The men's C-1 1000 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 7 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. At least 12 canoeists from at least 12 nations competed.
Background This was the 20th appearance of the event, one of four events to be held at every Summer Games since canoeing was introduced in 1936.
The reigning World Champion was Isaquias Queiroz of Brazil; Queiroz took silver at Rio 2016. The reigning Olympic champion is Sebastian Brendel of Germany, who is on the German team after qualifying in C-2 and is eligible to be selected as a second canoeist in C-1.DOSB
Qualification
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could only qualify one boat (and thus earn one women's canoe quota place) in the event; however, NOCs could enter up to 2 boats in the event if they had enough women's canoe quota places from other events (that is, the C-2). A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:
1 place for the host nation, Japan 5 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 5 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent 1 place awarded through the 2021 Canoe Sprint World Cup Stage 2.
Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.
Isaquias Queiroz of Brazil qualified in both the C-2 and the C-1, resulting in an additional quota place added to the C-2 (no additional place in C-1). This made a total of 4 World Championship places that were awarded as follows:Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation
Rank Canoeist Nation Qualification Selected competitor 1Isaquias Queiroz Earned quota in C-2 1000 m; quota reallocated to C-2 2Tomasz Kaczor Quota #1 in C-1 1000 m 3Adrien Bart Quota #2 in C-1 1000 m Adrien Bart 4Sebastian Brendel Quota #3 in C-1 1000 m Conrad Scheibner 5Martin Fuksa Quota #4 in C-1 1000 m
The Americas continental tournament was cancelled; that place was allocated through the World Championships, with the place going to Cuba. One of the two Tripartite Commission invitational spots in canoeing was extended to Joaquim Lobo of Mozambique. Asia's continental place was earned by China, Europe's by Ukraine, Africa's by Tunisia, and Oceania's by Samoa (after Australia declined the spot). Moldova earned the final spot at the World Cup.:
Nation Qualification Selected competitor Africa quota in C-1 1000 m Americas quota in C-1 1000 m Asia quota in C-1 1000 m Europe quota in C-1 1000 m Oceania quota in C-1 1000 m Rudolph Berking-Williams World Cup quota in C-1 1000 m Tripartite Invitation Joaquim Lobo Host quota for men's canoe
Nations that could enter (additional) boats due to qualifying in the C-2:
Nation Selected competitor 1 Selected competitor 2
Competition format Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The details for each round depend on how many boats ultimately enter.
The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "C" format means a canoe, with the canoeist kneeling and using a single-bladed paddle to paddle and steer (as opposed to a kayak, with a seated canoeist, double-bladed paddle, and foot-operated rudder). The "1" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "1000 metres" is the distance of each race.
Schedule The event was held over two consecutive days, with two rounds per day. All sessions started at 9:30 a.m. local time, though there were multiple events with races in each session.
+Sprint Event↓/Date → Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Men's C-1 1000 m H ¼ ½ F
Results Heats Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.
Heat 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes16Cătălin Chirilă4:05.617SF25José Ramón Pelier4:06.343SF34Zheng Pengfei4:10.115QF43Mateusz Kamiński4:11.202QF56Viktor Melantyev4:14.004QF61Dániel Fejes4:34.000QF72Takanori Tōme4:37.208QF
Heat 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Isaquias Queiroz3:59.894SF26Liu Hao4:06.914SF32Petr Fuksa4:14.482QF43Pavlo Altukhov 4:15.508QF51Sergey Yemelyanov4:16.039QF64Wiktor Głazunow4:25.996QF77Rudolph Berking-Williams5:19.538QF
Heat 3 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Martin Fuksa4:01.620SF22Balázs Adolf4:01.665SF34Sebastian Brendel4:02.351QF46Jacky Godmann4:24.732QF56Roland Varga4:49.250QF63Joaquim Lobo4:49.676QF71Roque Fernandes Dos Ramos5:00.977QF
Heat 4 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Serghei Tarnovschi4:02.794SF25Adrien Bart4:03.771SF31Vladislav Chebotar4:28.951QF46Cayetano García4:34.418QF52Victor Mihalachi4:39.865QF63Buly Da Conceição Triste4:57.659QF
Heat 5 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Fernando Jorge4:04.378SF25Conrad-Robin Scheibner4:04.920SF32Connor Fitzpatrick4:05.577QF41Yurii Vandiuk4:11.346QF56Pablo Martínez4:21.729QF63Ghailene Khattali4:39.791QF
Quarterfinals Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest out.
Quarterfinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Zheng Pengfei4:05.502SF24Pavlo Altukhov4:06.018SF33Mateusz Kamiński4:08.17246Sergey Yemelyanov4:21.73457Dániel Fejes4:21.84762Roland Varga4:28.17471Buly Da Conceição Triste4:55.5278Rudolph Berking-WilliamsDNS
Quarterfinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes17Wiktor Głazunow4:07.632SF24Connor Fitzpatrick4:09.622SF36Viktor Melantyev4:11.09545Petr Fuksa4:14.47652Victor Mihalachi4:15.00763Jacky Godmann4:18.20871Ghailene Khattali4:35.41788Roque Fernandes Dos Ramos5:10.506
Quarterfinal 3 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Sebastian Brendel4:07.036SF23Yurii Vandiuk4:08.719SF32Pablo Martínez4:09.10244Vladislav Chebotar4:18.51756Cayetano García4:31.92961Takanori Tōme4:38.54677Joaquim Lobo5:04.687
Semifinals Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes12Adrien Bart4:04.026FA26Liu Hao4:04.196FA34Martin Fuksa4:04.220FA43Fernando Jorge4:04.725FA51Pavlo Altukhov4:05.857FB65Cătălin Chirilă4:09.397FB77Wiktor Głazunow4:09.876FB88Yurii Vandiuk4:20.098FB
Semifinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Isaquias Queiroz4:05.579FA25Serghei Tarnovschi4:06.635FA32Conrad-Robin Scheibner4:08.503FA47Zheng Pengfei4:09.139FA56Balázs Adolf4:09.177FB63José Ramón Pelier4:09.696FB71Sebastian Brendel4:11.413FB88Connor Fitzpatrick4:12.609FB
Finals
Final A RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes4Isaquias Queiroz4:04.4083Liu Hao4:05.7246Serghei Tarnovschi4:06.06945Adrien Bart 4:06.17157Martin Fuksa4:08.75562Conrad-Robin Scheibner4:13.72571Fernando Jorge4:13.91888Zheng Pengfei4:14.048
Final B RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes16José Ramón Pelier4:02.91522Sebastian Brendel4:03.72333Cătălin Chirilă4:03.97345Pavlo Altukhov4:04.09857Wiktor Głazunow4:04.46368Connor Fitzpatrick4:06.04374Balázs Adolf4:07.61381Yurii Vandiuk4:10.910
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