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Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men

Date27 September – 1 October 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith, New South Wales
Participants31 from 31 countries

Hungary had won the men’s K-1 500 at the last three editions of the World Championships, most recently with Ákos Vereckei, its entry for the event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Petar Merkov of Bulgaria was the most recent European Champion and World runner-up, while Norway’s Knut Holmann the 1996 runner-up and 1992 bronze medalist, was the only returning Olympic medalist. Javier Correa of Argentina, meanwhile, had taken the title at the 1999 Pan American Games. Vereckei, Merkov, and Correa won their opening heats, but Holmann was defeated by Grzegorz Kotowicz of Poland, the 1997 and 1999 World runner-up and bronze medalist respectively. Holmann was again bested in the semi-finals, this time by Vereckei, while Merkov captured his heat and Kotowicz came in third behind Germany’s Lutz Liwowski, the 1998 World bronze medalist, and Spain’s Jovino González. Correa placed sixth in the latter heat and was eliminated. Michael Kolganov of Israel, the 1998 World runner-up, had a fantastic start in the final and sizeable lead through the first half of the course, but was eventually passed by Holmann and Merkov and thus settled for bronze. This was Israel’s first and, as of 2012, only Olympic canoeing medal, and was somewhat of a consolation for the one that he had missed by 0.042 seconds the previous day in the K-1 1000. Holmann and Merkov, meanwhile, had managed to repeat their performances from that event in the K-1 500.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1SFFinal
1Knut HolmannNOR1:40.990 (2 h3)1:39.964 (2 h1)1:57.847 (1)Gold
2Petar MerkovBUL1:40.227 (1 h2)1:40.008 (1 h2)1:58.393 (2)Silver
3Michael KolganovISR1:40.275 (2 h2)1:40.426 (3 h1)1:59.563 (3)Bronze
4Ákos VereckeiHUN1:42.089 (1 h1)1:39.574 (1 h1)2:00.145 (4)
5Lutz LiwowskiGER1:41.091 (4 h2)1:40.586 (1 h3)2:00.259 (5)
6Jovino GonzálezESP1:40.761 (3 h2)1:41.168 (2 h3)2:03.889 (6)
7Alvydas DuonėlaLTU1:43.877 (7 h1)1:40.368 (2 h2)2:04.591 (7)
8Alan van CollerRSA1:41.805 (5 h2)1:40.656 (3 h2)2:04.981 (8)
9Grzegorz KotowiczPOL1:40.204 (1 h3)1:41.198 (3 h3)2:07.711 (9)
4 h1 r2/3Geza MagyarROU1:42.733 (3 h4)1:41.482 (4 h1)
4 h2 r2/3Nathan BaggaleyAUS1:41.854 (3 h3)1:40.884 (4 h2)
4 h3 r2/3Ian WynneGBR1:42.779 (2 h1)1:41.486 (4 h3)
5 h1 r2/3Pavel HottmarCZE1:44.391 (6 h2)1:41.920 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/3Kimmo LatvamäkiFIN1:42.535 (2 h4)1:41.640 (5 h2)
5 h3 r2/3Anatoly TishchenkoRUS1:44.707 (5 h4)1:42.548 (5 h3)
6 h1 r2/3Antonio ScadutoITA1:43.289 (5 h1)1:43.432 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/3Róbert ErbanSVK1:43.109 (4 h1)1:42.300 (6 h2)
6 h3 r2/3Javier CorreaARG1:41.557 (1 h4)1:42.764 (6 h3)
7 h1 r2/3Mihai ApostolCAN1:42.562 (5 h3)1:43.444 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/3Ognjen FilipovićSCG1:43.097 (3 h1)1:43.434 (7 h2)
7 h3 r2/3Anders SvenssonSWE1:43.349 (6 h1)1:43.070 (7 h3)
8 h1 r2/3Stein JorgensenUSA1:44.185 (4 h4)1:44.182 (8 h1)
8 h2 r2/3Nam Sung-HoKOR1:45.163 (6 h4)1:46.008 (8 h2)
8 h3 r2/3Anton RyakhovUZB1:42.694 (6 h3)1:43.292 (8 h3)
9 h1 r2/3Hain HeldeEST1:42.772 (7 h3)1:45.916 (9 h1)
9 h3 r2/3Adrian BachmannSUI1:45.187 (7 h4)1:45.866 (9 h3)
AC h2 r2/3Vladimir GrushikhinARM1:42.430 (4 h3)– (DQ h2)
7 h2 r1/3Sergey SerginKAZ1:47.253 (7 h2)
8 h1 r1/3Roger CaumoBRA1:49.955 (8 h1)
8 h3 r1/3Nader Eivazi KhiarakIRI1:49.306 (8 h3)
8 h4 r1/3Gary MawerIRL1:49.705 (8 h4)

Round One

Date27 September 2000
FormatTop six in each heat and next fastest three advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time8:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Ákos VereckeiHUN1:42.08950.61 (6)51.479 (1)Q
26Ian WynneGBR1:42.77951.02 (7)51.759 (2)Q
37Ognjen FilipovićSCG1:43.09749.25 (2)53.847 (6)Q
43Róbert ErbanSVK1:43.10949.59 (3)53.519 (4)Q
58Antonio ScadutoITA1:43.28950.31 (5)52.979 (3)Q
62Anders SvenssonSWE1:43.34949.82 (4)53.529 (5)Q
74Alvydas DuonėlaLTU1:43.87748.79 (1)55.087 (7)q
81Roger CaumoBRA1:49.95553.71 (8)56.245 (8)

