Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 200 metres explained

Event:Men's canoe sprint K-1 200 metres
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:Eton Dorney
Date:10 to 11 August
Competitors:20
Nations:20
Gold:Ed McKeever
Goldnoc:GBR
Silver:Saúl Craviotto
Silvernoc:ESP
Bronze:Mark de Jonge
Bronzenoc:CAN
Win Value:36.246
Next:2016

The men's canoe sprint K-1 200 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 10 and 11 August at Eton Dorney.[1]

Great Britain's Ed McKeever won the gold medal, ahead of Saúl Craviotto from Spain who won silver. Mark de Jonge from Canada took bronze.

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
Friday 10 August 201209:30
11:02
Heats
Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffonSaturday 11 August 2012 style=background:lemonchiffon09:30style=background:lemonchiffonFinals

Results

Heats

The five best placed boats in each heat and the fastest sixth placed both qualify for the semifinals.

Heat 1

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1Mark de Jonge35.396Q
2Piotr Siemionowski35.990Q
3Momotaro Matsushita36.096Q
4Egidijus Balčiūnas36.173Q
5César de Cesare36.181Q
6Murray Stewart37.202
7Mohamed Mrabet38.291

Heat 2

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1Ed McKeever35.087Q, OB
2Marko Novaković35.212Q
3Miklós Dudás35.323Q
4Yevgeny Salakhov35.652Q
5Maxime Richard36.125Q
6Tim Hornsby36.560q
7Mostafa Mansour40.507

Heat 3

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1Saúl Craviotto35.552Q
2Maxime Beaumont35.571Q
3Kasper Bleibach36.610Q
4Ronald Rauhe36.817Q
5Zhou Yubo38.316Q
6Joshua Utanga38.966

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
1Mark de Jonge35.595Q
2Saúl Craviotto35.597Q
3Marko Novaković36.293Q
4Yevgeny Salakhov36.312Q
5Kasper Bleibach36.667
6César de Cesare36.975
7Momotaro Matsushita37.201
8Zhou Yubo39.042

Semifinal 2

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1Ed McKeever35.619Q
2Maxime Beaumont35.814Q
3Miklós Dudás35.993Q
4Ronald Rauhe36.183Q
5Egidijus Balčiūnas36.495
6Piotr Siemionowski36.507
7Maxime Richard37.029
8Tim Hornsby37.660

Finals

Final B

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1Kasper Bleibach37.802
2Egidijus Balčiūnas37.995
3Momotaro Matsushita38.040
4César de Cesare38.075
5Maxime Richard38.435
6Piotr Siemionowski38.585
7Tim Hornsby39.370
8Zhou Yubo40.157

Final A

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
Ed McKeever36.246
Saúl Craviotto36.540
Mark de Jonge36.657
4Maxime Beaumont36.688
5Yevgeny Salakhov36.825
6Miklós Dudás36.830
7Marko Novaković37.094
8Ronald Rauhe37.553

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 .