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Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men

Date7 – 10 August 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationNational Olympic Nautical Stadium d'Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne, France
Participants29 from 24 countries

At Tokyo 2020, Hungary had gone 1-2, with Bálint Kopasz taking gold ahead of his countryman Ádám Varga. Varga was the favorite in 2024, ranking #1 in the world coming into Paris. He had taken silver in the event at the 2023 World Championships, behind Portugal’s Fernando Pimenta. A sentimental favorite was Czechia’s Josef Dostál, who had won Olympic medals in 2012, 2016, and 2020, with three bronzes and a silver. The 2022 World Champion, a medal in Paris 2024 would make him only the seventh man to win medals in sprint canoe at four or more Olympic Games.

All the favorites advanced through the heats directly into the semi-finals. Kopasz and Varga showed their strength by winning the two semi-finals. Pimenta trailed Kopasz in the first semi, while Dostál was third in the second semi, behind Varga and the Argentine Agustín Vernice.

The final was close between the three favorites, but Kopasz fell back near the end and would settle for bronze. Dostál pulled a mild upset, outlasting Varga for his first Olympic gold medal by 0.69 seconds. There was an unusual tie for fourth between Vernice and Uladzislau Kravets (AIN), who both posted 3:28.10, more than four seconds behind Dostál.

PosBibCompetitorNOCR1QFSFFinal
172Josef DostálCZE3:37.83 (2 h5)3:29.05 (3 h2)3:24.07 (1 h1)Gold
2143Ádám VargaHUN3:28.56 (1 h4)3:27.92 (1 h2)3:24.76 (2 h1)Silver
3139Bálint KopaszHUN3:26.44 (1 h3)3:28.76 (1 h1)3:25.68 (3 h1)Bronze
=42Uladzislau KravetsAIN3:32.07 (2 h1)3:29.64 (4 h2)3:28.10 (=4 h1)
=48Agustín VerniceARG3:27.18 (2 h3)3:28.18 (2 h2)3:28.10 (=4 h1)
6238Fernando PimentaPOR3:29.76 (1 h1)3:29.14 (2 h1)3:29.59 (6 h1)
7264Martin NathellSWE3:28.36 (2 h2)3:30.14 (4 h1)3:31.06 (7 h1)
8123Jakob ThordsenGER3:29.88 (2 h4)3:29.34 (3 h1)3:36.82 (8 h1)
9246Hamish LovemoreRSA3:28.19 (3 h3)3:36.64 (2 h2)3:33.89 (8 h2)3:27.94 (1 h2)
10124Anton WinkelmannGER3:27.80 (1 h2)3:31.51 (7 h2)3:28.04 (2 h2)
1194Francisco CubelosESP3:28.40 (3 h2)3:33.74 (2 h3)3:30.52 (5 h1)3:28.10 (3 h2)
1295Adrián del RíoESP3:33.81 (5 h4)3:30.39 (1 h3)3:31.07 (6 h2)3:29.42 (4 h2)
1323Artuur PetersBEL3:31.55 (4 h4)3:51.20 (6 h2)3:32.81 (6 h1)3:30.29 (5 h2)
14279Matías OteroURU3:43.65 (5 h3)3:30.81 (2 h1)3:48.91 (9 h1)3:30.48 (6 h2)
15108Maxime BeaumontFRA3:30.64 (3 h4)3:29.66 (1 h1)3:30.99 (5 h2)3:31.42 (7 h2)
1682René PoulsenDEN3:40.14 (5 h2)3:35.48 (1 h2)3:35.50 (8 h1)3:31.62 (8 h2)
1713Tom GreenAUS3:35.99 (1 h5)3:33.52 (7 h1)3:32.72 (9 h2)
18179Ali AghamirzaeiIRI3:36.58 (6 h4)3:33.78 (3 h1)
19283Shakhriyor MakhkamovUZB3:40.25 (3 h5)3:35.43 (3 h3)
20195Andrejus OlijnikasLTU3:38.02 (4 h3)3:36.72 (4 h3)
2156Zhang DongCHN3:35.83 (4 h2)3:37.75 (4 h1)
22245Andrew BirkettRSA3:53.31 (5 h5)3:38.11 (3 h2)
2387Saeid FazloulaEOR3:42.80 (4 h1)3:40.94 (4 h2)
24280Jonas EckerUSA3:37.21 (3 h1)3:41.77 (5 h1)
25281Aaron SmallUSA3:40.87 (6 h2)3:42.05 (5 h3)
26187Bekarys RamatullaKAZ3:44.47 (6 h3)3:45.77 (5 h2)
2729Vagner SoutaBRA3:46.17 (4 h5)3:50.72 (6 h1)
28250Tuva'a CliftonSAM3:54.49 (6 h1)3:55.20 (7 h1)
29197Achraf El-AidiMAR3:50.36 (5 h1)4:02.27 (6 h3)

Round One

Date7 August 2024 — 10:40
FormatFirst two in each heat to semi-finals, all others to quarter-finals.

