Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

The men's C-1 1000 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 7 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.^[1] At least 12 canoeists from at least 12 nations competed.^[2]

Men's C-1 1000 metres at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Canoeing pictogram
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Dates	6 August 2021 (heats and quarterfinal) 7 August 2021 (semifinal & final)
Competitors	33 from 20 nations
Winning time	4:04.408
Medalists
Isaquias Queiroz  Brazil Liu Hao  China Serghei Tarnovschi  Moldova
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Background

This was the 20th appearance of the event, one of four events to be held at every Summer Games since canoeing was introduced in 1936.

The reigning World Champion was Isaquias Queiroz of Brazil; Queiroz took silver at Rio 2016. The reigning Olympic champion is Sebastian Brendel of Germany, who is on the German team after qualifying in C-2 and is eligible to be selected as a second canoeist in C-1.^[3]

Qualification

Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could only qualify one boat (and thus earn one women's canoe quota place) in the event; however, NOCs could enter up to 2 boats in the event if they had enough women's canoe quota places from other events (that is, the C-2). A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

• 1 place for the host nation, Japan
• 5 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
• 5 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent
• 1 place awarded through the 2021 Canoe Sprint World Cup Stage 2.

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

Isaquias Queiroz of Brazil qualified in both the C-2 and the C-1, resulting in an additional quota place added to the C-2 (no additional place in C-1). This made a total of 4 World Championship places that were awarded as follows:^[4]

Rank	Canoeist	Nation	Qualification	Selected competitor
1	Isaquias Queiroz	Brazil	Earned quota in C-2 1000 m; quota reallocated to C-2	Could enter via C-2
2	Tomasz Kaczor	Poland	Quota #1 in C-1 1000 m
3	Adrien Bart	France	Quota #2 in C-1 1000 m	Adrien Bart^[5]
4	Sebastian Brendel	Germany	Quota #3 in C-1 1000 m	Conrad Scheibner^[3]
5	Martin Fuksa	Czech Republic	Quota #4 in C-1 1000 m

The Americas continental tournament was cancelled; that place was allocated through the World Championships, with the place going to Cuba.^[6] One of the two Tripartite Commission invitational spots in canoeing was extended to Joaquim Lobo of Mozambique.^[7] Asia's continental place was earned by China, Europe's by Ukraine, Africa's by Tunisia, and Oceania's by Samoa (after Australia declined the spot). Moldova earned the final spot at the World Cup.^[4]:

Nation	Qualification	Selected competitor
Tunisia	Africa quota in C-1 1000 m
Cuba	Americas quota in C-1 1000 m
China	Asia quota in C-1 1000 m
Ukraine	Europe quota in C-1 1000 m
Samoa	Oceania quota in C-1 1000 m	Rudolph Berking-Williams^[8]
Moldova	World Cup quota in C-1 1000 m
Mozambique	Tripartite Invitation	Joaquim Lobo^[7]
Japan	Host quota for men's canoe

Nations that could enter (additional) boats due to qualifying in the C-2:

Nation	Selected competitor 1	Selected competitor 2
Brazil
Canada
China		2 boat limit
Cuba		2 boat limit
Czech Republic		2 boat limit
Germany		2 boat limit
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Poland		2 boat limit
Romania
ROC
São Tomé and Príncipe
Spain
Ukraine		2 boat limit

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.^[9]

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "C" format means a canoe, with the canoeist kneeling and using a single-bladed paddle to paddle and steer (as opposed to a kayak, with a seated canoeist, double-bladed paddle, and foot-operated rudder). The "1" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "1000 metres" is the distance of each race.^[10]

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 were multiple events with races in each session.^[11]

Legend

H

Heats

¼

Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Sprint

Event↓/Date →	Mon 2		Tue 3		Wed 4		Thu 5		Fri 6		Sat 7
Men's C-1 1000 m									H	¼	½	F

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 6 Cătălin Chirilă   Romania 4:05.617 SF 2 5 José Ramón Pelier   Cuba 4:06.343 SF 3 4 Zheng Pengfei   China 4:10.115 QF 4 3 Mateusz Kamiński   Poland 4:11.202 QF 5 6 Viktor Melantyev   ROC 4:14.004 QF 6 1 Dániel Fejes   Hungary 4:34.000 QF 7 2 Takanori Tōme   Japan 4:37.208 QF

Heat 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Isaquias Queiroz   Brazil 3:59.894 SF 2 6 Liu Hao   China 4:06.914 SF 3 2 Petr Fuksa   Czech Republic 4:14.482 QF 4 3 Pavlo Altukhov   Ukraine 4:15.508 QF 5 1 Sergey Yemelyanov   Kazakhstan 4:16.039 QF 6 4 Wiktor Głazunow   Poland 4:25.996 QF 7 7 Rudolph Berking-Williams   Samoa 5:19.538 QF

