Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

Men's canoe sprint C-1 1000 metres at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	6 to 8 August
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Winning time	3:47.176
Medalists
Sebastian Brendel  Germany David Cal  Spain Mark Oldershaw  Canada

The men's canoe sprint C-1 1000 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 6 and 8 August at Eton Dorney.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top five boats from each heat, and the fastest loser, advanced to the semifinals. The top four boats in each semifinal advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Round
Monday 6 August 2012	09:54 11:14	Heats Semifinals
Wednesday 8 August 2012	09:48	Finals

Results

Heats

First five and the best 6th placed rower are qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mathieu Goubel	France	3:58.122	Q
2	Attila Vajda	Hungary	3:59.853	Q
3	Ilia Shtokalov	Russia	4:04.109	Q
4	Jake Donaghey	Australia	4:21.928	Q
5	Ndiatte Gueye	Senegal	4:33.884	Q
6	Rudolph Williams	Samoa	4:54.211

Heat 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	David Cal	Spain	3:54.590	Q
2	Mark Oldershaw	Canada	3:55.211	Q
3	Sebastian Brendel	Germany	3:56.469	Q
4	Everardo Cristóbal	Mexico	3:58.673	Q
5	Piotr Kuleta	Poland	4:04.889	Q
6	Fortunato Pacavira	Angola	4:39.723	q

Heat 3

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Iosif Chirilă	Romania	4:05.863	Q
2	Vadim Menkov	Uzbekistan	4:05.895	Q
3	Aliaksandr Zhukouski	Belarus	4:06.190	Q
4	Alexandr Dyadchuk	Kazakhstan	4:44.175	Q
5	Richard Jefferies	Great Britain	4:48.511	Q

Semifinals

The fastest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final. The slowest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sebastian Brendel	Germany	3:52.122	Q
2	Attila Vajda	Hungary	3:52.365	Q
3	David Cal	Spain	3:52.767	Q
4	Vadim Menkov	Uzbekistan	3:53.257	Q
5	Piotr Kuleta	Poland	3:53.802
6	Jake Donaghey	Australia	4:26.202
7	Fortunato Pacavira	Angola	4:43.027
8	Alexandr Dyadchuk	Kazakhstan	4:56.724

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mathieu Goubel	France	3:51.811	Q
2	Mark Oldershaw	Canada	3:52.197	Q
3	Ilia Shtokalov	Russia	3:53.305	Q
4	Aliaksandr Zhukouski	Belarus	3:54.002	Q
5	Everardo Cristóbal	Mexico	3:54.590
6	Iosif Chirilă	Romania	4:07.794
7	Ndiatte Gueye	Senegal	4:37.171
8	Richard Jefferies	Great Britain	4:49.874

Finals

Final B

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time
1	Piotr Kuleta	Poland	3:54.414
2	Everardo Cristóbal	Mexico	3:56.118
3	Iosif Chirilă	Romania	3:59.730
4	Jake Donaghey	Australia	4:22.005
5	Ndiatte Gueye	Senegal	4:32.251
6	Fortunato Pacavira	Angola	4:35.017
7	Richard Jefferies	Great Britain	4:42.992
8	Alexandr Dyadchuk	Kazakhstan	4:55.737

Final A

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time
	Sebastian Brendel	Germany	3:47.176
	David Cal	Spain	3:48.053
	Mark Oldershaw	Canada	3:48.502
4	Vadim Menkov	Uzbekistan	3:49.255
5	Mathieu Goubel	France	3:50.758
6	Attila Vajda	Hungary	3:50.926
7	Aliaksandr Zhukouski	Belarus	3:51.166
8	Ilia Shtokalov	Russia	3:51.535