Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom kayak cross explained

Event:Men's slalom kayak cross
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne
Dates:2 August 2024 (time trial)
3 August 2024 (round 1 and repechage)
4 August 2024 (heats)
5 August 2024 (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final)
Gold:Finn Butcher
Goldnoc:NZL
Silver:Joseph Clarke
Silvernoc:GBR
Bronze:Noah Hegge
Bronzenoc:GER
Next:2028

The men's kayak cross slalom canoeing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place 2 August to 5 August 2024 at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.

Background

This will be the inaugural appearance of the event.

Qualification

See main article: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Competition format

The kayak cross event begins with a time trial to determine each canoeist's seeding for round 1 of the competition.

Round 1 features a series of 11 races with three or four competitors each. The top two in each race will advance to the heats, while the rest will move to the repechage.

The repechage features five races with the same format as round 1. In each race the top two competitors will advance to the heats, while the rest are eliminated.

The heats feature 8 races with four competitors each. The top two in each heat will advance to the quarterfinals, the top two in each of the quarterfinal races will advance to the semifinals, and the top two in each of the semifinal races will advance to the finals.[1]

Schedule

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

The men's kayak cross slalom will take place over four days.[2]

DateTimeRound
2 August 2024 15:30 Time trial
3 August 2024 16:40
18:45
Round 1
Repechage
4 August 2024 15:30 Heats
5 August 2024 15:52
16:28
16:48
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final

Results

Time Trial

Time Trial[3]
RankBibCanoeistTimeNotes
1 1 66.08
2 11 66.41
3 13 67.29
4 2 67.48
5 3 67.71
6 6 67.74
7 5 67.87
8 18 68.01
9 14 68.11
10 8 68.66
11 16 68.70
12 24 68.91
13 17 69.13
14 22 69.31
15 23 69.80
16 12 70.29
17 15 70.53
18 33 70.81
19 27 71.18
20 9 71.41
21 32 71.71
22 19 72.94
23 25 73.54
24 10 73.70
25 35 74.18
26 30 74.66
27 34 74.80
28 4 74.89
29 29 75.95
30 21 76.95
31 31 78.15
32 28 79.15
33 37 81.13
34 20 81.35
35 38 81.42
36 36 82.73
37 26 70.74 FLT (8)
38 7 69.67 FLT (6)

Round 1

Proceed to Heats
Proceed to Repechage

Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 1
2 12
3 33 FLT (2)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 13
2 2 FLT (S)
3 32 FLT (6,7,8)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 3
2 31
3 14
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 4
2 15
3 30
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 5
2 16
3 29
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 6
2 28
3 17
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 7
2 38
3 27 FLT (3)
4 18 FLT (2,8)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 8
2 19
3 37
4 26
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 20
2 9
3 36
4 25 FLT (2)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 10
2 24
3 21 FLT (8)
4 35 FLT (3)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 11
2 34
3 23
4 22 FLT (1)

Repechages

Proceed to Heats
Eliminated

Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 14
2 36
3 23 FLT (2)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 35
2 25
3 17 FLT (S)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 18
2 26
3 33
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 21
2 27
3 32
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 22
2 37
3 29
4 30 FLT (8)

Heats

Proceed to Quarterfinals
Eliminated

Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 1
2 17
3 32
4 16 FLT (6)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 8
2 25
3 24
4 9 FLT (8)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 5
2 28
3 21 FLT (8)
4 12 FLT (2)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 4
2 13
3 20
4 29
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 3
2 19
3 14
4 30 FLT (R)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 11
2 27
3 6
4 22
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 7
2 26
3 23
4 10 FLT (8)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 2
2 15
3 31
4 18

Quarterfinals

Proceed to Semifinals
Eliminated

Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 1
2 17
3 25
4 8 FLT (8)
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 5
2 13
3 28
4 4
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 3
2 19
3 11
4 27
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 7
2 15
3 2 FLT (3)
4 26 FLT (R,6,8)

Semifinals

Proceed to Finals
Eliminated

Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 1
2 5
3 17
4 13
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 7
2 15
3 3
4 19 FLT (6)

Finals

Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
5
1
7
4 15
Rank! width="50"
BibCanoeistNotes
1 19
2 17
3 3
4 13 FLT (1)

Final Ranking

Final Ranking[4]
RankBibCanoeist
5 align=left
1 align=left
7 align=left
4 15 align=left
5 19 align=left
6 17 align=left
7 3 align=left
8 13 align=left
9 2 align=left
10 11 align=left
11 25 align=left
12 28 align=left
13 4 align=left
14 8 align=left
15 26 align=left
16 27 align=left
17 5 align=left
18 24 align=left
19 31 align=left
20 20 align=left
21 22 align=left
22 33 align=left
23 23 align=left
24 26 align=left
25 16 align=left
26 13 align=left
27 11 align=left
28 12 align=left
29 10 align=left
30 7 align=left
31 30 align=left
32 34 align=left
33 33 align=left
34 25 align=left
35 35 align=left
36 36 align=left
37 37 align=left
38 38 align=left

Notes and References

  1. News: Canoe Slalom - Men's Kayak Cross - Phase Summary. olympics.com. 2 August 2024. 2 August 2024.
  2. "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Canoe slalom", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  3. News: Canoe Slalom - Men's Kayak Cross - Time Trial Results. olympics.com. 2 August 2024. 2 August 2024.
  4. News: Canoe Slalom - Men's Kayak Cross - Individual Medals and Ranking. olympics.com. 4 August 2024. 4 August 2024.