# Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres

The men's canoe sprint K-1 1,000 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 6 and 8 August at Eton Dorney.

## Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top five boats from each heat, and the fastest loser, advanced to the semifinals. The top four boats in each semifinal advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday 6 August 2012 | 09:30 10:58 | Heats Semifinals |
| Wednesday 8 August 2012 | 09:30 | Finals |

## Results
### Heats

The first five and the best 6th placed canoeists qualified for the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Adam van Koeverden | Canada | 3:28.697 | Q |
| 2 | Marko Tomićević | Serbia | 3:30.693 | Q |
| 3 | Miroslav Kirchev | Bulgaria | 3:30.768 | Q |
| 4 | Jorge García | Cuba | 3:30.852 | Q |
| 5 | Tim Brabants | Great Britain | 3:31.869 | Q |
| 6 | Pavel Nikolaev | Russia | 3:35.466 | |
| 7 | Maximilian Benassi | Italy | 3:35.543 | |
| 8 | Joshua Utanga | Cook Islands | 4:32.064 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anders Gustafsson | Sweden | 3:34.419 | Q |
| 2 | Ben Fouhy | New Zealand | 3:35.610 | Q |
| 3 | Aleh Yurenia | Belarus | 3:36.012 | Q |
| 4 | Zhou Yubo | China | 3:36.994 | Q |
| 5 | Francisco Cubelos | Spain | 3:37.791 | Q |
| 6 | Ahmad Reza Talebian | Iran | 3:39.504 | |
| 7 | Mostafa Mansour | Egypt | 4:09.651 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | René Holten Poulsen | Denmark | 3:30.284 | Q |
| 2 | Max Hoff | Germany | 3:30.709 | Q |
| 3 | Eirik Verås Larsen | Norway | 3:31.288 | Q |
| 4 | Mohamed Mrabet | Tunisia | 3:32.204 | Q |
| 5 | Cyrille Carré | France | 3:32.705 | Q |
| 6 | Murray Stewart | Australia | 3:32.768 | q |
| 7 | Marek Krajčovič | Slovakia | 3:39.649 | |

### Semifinals

The fastest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final (medal race). The slowest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final (consolation race).

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Adam van Koeverden | Canada | 3:28.209 | Q |
| 2 | Eirik Verås Larsen | Norway | 3:29.547 | Q |
| 3 | René Holten Poulsen | Denmark | 3:30.247 | Q |
| 4 | Tim Brabants | Great Britain | 3:30.769 | Q |
| 5 | Miroslav Kirchev | Bulgaria | 3:30.818 | |
| 6 | Ben Fouhy | New Zealand | 3:32.572 | |
| 7 | Zhou Yubo | China | 3:36.163 | |
| 8 | Cyrille Carré | France | 3:38.981 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Max Hoff | Germany | 3:29.294 | Q |
| 2 | Aleh Yurenia | Belarus | 3:29.825 | Q |
| 3 | Anders Gustafsson | Sweden | 3:31.149 | Q |
| 4 | Francisco Cubelos | Spain | 3:31.833 | Q |
| 5 | Jorge García | Cuba | 3:31.937 | |
| 6 | Murray Stewart | Australia | 3:32.975 | |
| 7 | Marko Tomićević | Serbia | 3:43.589 | |
| 8 | Mohamed Mrabet | Tunisia | 3:44.545 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| 1 | Jorge García | Cuba | 3:29.938 |
| 2 | Marko Tomićević | Serbia | 3:30.754 |
| 3 | Miroslav Kirchev | Bulgaria | 3:33.051 |
| 4 | Cyrille Carré | France | 3:33.513 |
| 5 | Mohamed Mrabet | Tunisia | 3:33.515 |
| 6 | Ben Fouhy | New Zealand | 3:34.710 |
| 7 | Zhou Yubo | China | 3:36.110 |
| 8 | Murray Stewart | Australia | 3:40.834 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | Eirik Verås Larsen | Norway | 3:26.462 |
| | Adam van Koeverden | Canada | 3:27.170 |
| | Max Hoff | Germany | 3:27.759 |
| 4 | René Holten Poulsen | Denmark | 3:29.483 |
| 5 | Anders Gustafsson | Sweden | 3:29.919 |
| 6 | Aleh Yurenia | Belarus | 3:32.396 |
| 7 | Francisco Cubelos | Spain | 3:32.521 |
| 8 | Tim Brabants | Great Britain | 3:34.833 |