Heat 3 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Martin Fuksa   Czech Republic 4:01.620 SF 2 2 Balázs Adolf   Hungary 4:01.665 SF 3 4 Sebastian Brendel   Germany 4:02.351 QF 4 6 Jacky Godmann   Brazil 4:24.732 QF 5 6 Roland Varga   Canada 4:49.250 QF 6 3 Joaquim Lobo   Mozambique 4:49.676 QF 7 1 Roque Fernandes Dos Ramos   São Tomé and Príncipe 5:00.977 QF

Heat 4 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 4 Serghei Tarnovschi   Moldova 4:02.794 SF 2 5 Adrien Bart   France 4:03.771 SF 3 1 Vladislav Chebotar   ROC 4:28.951 QF 4 6 Cayetano García   Spain 4:34.418 QF 5 2 Victor Mihalachi   Romania 4:39.865 QF 6 3 Buly Da Conceição Triste   São Tomé and Príncipe 4:57.659 QF

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	4	Fernando Jorge	Cuba	4:04.378	SF
2	5	Conrad-Robin Scheibner	Germany	4:04.920	SF
3	2	Connor Fitzpatrick	Canada	4:05.577	QF
4	1	Yurii Vandiuk	Ukraine	4:11.346	QF
5	6	Pablo Martínez	Spain	4:21.729	QF
6	3	Ghailene Khattali	Tunisia	4:39.791	QF

Quarterfinals

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

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Zheng Pengfei   China 4:05.502 SF 2 4 Pavlo Altukhov   Ukraine 4:06.018 SF 3 3 Mateusz Kamiński   Poland 4:08.172 4 6 Sergey Yemelyanov   Kazakhstan 4:21.734 5 7 Dániel Fejes   Hungary 4:21.847 6 2 Roland Varga   Canada 4:28.174 7 1 Buly Da Conceição Triste   São Tomé and Príncipe 4:55.527 8 Rudolph Berking-Williams   Samoa DNS

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 7 Wiktor Głazunow   Poland 4:07.632 SF 2 4 Connor Fitzpatrick   Canada 4:09.622 SF 3 6 Viktor Melantyev   ROC 4:11.095 4 5 Petr Fuksa   Czech Republic 4:14.476 5 2 Victor Mihalachi   Romania 4:15.007 6 3 Jacky Godmann   Brazil 4:18.208 7 1 Ghailene Khattali   Tunisia 4:35.417 8 8 Roque Fernandes Dos Ramos   São Tomé and Príncipe 5:10.506

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	5	Sebastian Brendel	Germany	4:07.036	SF
2	3	Yurii Vandiuk	Ukraine	4:08.719	SF
3	2	Pablo Martínez	Spain	4:09.102
4	4	Vladislav Chebotar	ROC	4:18.517
5	6	Cayetano García	Spain	4:31.929
6	1	Takanori Tōme	Japan	4:38.546
7	7	Joaquim Lobo	Mozambique	5:04.687

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 2 Adrien Bart   France 4:04.026 FA 2 6 Liu Hao   China 4:04.196 FA 3 4 Martin Fuksa   Czech Republic 4:04.220 FA 4 3 Fernando Jorge   Cuba 4:04.725 FA 5 1 Pavlo Altukhov   Ukraine 4:05.857 FB 6 5 Cătălin Chirilă   Romania 4:09.397 FB 7 7 Wiktor Głazunow   Poland 4:09.876 FB 8 8 Yurii Vandiuk   Ukraine 4:20.098 FB

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 4 Isaquias Queiroz   Brazil 4:05.579 FA 2 5 Serghei Tarnovschi   Moldova 4:06.635 FA 3 2 Conrad-Robin Scheibner   Germany 4:08.503 FA 4 7 Zheng Pengfei   China 4:09.139 FA 5 6 Balázs Adolf   Hungary 4:09.177 FB 6 3 José Ramón Pelier   Cuba 4:09.696 FB 7 1 Sebastian Brendel   Germany 4:11.413 FB 8 8 Connor Fitzpatrick   Canada 4:12.609 FB

Finals

Final A Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes   4 Isaquias Queiroz   Brazil 4:04.408   3 Liu Hao   China 4:05.724   6 Serghei Tarnovschi   Moldova 4:06.069 4 5 Adrien Bart   France 4:06.171 5 7 Martin Fuksa   Czech Republic 4:08.755 6 2 Conrad-Robin Scheibner   Germany 4:13.725 7 1 Fernando Jorge   Cuba 4:13.918 8 8 Zheng Pengfei   China 4:14.048

Final B Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 9 6 José Ramón Pelier   Cuba 4:02.915 10 2 Sebastian Brendel   Germany 4:03.723 11 3 Cătălin Chirilă   Romania 4:03.973 12 5 Pavlo Altukhov   Ukraine 4:04.098 13 7 Wiktor Głazunow   Poland 4:04.463 14 8 Connor Fitzpatrick   Canada 4:06.043 15 4 Balázs Adolf   Hungary 4:07.613 16 1 Yurii Vandiuk   Ukraine 4:10.910

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