Canoe slalom at the 2023 European Games – Men's K1 explained

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Event:	Men's kayak
Games:	2023 European Games
Venue:	Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course
Date:	29 June - 1 July
Competitors:	66
Nations:	27
Gold:	Jiří Prskavec
Goldnoc:	CZE
Silver:	Martin Dougoud
Silvernoc:	SUI
Bronze:	Joseph Clarke
Bronzenoc:	GBR

The canoe slalom men's kayak event at the 2023 European Games took place on 1 July 2023 at the Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course in Kraków, with the qualification heats on 29 June 2023.

Competition format

The event uses a three-round format with qualification heats, semifinal and final. Paddlers complete up to two runs in the heats, with the top ranked athletes starting last. In the first heat, the 30 fastest paddlers qualify automatically for the semifinal, whilst the rest compete in the second heat for additional 10 qualification spots. The final rank of non-qualifying athletes is determined by their second run score. Paddlers start in the reverse order of their heats position in the semifinal and complete a single run, with the top 10 advancing to the final. The start list for the final is once again in reverse order of the semifinal results. The athlete with the best time in the single-run final is awarded gold.

A penalty of 2 seconds is awarded for touching a gate and a 50-second penalty is awarded for missing a gate or negotiating it in the opposite direction.^[1]

An easier gate setup is generally used for the heats and then a more difficult one for semifinal and final.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
29 June 2023
	09:35	Heats Run 1
	11:40	Heats Run 2
1 July 2023
	09:35	Semifinal
	12:40	Final

Results

Penalties are included in the time shown. The fastest time in each round is shown in bold.

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Heats						Semifinal^[2]	Final^[3]
				Run 1^[4]			Run 2^[5]
				Time		Rank	Time		Rank	Time		Rank	Time		Rank
	1			85.09	0	3	-			88.97	0	1	88.21	0	1
	7			83.98	0	1	-			90.57	2	3	89.60	0	2
	6			88.56	4	18	-			92.29	2	10	89.80	2	3
4	9			88.44	2	17	-			90.65	0	4	90.01	0	4
5	4			85.74	0	4	-			91.92	0	8	90.73	2	5
6	10			87.51	0	9	-			92.01	0	9	91.74	2	6
7	16			91.82	6	36	89.13	2	5	89.53	0	2	94.38	2	7
8	28			87.84	2	11	-			90.96	0	7	96.46	4	8
9	22			90.11	2	26	-			90.95	0	6	97.95	2	9
10	19			85.91	0	5	-			90.91	0	5	140.14	50	10
11	3			88.20	0	15	-			92.44	2	11	did not advance
12	8			88.56	0	18	-			92.88	0	12
13	12			92.40	4	37	88.94	2	4	93.43	0	13
14	14			90.77	2	30	-			93.52	0	14
15	34			87.11	0	8	-			93.61	2	15
16	61			91.49	4	35	88.26	0	3	93.62	2	16
17	18			87.89	2	13	-			93.63	4	17
18	2			88.81	2	21	-			94.06	2	18
19	24			90.88	2	31	91.54	0	8	94.53	0	19
20	11			84.98	0	2	-			94.87	4	20
21	21			88.33	0	16	-			95.08	0	21
22	15			90.50	0	28	-			95.22	2	22
23	25			87.86	2	12	-			96.05	2	23
24	33			137.91	50	59	87.94	0	2	96.32	0	24
25	13			86.46	0	7	-			96.33	4	25
26	29			93.39	4	38	93.14	4	10	96.60	0	26
27	26			90.71	2	29	-			97.58	6	27
28	31			89.10	0	23	-			98.06	0	28
29	32			89.37	0	24	-			99.54	4	29
30	35			95.08	6	41	92.55	4	9	100.12	4	30
31	40			90.20	0	27	-			102.52	4	31
32	30			89.72	0	25	-			104.40	10	32
33	5			87.82	0	10	-			108.56	2	33
34	36			147.76	54	61	90.14	0	6	109.02	10	34
35	27			91.18	2	33	86.99	0	1	140.99	50	35
36	20			85.97	0	6	-			141.16	50	36
37	17			88.83	0	22	-			142.83	52	37
38	23			88.03	2	14	-			142.92	50	38
39	43			96.00	4	42	91.19	0	7	153.33	54	39
40	41			88.76	0	20	-			155.78	54	40
41	45	Oleksandr Fedorenko		98.80	4	45	93.26	2	11	did not advance
42	47	Frederico Alvarenga		96.92	0	43	93.76	2	12
43	48	Paul Preisl		94.74	2	40	94.02	0	13
44	37	Alistair McCreery		91.35	2	34	94.13	6	14
45	64	Dirk Hermans		98.46	0	44	97.02	4	15
46	46			94.45	0	39	98.63	4	16
47	38	Angel Petrushev		90.99	0	32	99.12	4	17
48	52	Artem Ivchenko		100.37	4	47	99.75	8	18
49	57	Edgars Gravitis		126.44	16	58	100.72	2	19
50	39	Ren Korpes		99.97	4	46	100.88	4	20
51	44	Lucas Jacob		145.45	52	60	101.58	2	21
52	58	Mārtiņš Plaudis		164.88	58	62	101.64	4	22
53	49	Miloš Jevtić		111.71	6	54	101.88	4	23
54	66	Marnix Teunissen		107.43	8	53	102.36	6	24
55	50	Mustafa Arda Acar		104.88	6	50	102.78	4	25
56	56	Vuk Bazic		105.13	4	51	105.19	4	26
57	55	Vilius Rasimavičius		114.82	12	56	112.66	6	27
58	59	Mantas Atmanavičius		114.43	8	55	113.00	6	28
59	63	Nils Biermans		107.19	6	52	116.26	6	29
60	60	Charalampos Troiannos		166.27	54	63	118.14	14	30
61	53	Yusuf Ertek		115.24	4	57	120.20	6	31
62	54	Tarık Tuğcu		101.50	2	49	154.75	50	32
63	51	Marko Đorđević		100.78	2	48	158.13	56	33
-	42	Koppány Rácz		DNS			DNS
-	62	Rimantas Pumputis		DNS			DNS
-	65	Emir Abdihodžić		DSQ		64	DNS

Notes and References

1. Web site: CANOE SLALOM COMPETITION RULES 2023 . 1 July 2023.
2. Web site: Men's Kayak - Semi-final . 1 July 2023.
3. Web site: Men's Kayak - Final . 1 July 2023.
4. Web site: Men's Kayak - Heats 1st Run . 1 July 2023.
5. Web site: Men's Kayak - Heats 2nd Run . 1 July 2023.