# Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres

The men's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 event is raced in single-person kayaks. This would be the last time the event would take place at the Summer Olympics. On 13 August 2009, it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men's 500 m events would be replaced by 200 m events at the 2012 Summer Olympics with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women. The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1, C-2, and K-1.
Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top six finishers in each of the four heats advances directly to the semifinal along with the top three times. The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals advance to the final.
Heats took place on August 19, semifinal on August 21, and final on August 23.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | 15:30-16:10 | Heats |
| Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 15:30-16:00 | Semifinals |
| Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 15:30-15:45 | Final |

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ken Wallace (AUS) | Adam van Koeverden (CAN) | Tim Brabants (GBR) |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..6->Semifinals + 3 best next by time, Rest Out

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Adam van Koeverden | Canada | 1:35.554 WB | QS |
| 2 | Eirik Verås Larsen | Norway | 1:36.439 | QS |
| 3 | Michele Zerial | Italy | 1:36.950 | QS |
| 4 | Steven Ferguson | New Zealand | 1:37.538 | QS |
| 5 | Shaun Rubenstein | South Africa | 1:37.687 | QS |
| 6 | Dmitriy Torlopov | Kazakhstan | 1:39.892 | QS |
| 7 | Jorge Garcia | Cuba | 1:42.803 | QS |
| 8 | Rudolph Berking-Williams | Samoa | 1:47.839 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tim Brabants | Great Britain | 1:36.338 | QS |
| 2 | Anton Ryakhov | Russia | 1:37.666 | QS |
| 3 | Stjepan Janić | Croatia | 1:37.724 | QS |
| 4 | Arnaud Hybois | France | 1:37.902 | QS |
| 5 | Miguel Correa | Argentina | 1:39.781 | QS |
| 6 | Emanuel Silva | Portugal | 1:42.513 | QS |
| 7 | Tony Lespoir | Seychelles | 1:53.248 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ákos Vereckei | Hungary | 1:36.099 | QS |
| 2 | Ken Wallace | Australia | 1:36.208 | QS |
| 3 | Anders Gustafsson | Sweden | 1:36.633 | QS |
| 4 | Marek Twardowski | Poland | 1:39.436 | QS |
| 5 | Assane Dame Fall | Senegal | 1:52.215 | QS |
| 6 | Alcino Silva | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1:58.178 | QS |
| 7 | Kotoua Francis Abia | Ivory Coast | 2:00.716 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Michael Kolganov | Israel | 1:38.396 | QS |
| 2 | Jonas Ems | Germany | 1:38.819 | QS |
| 3 | Rami Zur | United States | 1:39.037 | QS |
| 4 | Manuel Cortina Martínez | Mexico | 1:40.626 | QS |
| 5 | Kasper Bleibach | Denmark | 1:42.529 | QS |
| 6 | Pan Yao | China | 1:44.757 | QS |
| 7 | Myint Tayzar Phone | Myanmar | 1:48.179 | QS |

### Semifinals

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Adam van Koeverden | Canada | 1:42.438 | QF |
| 2 | Anton Ryakhov | Russia | 1:42.968 | QF |
| 3 | Ken Wallace | Australia | 1:43.340 | QF |
| 4 | Shaun Rubenstein | South Africa | 1:44.154 | |
| 5 | Emanuel Silva | Portugal | 1:45.985 | |
| 6 | Rami Zur | United States | 1:47.163 | |
| 7 | Manuel Cortina Martínez | Mexico | 1:48.333 | |
| 8 | Jorge Garcia | Cuba | 1:49.077 | |
| 9 | Assane Dame Fall | Senegal | 2:04.633 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steven Ferguson | New Zealand | 1:42.238 | QF |
| 2 | Anders Gustafsson | Sweden | 1:42.409 | QF |
| 3 | Tim Brabants | Great Britain | 1:42.530 | QF |
| 4 | Michele Zerial | Italy | 1:42.931 | |
| 5 | Marek Twardowski | Poland | 1:43.733 | |
| 6 | Jonas Ems | Germany | 1:44.717 | |
| 7 | Miguel Correa | Argentina | 1:46.422 | |
| 8 | Pan Yao | China | 1:55.242 | |
| — | Rudolph Berking-Williams | Samoa | — | DNS |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stjepan Janić | Croatia | 1:41.689 | QF |
| 2 | Eirik Verås Larsen | Norway | 1:41.927 | QF |
| 3 | Ákos Vereckei | Hungary | 1:42.155 | QF |
| 4 | Michael Kolganov | Israel | 1:43.145 | |
| 5 | Arnaud Hybois | France | 1:43.559 | |
| 6 | Kasper Bleibach | Denmark | 1:45.418 | |
| 7 | Dmitriy Torlopov | Kazakhstan | 1:47.573 | |
| 8 | Myint Tayzar Phone | Myanmar | 1:55.300 | |
| 9 | Alcino Silva | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2:06.288 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time |
| | Ken Wallace | Australia | 1:37.252 |
| | Adam van Koeverden | Canada | 1:37.630 |
| | Tim Brabants | Great Britain | 1:37.671 |
| 4 | Eirik Verås Larsen | Norway | 1:37.949 |
| 5 | Anton Ryakhov | Russia | 1:38.187 |
| 6 | Ákos Vereckei | Hungary | 1:38.318 |
| 7 | Anders Gustafsson | Sweden | 1:38.447 |
| 8 | Steven Ferguson | New Zealand | 1:38.512 |
| 9 | Stjepan Janić | Croatia | 1:38.729 |