Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres

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Canoeing at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1men
C-2men
K-1menwomen
Sprint
C-1 500 mmen
C-1 1000 mmen
C-2 500 mmen
C-2 1000 mmen
K-1 500 mmenwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-2 500 mmenwomen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-4 500 mwomen
K-4 1000 mmen

These are the results of the men's C-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.

Medalists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Andreas Dittmer (GER)  David Cal (ESP)  Maxim Opalev (RUS)

Heats

The 19 competitors first raced in three heats. The first-place finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final, and the remaining 16 canoers moved on to the two semifinal races. The heats were raced on August 24.

Heat Place Athlete Country Time Notes
1 1 Andreas Dittmer  Germany 1:49.146 QF
1 2 Martin Marinov  Australia 1:49.698 QS
1 3 Aldo Pruna Diaz  Cuba 1:50.246 QS
1 4 Aliaksandr Zhukouski  Belarus 1:50.378 QS
1 5 Andreas Kiligkaridis  Greece 1:53.662 QS
1 6 Yuriy Cheban  Ukraine 2:00.238 QS
1 7 Darwin Correa  Uruguay 2:02.014 QS
2 1 Maxim Opalev  Russia 1:48.144 QF
2 2 Dagnis Vinogradovs  Latvia 1:50.776 QS
2 3 Florin Georgian Mironcic  Romania 1:51.568 QS
2 4 Wang Bing  China 1:51.920 QS
2 5 Emanuel Horvaticek  Croatia 1:55.528 QS
2 6 Kaissar Nurmaganbetov  Kazakhstan 1:55.636 QS
3 1 David Cal  Spain 1:48.397 QF
3 2 Martin Doktor  Czech Republic 1:49.557 QS
3 3 Richard Dalton  Canada 1:50.005 QS
3 4 Márton Joób  Hungary 1:51.025 QS
3 5 Stanimir Atanasov  Bulgaria 1:52.917 QS
3 6 Marián Ostrčil  Slovakia 1:58.357 QS

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the final, joining the three first-place finishers from the initial heats. Fourth place and higher competitors were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26.

Semifinal 1
1.  Martin Doktor (CZE) 1:50.253 QF
2.  Márton Joób (HUN) 1:50.813 QF
3.  Wang Bing (CHN) 1:51.649 QF
4.  Aldo Pruna Diaz (CUB) 1:53.229
5.  Kaissar Nurmaganbetov (KAZ) 1:53.333
6.  Yuriy Cheban (UKR) 1:53.385
7.  Andreas Kiligkaridis (GRE) 1:53.793
8.  Florin Georgian Mironcic (ROU) 1:53.957
Semifinal 2
1.  Aliaksandr Zhukouski (BLR) 1:50.563 QF
2.  Stanimir Atanasov (BUL) 1:50.631 QF
3.  Richard Dalton (CAN) 1:51.027 QF
4.  Martin Marinov (AUS) 1:51.219
5.  Dagnis Vinogradovs (LAT) 1:52.511
6.  Marián Ostrčil (SVK) 1:52.871
7.  Darwin Correa (URU) 1:58.727
8.  Emanuel Horvaticek (CRO) 2:06.347

Final

The final was raced on August 28.

Gold  Andreas Dittmer (GER) 1:46.383
Silver  David Cal (ESP) 1:46.723
Bronze  Maxim Opalev (RUS) 1:47.767
4.  Aliaksandr Zhukouski (BLR) 1:47.903
5.  Martin Doktor (CZE) 1:47.999
6.  Richard Dalton (CAN) 1:48.103
7.  Márton Joób (HUN) 1:48.195
8.  Stanimir Atanasov (BUL) 1:49.759
9.  Wang Bing (CHN) 1:49.903

Dittmar learned his lesson from the previous day in letting Cal get out to far ahead in the C-1 1000 m event by staying close to the Spaniard through the entire race before winning his third Olympic gold medal.

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