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Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men

Date26 – 30 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationMi-sa-ri Jo-jeong-gyeong-gi-jang, Hanam
Participants15 from 15 countries

East Germany’s Olaf Heukrodt was a five-time World Champion in the C-1 500 (1981, 1982, 1985-1987), as well as the 1980 Olympic bronze medalist, and likely would have taken gold in 1984 had his nation not been part of the Soviet-led boycott. He was a strong favorite at the 1988 Games, but he lost his heat to the Soviet Union’s Mykhailo Slivinsky, who set an Olympic record, as well as Martin Marinov of Bulgaria, the 1987 World runner-up in the C-1 1000. Attila Szabó of Hungary, the 1987 World bronze medalist in the C-1 500, took the other heat, while a third was not held due to the withdraw of three nations from the event. Slivinsky was again the fastest in the semi-finals, helping to eliminate Larry Cain, the defending Olympic champion from Canada, while Heukrodt and Marinov won the other heats. The final got started after four false starts, with Heukrodt leading the entire race and winning the gold medal. Slivinsky and Marinov attempted to close the gap, but were unsuccessful, with the Soviet capturing silver ahead of the Bulgarian by the slimmest of margins: 0.01 seconds. This was not Heukrodt’s only success in Seoul, as he was also runner-up in the C-2 1000 the next day.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1RepSFFinal
1252Olaf HeukrodtGDR1:53.73 (3 h1)1:55.50 (1 h2)1:56.42 (1)Gold
2397Mykhailo SlivinskyURS1:51.90 (1 h1)1:52.86 (1 h1)1:57.26 (2)Silver
3135Martin MarinovBUL1:52.74 (2 h1)1:55.61 (1 h3)1:57.27 (3)Bronze
4280Attila SzabóHUN1:54.83 (1 h3)1:55.72 (2 h3)1:59.87 (4)
5344Jan PinczuraPOL2:00.20 (5 h1)– (AC h2)1:57.61 (2 h2)1:59.90 (5)
6351Aurel MacarencuROU1:54.95 (2 h3)1:57.81 (3 h2)2:00.98 (6)
7179Narciso SuárezESP– (AC h2)1:55.98 (3 h3)2:01.33 (7)
8377Petr ProcházkaTCH1:58.09 (4 h1)2:00.64 (1 h1)1:55.62 (3 h1)2:01.36 (8)
9235Eric JamiesonGBR1:55.66 (3 h3)1:54.30 (2 h1)2:02.27 (9)
4 h1 r3/4149Larry CainCAN– (AC h2)1:56.24 (4 h1)
4 h2 r3/4418Jim TerrellUSA– (AC h2)2:00.13 (4 h2)
4 h3 r3/4424Ivan ŠabjanYUG2:00.55 (4 h3)– (AC h2)1:55.99 (4 h3)
5 h2 r3/4313Jang Yeong-CheolKOR2:11.96 (6 h1)2:05.85 (3 h1)2:05.04 (5 h2)
5 h3 r3/4182Timo GrönlundFIN2:01.60 (5 h3)2:01.48 (2 h1)2:04.82 (5 h3)
4 h1 r2/4296Yasunobu KanadaJPN2:10.20 (6 h3)2:06.31 (4 h1)

Round One

Date26 September 1988
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time9:31
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
11Mykhailo SlivinskyURS1:51.9055.48 (3)56.42 (1)QOB
24Martin MarinovBUL1:52.7454.72 (2)58.02 (2)Q
33Olaf HeukrodtGDR1:53.7354.32 (1)59.41 (3)Q
47Petr ProcházkaTCH1:58.0956.65 (5)1:01.44 (4)
52Jan PinczuraPOL2:00.2056.07 (4)1:04.13 (5)
65Jang Yeong-CheolKOR2:11.9659.66 (6)1:12.30 (6)

Heat #2

Time9:41
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
ACNarciso SuárezESP– (–)– (–)Q
ACLarry CainCAN– (–)– (–)Q
ACJim TerrellUSA– (–)– (–)Q

Heat #3

Time9:52
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
11Attila SzabóHUN1:54.8356.53 (2)58.30 (2)Q
25Aurel MacarencuROU1:54.9557.01 (3)57.94 (1)Q
34Eric JamiesonGBR1:55.6655.43 (1)1:00.23 (3)Q
43Ivan ŠabjanYUG2:00.5557.61 (4)1:02.94 (5)
56Timo GrönlundFIN2:01.6058.73 (5)1:02.87 (4)
62Yasunobu KanadaJPN2:10.2059.53 (6)1:10.67 (6)

Repêchage

Date26 September 1988 — 14:20
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
11Petr ProcházkaTCH2:00.6458.43 (1)1:02.21 (1)Q
24Timo GrönlundFIN2:01.4859.18 (2)1:02.30 (2)Q
33Jang Yeong-CheolKOR2:05.851:01.01 (4)1:04.84 (3)Q
42Yasunobu KanadaJPN2:06.3159.89 (3)1:06.42 (4)

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
ACJan PinczuraPOL– (–)– (–)Q
ACIvan ŠabjanYUG– (–)– (–)Q

Semi-Finals

Date28 September 1988
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time9:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
11Mykhailo SlivinskyURS1:52.8655.76 (2)57.10 (1)Q
23Eric JamiesonGBR1:54.3055.07 (1)59.23 (4)Q
32Petr ProcházkaTCH1:55.6256.46 (3)59.16 (3)Q
44Larry CainCAN1:56.2457.21 (4)59.03 (2)

Heat #2

Time9:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Olaf HeukrodtGDR1:55.5055.86 (1)59.64 (1)Q
24Jan PinczuraPOL1:57.6156.96 (2)1:00.65 (3)Q
33Aurel MacarencuROU1:57.8157.76 (3)1:00.05 (2)Q
42Jim TerrellUSA2:00.1358.34 (4)1:01.79 (4)
51Jang Yeong-CheolKOR2:05.041:00.16 (5)1:04.88 (5)

Heat #3

Time9:53
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
11Martin MarinovBUL1:55.6156.18 (1)59.43 (4)Q
22Attila SzabóHUN1:55.7256.60 (2)59.12 (3)Q
35Narciso SuárezESP1:55.9857.14 (3)58.84 (2)Q
44Ivan ŠabjanYUG1:55.9957.76 (4)58.23 (1)
53Timo GrönlundFIN2:04.8259.39 (5)1:05.43 (5)

Final Round

Date30 September 1988 — 9:36
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
19Olaf HeukrodtGDR1:56.421:01.11 (9)55.31 (1)
25Mykhailo SlivinskyURS1:57.2657.58 (3)59.68 (4)
31Martin MarinovBUL1:57.2759.93 (7)57.34 (2)
48Attila SzabóHUN1:59.8759.34 (6)1:00.53 (5)
53Jan PinczuraPOL1:59.901:00.50 (8)59.40 (3)
64Aurel MacarencuROU2:00.9856.98 (2)1:04.00 (7)
77Narciso SuárezESP2:01.3358.73 (5)1:02.60 (6)
82Petr ProcházkaTCH2:01.3656.41 (1)1:04.95 (9)
96Eric JamiesonGBR2:02.2758.16 (4)1:04.11 (8)