Heat #2

Time8:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Petar MerkovBUL1:40.22749.20 (3)51.027 (3)Q
27Michael KolganovISR1:40.27549.88 (4)50.395 (2)Q
36Jovino GonzálezESP1:40.76148.94 (2)51.821 (4)Q
44Lutz LiwowskiGER1:41.09148.63 (1)52.461 (5)Q
53Alan van CollerRSA1:41.80552.18 (7)49.625 (1)Q
62Pavel HottmarCZE1:44.39151.25 (5)53.141 (6)Q
71Sergey SerginKAZ1:47.25351.51 (6)55.743 (7)

Heat #3

Time8:50
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Grzegorz KotowiczPOL1:40.20448.52 (1)51.684 (1)Q
24Knut HolmannNOR1:40.99048.82 (2)52.170 (3)Q
32Nathan BaggaleyAUS1:41.85449.09 (3)52.764 (5)Q
46Vladimir GrushikhinARM1:42.43050.15 (6)52.280 (4)Q
57Mihai ApostolCAN1:42.56249.62 (5)52.942 (6)Q
68Anton RyakhovUZB1:42.69449.37 (4)53.324 (7)Q
73Hain HeldeEST1:42.77250.82 (7)51.952 (2)q
81Nader Eivazi KhiarakIRI1:49.30651.85 (8)57.456 (8)

Heat #4

Time9:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
14Javier CorreaARG1:41.55749.13 (1)52.427 (2)Q
23Kimmo LatvamäkiFIN1:42.53550.59 (4)51.945 (1)Q
36Geza MagyarROU1:42.73349.49 (2)53.243 (5)Q
48Stein JorgensenUSA1:44.18551.35 (6)52.835 (3)Q
55Anatoly TishchenkoRUS1:44.70750.35 (3)54.357 (7)Q
67Nam Sung-HoKOR1:45.16352.16 (7)53.003 (4)Q
72Adrian BachmannSUI1:45.18750.86 (5)54.327 (6)q
81Gary MawerIRL1:49.70552.53 (8)57.175 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date29 September 2000
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time9:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Ákos VereckeiHUN1:39.57450.27 (7)49.304 (1)Q
26Knut HolmannNOR1:39.96449.44 (4)50.524 (2)Q
34Michael KolganovISR1:40.42648.50 (2)51.926 (3)Q
43Geza MagyarROU1:41.48247.94 (1)53.542 (6)
51Pavel HottmarCZE1:41.92049.67 (5)52.250 (4)
68Antonio ScadutoITA1:43.43248.96 (3)54.472 (8)
72Mihai ApostolCAN1:43.44451.12 (9)52.324 (5)
87Stein JorgensenUSA1:44.18249.97 (6)54.212 (7)
99Hain HeldeEST1:45.91650.50 (8)55.416 (9)

Heat #2

Time9:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Petar MerkovBUL1:40.00849.18 (5)50.828 (1)Q
21Alvydas DuonėlaLTU1:40.36848.70 (3)51.668 (4)Q
38Alan van CollerRSA1:40.65649.02 (4)51.636 (2)Q
43Nathan BaggaleyAUS1:40.88448.45 (2)52.434 (6)
54Kimmo LatvamäkiFIN1:41.64049.99 (6)51.650 (3)
62Róbert ErbanSVK1:42.30050.31 (7)51.990 (5)
76Ognjen FilipovićSCG1:43.43448.19 (1)55.244 (8)
89Nam Sung-HoKOR1:46.00851.47 (8)54.538 (7)
DQ7Vladimir GrushikhinARM– (–)– (–)

Heat #3

Time9:50
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
17Lutz LiwowskiGER1:40.58649.18 (3)51.406 (1)Q
23Jovino GonzálezESP1:41.16848.60 (1)52.568 (5)Q
34Grzegorz KotowiczPOL1:41.19848.83 (2)52.368 (4)Q
46Ian WynneGBR1:41.48649.84 (5)51.646 (2)
52Anatoly TishchenkoRUS1:42.54850.75 (8)51.798 (3)
65Javier CorreaARG1:42.76449.60 (4)53.164 (8)
71Anders SvenssonSWE1:43.07050.19 (6)52.880 (7)
88Anton RyakhovUZB1:43.29250.61 (7)52.682 (6)
99Adrian BachmannSUI1:45.86651.10 (9)54.766 (9)

Final Round

Date1 October 2000 — 15:15
FormatOriginally scheduled for 9:00 but rescheduled to 15:15 due to strong winds.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
13Knut HolmannNOR1:57.84758.80 (5)59.047 (1)
24Petar MerkovBUL1:58.39358.37 (3)1:00.023 (2)
38Michael KolganovISR1:59.56356.99 (1)1:02.573 (5)
45Ákos VereckeiHUN2:00.14557.96 (2)1:02.185 (4)
56Lutz LiwowskiGER2:00.25958.54 (4)1:01.719 (3)
62Jovino GonzálezESP2:03.88959.10 (6)1:04.789 (6)
77Alvydas DuonėlaLTU2:04.59159.73 (8)1:04.861 (7)
81Alan van CollerRSA2:04.98159.97 (9)1:05.011 (8)
99Grzegorz KotowiczPOL2:07.71159.51 (7)1:08.201 (9)