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

Men's slalom K-1
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueKasai Canoe Slalom Course
Dates28 July 2021 (heats)
30 July 2021 (semifinal & final)
Competitors24 from 24 nations
Winning time91.63
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jiří Prskavec  Czech Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jakub Grigar  Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hannes Aigner  Germany
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The men's K-1 slalom canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 and 30 July 2021 at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course.[1] 24 canoeists from 24 nations competed.[2][3] Jiří Prskavec from the Czech Republic won the event, Jakub Grigar from Slovakia was second, and Hannes Aigner from Germany third. Prskavec and Aigner were bronze medalists in this event at the 2016 and 2012 Olympics, respectively; for Grigar, this is the first Olympic medal.

Background

This was the ninth appearance of the event, having previously appeared in every Summer Olympics with slalom canoeing: 1972 and 1992–2016.

Reigning Olympic champion Joe Clarke did not make the Great Britain team, with that nation selecting Bradley Forbes-Cryans instead.[4] Reigning World Champion Jiří Prskavec of the Czech Republic, who won bronze at the 2016 Games, earned a place for his nation.

Slalom gate positions for Heats, Tokyo Olympics, 28 July 2021
Slalom gate positions for Semifinals and Finals, Tokyo Olympics, 30 July 2021

Qualification

Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter only 1 qualified canoeist in the men's slalom K-1 event. A total of 24 qualification places were available, allocated as follows:

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

The World Championships quota places were allocated as follows:[5][6]

Rank Canoeist Nation Qualification Selected competitor
1 Jiří Prskavec  Czech Republic 1st placed NOC Jiří Prskavec
2 David Llorente  Spain 2nd placed NOC David Llorente
4 Bradley Forbes-Cryans  Great Britain 3rd placed NOC Bradley Forbes-Cryans
7 Antoine Launay  Portugal 4th placed NOC Antoine Launay
8 Lucien Delfour  Australia 5th placed NOC Lucien Delfour
9 Pavel Eigel  ROC 6th placed NOC Pavel Eigel
10 Jakub Grigar  Slovakia 7th placed NOC Jakub Grigar
11 Quentin Burgi  France 8th placed NOC Boris Neveu
12 Hannes Aigner  Germany 9th placed NOC Hannes Aigner
14 Ben Hayward  Canada 10th placed NOC Michael Tayler
15 Giovanni De Gennaro  Italy 11th placed NOC Giovanni De Gennaro
16 Felix Oschmautz  Austria 12th placed NOC Felix Oschmautz
19 Martin Dougoud  Switzerland 13th placed NOC Martin Dougoud
21 Niko Testen  Slovenia 14th placed NOC Peter Kauzer
22 Michal Smolen  United States 15th placed NOC Michal Smolen
24 Pepe Gonçalves  Brazil 16th placed NOC Pepe Gonçalves
26 Isak Öhrström  Sweden 17th placed NOC Erik Holmer
31 Jack Dangen  New Zealand 18th placed NOC Callum Gilbert

Continental and other places:[5]

Nation Canoeist Qualification Selected competitor
 Japan - Host nation Kazuya Adachi
 Argentina Thomas Bersinger Americas quota[a] Lucas Rossi
 China Quan Xin Asia quota Quan Xin
 Morocco Mathis Soudi Africa quota Mathis Soudi
 Poland Krzysztof Majerczak Europe quota Krzysztof Majerczak
 Belgium - Reallocation of Oceania quota Gabriel De Coster

Notes
a The quota for the Americas was allocated to the NOC with the highest-ranked eligible athlete, due to the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships.