Heat #1

PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1238Fernando PimentaPOR3:29.7648.40 (1)1:39.83 (1)2:33.14 (1)51.43 (2)53.31 (2)56.62 (1)SF
22Uladzislau KravetsAIN3:32.0749.93 (3)1:41.02 (3)2:33.28 (2)51.09 (1)52.26 (1)58.79 (=2)SF
3280Jonas EckerUSA3:37.2149.19 (2)1:40.78 (2)2:35.98 (3)51.59 (3)55.20 (3)1:01.23 (6)QF
487Saeid FazloulaEOR3:42.8052.45 (5)1:46.16 (4)2:44.01 (4)53.71 (4)57.85 (4)58.79 (=2)QF
5197Achraf El-AidiMAR3:50.3652.37 (4)1:48.93 (5)2:50.39 (5)56.56 (5)1:01.46 (6)59.97 (4)QF
6250Tuva'a CliftonSAM3:54.4954.50 (6)1:52.62 (6)2:53.77 (6)58.12 (6)1:01.15 (5)1:00.72 (5)QF

Heat #2

PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1124Anton WinkelmannGER3:27.8048.06 (1)1:40.52 (2)2:33.95 (2)52.46 (2)53.43 (2)53.85 (2)SF
2264Martin NathellSWE3:28.3648.93 (2)1:39.99 (1)2:33.66 (1)51.06 (1)53.67 (3)54.70 (3)SF
394Francisco CubelosESP3:28.4049.18 (3)1:42.29 (3)2:35.39 (3)53.11 (5)53.10 (1)53.01 (1)QF
456Zhang DongCHN3:35.8351.70 (6)1:44.61 (6)2:38.72 (4)52.91 (4)54.11 (4)57.11 (4)QF
582René PoulsenDEN3:40.1449.39 (4)1:42.90 (4)2:40.78 (5)53.51 (6)57.88 (6)59.36 (5)QF
6281Aaron SmallUSA3:40.8751.35 (5)1:44.22 (5)2:41.15 (6)52.87 (3)56.93 (5)59.72 (6)QF

Heat #3

PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1139Bálint KopaszHUN3:26.4448.64 (1)1:40.10 (1)2:33.52 (1)51.46 (1)53.42 (3)52.92 (3)SF
28Agustín VerniceARG3:27.1849.73 (2)1:41.67 (2)2:34.63 (2)51.94 (2)52.96 (2)52.55 (2)SF
3246Hamish LovemoreRSA3:28.1950.68 (4)1:43.42 (3)2:36.20 (3)52.74 (3)52.78 (1)51.99 (1)QF
4195Andrejus OlijnikasLTU3:38.0250.98 (6)1:44.78 (4)2:39.81 (4)53.80 (4)55.03 (4)58.21 (4)QF
5279Matías OteroURU3:43.6550.80 (5)1:45.40 (5)2:42.44 (5)54.60 (5)57.04 (5)1:01.21 (6)QF
6187Bekarys RamatullaKAZ3:44.4750.09 (3)1:45.73 (6)2:44.89 (6)55.64 (6)59.16 (6)59.58 (5)QF

Heat #4

PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1143Ádám VargaHUN3:28.5648.98 (2)1:40.25 (1)2:33.21 (1)51.27 (1)52.96 (1)55.35 (4)SF
2123Jakob ThordsenGER3:29.8848.72 (1)1:40.86 (2)2:34.60 (2)52.14 (2)53.74 (2)55.28 (3)SF
3108Maxime BeaumontFRA3:30.6449.26 (4)1:42.98 (6)2:38.12 (5)53.72 (6)55.14 (5)52.52 (1)QF
423Artuur PetersBEL3:31.5549.88 (6)1:42.39 (4)2:36.28 (4)52.51 (4)53.89 (4)55.27 (2)QF
595Adrián del RíoESP3:33.8149.21 (3)1:41.62 (3)2:35.45 (3)52.41 (3)53.83 (3)58.36 (6)QF
6179Ali AghamirzaeiIRI3:36.5849.60 (5)1:42.92 (5)2:40.02 (6)53.32 (5)57.10 (6)56.56 (5)QF

Heat #5

PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
113Tom GreenAUS3:35.9948.28 (1)1:40.08 (1)2:33.21 (1)51.80 (2)53.13 (1)1:02.78 (3)SF
272Josef DostálCZE3:37.8349.16 (3)1:40.37 (2)2:34.37 (2)51.21 (1)54.00 (2)1:03.46 (4)SF
3283Shakhriyor MakhkamovUZB3:40.2548.91 (2)1:42.59 (3)2:42.98 (3)53.68 (3)1:00.39 (5)57.27 (1)QF
429Vagner SoutaBRA3:46.1751.04 (5)1:46.69 (4)2:46.29 (4)55.65 (4)59.60 (3)59.88 (2)QF
5245Andrew BirkettRSA3:53.3150.75 (4)1:49.06 (5)2:48.85 (5)58.31 (5)59.79 (4)1:04.46 (5)QF

Quarter-Finals

Date7 August 2024 — 14:10
FormatFirst two in each heat to semi-finals.

