Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres


The men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing between August 18 and 22. The C-1 event is raced in single-man sprint canoes.
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 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.
[|Heats] took place on August 18, semifinals on August 20, and the final on August 22.

Medalists

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time
DateTimeRound
Monday, August 18, 200816:00-16:30Heats
Wednesday, August 20, 200815:50-16:10[|Semifinals]
Friday, August 22, 200815:45-16:00[|Final]

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1->Final, 2..7->Semifinals, Rest Out

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Semifinals

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

Menkov led for the early part of the race, but was passed at the 750 meter mark by defending Olympic champion Cal and defending world champion Vajda. The Hungarian pulled away in the final 150 meters to win his gold medal which he dedicated to his fallen teammate György Kolonics, who had died a month earlier training for the 2008 Summer Olympics.