Canoe sprint at the 2019 European Games – Men's K-1 1000 metres explained

Event:	Men's K-1 1000 metres
Games:	2019 European Games
Venue:	Zaslavl Regatta Course
Date:	25–26 June
Competitors:	25
Nations:	25
Win Value:	3:30.936
Gold:	Bálint Kopasz
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Fernando Pimenta
Silvernoc:	POR
Bronze:	Aleh Yurenia
Bronzenoc:	BLR
Prev:	2015

The men's K-1 1000 metres canoe sprint competition at the 2019 European Games in Minsk took place between 25 and 26 June at the Zaslavl Regatta Course.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 25 June 2019	09:00	Heats
	15:30	Semifinals
Wednesday 26 June 2019	10:00	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	10:10	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+3)

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Heat 1

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fernando Pimenta		3:30.588
2	Aleh Yurenia		3:31.591
3	René Holten Poulsen		3:32.508
4	Thomas Lusty		3:32.643
5	Lars Magne Ullvang		3:34.536
6	Artuur Peters		3:34.573
7	Ákos Gacsal		3:39.221
8	Darko Savić		3:58.566
9	Vladimir Maleski		4:09.808

Heat 2

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bálint Kopasz		3:28.628
2	Maxim Spesivtsev		3:33.393
3	Jakub Špicar		3:34.928
4	Miroslav Kirchev		3:35.443
5	Martin Nathell		3:36.173
6	Aurélien Le Gall		3:40.275
7	Andri Summermatter		3:40.388
8	Miika Nykänen		3:51.775

Heat 3

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Roi Rodríguez		3:29.790
2	Rafał Rosolski		3:29.902
3	Jošt Zakrajšek		3:34.220
4	Antun Novaković		3:35.412
5	Giulio Dressino		3:38.232
6	Tamás Gecsö		3:40.605
7	Ronan Foley		3:42.397
8	Oleh Kukharyk		4:03.837

Semifinals

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.^{[6] [7]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aleh Yurenia		3:26.364
2	Artuur Peters		3:27.084
3	Thomas Lusty		3:27.531
4	Jošt Zakrajšek		3:28.086
5	Martin Nathell		3:29.436
6	Jakub Špicar		3:29.766
7	Antun Novaković		3:31.059
8	Tamás Gecsö		3:32.686
9	Andri Summermatter		3:34.631

Semifinal 2

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Maxim Spesivtsev		3:25.865
2	Rafał Rosolski		3:26.615
3	René Holten Poulsen		3:26.832
4	Miroslav Kirchev		3:27.245
5	Giulio Dressino		3:27.820
6	Ákos Gacsal		3:30.890
7	Lars Magne Ullvang		3:31.685
8	Aurélien Le Gall		3:32.577
9	Ronan Foley		3:37.385

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.^[8]

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time
1	Lars Magne Ullvang		3:35.754
2	Jošt Zakrajšek		3:38.131
3	Jakub Špicar		3:38.544
4	Giulio Dressino		3:38.596
5	Martin Nathell		3:39.806
6	Antun Novaković		3:42.226
7	Ákos Gacsal		3:45.619
8	Miroslav Kirchev		3:47.224
9	Aurélien Le Gall		3:48.346

Final A

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

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time
	Bálint Kopasz		3:30.936
	Fernando Pimenta		3:31.048
	Aleh Yurenia		3:32.291
4	René Holten Poulsen		3:34.033
5	Roi Rodríguez		3:34.778
6	Maxim Spesivtsev		3:35.978
7	Artuur Peters		3:36.323
8	Thomas Lusty		3:36.868
9	Rafał Rosolski		3:37.311

Notes and References

1. Web site: REGATTA COURSE ZASLAVL . Minsk 2019 . 23 June 2019.
2. Web site: Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule. Minsk 2019. 26 June 2019. 16 September 2019.
3. Web site: Canoe Sprint Men's K1 1000m - Heat 1. Minsk 2019. 25 June 2019.
4. Web site: Canoe Sprint Men's K1 1000m - Heat 2. Minsk 2019. 25 June 2019.
5. Web site: Canoe Sprint Men's K1 1000m - Heat 3. Minsk 2019. 25 June 2019.
6. Web site: Canoe Sprint Men's K1 1000m - Semi-Final 1. Minsk 2019. 25 June 2019.
7. Web site: Canoe Sprint Men's K1 1000m - Semi-Final 2. Minsk 2019. 25 June 2019.
8. Web site: Canoe Sprint Men's K1 1000m - Final B. Minsk 2019. 26 June 2019.
9. Web site: Canoe Sprint Men's K1 1000m - Final A. Minsk 2019. 26 June 2019.