Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1

Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1		men
C-2		men
K-1		men		women
Sprint
C-1 500 m		men
C-1 1000 m		men
C-2 500 m		men
C-2 1000 m		men
K-1 500 m		men		women
K-1 1000 m		men
K-2 500 m		men		women
K-2 1000 m		men
K-4 500 m				women
K-4 1000 m		men

The men's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 11 and 12 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 (single kayak) event was raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course.

There were three rounds of competitions: the heats, the semifinal, and the final. In the heats, each canoeist completed two runs of the course. The time, in seconds, of each run was added to the number of penalty points assessed. Touching any of the 21 slalom gates resulted in a 2-second penalty for each gate touched, while skipping any of the gates resulted in a 50-second penalty. The total times for the two preliminary runs were summed to give a score for the heats. The top 15 boats advanced to the semifinals.

The semifinals consisted of a single run. The field was narrowed to the top 10 scores from that run; those 10 boats advanced to the final. The times from the final were added to the semifinal score to give an overall total.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, August 11, 2008	15:50-16:50	Heats 1st Run
Monday, August 11, 2008	17:42-18:40	Heats 2nd Run
Tuesday, August 12, 2008	15:40-16:40	Semifinal
Tuesday, August 12, 2008	17:17-18:00	Final

Medalists

Gold	Alexander Grimm  Germany
Silver	Fabien Lefèvre  France
Bronze	Benjamin Boukpeti  Togo

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Preliminary runs
		Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Peter Kauzer (SLO)	81.79	84.70	166.49
2	Fabien Lefèvre (FRA)	85.66	82.40	168.06
3	Daniele Molmenti (ITA)	85.13	83.46	168.59
4	Alexander Grimm (GER)	84.90	84.36	169.26
5	Dariusz Popiela (POL)	85.51	85.51	171.02
6	Helmut Oblinger (AUT)	86.21	85.54	171.75
7	Vavřinec Hradilek (CZE)	85.61	86.41	172.02
8	Benjamin Boukpeti (TOG)	90.17	82.09	172.26
9	Campbell Walsh (GBR)	86.72	85.72	172.44
10	Warwick Draper (AUS)	86.28	86.30	172.58
11	Peter Cibák (SVK)	86.26	86.69	172.95
12	Guillermo Díez-Canedo (ESP)	84.95	88.07	173.02
13	David Ford (CAN)	85.35	89.49	174.84
14	Robert Bouten (NED)	86.26	88.90	175.16
15	Eoin Rheinisch (IRL)	88.52	87.81	176.33
16	Pablo McCandless (CHI)	88.24	88.40	176.64
17	Michael Kurt (SUI)	87.58	91.08	178.66
18	Kazuki Yazawa (JPN)	89.82	90.05	179.87
19	Atanas Nikolovski (MKD)	92.63	88.56	181.19
20	Scott Parsons (USA)	84.91	135.63	220.54
21	Ding Fuxue (CHN)	87.47	140.92	228.39

     Qualified for semifinals

Semifinal

Rank	Name	Semifinal run
		Penalty seconds	Time
1	Benjamin Boukpeti (TOG)	0	86.08
2	Warwick Draper (AUS)	0	86.09
3	Fabien Lefèvre (FRA)	0	87.21
4	Alexander Grimm (GER)	0	87.31
5	Robert Bouten (NED)	0	88.40
6	David Ford (CAN)	0	88.46
7	Dariusz Popiela (POL)	0	88.49
8	Daniele Molmenti (ITA)	2	88.56
9	Helmut Oblinger (AUT)	0	88.69
10	Eoin Rheinisch (IRL)	0	88.85
11	Vavřinec Hradilek (CZE)	0	88.97
12	Peter Cibák (SVK)	2	89.41
13	Peter Kauzer (SLO)	4	89.42
14	Guillermo Díez-Canedo (ESP)	2	90.06
15	Campbell Walsh (GBR)	2	95.74

     Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Name	Semifinal run		Final run		Total
		Penalty seconds	Time	Penalty seconds	Time
	Alexander Grimm (GER)	0	87.31	0	84.39	171.70
	Fabien Lefèvre (FRA)	0	87.21	0	86.09	173.30
	Benjamin Boukpeti (TOG)	0	86.08	0	87.37	173.45
4	Eoin Rheinisch (IRL)	0	88.85	0	88.06	176.91
5	Warwick Draper (AUS)	0	86.09	0	91.76	177.85
6	David Ford (CAN)	0	88.46	2	89.89	178.35
7	Helmut Oblinger (AUT)	0	88.69	2	90.14	178.83
8	Dariusz Popiela (POL)	0	88.49	0	91.19	179.68
9	Robert Bouten (NED)	0	88.40	50	139.59	227.99
10	Daniele Molmenti (ITA)	2	88.56	52	142.37	230.93

References

• ICF slalom canoeing schedule for the 2008 Summer Olympics. - accessed July 30, 2008.
• Sports-reference.com 2008 men's K-1 slalom results.