes93Maxime Beaumont 35.998108Mindaugas Maldonis36.257115Strahinja Stefanović36.329124Evgenii Lukantsov36.369136Cho Gwang-hee36.440147Nicholas Matveev36.625152Rubén Rézola36.775161Momotaro Matsushita37.250
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