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Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men

Date24 – 28 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Kopelatodramio Skhoinia, Schinias National Park
Participants19 from 19 countries

Russia’s Maksim Opalev won the C-1 500 at the World Championships from 1998 through 2002, as well as the two most recent editions of the European championships, but had lost the 2000 Olympic title to Hungary’s György Kolonics and the 2003 World one to Germany’s Andreas Dittmer, the 2000 Olympic bronze medalist. Of those two, only Dittmer was competing in the C-1 500 at the 2004 Summer Games and would be the Russian’s greatest challenger for the title. Opalev and Dittmer won their heats with back-to-back Olympic records in the opening round, while the third was taken by David Cal of Spain, who became Spain’s first Olympic canoeing champion the day prior to the C-1 500 final by winning the C-1 1000 ahead of Dittmer. The tables were turned in the final of this event, however, when Dittmer took gold 0.34 seconds ahead of Cal and left him with silver. Opalev, meanwhile, was barely able to hold on to bronze, with four other competitors crossing the line within half a second of his finish.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1SFFinal
199Andreas DittmerGER1:49.146 (1 h1)1:46.383 (1)GoldOB
286David CalESP1:48.397 (1 h3)1:46.723 (2)Silver
3194Maksim OpalevRUS1:48.144 (1 h2)1:47.767 (3)Bronze
417Aliaksandr ZhukouskiBLR1:50.378 (4 h1)1:50.563 (1 h2)1:47.903 (4)
572Martin DoktorCZE1:49.557 (2 h3)1:50.253 (1 h1)1:47.999 (5)
647Richard DaltonCAN1:50.005 (3 h3)1:51.027 (3 h2)1:48.103 (6)
7134Márton JoóbHUN1:51.025 (4 h3)1:50.813 (2 h1)1:48.195 (7)
834Stanimir AtanasovBUL1:52.917 (5 h3)1:50.631 (2 h2)1:49.759 (8)
952Wang BingCHN1:51.920 (4 h2)1:51.649 (3 h1)1:49.903 (9)
4 h1 r2/368Aldo PrunaCUB1:50.246 (3 h1)1:53.229 (4 h1)
4 h2 r2/313Martin MarinovAUS1:49.698 (2 h1)1:51.219 (4 h2)
5 h1 r2/3148Kaysar NurmaganbetovKAZ1:55.636 (6 h2)1:53.333 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/3151Dagnis VinogradovsLAT1:50.776 (2 h2)1:52.511 (5 h2)
6 h1 r2/3227Yuriy ChebanUKR2:00.238 (6 h1)1:53.385 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/3208Marián OstrčilSVK1:58.357 (6 h3)1:52.871 (6 h2)
7 h1 r2/3116Andreas KiligkaridisGRE1:53.662 (5 h1)1:53.793 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/3228Darwin CorreaURU2:02.014 (7 h1)1:58.727 (7 h2)
8 h1 r2/3182Florin MironcicROU1:51.568 (3 h2)1:53.957 (8 h1)
8 h2 r2/367Emanuel HorvatičekCRO1:55.528 (5 h2)2:06.347 (8 h2)

Round One

Date24 August 2004 — 9:10
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to the final. All others advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time9:10
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Andreas DittmerGER1:49.14652.85 (1)56.296 (1)QOB
26Martin MarinovAUS1:49.69853.30 (2)56.398 (3)q
37Aldo PrunaCUB1:50.24653.89 (5)56.356 (2)q
44Aliaksandr ZhukouskiBLR1:50.37853.80 (4)56.578 (4)q
53Andreas KiligkaridisGRE1:53.66254.33 (6)59.332 (5)q
61Yuriy ChebanUKR2:00.23853.39 (3)1:06.848 (7)q
72Darwin CorreaURU2:02.01456.70 (7)1:05.314 (6)q

Heat #2

Time9:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Maksim OpalevRUS1:48.14452.11 (1)56.034 (2)QOB
22Dagnis VinogradovsLAT1:50.77654.45 (3)56.326 (3)q
36Florin MironcicROU1:51.56854.60 (4)56.968 (4)q
44Wang BingCHN1:51.92055.97 (5)55.950 (1)q
53Emanuel HorvatičekCRO1:55.52856.58 (6)58.948 (5)q
67Kaysar NurmaganbetovKAZ1:55.63653.27 (2)1:02.366 (6)q

Heat #3

Time9:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
14David CalESP1:48.39752.44 (1)55.957 (3)Q
25Martin DoktorCZE1:49.55753.82 (2)55.737 (2)q
32Richard DaltonCAN1:50.00554.47 (5)55.535 (1)q
46Márton JoóbHUN1:51.02554.01 (4)57.015 (4)q
53Stanimir AtanasovBUL1:52.91754.00 (3)58.917 (5)q
67Marián OstrčilSVK1:58.35757.00 (6)1:01.357 (6)q

Semi-Finals

Date26 August 2004 — 9:00
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time9:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Martin DoktorCZE1:50.25353.79 (1)56.463 (1)Q
23Márton JoóbHUN1:50.81353.90 (2)56.913 (2)Q
37Wang BingCHN1:51.64953.99 (3)57.659 (4)Q
46Aldo PrunaCUB1:53.22954.29 (5)58.939 (6)
58Kaysar NurmaganbetovKAZ1:53.33354.60 (6)58.733 (5)
69Yuriy ChebanUKR1:53.38556.03 (8)57.355 (3)
72Andreas KiligkaridisGRE1:53.79354.20 (4)59.593 (8)
84Florin MironcicROU1:53.95754.88 (7)59.077 (7)

Heat #2

Time9:10
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
13Aliaksandr ZhukouskiBLR1:50.56353.85 (2)56.713 (3)Q
22Stanimir AtanasovBUL1:50.63153.22 (1)57.411 (=5)Q
36Richard DaltonCAN1:51.02754.57 (3)56.457 (2)Q
45Martin MarinovAUS1:51.21955.07 (4)56.149 (1)
54Dagnis VinogradovsLAT1:52.51155.45 (5)57.061 (4)
68Marián OstrčilSVK1:52.87155.46 (6)57.411 (=5)
79Darwin CorreaURU1:58.72759.04 (8)59.687 (7)
87Emanuel HorvatičekCRO2:06.34757.70 (7)1:08.647 (8)

Final Round

Date28 August 2004 — 8:45
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Andreas DittmerGER1:46.38352.89 (4)53.493 (1)OB
26David CalESP1:46.72352.43 (2)54.293 (2)
34Maksim OpalevRUS1:47.76750.89 (1)56.877 (9)
47Aliaksandr ZhukouskiBLR1:47.90353.21 (6)54.693 (5)
53Martin DoktorCZE1:47.99953.50 (7)54.499 (3)
69Richard DaltonCAN1:48.10353.59 (8)54.513 (4)
78Márton JoóbHUN1:48.19552.72 (3)55.475 (6)
82Stanimir AtanasovBUL1:49.75953.09 (5)56.669 (8)
91Wang BingCHN1:49.90353.71 (9)56.193 (7)