# Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 200 metres

The men's canoe sprint C-1 200 metres competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 17 and 18 August at Lagoa Stadium.
The medals were presented by José Perurena López, IOC member, Spain and Tim Cornish, Board Member of the ICF.
It was the last appearance of the men's C-1 200 metres. The men's C-1 200 metres and men's K-2 200 metres were replaced with women's C-1 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres as part of the Olympics' move towards gender equality.

## Format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The leading five in each heat plus the fastest sixth place advanced to the semifinals. The top two from each of the three semifinals plus the two best third-place times advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. The next eight fastest advanced to the "B" final.

## Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2016 | 09:16 10:42 | Heats Semifinals |
| Thursday, 18 August 2016 | 09:16 | Finals |

## Results
### Heats

The leading five in each heat plus the fastest sixth place advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alfonso Benavides | Spain | 40.610 | SF |
| 2 | Oleg Tarnovschi | Moldova | 40.852 | SF |
| 3 | Yuriy Cheban | Ukraine | 41.220 | SF |
| 4 | Zaza Nadiradze | Georgia | 41.423 | SF |
| 5 | Li Qiang | China | 41.456 | SF |
| 6 | Tomasz Kaczor | Poland | 42.450 | |
| 7 | Khaled Houcine | Tunisia | 42.499 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thomas Simart | France | 40.415 | SF |
| 2 | Isaquias Queiroz | Brazil | 40.522 | SF |
| 3 | Hélder Silva | Portugal | 40.578 | SF |
| 4 | Mark Oldershaw | Canada | 40.972 | SF |
| 5 | Dagnis Iļjins | Latvia | 44.125 | SF |
| 6 | Joaquim Lobo | Mozambique | 44.949 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrey Kraitor | Russia | 39.985 | SF |
| 2 | Jonatán Hajdu | Hungary | 40.147 | SF |
| 3 | Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 40.311 | SF |
| 4 | Timur Khaidarov | Kazakhstan | 40.492 | SF |
| 5 | Stefan Kiraj | Germany | 41.198 | SF |
| 6 | Marcos Pulido | Mexico | 41.910 | SF |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Valentin Demyanenko | Azerbaijan | 39.749 | SF |
| 2 | Henrikas Žustautas | Lithuania | 40.048 | SF |
| 3 | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 41.368 | SF |
| 4 | Adel Mojallali | Iran | 41.650 | SF |
| 5 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 42.694 | SF |
| 6 | Ferenc Szekszárdi | Australia | 44.292 | |

### Semifinals

The top two from each of the semifinals plus the two best third-place times advanced to the "A" final. The next eight fastest advanced to the "B" final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Isaquias Queiroz | Brazil | 39.659 | FA |
| 2 | Alfonso Benavides | Spain | 40.038 | FA |
| 3 | Li Qiang | China | 40.066 | FA |
| 4 | Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 40.311 | FB |
| 5 | Timur Khaidarov | Kazakhstan | 41.079 | FB |
| 6 | Henrikas Žustautas | Lithuania | 41.187 | FB |
| 7 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 42.925 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrey Kraitor | Russia | 40.394 | FA |
| 2 | Thomas Simart | France | 40.670 | FA |
| 3 | Oleg Tarnovschi | Moldova | 40.715 | FB |
| 4 | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 41.468 | FB |
| 5 | Marcos Pulido | Mexico | 42.283 | FB |
| 6 | Adel Mojallali | Iran | 42.386 | |
| 7 | Dagnis Iļjins | Latvia | 45.082 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zaza Nadiradze | Georgia | 40.146 | FA |
| 2 | Valentin Demyanenko | Azerbaijan | 40.298 | FA |
| 3 | Yuriy Cheban | Ukraine | 40.590 | FA |
| 4 | Jonatán Hajdu | Hungary | 40.718 | FB |
| 5 | Hélder Silva | Portugal | 41.162 | FB |
| 6 | Stefan Kiraj | Germany | 43.171 | |
| 7 | Mark Oldershaw | Canada | 43.357 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| 1 | Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 39.760 |
| 2 | Jonatán Hajdu | Hungary | 39.811 |
| 3 | Henrikas Žustautas | Lithuania | 40.230 |
| 4 | Oleg Tarnovschi | Moldova | 40.280 |
| 5 | Hélder Silva | Portugal | 40.388 |
| 6 | Timur Khaidarov | Kazakhstan | 40.549 |
| 7 | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 40.733 |
| 8 | Marcos Pulido | Mexico | 42.098 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Yuriy Cheban | Ukraine | 39.279 | OR |
| | Valentin Demyanenko | Azerbaijan | 39.493 | |
| | Isaquias Queiroz | Brazil | 39.628 | |
| 4 | Alfonso Benavides | Spain | 39.649 | |
| 5 | Zaza Nadiradze | Georgia | 39.817 | |
| 6 | Andrey Kraitor | Russia | 40.105 | |
| 7 | Li Qiang | China | 40.143 | |
| 8 | Thomas Simart | France | 40.180 | |