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

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Men's canoe sprint K-1 200 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueEton Dorney
Date10 to 11 August
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Winning time36.246
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ed McKeever  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Saúl Craviotto  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mark de Jonge  Canada
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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 (UTC+01:00)

Date Time Round
Friday 10 August 2012 09:30
11:02
Heats
Semifinals
Saturday 11 August 2012 09:30 Finals

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Mark de Jonge  Canada 35.396 Q
2 Piotr Siemionowski  Poland 35.990 Q
3 Momotaro Matsushita  Japan 36.096 Q
4 Egidijus Balčiūnas  Lithuania 36.173 Q
5 César de Cesare  Ecuador 36.181 Q
6 Murray Stewart  Australia 37.202
7 Mohamed Mrabet  Tunisia 38.291

Heat 2

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Ed McKeever  Great Britain 35.087 Q, OB
2 Marko Novaković  Serbia 35.212 Q
3 Miklós Dudás  Hungary 35.323 Q
4 Yevgeny Salakhov  Russia 35.652 Q
5 Maxime Richard  Belgium 36.125 Q
6 Tim Hornsby  United States 36.560 q
7 Mostafa Mansour  Egypt 40.507

Heat 3

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Saúl Craviotto  Spain 35.552 Q
2 Maxime Beaumont  France 35.571 Q
3 Kasper Bleibach  Denmark 36.610 Q
4 Ronald Rauhe  Germany 36.817 Q
5 Zhou Yubo  China 38.316 Q
6 Joshua Utanga  Cook Islands 38.966

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

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Mark de Jonge  Canada 35.595 Q
2 Saúl Craviotto  Spain 35.597 Q
3 Marko Novaković  Serbia 36.293 Q
4 Yevgeny Salakhov  Russia 36.312 Q
5 Kasper Bleibach  Denmark 36.667
6 César de Cesare  Ecuador 36.975
7 Momotaro Matsushita  Japan 37.201
8 Zhou Yubo  China 39.042

Semifinal 2

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Ed McKeever  Great Britain 35.619 Q
2 Maxime Beaumont  France 35.814 Q
3 Miklós Dudás  Hungary 35.993 Q
4 Ronald Rauhe  Germany 36.183 Q
5 Egidijus Balčiūnas  Lithuania 36.495
6 Piotr Siemionowski  Poland 36.507
7 Maxime Richard  Belgium 37.029
8 Tim Hornsby  United States 37.660

Finals

Final B

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Kasper Bleibach  Denmark 37.802
2 Egidijus Balčiūnas  Lithuania 37.995
3 Momotaro Matsushita  Japan 38.040
4 César de Cesare  Ecuador 38.075
5 Maxime Richard  Belgium 38.435
6 Piotr Siemionowski  Poland 38.585
7 Tim Hornsby  United States 39.370
8 Zhou Yubo  China 40.157

Final A

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ed McKeever  Great Britain 36.246
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Saúl Craviotto  Spain 36.540
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mark de Jonge  Canada 36.657
4 Maxime Beaumont  France 36.688
5 Yevgeny Salakhov  Russia 36.825
6 Miklós Dudás  Hungary 36.830
7 Marko Novaković  Serbia 37.094
8 Ronald Rauhe  Germany 37.553

References

  1. ^ "Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Format Competition – Sprint". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.