The men's K-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing on 22 August. The K-1 event is raced in single-person kayaks.
Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top finisher in each of the three heats advances directly to the final, while the next six finishers (places 2 through 7) in each heat move on to the semifinals. The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals join the heats winners in the final.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundMonday, August 18, 2008 15:30-16:00 HeatsWednesday, August 20, 2008 15:30-15:50 SemifinalsFriday, August 22, 2008 15:30-15:45 Final
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1->Final, 2..7->Semifinals, Rest Out
Heat 1 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Tim Brabants3:27.828 QF2Zoltán Benkő3:29.542 QS3Markus Oscarsson3:30.044 QS4Emanuel Silva3:31.843 QS5Shaun Rubenstein3:36.134 QS6Dmitriy Torlopov3:39.671 QS7Manuel Cortina Martínez3:41.433QS8Myint Tayzar Phone3:53.578 9Assane Dame Fall4:07.061
Heat 2 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Adam van Koeverden3:29.622 QF2Stjepan Janić3:31.369 QS3Ben Fouhy3:33.037 QS4Jernej Zupancic Regent3:33.289 QS5Michael Kolganov3:38.207 QS6Rami Zur3:38.693 QS7Jorge Garcia3:38.866 QS8Kotoua Francis Abia4:14.411 9Alcino Silva4:28.057
Heat 3 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Eirik Verås Larsen3:29.043 QF2Ken Wallace3:30.306 QS3Max Hoff3:30.316 QS4Anton Ryakhov3:38.381 QS5Pan Yao3:40.774 QS6Miguel Correa3:45.695 QS7Rudolph Berking-Williams4:00.784 QS8Tony Lespoir4:05.890
Semifinals Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out
Semifinal 1 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Ken Wallace3:33.255 QF2Ben Fouhy3:33.542 QF3Markus Oscarsson3:33.906 QF4Shaun Rubenstein3:36.969 5Anton Ryakhov3:37.017 6Jernej Zupancic Regent3:41.730 7Rami Zur3:46.204 8Dmitriy Torlopov3:47.2129Rudolph Berking-Williams4:04.658
Semifinal 2 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Max Hoff3:32.847QF2Stjepan Janić3:33.942 QF3Zoltán Benkő3:34.473 QF4Emanuel Silva3:34.508 5Jorge Garcia3:41.219 6Pan Yao3:41.539 7Manuel Cortina Martínez3:43.017 8Michael Kolganov3:43.1089Miguel Correa3:51.715
Final RankAthletesCountryTimeNotesTim Brabants3:26.323 Eirik Verås Larsen3:27.342Ken Wallace3:27.485 4Ben Fouhy3:29.193 5Max Hoff3:29.391 6Markus Oscarsson3:30.198 7Stjepan Janić3:30.4958Adam van Koeverden3:31.793 9Zoltán Benkő3:32.120
References
Sports-reference.com 2008 K-1 1000 m results. Yahoo! August 18, 2008 sprint heat results - accessed August 19, 2008. Yahoo! August 20, 2008 sprint semifinal results - accessed August 20, 2008. Yahoo! August 22, 2008 sprint final results - accessed August 22, 2008.