2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-1 500 metres explained

Event:	Men's C-1 500 metres
Championship:	2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	25–27 August
Venue:	Sportcentrum Račice
Location:	Račice, Czech Republic
Competitors:	18
Nations:	18
Win Value:	1:49.725
Gold:	Martin Fuksa
Gold Nation:	CZE
Silver:	Carlo Tacchini
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Maksim Piatrou
Bronze Nation:	BLR
Prev:	2015
Next:	2018

The men's C-1 500 metres competition at the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Račice took place at the Sportcentrum Račice.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Friday 25 August 2017	11:08	Heats
	16:30	Semifinals
Sunday 27 August 2017	09:43	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	11:33	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martin Fuksa		1:49.947
2	Vadim Menkov		1:50.692
3	Ádám Fekete		1:52.475
4	David Fernández		1:54.919
5	Angel Kodinov		1:58.208
6	Stefanos Dimopoulos		1:58.397
7	Štefo Lutz		2:14.530

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Carlo Tacchini		1:51.001
2	Takayuki Kokaji		1:55.307
3	Oleksandr Maksymchuk		1:58.018
4	Matej Rusnák		1:59.212
5	Jan Vandrey		2:00.540
6	Ali Dherar Kadhim Al Dain		2:04.907

Heat 3

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tomasz Kaczor		1:48.913
2	Maksim Piatrou		1:52.469
3	Ilia Shtokalov		1:53.130
4	Mikhail Yemelyanov		1:59.736
5	Joosep Karlson		2:06.275

Semifinals

Qualification was as follows:

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final.
The next four fastest boats in each semi, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the B final.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Vadim Menkov		1:50.926
2	Ilia Shtokalov		1:51.293
3	Jan Vandrey		1:52.321
4	Stefanos Dimopoulos		1:53.810
5	David Fernández		1:54.010
6	Oleksandr Maksymchuk		1:55.221
7	Mikhail Yemelyanov		2:06.188

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Maksim Piatrou		1:52.166
2	Angel Kodinov		1:53.450
3	Ádám Fekete		1:53.722
4	Matej Rusnák		1:54.172
5	Štefo Lutz		1:59.272
6	Takayuki Kokaji		2:00.827
7	Joosep Karlson		2:02.544
8	Ali Dherar Kadhim Al Dain		2:04.883

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.^[5]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time
1	David Fernández		1:52.430
2	Stefanos Dimopoulos		1:52.714
3	Matej Rusnák		1:54.580
4	Oleksandr Maksymchuk		1:54.653
5	Mikhail Yemelyanov		1:56.219
6	Takayuki Kokaji		1:56.403
7	Štefo Lutz		1:57.397
8	Joosep Karlson		1:57.986
9	Ali Dherar Kadhim Al Dain		2:03.325

Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[6]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time
	Martin Fuksa		1:49.725
	Carlo Tacchini		1:50.309
	Maksim Piatrou		1:50.583
4	Tomasz Kaczor		1:50.898
5	Vadim Menkov		1:50.940
6	Jan Vandrey		1:51.593
7	Ilia Shtokalov		1:51.651
8	Angel Kodinov		1:53.367
9	Ádám Fekete		1:56.693

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Regatta Venue. Czech Canoe Union. 18 June 2018.
2. Web site: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS . . 18 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171007105551/http://sdp.digicorp.hu/competition/16777218/races . 7 October 2017 . dead .
3. Book: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C1 Men 500m - Heats. International Canoe Federation. 119–121. 18 June 2018.
4. Book: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C1 Men 500m - Semi-finals. International Canoe Federation. 138–139. 18 June 2018.
5. Book: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C1 Men 500m - Final B. International Canoe Federation. 196. 18 June 2018.
6. Book: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C1 Men 500m - Final A. International Canoe Federation. 208. 18 June 2018.