Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres explained

The men's canoe sprint C-1 1000 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 15 and 16 August at Lagoa Stadium.^[1] The medals were presented by Tony Estanguet, IOC member, France and István Vaskuti, First Vice President of the ICF.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top boats from each heat advance to the "A" final, and the remaining boats advance to the semifinals. The top two boats in each semifinal and the next overall best boat advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 15 August 2016	8:00 10:30	Heats Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Tuesday, 16 August 2016	style=background:lemonchiffon align=right	9:00	style=background:lemonchiffon	Finals

Results

Heats

First boat progresses to A final and the remaining boats are qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sebastian Brendel		3:58.044	FA
2	Tomasz Kaczor		3:59.928	SF
3	Henrik Vasbányai		4:01.953	SF
4	Dagnis Iljins		4:11.766	SF
5	Vincent Farkas		4:12.295	SF
6	Martin Marinov		4:33.166	SF
7	Mussa Chamaune		5:00.454	SF

Heat 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Isaquias Queiroz		3:59.615	FA
2	Martin Fuksa		4:01.492	SF
3	Ilia Shtokalov		4:02.626	SF
4	Carlo Tacchini		4:04.697	SF
5	Adrien Bart		4:10.043	SF
6	Buly Da Conceição Triste		4:54.516	SF

Heat 3

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Serghei Tarnovschi		4:05.193	FA
2	Gerasim Kochnev		4:08.127	SF
3	Mark Oldershaw		4:13.600	SF
4	Pavlo Altukhov		4:19.361	SF
5	Angel Kodinov		4:27.904	SF
6	Timur Khaidarov		5:30.030	SF

Semifinals

The fastest two canoeists in each semifinal, and the overall next best time qualify for the 'A' final. The next four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ilia Shtokalov		3:58.259	FA
2	Pavlo Altukhov		3:58.574	FA
3	Gerasim Kochnev		3:59.489	FA
4	Tomasz Kaczor		3:59.836	FB
5	Adrien Bart		4:08.593	FB
6	Dagnis Iljins		4:20.181	FB
7	Martin Marinov		4:24.723	FB
8	Timur Khaidarov		5:33.919

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martin Fuksa		4:01.793	FA
2	Carlo Tacchini		4:02.461	FA
3	Henrik Vasbányai		4:03.113	FB
4	Mark Oldershaw		4:03.493	FB
5	Vincent Farkas		4:19.084	FB
6	Angel Kodinov		4:30.574	FB
7	Buly Da Conceição Triste		4:46.396
8	Mussa Chamaune		5:07.281

Finals

Final B

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tomasz Kaczor		3:59.350
2	Adrien Bart		4:00.911
3	Vincent Farkas		4:04.013
4	Mark Oldershaw		4:06.972
5	Dagnis Iljins		4:10.084
6	Angel Kodinov		4:10.102
7	Martin Marinov		4:15.524
	Henrik Vasbányai		DSQ

Final A

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
	Sebastian Brendel		3:56.926
	Isaquias Queiroz		3:58.529
	Ilia Shtokalov		4:00.963
4	Pavlo Altukhov		4:01.587
5	Martin Fuksa		4:03.322
6	Gerasim Kochnev		4:04.205
7	Carlo Tacchini		4:15.368
	Serghei Tarnovschi		4:00.852 (DSQ)*

• Serghei Tarnovschi finished third, but was suspended and stripped of his bronze medal due to a failed doping test.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres . 19 August 2016 . Rio 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160821200117/https://www.rio2016.com/en/canoe-sprint-standings-cf-mens-canoe-single-1000m . 21 August 2016 .
2. Web site: Rio 2016: Moldovan canoeist Tarnovschi stripped of bronze for doping violation - Yahoo Sport . uk.sports.yahoo.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160919155548/https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/rio-2016-moldovan-canoeist-tarnovschi-172720856.html . 2016-09-19.
3. Web site: Media release. Doping - Canoeing. Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirms the decision rendered by the international Canoe Federation (ICF) in the case of Serghei Tarnovschi. July 11, 2017. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 11 July 2017.