The men's K-1 1000 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 2 and 3 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. At least 15 canoeists from at least 15 nations competed.
Background This was the 20th appearance of the event, one of four events to have appeared every Summer Games since the introduction of canoeing in 1936.
The reigning World Champion is Bálint Kopasz of Hungary. The reigning Olympic champion is Marcus Walz of Spain, who will not defend his title; he is not among the 6 men's kayakers on Spain's team for 2020.
Qualification
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify one place in the event, though could enter up to 2 boats if it earned enough quota places through other women's kayak events. A total of 13 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:
1 place for the host nation, provided it qualified no other men's kayak places 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. Two additional spots were added: a Tripartite Commission invitation (for Amado Cruz of Belize) and a Refugee Olympic Team invitation for Saeid Fazloula.
The World Championships quota places were allocated as follows:Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation
Rank Kayaker Nation Qualification Selected competitor 1Bálint Kopasz 6 places from K-4 and K-2 2Josef Dostál Earned quota in K-2 1000 m 3Fernando Pimenta Quota #1 in K-1 1000m 4Peter Gelle Quota #2 in K-1 1000m 5Maxim Spesivtsev Quota #3 in K-1 1000m 6Aleh Yurenia Quota #4 in K-1 1000m 7Étienne Hubert Earned quota in K-2 1000 m 8Roi Rodríguez 6 places from K-4 and K-2 9Agustín Vernice Quota #5 in K-1 1000m 10Jean van der Westhuyzen 6 places from K-4 and K-2 11Bojan Zdelar Reallocated host quota in K-1 1000m
Continental, World Cup, and other places:
Nation Qualification Selected competitor Africa quota in K-1 1000 m Americas quota in K-1 1000 m Asia quota in K-1 1000 m Ali Aghamirzaei Europe quota #1 in K-1 1000 m Europe quota #2 in K-1 1000 m Oceania quota in K-1 1000 m World Cup quota in K-1 1000 m Tripartite Invitation Amado Cruz Refugee Team Invitation Saeid Fazloula
Nations with men's kayak quota spots from the K-1 200 metres, K-2 1000 metres, or K-4 500 metres could enter (additional) boats as well.
Competition format Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered.
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 "1000 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 1000 m H ¼ ½ F
Results Heats Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.
Heat 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Josef Dostál3:37.342SF27Thomas Green3:39.492SF34Artuur Peters3:41.967QF43Maxim Spesivtsev3:42.888QF56Simon McTavish3:43.512QF62Kohl Horton4:24.679QF
Heat 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Bálint Kopasz3:39.084SF24Agustín Vernice3:40.430SF36Samuele Burgo3:43.746QF43Étienne Hubert3:45.072QF52Ali Aghamirzaei3:48.609QF67Roman Anoshkin3:50.580QF
Heat 3 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Fernando Pimenta3:40.323SF24Peter Gelle3:42.131SF33Jean van der Westhuyzen3:46.186QF42Guillaume Burger3:53.241QF56Vagner Souta3:57.178QF
Heat 4 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Aleh Yurenia3:43.444SF24Bojan Zdelar3:45.074SF33Lars Magne Ullvang3:47.253QF42Tuva'a Clifton4:11.029QF56Amado Cruz4:13.080QF
Heat 5 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Jacob Schopf3:39.504SF22Ádám Varga3:39.650SF35Zhang Dong3:40.955QF43Saeid Fazloula3:52.631QF56Mohamed Mrabet4:02.148QF
Quarterfinals Progression: 1st-2nd to SF, rest out.
Quarterfinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes13Maxim Spesivtsev3:44.136SF25Zhang Dong3:44.269SF32Vagner Souta3:52.40246Ali Aghamirzaei3:52.83454Tuva'a Clifton4:21.30167Kohl Horton4:39.138
Quarterfinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Artuur Peters3:45.712SF25Samuele Burgo3:45.993SF32Roman Anoshkin3:46.57646Simon McTavish3:52.46753Guillaume Burger3:52.81767Amado Cruz4:15.262
Quarterfinal 3 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Jean van der Westhuyzen3:46.104SF25Étienne Hubert3:46.274SF33Lars Magne Ullvang3:49.83042Saeid Fazloula3:52.61456Mohamed Mrabet3:56.325
Semifinals Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Bálint Kopasz3:24.558OB, FA24Josef Dostál3:25.387FA33Jacob Schopf3:25.586FA41Zhang Dong3:26.246FA57Artuur Peters3:26.773FB68Étienne Hubert3:27.319FB72Peter Gelle3:28.255FB86Bojan Zdelar3:29.525FB
Semifinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Fernando Pimenta3:22.942FA, OB 22Ádám Varga3:23.634FA33Thomas Green3:24.612FA46Agustín Vernice3:24.734FA58Samuele Burgo3:25.673FB64Aleh Yurenia3:27.323FB77Maxim Spesivtsev3:27.372FB81Jean van der Westhuyzen3:28.287FB
Finals
Final A RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes5Bálint Kopasz3:20.643OB6Ádám Varga3:22.4314Fernando Pimenta3:22.47847Jacob Schopf3:22.55453Josef Dostál3:26.61061Zhang Dong3:28.10372Thomas Green3:28.36088Agustín Vernice3:28.503
Final B RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes94Samuele Burgo3:26.169105Artuur Peters3:26.781118Jean van der Westhuyzen3:26.955126Aleh Yurenia3:27.190132Maxim Spesivtsev3:27.909147Peter Gelle3:28.240153Étienne Hubert 3:31.553161Bojan Zdelar3:31.689
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