Canoe Sprint 2016 Olympic Review

Men's C-1 200m

Each heat got progressively quicker, meaning Valentin Demyaneko (Azerbaijan) was the fastest. In the semis, it was Isaquias Queiroz (Brazil) who had that honour. The outside lanes got off to the quickest starts and it came down to Yuriy Cheban (Ukraine) and Demyaneko. Demyaneko was slightly behind entering the last ten metres but mistimed his finish, handing the gold to Cheban.

🥇Yuriy Cheban 🇺🇦

🥈Valentin Demyaneko 🇦🇿

🥉Isaquias Queiroz 🇧🇷

Men’s C-1 1000m

The three heat winners all progressed directly through to the final. Sebastian Brendel (Germany) was the fastest qualifier, with Isaquias Queiroz (Brazil) and Serghei Tarnovschi (Moldova) also going through. The first semi-final was quicker with Ilia Shtokalov (Russia), Pavlo Altukhov (Ukraine) and Gerasim Kochnev (Uzbekistan) making the final. In the final, Brendel delivered, taking a comfortable win by over 1.5 seconds. Behind him was Queiroz. Tarnovschi won bronze but has since been stripped of his medal after a failed drug test.

🥇Sebastian Brendel 🇩🇪

🥈Isaquias Queiroz 🇧🇷

🥉Ilia Shtokalov 🇷🇺

Men’s C-2 1000m

The heats were won by the top two in the singles event. Silva/Queiroz (Brazil) were fastest, slightly ahead of Brendel/Vandrey (Germany). The final was slower, in worse conditions and this time the result was overturned. Behind them, it was a close battle for third. The pair of Mike/Vasbanyai (Hungary) struggled to qualify but turned up for the final and missed a medal by just over 0.2. They were denied by the Ukrainian pair of Ianchuk/Mishchuk (Ukraine).

🥇Sebastian Brendel/Jan Vandrey 🇩🇪

🥈Erlon Silva/Isaquias Queiroz 🇧🇷

🥉Dmytro Ianchuk/Taras Mishchuk 🇺🇦

Men’s K-1 200m

Just 0.028 separated the top three after the heats. Maxime Beaumont (France) led, ahead of Liam Heath (Great Britain) and Ronald Rauhe (Germany). The second two were in the same semi-final and Heath won, setting the fastest time so far. In the final, it was again Heath who got the edge, beating Beaumont. Rauhe was challenged in the final by Saul Craviotto (Spain), while Stephen Bird (Australia), who was fourth in the heats, finished tamely in the final.

🥇Liam Heath 🇬🇧

🥈Maxime Beaumont 🇫🇷

🥉Ronald Rauhe 🇩🇪

🥉Saúl Craviotto 🇪🇸

Men's K-1 1000m

The strongest times all came from heat three, which featured Fernando Pimenta (Portugal), Max Hoff (Germany) and Marcus Walz (Spain). None would win in the semi-finals. Pimenta and Walz went down to Murray Stewart (Australia), who set the fastest time, while Roman Anoshkin (Russia) beat Hoff. In the final, it was Walz who got his first victory of the week in a great time, ahead of Josef Dostál (Czech Republic).

🥇Marcus Walz 🇪🇸

🥈Josef Dostál 🇨🇿

🥉Roman Anoshkin 🇷🇺

Men's K-2 200m

Craviotto/Toto (Spain) were fastest in the heats, with Lankas/Ramanauskas (Lithuania) winning the other heat, albeit in a slower time. Heath/Schofield (Great Britain) won the second semi-final, with Totka/Molnar (Hungary) winning the first. The Lithuanian pair took the lead to begin the final, but soon the Spanish duo went past, pulling away to take gold. Behind him, four pairs were separated by 0.12 seconds.

🥇Saul Craviotto/Cristian Toro 🇪🇸

🥈Liam Heath/Jon Schofield 🇬🇧

🥉Aurimas Lankas/Edvinas Ramanauskas 🇱🇹

Men’s K-2 1000m

The pair of Tomicevic/Zoric (Serbia) went through to the final with a 3.15, while Rendschmidt/Gross (Germany) won the other heat. Wallace/Tame (Australia) were the fastest in the semi-finals ahead of Ripamonti/Dressino (Italy). The Italians struggled in the final, but there was still two big battles. One was for gold, where Germany edged Serbia. It was Portugal who took on Australia, in lieu of the Italians performing, but Australia had enough to take bronze.

🥇Max Rendschmidt/Marcus Gross 🇩🇪

🥈Marko Tomicevic/Milenko Zoric 🇷🇸

🥉Ken Wallace/Lachlan Tome 🇦🇺

Men's K-4 1000m

Germany and the Czech Republic won their heats to skip straight to the final, both winning by over two seconds. Semi-final A was quicker with Australia edging Portugal, whilst Slovakia won semi-final B. Germany asserted their dominance, taking the gold medal by almost three seconds. Behind them, Slovakia battle the Czech Republic for silver, taking the medal by less than 0.2 seconds.

🥇Germany 🇩🇪

🥈Slovakia 🇸🇰

🥉Czech Republic 🇨🇿

Women’s K-1 200m

The fastest time in the heats was Marta Walczykiewicz (Poland), edging Sarah Guyot (France) and Spela Ponomarenko (Slovenia). Walczykiewicz won the first semi, but in the slowest time, as Lisa Carrington (New Zealand) and Inna Osypenko-Radomska (Azerbaijan) both went under 40 seconds. In the final, only one woman was able to go under 40 seconds - Carrington sealing gold. Behind her were Walczykiewicz and Osypenko-Radomska.

🥇Lisa Carrington 🇳🇿

🥈Marta Walczykiewicz 🇵🇱

🥉Inna Osypenko-Radomska 🇦🇿

Women’s K-1 500m

Inna Osypenko-Radomska (Azerbaijan) leset the fastest time in the heats. She was less impressive in the semi-finals, beaten by Franziska Weber (Germany). The fastest time came in the second semi-final, as Danuta Kozák (Hungary) took the win ahead of Emma Jørgensen (Denmark). The final was a high-class affair, but Kozák showed herself to be the standout winning by almost two seconds. Behind her were Jørgensen and Lisa Carrington (New Zealand).

🥇Danuta Kozák 🇭🇺

🥈Emma Jørgensen 🇩🇰

🥉Lisa Carrington 🇳🇿

Women’s K-2 500m

Kozák/Szabo (Hungary) got off to a strong start, winning heat one. Weber/Dietze (Germany) won the second heat in a slower time. It was the second semi-final that was quicker, as Naja/Mikolajczyk (Poland) beat Aniushina/Stepanova (Russia). The two favourites pulled away in the final and it was the Hungarians who won by 0.51 seconds.

🥇Gabriella Szabó/Danuta Kozák 🇭🇺

🥈Franziska Weber/Tina Dietze 🇩🇪

🥉Karolina Naja/Beata Mikolajczyk 🇵🇱

Women K-4 500m

Once again, it was Hungary who started best, winning their heat in the quickest time. The other heat was won by Belarus. The two semi-finals were won in times of 1.34.7 by New Zealand and Germany. In the final, Hungary secured another gold medal, defeating Germany and Belarus.

🥇Hungary 🇭🇺

🥈Germany 🇩🇪

🥉Belarus 🇧🇾