Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres explained

Event:Men's canoe sprint C-1 1000 metres
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:Eton Dorney
Date:6 to 8 August
Competitors:17
Nations:17
Gold:Sebastian Brendel
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:David Cal
Silvernoc:ESP
Bronze:Mark Oldershaw
Bronzenoc:CAN
Win Value:3:47.176
Prev:2008
Next:2016

The men's canoe sprint C-1 1000 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 6 and 8 August at Eton Dorney.[1]

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top five boats from each heat, and the fastest loser, advanced to the semifinals. The top four boats in each semifinal advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

DateTimeRound
Monday 6 August 201209:54
11:14
Heats
Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffonWednesday 8 August 2012 style=background:lemonchiffon09:48style=background:lemonchiffonFinals

Results

Heats

First five and the best 6th placed rower are qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1Mathieu Goubel3:58.122Q
2Attila Vajda3:59.853Q
3Ilia Shtokalov4:04.109Q
4Jake Donaghey4:21.928Q
5Ndiatte Gueye4:33.884Q
6Rudolph Williams4:54.211

Heat 2

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1David Cal3:54.590Q
2Mark Oldershaw3:55.211Q
3Sebastian Brendel3:56.469Q
4Everardo Cristóbal3:58.673Q
5Piotr Kuleta4:04.889Q
6Fortunato Pacavira4:39.723q

Heat 3

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1Iosif Chirilă4:05.863Q
2Vadim Menkov4:05.895Q
3Aliaksandr Zhukouski4:06.190Q
4Alexandr Dyadchuk4:44.175Q
5Richard Jefferies4:48.511Q

Semifinals

The fastest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final. The slowest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1Sebastian Brendel3:52.122Q
2Attila Vajda3:52.365Q
3David Cal3:52.767Q
4Vadim Menkov3:53.257Q
5Piotr Kuleta3:53.802
6Jake Donaghey4:26.202
7Fortunato Pacavira4:43.027
8Alexandr Dyadchuk4:56.724

Semifinal 2

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1Mathieu Goubel3:51.811Q
2Mark Oldershaw3:52.197Q
3Ilia Shtokalov3:53.305Q
4Aliaksandr Zhukouski3:54.002Q
5Everardo Cristóbal3:54.590
6Iosif Chirilă4:07.794
7Ndiatte Gueye4:37.171
8Richard Jefferies4:49.874

Finals

Final B

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1Piotr Kuleta3:54.414
2Everardo Cristóbal3:56.118
3Iosif Chirilă3:59.730
4Jake Donaghey4:22.005
5Ndiatte Gueye4:32.251
6Fortunato Pacavira4:35.017
7Richard Jefferies4:42.992
8Alexandr Dyadchuk4:55.737

Final A

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
Sebastian Brendel3:47.176
David Cal3:48.053
Mark Oldershaw3:48.502
4Vadim Menkov3:49.255
5Mathieu Goubel3:50.758
6Attila Vajda3:50.926
7Aliaksandr Zhukouski3:51.166
8Ilia Shtokalov3:51.535

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics . 10 May 2012 . 9 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120509223752/http://www.london2012.com/canoe-sprint/about/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Format Competition – Sprint . 10 May 2012 . 9 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120509223424/http://www.london2012.com/canoe-sprint/event/kayak-single-1000m-men/competition-format/index.html . dead .