# Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 200 metres

The men's canoe sprint C-1 200 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 10 and 11 August at Eton Dorney. On 12 June 2019, the IOC stripped Jevgenij Shuklin of his silver medal. Silver and bronze medals were then reallocated in 2021.

## Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 10 August 2012 | 09:51 11:16 | Heats Semifinals |
| Saturday 11 August 2012 | 09:47 | Finals |

## Results
### Heats

The six best placed boats in each heat qualify for the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mathieu Goubel | France | 41.248 | Q, OB |
| 2 | Andrzej Jezierski | Ireland | 41.404 | Q |
| 3 | Naoya Sakamoto | Japan | 41.528 | Q |
| 4 | Jason McCoombs | Canada | 41.742 | Q |
| 5 | Ronilson Oliveira | Brazil | 42.216 | Q |
| 6 | Sebastian Marczak | Australia | 42.845 | Q |
| 7 | Valentin Demyanenko | Azerbaijan | 44.194 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ivan Shtyl | Russia | 41.378 | Q |
| 2 | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 41.511 | Q |
| 3 | Richard Jefferies | Great Britain | 42.516 | Q |
| 4 | Everardo Cristóbal | Mexico | 44.459 | Q |
| 5 | Piotr Kuleta | Poland | 44.645 | Q |
| 6 | Nelson Henriques | Angola | 55.268 | Q |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alfonso Benavides | Spain | 40.993 | Q, OB |
| 2 | Dzianis Harazha | Belarus | 41.290 | Q |
| 3 | Li Qiang | China | 42.004 | Q |
| 4 | Vadim Menkov | Uzbekistan | 42.171 | Q |
| 5 | Ľubomír Hagara | Slovakia | 43.507 | Q |
| 6 | Rudolph Berking-Williams | Samoa | 51.483 | Q |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yuriy Cheban | Ukraine | 41.036 | Q |
| DSQ | Jevgenij Shuklin | Lithuania | 41.288 | Q |
| 3 | Alexandr Dyadchuk | Kazakhstan | 43.204 | Q |
| 4 | Khaled Houcine | Tunisia | 44.395 | Q |
| 5 | Attila Vajda | Hungary | 44.761 | Q |
| 6 | Ndiatte Gueye | Senegal | 51.708 | Q |

### Semifinals

The fastest two canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final alongside the two fastest third placed boats. The last third placed boat alongside, the fourth and fifth placed boats and the fastest sixth placed boat qualify for the 'B' final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| DSQ | Jevgenij Shuklin | Lithuania | 41.483 | Q |
| 2 | Mathieu Goubel | France | 41.938 | Q |
| 3 | Li Qiang | China | 42.149 | B |
| 4 | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 42.161 | B |
| 5 | Ronilson Oliveira | Brazil | 42.560 | B |
| 6 | Vadim Menkov | Uzbekistan | 42.944 | b |
| 7 | Piotr Kuleta | Poland | 45.348 | |
| 8 | Ndiatte Gueye | Senegal | 50.798 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ivan Shtyl | Russia | 40.346 | Q, OB |
| 2 | Alfonso Benavides | Spain | 40.619 | Q |
| 3 | Ľubomír Hagara | Slovakia | 41.472 | q |
| 4 | Andrzej Jezierski | Ireland | 42.012 | B |
| 5 | Alexandr Dyadchuk | Kazakhstan | 42.359 | B |
| 6 | Sebastian Marczak | Australia | 43.441 | |
| 7 | Khaled Houcine | Tunisia | 44.373 | |
| 8 | Nelson Henriques | Angola | 50.876 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yuriy Cheban | Ukraine | 40.647 | Q |
| 2 | Dzianis Harazha | Belarus | 41.427 | Q |
| 3 | Naoya Sakamoto | Japan | 41.771 | q |
| 4 | Jason McCoombs | Canada | 42.255 | B |
| 5 | Attila Vajda | Hungary | 42.970 | B |
| 6 | Richard Jefferies | Great Britain | 43.213 | |
| 7 | Everardo Cristóbal | Mexico | 44.571 | |
| 8 | Rudolph Berking-Williams | Samoa | 54.471 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| 8 | Andrzej Jezierski | Ireland | 44.041 |
| 9 | Vadim Menkov | Uzbekistan | 44.168 |
| 10 | Attila Vajda | Hungary | 44.466 |
| 11 | Ronilson Oliveira | Brazil | 44.586 |
| 12 | Jason McCoombs | Canada | 44.973 |
| 13 | Alexandr Dyadchuk | Kazakhstan | 45.283 |
| 14 | Li Qiang | China | 45.852 |
| 15 | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 47.295 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | Yuriy Cheban | Ukraine | 42.291 |
| | Ivan Shtyl | Russia | 42.853 |
| | Alfonso Benavides | Spain | 43.038 |
| 4 | Dzianis Harazha | Belarus | 43.545 |
| 5 | Ľubomír Hagara | Slovakia | 43.977 |
| 6 | Mathieu Goubel | France | 44.045 |
| 7 | Naoya Sakamoto | Japan | 44.699 |
| DSQ | Jevgenij Shuklin | Lithuania | 42.792 |