Competition format

Slalom canoeing uses a three-round format, with heats, semifinal, and final. In the heats, each canoeist has two runs at the course with the better time counting. The top 20 advance to the semifinal. In the semifinal, the canoeists get a single run; the top 10 advance to the final. The best time in the single-run final wins gold.[7]

The canoe course is approximately 250 metres long, with up to 25 gates that the canoeist must pass in the correct direction. Penalty time is added for infractions such as passing on the wrong side or touching a gate. Runs typically last approximately 95 seconds.[7]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The men's slalom K-1 took place over two separate days.[1]

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 13:00 Heats
Friday, 30 July 2021 14:00
 		 Semifinal
Final

Results

Qualification Rules: 1 to 20 to Semi-final, rest eliminated.

Qualification Rules: 1 to 10 to Final, rest eliminated.

Rank Bib Canoeist Nation Preliminary Heats[8] Semifinal[9] Final[10]
1st Ride Pen. 2nd Ride Pen. Best Order Time Pen. Order Time Pen. Order
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Jiří Prskavec  Czech Republic 92.57 0 91.71 2 91.71 4 94.29 2 1 91.63 0 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Jakub Grigar  Slovakia 94.37 0 92.38 2 92.38 8 96.27 2 4 94.85 0 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Hannes Aigner  Germany 96.51 2 90.14 0 90.14 1 97.97 0 7 97.11 0 3
4 14 Felix Oschmautz  Austria 94.10 0 92.18 0 92.18 7 98.42 2 9 98.79 0 4
5 12 Michal Smolen  United States 96.61 4 102.03 4 96.61 19 96.11 0 3 99.12 0 5
6 9 Bradley Forbes-Cryans  Great Britain 93.65 0 101.46 4 93.65 13 96.48 0 5 100.58 2 6
7 6 Boris Neveu  France 147.12 50 91.78 0 91.78 5 94.86 0 2 101.18 4 7
8 4 Lucien Delfour  Australia 91.10 0 91.12 0 91.10 3 97.52 2 6 102.33 2 8
9 19 Erik Holmer  Sweden 100.36 4 94.91 2 94.91 16 98.45 0 10 148.59 52 9
10 10 David Llorente  Spain 147.62 50 95.83 2 95.83 18 98.26 0 8 150.08 52 10
11 11 Antoine Launay  Portugal 95.68 0 93.50 0 93.50 12 98.88 0 11 did not advance
12 3 Peter Kauzer  Slovenia 93.04 0 105.64 2 93.04 11 99.10 0 12 did not advance
13 7 Martin Dougoud  Switzerland 93.70 0 100.58 4 93.70 14 99.28 2 13 did not advance
14 5 Giovanni De Gennaro  Italy 90.92 0 90.65 0 90.65 2 100.23 4 14 did not advance
15 17 Krzysztof Majerczak  Poland 99.86 2 95.21 0 95.21 17 100.99 2 15 did not advance
16 18 Kazuya Adachi  Japan 97.72 0 92.09 0 92.09 6 101.60 0 16 did not advance
17 20 Quan Xin  China 98.86 2 98.06 2 98.06 20 101.99 2 17 did not advance
18 22 Mathis Soudi  Morocco 93.86 0 100.92 2 93.86 15 103.58 6 18 did not advance
19 15 Pepe Gonçalves  Brazil 98.13 4 92.91 2 92.91 10 104.33 6 19 did not advance
20 13 Pavel Eigel  ROC 96.53 0 92.82 2 92.82 9 151.41 50 20 did not advance
21 23 Lucas Rossi  Argentina 103.02 4 98.29 2 98.29 21 did not advance
22 24 Gabriel De Coster  Belgium 152.94 54 98.67 0 98.67 22 did not advance
23 16 Callum Gilbert  New Zealand 151.85 54 101.15 0 101.15 23 did not advance
24 21 Michael Tayler  Canada 117.98 8 106.04 2 106.04 24 did not advance

References

  1. ^ a b "Canoe Slalom Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Canoe Slalom" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). olympics.com. 22 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ Team GB
  5. ^ a b Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation
  6. ^ "Canoe Slalom - Athlete Profiles". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Olympic Canoe Slalom at Tokyo 2020: Top Five Things to Know". IOC. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Results (Heats)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Results (Semifinal)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Results (Final)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.