Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1

The men's K-1 slalom canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 and 30 July 2021 at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course. 24 canoeists from 24 nations competed. Jiří Prskavec from the Czech Republic won the event, Jakub Grigar from Slovakia was second, and Hannes Aigner from Germany third. Prskavec and Aigner were bronze medalists in this event at the 2016 and 2012 Olympics, respectively; for Grigar, this is the first Olympic medal.

Background This was the ninth appearance of the event, having previously appeared in every Summer Olympics with slalom canoeing: 1972 and 1992–2016.

Reigning Olympic champion Joe Clarke did not make the Great Britain team, with that nation selecting Bradley Forbes-Cryans instead.Team GB Reigning World Champion Jiří Prskavec of the Czech Republic, who won bronze at the 2016 Games, earned a place for his nation.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter only 1 qualified canoeist in the men's slalom K-1 event. A total of 24 qualification places were available, allocated as follows:

1 place for the host nation, Japan 18 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 5 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent

Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.

The World Championships quota places were allocated as follows:Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation

Rank Canoeist Nation Qualification Selected competitor 1Jiří Prskavec 1st placed NOC Jiří Prskavec 2David Llorente 2nd placed NOCDavid Llorente 4Bradley Forbes-Cryans 3rd placed NOCBradley Forbes-Cryans 7Antoine Launay 4th placed NOC Antoine Launay 8Lucien Delfour 5th placed NOCLucien Delfour 9Pavel Eigel 6th placed NOCPavel Eigel 10Jakub Grigar 7th placed NOCJakub Grigar 11Quentin Burgi 8th placed NOCBoris Neveu 12Hannes Aigner 9th placed NOC Hannes Aigner 14Ben Hayward 10th placed NOCMichael Tayler 15Giovanni De Gennaro 11th placed NOCGiovanni De Gennaro 16Felix Oschmautz 12th placed NOCFelix Oschmautz 19Martin Dougoud 13th placed NOCMartin Dougoud 21Niko Testen 14th placed NOCPeter Kauzer 22Michal Smolen 15th placed NOCMichal Smolen 24Pepe Gonçalves 16th placed NOCPepe Gonçalves 26Isak Öhrström 17th placed NOCErik Holmer 31Jack Dangen 18th placed NOCCallum Gilbert

Continental and other places:

Nation Canoeist Qualification Selected competitor - Host nationKazuya Adachi Thomas Bersinger Americas quotaLucas RossiQuan Xin Asia quotaQuan XinMathis Soudi Africa quotaMathis SoudiKrzysztof Majerczak Europe quotaKrzysztof Majerczak - Reallocation of Oceania quotaGabriel De Coster

Notes The quota for the Americas was allocated to the NOC with the highest-ranked eligible athlete, due to the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships.

Competition format Slalom canoeing uses a three-round format, with heats, semifinal, and final. In the heats, each canoeist has two runs at the course with the better time counting. The top 20 advance to the semifinal. In the semifinal, the canoeists get a single run; the top 10 advance to the final. The best time in the single-run final wins gold.

The canoe course is approximately 250 metres long, with up to 25 gates that the canoeist must pass in the correct direction. Penalty time is added for infractions such as passing on the wrong side or touching a gate. Runs typically last approximately 95 seconds.

Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The men's slalom K-1 took place over two separate days.

Date Time Round Wednesday, 28 July 2021 13:00 Heats Friday, 30 July 2021 14:00  SemifinalFinal

Results Qualification Rules: 1 to 20 to Semi-final, rest eliminated.

Qualification Rules: 1 to 10 to Final, rest eliminated.

RankBibCanoeistNationPreliminary HeatsSemifinalFinal1st Ride2nd RideBestOrderTimeOrderTimeOrder 1 Jiří Prskavec 92.57 0 91.71 2 91.71 4 94.29 2 1 91.63 0 1 8 Jakub Grigar 94.37 0 92.38 2 92.38 8 96.27 2 4 94.85 0 2 2 Hannes Aigner 96.51 2 90.14 0 90.14 1 97.97 0 7 97.11 0 3 4 14 Felix Oschmautz 94.10 0 92.18 0 92.18 7 98.42 2 9 98.79 0 4 5 12 Michal Smolen 96.61 4 102.03 4 96.61 19 96.11 0 3 99.120 5 6 9 Bradley Forbes-Cryans 93.65 0 101.46 4 93.65 13 96.48 0 5 100.58 2 6 7 6 Boris Neveu 147.12 50 91.78 0 91.78 5 94.86 0 2 101.18 4 7 8 4 Lucien Delfour 91.10 0 91.12 0 91.10 3 97.52 2 6102.33 2 8 9 19 Erik Holmer 100.36 4 94.91 2 94.91 16 98.45 0 10 148.59 52 9 10 10 David Llorente 147.62 50 95.83 2 95.83 18 98.26 0 8 150.08 52 10 11 11 Antoine Launay 95.68 0 93.50 0 93.50 12 98.88 0 11 did not advance 12 3 Peter Kauzer 93.04 0 105.64 2 93.04 11 99.10 0 12 did not advance 13 7 Martin Dougoud 93.70 0 100.58 4 93.70 14 99.28 2 13 did not advance 14 5 Giovanni De Gennaro 90.92 0 90.65 0 90.65 2 100.23 4 14 did not advance 15 17 Krzysztof Majerczak 99.86 2 95.21 0 95.21 17 100.99 2 15 did not advance 16 18 Kazuya Adachi 97.72 0 92.09 0 92.09 6 101.60 0 16 did not advance 17 20 Quan Xin 98.86 2 98.06 2 98.06 20 101.99 2 17 did not advance 18 22 Mathis Soudi 93.86 0 100.92 2 93.86 15 103.58 6 18 did not advance 19 15 Pepe Gonçalves 98.13 4 92.91 2 92.91 10 104.33 6 19 did not advance 20 13 Pavel Eigel 96.53 0 92.82 2 92.82 9 151.41 50 20 did not advance 21 23 Lucas Rossi 103.02 4 98.29 2 98.29 21 did not advance 22 24 Gabriel De Coster 152.94 54 98.67 0 98.67 22 did not advance 23 16 Callum Gilbert 151.85 54 101.15 0 101.15 23 did not advance 24 21 Michael Tayler 117.98 8 106.04 2 106.04 24 did not advance

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