Heat #1

PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1108Maxime BeaumontFRA3:29.6648.45 (2)1:41.40 (2)2:35.88 (2)52.95 (2)54.48 (3)53.78 (1)SF
2279Matías OteroURU3:30.8148.27 (1)1:41.00 (1)2:35.52 (1)52.73 (1)54.52 (4)55.29 (2)SF
3179Ali AghamirzaeiIRI3:33.7850.43 (5)1:43.41 (4)2:36.75 (3)52.98 (3)53.34 (1)57.03 (3)
456Zhang DongCHN3:37.7549.59 (4)1:42.81 (3)2:37.19 (4)53.22 (4)54.38 (2)1:00.56 (5)
5280Jonas EckerUSA3:41.7749.41 (3)1:43.70 (5)2:41.29 (5)54.29 (5)57.59 (5)1:00.48 (4)
629Vagner SoutaBRA3:50.7250.82 (6)1:45.73 (6)2:47.74 (6)54.91 (6)1:02.01 (7)1:02.98 (7)
7250Tuva'a CliftonSAM3:55.2053.88 (7)1:52.18 (7)2:53.73 (7)58.30 (7)1:01.55 (6)1:01.47 (6)

Heat #2

PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
182René PoulsenDEN3:35.4849.79 (2)1:42.70 (2)2:37.10 (1)52.91 (1)54.40 (1)58.38 (4)SF
2246Hamish LovemoreRSA3:36.6450.95 (4)1:43.94 (3)2:38.47 (2)52.99 (2)54.53 (2)58.17 (3)SF
3245Andrew BirkettRSA3:38.1150.83 (3)1:45.78 (4)2:42.05 (4)54.95 (4)56.27 (5)56.06 (1)
487Saeid FazloulaEOR3:40.9452.84 (6)1:47.81 (5)2:43.74 (6)54.97 (5)55.93 (4)57.20 (2)
5187Bekarys RamatullaKAZ3:45.7752.12 (5)1:48.45 (6)2:43.44 (5)56.33 (6)54.99 (3)1:02.33 (5)
623Artuur PetersBEL3:51.2049.08 (1)1:42.29 (1)2:40.31 (3)53.21 (3)58.02 (6)1:10.89 (6)SF1

Heat #3

PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
195Adrián del RíoESP3:30.3948.72 (1)1:40.08 (1)2:33.30 (1)51.36 (1)53.22 (1)57.09 (3)SF
294Francisco CubelosESP3:33.7449.49 (2)1:43.53 (2)2:37.27 (2)54.04 (3)53.74 (3)56.47 (1)SF
3283Shakhriyor MakhkamovUZB3:35.4351.42 (5)1:44.21 (3)2:37.94 (3)52.79 (2)53.73 (2)57.49 (4)
4195Andrejus OlijnikasLTU3:36.7250.43 (3)1:44.88 (4)2:39.71 (4)54.45 (5)54.83 (4)57.01 (2)
5281Aaron SmallUSA3:42.0551.22 (4)1:45.61 (5)2:43.48 (5)54.39 (4)57.87 (5)58.57 (5)
6197Achraf El-AidiMAR4:02.2754.22 (6)1:54.77 (6)2:59.49 (6)1:00.55 (6)1:04.72 (6)1:02.78 (6)

Semi-Finals

Date10 August 2024
FormatFirst four in each heat to Final A, all others to Final B.

Heat #1

Time11:10
PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1139Bálint KopaszHUN3:28.7648.48 (2)1:40.42 (2)2:34.07 (1)51.94 (2)53.65 (2)54.69 (4)FA
2238Fernando PimentaPOR3:29.1448.34 (1)1:40.21 (1)2:34.27 (2)51.87 (1)54.06 (5)54.87 (6)FA
3123Jakob ThordsenGER3:29.3449.31 (4)1:42.39 (4)2:35.27 (3)53.08 (5)52.88 (1)54.07 (3)FA
4264Martin NathellSWE3:30.1450.19 (8)1:42.78 (5)2:36.60 (5)52.59 (3)53.82 (4)53.54 (2)FA
594Francisco CubelosESP3:30.5249.56 (5)1:43.91 (8)2:37.59 (6)54.35 (8)53.68 (3)52.93 (1)FB
623Artuur PetersBEL3:32.8149.63 (6)1:43.11 (6)2:37.99 (8)53.48 (7)54.88 (8)54.82 (5)FB
713Tom GreenAUS3:33.5248.72 (3)1:41.36 (3)2:36.04 (4)52.64 (4)54.68 (6)57.48 (7)FB
882René PoulsenDEN3:35.5050.06 (7)1:43.17 (7)2:37.94 (7)53.11 (6)54.77 (7)57.56 (8)FB
9279Matías OteroURU3:48.9150.73 (9)1:47.84 (9)2:44.97 (9)57.11 (9)57.13 (9)1:03.94 (9)FB

