These are the results of the men's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks.

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Heats The 28 competitors first raced in three heats for position in one of three semifinal races. As there are 9 lanes on the course, 27 of 28 kayakers moved on. The heats were raced on August 24. HeatPlaceAthlete CountryTimeNotes11 Eirik Verås Larsen 1:36.905 QS12 Nathan Baggaley 1:37.997 QS13 Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb 1:39.401 QS14 Michael Kolganov 1:39.745 QS15 Kimmo Latvamaki 1:40.645 QS16 Anders Gustafsson 1:40.689 QS17 Andrey Shkiotov 1:40.809 QS21 Ian Wynne 1:37.341 QS22 Ákos Vereckei 1:37.589 QS23 Petar Merkov 1:38.725 QS24 Andrea Facchin 1:40.025 QS25 Carlos Pérez 1:40.149 QS26 Anton Ryahov 1:42.253 QS27 Liu Haitao 1:43.337 QS31 Adam van Koeverden 1:37.591 QS32 Javier Correa 1:38.675 QS33 Lutz Altepost 1:38.859 QS34 Emanuel Silva 1:40.067 QS35 Sebastian Cuattrin 1:40.999 QS36 Martin Chorváth 1:42.383 QS37 Simon Faeh 1:42.415 QS41 Alan van Coller 1:40.089 QS42 Rami Zur 1:40.349 QS43 Alvydas Duonėla 1:40.365 QS 44 Paweł Baumann 1:42.581 QS45 Apostolos Papandreou 1:44.217 QS46 Tony Lespoir 2:02.669 QS47 Steven Ferguson 2:06.937

Semifinals The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals qualified for the final. Fourth place and higher competitors were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26. Semifinal 11. 1:38.361 QF2. 1:38.737 QF3. 1:39.525 QF4. 1:40.253 5. 1:40.737 6. 1:40.753 7. 1:40.765 8. 1:42.213 9. 1:43.125 Semifinal 21. 1:38.911 QF2. 1:39.643 QF3. 1:40.467 QF4. 1:40.7275. 1:41.0396. 1:41.3357. 1:43.0518. 1:43.4119. 2:04.975Semifinal 31. 1:38.907 QF2. 1:39.031 QF3. 1:40.387 QF4. 1:41.1315. 1:41.2916. 1:42.2077. 1:43.0958. 1:46.1799. 1:46.627

Final The final was raced on August 28. 1:37.919 1:38.467 1:38.5474. 1:38.6675. 1:39.3156. 1:39.6477. 1:40.1878. 1:40.6399. 1:41.575

References 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results Sports-reference.com 2004 men's K-1 500 m results Yahoo! Sports Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe/Kayak Results