Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1

Men's canoe slalom K-1 at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Lee Valley White Water Centre
Date	29 July – 1 August
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Winning time	93.43
Medalists
Daniele Molmenti  Italy Vavřinec Hradilek  Czech Republic Hannes Aigner  Germany

The men's canoe slalom K-1 competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 29 July and 1 August at the Lee Valley White Water Centre.

Twenty-two canoeists from 22 countries competed. Daniele Molmenti of Italy won the gold medal.

Competition format

The competition started with heats. Each athlete ran the course twice and the best of these two scores determined the 15 qualifiers for the semi-finals. In the semi-final each canoeist ran the course once. The 10 best scores qualified for the final, which was also one run down the course. The canoeist with the best score won the gold medal.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 29 July 2012	14:24 & 16:36	Heats
Wednesday 1 August 2012	13:30	Semi-final
Wednesday 1 August 2012	15:15	Final

• 
  1st gate set, preliminary heats, July 29, 30.
• 
  2nd gate set, semi- & finals, July 31, August 1, 2.

Results

Order	Name	Preliminary Heats						Semifinal			Final
		1st Ride	Pen.	2nd Ride	Pen.	Best	Order	Time	Pen.	Order	Time	Pen.	Order
	Daniele Molmenti (ITA)	91.40	2	88.68	2	88.68	9	96.37	0	3	93.43	0	1
	Vavřinec Hradilek (CZE)	87.44	0	87.66	0	87.44	3	99.58	2	8	94.78	0	2
	Hannes Aigner (GER)	92.56	2	83.49	0	83.49	1	97.60	2	5	94.92	0	3
4	Mateusz Polaczyk (POL)	88.51	2	88.60	2	88.51	7	96.36	0	2	96.14	0	4
5	Samuel Hernanz (ESP)	87.07	0	91.25	2	87.07	2	97.18	0	4	96.95	0	5
6	Peter Kauzer (SLO)	90.98	2	88.10	0	88.10	5	96.02	2	1	101.01	6	6
7	Étienne Daille (FRA)	90.12	0	241.73	152	90.12	13	100.55	0	10	101.87	2	7
8	Helmut Oblinger (AUT)	88.81	0	92.66	2	88.81	10	98.99	0	7	104.28	2	8
9	Kazuki Yazawa (JPN)	96.66	2	92.57	0	92.57	15	99.99	0	9	104.44	0	9
10	Benjamin Boukpeti (TOG)	95.28	4	90.52	0	90.52	14	98.13	0	6	154.23	54	10
11	Mathieu Doby (BEL)	92.74	2	87.92	0	87.92	4	102.58	2	11	did not advance
12	Richard Hounslow (GBR)	94.40	4	89.12	0	89.12	11	104.30	2	12	did not advance
13	Michael Kurt (SUI)	88.14	0	88.48	4	88.14	6	147.35	50	13	did not advance
14	Eoin Rheinisch (IRL)	89.97	0	90.72	0	89.97	12	153.98	50	14	did not advance
15	Michael Dawson (NZL)	90.90	4	88.58	0	88.58	8	207.63	100	15	did not advance
16	Scott Parsons (USA)	94.16	2	141.72	52	94.16	16	did not advance
17	Huang Cunguang (CHN)	94.40	0	94.54	4	94.40	17	did not advance
18	Warwick Draper (AUS)	95.20	2	95.08	2	95.08	18	did not advance
19	Hermann Husslein (THA)	100.67	4	95.11	4	95.11	19	did not advance
20	Michael Tayler (CAN)	155.89	54	97.64	2	97.64	20	did not advance
21	Jonathan Akinyemi (NGR)	104.70	8	146.95	52	104.70	21	did not advance
22	Dinko Mulić (CRO)	293.58	202	143.28	52	143.28	22	did not advance