Heat #2

Time11:20
PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1143Ádám VargaHUN3:27.9249.40 (5)1:41.61 (3)2:34.95 (3)52.21 (3)53.34 (3)52.97 (1)FA
28Agustín VerniceARG3:28.1849.17 (3)1:41.55 (2)2:34.98 (4)52.38 (4)53.43 (5)53.20 (2)FA
372Josef DostálCZE3:29.0549.95 (6)1:41.69 (5)2:34.30 (2)51.74 (2)52.61 (2)54.75 (4)FA
42Uladzislau KravetsAIN3:29.6450.42 (8)1:41.67 (4)2:34.26 (1)51.25 (1)52.59 (1)55.38 (6)FA
5108Maxime BeaumontFRA3:30.9948.79 (1)1:41.97 (6)2:36.05 (6)53.18 (6)54.08 (7)54.94 (5)FB
695Adrián del RíoESP3:31.0748.84 (2)1:41.47 (1)2:35.54 (5)52.63 (5)54.07 (6)55.53 (7)FB
7124Anton WinkelmannGER3:31.5149.19 (4)1:42.93 (7)2:37.73 (7)53.74 (7)54.80 (8)53.78 (3)FB
8246Hamish LovemoreRSA3:33.8950.38 (7)1:44.46 (8)2:37.86 (8)54.08 (8)53.40 (4)56.03 (8)FB

Final Round

Date10 August 2024

Final A

Time13:20
PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
172Josef DostálCZE3:24.0748.79 (2)1:39.66 (2)2:31.29 (1)50.87 (1)51.63 (1)52.78 (2)
2143Ádám VargaHUN3:24.7649.81 (4)1:41.93 (4)2:33.60 (4)52.12 (6)51.67 (2)51.16 (1)
3139Bálint KopaszHUN3:25.6848.93 (3)1:39.86 (3)2:31.95 (2)50.93 (2)52.09 (=3)53.73 (6)
=42Uladzislau KravetsAIN3:28.1051.19 (8)1:42.90 (6)2:34.99 (5)51.71 (4)52.09 (=3)53.11 (5)
=48Agustín VerniceARG3:28.1049.96 (5)1:42.04 (5)2:35.03 (6)52.08 (5)52.99 (5)53.07 (4)
6238Fernando PimentaPOR3:29.5948.04 (1)1:38.99 (1)2:32.30 (3)50.95 (3)53.31 (6)57.29 (8)
7264Martin NathellSWE3:31.0650.93 (7)1:44.25 (8)2:38.09 (7)53.32 (8)53.84 (7)52.97 (3)
8123Jakob ThordsenGER3:36.8250.59 (6)1:43.37 (7)2:39.64 (8)52.78 (7)56.27 (8)57.18 (7)

Final B

Time13:10
PosBibCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1246Hamish LovemoreRSA3:27.9449.59 (5)1:40.29 (1)2:33.65 (1)50.70 (1)53.36 (1)54.29 (7)
2124Anton WinkelmannGER3:28.0449.17 (3)1:41.88 (4)2:35.89 (3)52.71 (4)54.01 (5)52.15 (3)
394Francisco CubelosESP3:28.1050.16 (8)1:44.04 (9)2:37.56 (6)53.88 (8)53.52 (2)50.54 (2)
495Adrián del RíoESP3:29.4248.75 (2)1:41.35 (2)2:35.34 (2)52.60 (=2)53.99 (4)54.08 (6)
523Artuur PetersBEL3:30.2949.69 (6)1:42.69 (5)2:36.50 (4)53.00 (5)53.81 (3)53.79 (5)
6279Matías OteroURU3:30.4849.22 (4)1:43.49 (8)2:40.51 (9)54.27 (9)57.02 (9)49.97 (1)
7108Maxime BeaumontFRA3:31.4250.04 (7)1:43.44 (7)2:39.05 (8)53.40 (7)55.61 (7)52.37 (4)
882René PoulsenDEN3:31.6250.22 (9)1:42.82 (6)2:37.28 (5)52.60 (=2)54.46 (6)54.34 (8)
913Tom GreenAUS3:32.7248.37 (1)1:41.59 (3)2:37.85 (7)53.22 (6)56.26 (8)54.87 (9)