Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 200 metres explained

The men's canoe sprint C-1 200 metres competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 17 and 18 August at Lagoa Stadium.^[1]

The medals were presented by José Perurena López, IOC member, Spain and Tim Cornish, Board Member of the ICF.

It was the last appearance of the men's C-1 200 metres. The men's C-1 200 metres and men's K-2 200 metres were replaced with women's C-1 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres as part of the Olympics' move towards gender equality.^[2]

Format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The leading five in each heat plus the fastest sixth place advanced to the semifinals. The top two from each of the three semifinals plus the two best third-place times advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. The next eight fastest advanced to the "B" final.

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 17 August 2016	09:16 10:42	Heats Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Thursday, 18 August 2016	style=background:lemonchiffon	09:16	style=background:lemonchiffon	Finals

Results

Heats

The leading five in each heat plus the fastest sixth place advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alfonso Benavides		40.610	SF
2	Oleg Tarnovschi		40.852	SF
3	Yuriy Cheban		41.220	SF
4	Zaza Nadiradze		41.423	SF
5	Li Qiang		41.456	SF
6	Tomasz Kaczor		42.450
7	Khaled Houcine		42.499

Heat 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Simart		40.415	SF
2	Isaquias Queiroz		40.522	SF
3	Hélder Silva		40.578	SF
4	Mark Oldershaw		40.972	SF
5	Dagnis Iļjins		44.125	SF
6	Joaquim Lobo		44.949

Heat 3

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Andrey Kraitor		39.985	SF
2	Jonatán Hajdu		40.147	SF
3	Martin Fuksa		40.311	SF
4	Timur Khaidarov		40.492	SF
5	Stefan Kiraj		41.198	SF
6	Marcos Pulido		41.910	SF

Heat 4

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Valentin Demyanenko		39.749	SF
2	Henrikas Žustautas		40.048	SF
3	Carlo Tacchini		41.368	SF
4	Adel Mojallali		41.650	SF
5	Angel Kodinov		42.694	SF
6	Ferenc Szekszárdi		44.292

Semifinals

The top two from each of the semifinals plus the two best third-place times advanced to the "A" final. The next eight fastest advanced to the "B" final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Isaquias Queiroz		39.659	FA
2	Alfonso Benavides		40.038	FA
3	Li Qiang		40.066	FA
4	Martin Fuksa		40.311	FB
5	Timur Khaidarov		41.079	FB
6	Henrikas Žustautas		41.187	FB
7	Angel Kodinov		42.925

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Andrey Kraitor		40.394	FA
2	Thomas Simart		40.670	FA
3	Oleg Tarnovschi		40.715	FB
4	Carlo Tacchini		41.468	FB
5	Marcos Pulido		42.283	FB
6	Adel Mojallali		42.386
7	Dagnis Iļjins		45.082

Semifinal 3

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zaza Nadiradze		40.146	FA
2	Valentin Demyanenko		40.298	FA
3	Yuriy Cheban		40.590	FA
4	Jonatán Hajdu		40.718	FB
5	Hélder Silva		41.162	FB
6	Stefan Kiraj		43.171
7	Mark Oldershaw		43.357

Finals

Final B

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martin Fuksa		39.760
2			39.811
3			40.230
4			40.280
5	Hélder Silva		40.388
6			40.549
7			40.733
8			42.098

Final A

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
	Yuriy Cheban		39.279	OR
	Valentin Demyanenko		39.493
	Isaquias Queiroz		39.628
4	Alfonso Benavides		39.649
5	Zaza Nadiradze		39.817
6	Andrey Kraitor		40.105
7	Li Qiang		40.143
8	Thomas Simart		40.180

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 200 metres . 18 August 2016 . Rio 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101525/https://www.rio2016.com/en/canoe-sprint-standings-cf-mens-canoe-single-200m . 26 August 2016 .
2. News: The IOC's final approval of the event programme for the 2020 Olympics confirms changes to the canoe sprint and slalom rundown for Tokyo. . International Canoe Federation . 9 June 2017 . 24 June 2021.