Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

Men's K-2 1000 metres
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Canoeing pictogram
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates4 August 2021 (heats and quarterfinal)
5 August 2021 (semifinal & final)
Competitors32 (16 boats) from 14 nations
Winning time3:15.280
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean van der Westhuyzen
Thomas Green
 Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Max Hoff
Jacob Schopf
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Josef Dostál
Radek Šlouf
 Czech Republic
← 2016

The men's K-2 1000 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 5 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.[1] At least 20 canoeists (10 boats of 2) from at least 10 nations competed.[2]

Background

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This was the 20th appearance of the event, one of four events that have been held at every Summer Olympics since the introduction of canoeing in 1936.

The reigning World Champions are Max Hoff and Jacob Schopf of Germany, who have been named to the German team.[3] The reigning Olympic champions are Max Rendschmidt and Marcus Gross, also of Germany; Rendschmidt has been named to the team, but Gross has not.[3]

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify one place in the event, though could enter up to 2 boats if it earned enough quota places through other men's kayak events. A total of 13 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

  • 6 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
  • 3 places awarded to 3 continents (excluding Europe) through the World Championships, which are then competed for at continental tournaments
  • 1 place awarded through a European continental tournament

Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.[2]

The three continental spots were awarded to the Americas (#14 Canada), Oceania (#15 New Zealand), and Asia (#21 Japan); Africa had the lowest next-ranked team (#24 South Africa). The continental tournaments were won by Canada (via World Championship rather than continental tournament, which was cancelled), China, Hungary, and New Zealand. The World Championships places were allocated as follows:[4]

Rank Kayaker Nation Qualification Selected competitors
1 Max Hoff
Jacob Schopf
 Germany Quota #1 in K-2 (#1, #2 athlete quotas) Max Hoff
Jacob Schopf[3]
2 Francisco Cubelos
Iñigo Peña
 Spain Quota #2 in K-2 (#3, #4 athlete quotas)
3 Cyrille Carré
Étienne Hubert
 France Quota #3 in K-2 (#5, #6 athlete quotas)
4 Josef Dostál
Radek Šlouf
 Czech Republic Quota #4 in K-2 (#7, #8 athlete quotas)
5 Jordan Wood
Riley Fitzsimmons
 Australia Quota #5 in K-2 (#9, #10 athlete quotas)
6 Luca Beccaro
Samuele Burgo
 Italy Quota #6 in K-2 (#11, #12 athlete quotas)

Continental places:[4]

Nation Qualification Selected competitor
 Canada Americas quota in K-2 500 m
 China Asia quota in K-2 500 m
 Hungary Europe quota in K-2 500 m
 New Zealand Oceania quota in K-2 500 m

Nations with women's kayak quota spots from the K-1 200 metres, K-1 500 metres, or K-4 500 metres could enter (additional) boats as well.

Competition format

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Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered.[5]

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no rudder). The "2" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "1000 metres" is the distance of each race.[6]

Schedule

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The event was held over two consecutive days, with two rounds per day. All sessions started at 9:30 a.m. local time, though there are multiple events with races in each session.[1]

Legend
H Heats ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals F Final
Sprint
Event↓/Date → Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7
Men's K-2 1000 m H ¼ ½ F

Results

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Heats

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Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes
1 4 Francisco Cubelos
Íñigo Peña
 Spain 3:10.138 SF
2 6 Wang Congkang
Bu Tingkai
 China 3:10.292 SF
3 5 Maxim Spesivtsev
Roman Anoshkin
 ROC 3:20.610 QF
4 3 Kornél Béke
Ádám Varga
 Hungary 3:26.732 QF
5 2 Tuva'a Clifton
Rudolf Williams
 Samoa 3:55.617 QF

Quarterfinals

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Progression System: 1st-3rd to SF, rest to Final B.

Semifinals

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Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.

Finals

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Canoe Sprint" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "DOSB nominiert weitere 94 Athletinnen für Tokio" [DOSB nominated 94 more athletes for Tokyo] (in German). German Olympic Sports Confederation. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation
  5. ^ "Canoe Sprint Progression System" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Canoe Sprint". IOC. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.