Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 200 metres

Men's K-1 200 metres
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Canoeing pictogram
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates4 August 2021 (heats and quarterfinal)
5 August 2021 (semifinal & final)
Competitors25 from 20 nations
Winning time35.035
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sándor Tótka  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manfredi Rizza  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liam Heath  Great Britain
← 2016
Canoeing at the
2020 Summer Olympics
List of canoeists
Qualification
Slalom
C-1menwomen
K-1menwomen
Sprint
C-1 200 mwomen
C-1 1000 mmen
C-2 500 mwomen
C-2 1000 mmen
K-1 200 mmenwomen
K-1 500 mwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-2 500 mwomen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-4 500 mmenwomen

The men's K-1 200 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 5 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.[1] At least 12 canoeists from at least 12 nations competed.[2]

Background

This was the 3rd appearance of the event, which replaced the men's K-1 500 metres in 2012.

The 2016 Olympic champion and reigning World Champion is Liam Heath of Great Britain, who earned a place for his NOC and has been selected to compete.[3]

Qualification

Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) only qualify 1 boat in the event, but could enter up to 2 boats if it had enough men's kayak quota place through other events. A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.[2]

Spain had to decline a quota place due to exceeding the total limit of 6 men's kayak places per nation (after qualifying in the K-4 and K-2 as well). This made a total of 5 World Championship places that were awarded as follows:[4]

Rank Kayaker Nation Qualification Selected competitor
1 Liam Heath  Great Britain Quota #1 in K-1 200 m
2 Strahinja Stefanović  Serbia Quota #2 in K-1 200 m
3 Carlos Garrote  Spain 6 places from K-4 and K-2 Could enter via K-1 500, K-2, or K-4
4 Maxime Beaumont  France Quota #3 in K-1 200 m
5 Manfredi Rizza  Italy Quota #4 in K-1 200 m
6 Petter Menning  Sweden Quota #5 in K-1 200 m

The Americas continental tournament was cancelled; that place was allocated through the World Championships, with the place going to Argentina.[5] Egypt earned Africa's place (after South Africa declined), South Korea took Asia's, ROC and Latvia earned Europe's two places, and Samoa took Oceania's. Lithuania earned the final spot at the World Cup.[4]

Nation Qualification Selected competitor
 Egypt Africa quota in K-1 200 m
 Argentina Americas quota in K-1 200 m
 South Korea Asia quota in K-1 200 m
 ROC Europe quota #1 in K-1 200 m
 Latvia Europe quota #2 in K-1 200 m
 Samoa Oceania quota in K-1 200 m
 Lithuania World Cup quota in K-1 200 m

Nations with men's kayak quota spots from the K-1 1000 metres, K-2 1000 metres, or K-4 500 metres could enter (additional) boats as well.

Nation Selected competitor 1 Selected competitor 2
 Spain[6] Carlos Arévalo (K-4) Saúl Craviotto (K-4)

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.[7]

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no rudder). The "1" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "200 metres" is the distance of each race.[8]

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 are multiple events with races in each session.[9]

Legend
H Heats ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals F Final
Sprint
Event↓/Date → Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7
Men's K-1 200 m H ¼ ½ F

Results

Heats

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.

Heat 5

Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes
1 4 Strahinja Stefanović  Serbia 34.996 SF
2 3 Rubén Rézola  Argentina 35.059 SF
3 5 Mindaugas Maldonis  Lithuania 35.650 QF
4 2 Tuva'a Clifton  Samoa 38.363 QF
5 6 Amado Cruz  Belize 39.645 QF

Quarterfinals

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest out.

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes
1 5 Cho Gwang-hee  South Korea 35.048 SF
2 6 Nicholas Matveev  Canada 35.181 SF
3 4 Oleg Gusev  ROC 35.581
4 3 Tuva'a Clifton  Samoa 38.287
5 7 Amado Cruz  Belize 39.333

Semifinals

Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.

Finals

References

  1. ^ "Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Canoe Sprint" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. ^ Team GB
  4. ^ a b Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation
  5. ^ "Mexico to make Olympic slalom debut after quota allocations". ICF. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Saúl Craviotto will lead the Spanish team for Tokyo 2020". 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Canoe Sprint Progression System" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Canoe Sprint". IOC. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.