Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Canoe - Single Canadier 1000 meters (men)

sport	canoe
discipline	Single canoe 1000 meters
gender	Men
place	Dorney Lake
Attendees	17 athletes from 17 countries
Competition phase	6./8. August 2012

The canoe competition in the men's single-canoe 1000 meters (short name: C1 1000) at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on August 6th and 8th, 2012 on Dorney Lake . 17 athletes took part.

The competition started with three preliminary runs. The first five athletes and the fastest sixth placed qualified for the semi-finals.

In the semifinals, the first four athletes qualified for Final A, the other starters competed in Final B to determine places 9 to 16.

The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light green, those who have qualified over time are highlighted in light blue.

Title holder

Olympic champion	Attila Vajda ( Hungary )	Beijing 2008
World Champion		Szeged 2011

Prelims

August 6, 2012

Forward 1

space	athlete	nation	Time (min)
1	Mathieu Goubel	France	3: 58.122
2	Attila Vajda	Hungary	3: 49.853
3	Ilya Shtokalov	Russia	4: 04.109
4th	Jake Donaghey	Australia	4: 21.928
5	Ndiatte Gueye	Senegal	4: 33.884
6th	Rudolph Berking-Williams	Samoa	4: 54.211

Forward 2

space	athlete	nation	Time (min)
1	David Cal	Spain	3: 54.590
2	Mark Oldershaw	Canada	3: 55.211
3	Sebastian Brendel	Germany	3: 56.469
4th	Everardo Cristóbal	Mexico	3: 58.673
5	Piotr Kuleta	Poland	4: 04.889
6th	Fortunato Luis Pacavira	Angola	4: 39.723

Forward 3

space	athlete	nation	Time (min)
1	Josif Chirilă	Romania	4: 05.863
2	Wadim Menkow	Uzbekistan	4: 05.895
3	Aljaksandr Schukouski	Belarus	4: 06.190
4th	Alexander Djadchuk	Kazakhstan	4: 44.175
5	Richard Jefferies	United Kingdom	4: 48.511

Semifinals

August 6, 2012

Run 1

space	athlete	nation	Time (min)
1	Sebastian Brendel	Germany	3: 52.122
2	Attila Vajda	Hungary	3: 52.365
3	David Cal	Spain	3: 52.767
4th	Wadim Menkow	Uzbekistan	3: 53.257
5	Piotr Kuleta	Poland	3: 53.802
6th	Jake Donaghey	Australia	4: 26.202
7th	Fortunato Luis Pacavira	Angola	4: 43.027
8th	Alexander Djadchuk	Kazakhstan	4: 56.724

Run 2

space	athlete	nation	Time (min)
1	Mathieu Goubel	France	3: 51.811
2	Mark Oldershaw	Canada	3: 52.197
3	Ilya Shtokalov	Russia	3: 53.305
4th	Aljaksandr Schukouski	Belarus	3: 54.002
5	Everardo Cristóbal	Mexico	3: 54.590
6th	Josif Chirilă	Romania	4: 07.794
7th	Ndiatte Gueye	Senegal	4: 37.171
8th	Richard Jefferies	United Kingdom	4: 49.874

final

August 8, 2012

Finale B

Note: to determine places 9 to 16

space	Canoeists	nation	Time (min)
09	Piotr Kuleta	Poland	3: 54.414
10	Everardo Cristóbal	Mexico	3: 56.118
11	Josif Chirilă	Romania	3: 49.730
12	Jake Donaghey	Australia	4: 22.005
13	Ndiatte Gueye	Senegal	4: 32.251
14th	Fortunato Luis Pacavira	Angola	4: 35.017
15th	Richard Jefferies	United Kingdom	4: 42.992
16	Alexander Djadchuk	Kazakhstan	4: 55.737

Finale A

Note: to determine places 1 to 8

space	athlete	nation	Time (min)
1	Sebastian Brendel	Germany	3: 47.176
2	David Cal	Spain	3: 48.053
3	Mark Oldershaw	Canada	3.48.502
4th	Wadim Menkow	Uzbekistan	3: 49.255
5	Mathieu Goubel	France	3: 50.758
6th	Attila Vajda	Hungary	3: 50.926
7th	Aljaksandr Schukouski	Belarus	3: 51.166
8th	Ilya Shtokalov	Russia	3: 51.535

With his silver medal, the Spaniard David Cal has won a medal in every Olympic competition he has competed in: 2004 gold over 1000 meters and silver over 500 meters, 2008 silver over both distances.

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  Olympic Champion Sebastian Brendel (GER)

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  David Cal (ESP), silver medal winner

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  Mark Oldershaw (CAN), bronze medal winner

Web links

• Single Canoe 1000 meters (men)