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

The men's canoe sprint K-1 200 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 10 and 11 August at Eton Dorney.

Great Britain's Ed McKeever won the gold medal, ahead of Saúl Craviotto from Spain who won silver. Mark de Jonge from Canada took bronze.

## 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Friday 10 August 2012 | 09:30 11:02 | Heats Semifinals |
| Saturday 11 August 2012 | 09:30 | Finals |

## Results

### Heats

The five best placed boats in each heat and the fastest sixth placed both qualify for the semifinals.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mark de Jonge | Canada | 35.396 | Q |
| 2 | Piotr Siemionowski | Poland | 35.990 | Q |
| 3 | Momotaro Matsushita | Japan | 36.096 | Q |
| 4 | Egidijus Balčiūnas | Lithuania | 36.173 | Q |
| 5 | César de Cesare | Ecuador | 36.181 | Q |
| 6 | Murray Stewart | Australia | 37.202 | |
| 7 | Mohamed Mrabet | Tunisia | 38.291 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ed McKeever | Great Britain | 35.087 | Q, OB |
| 2 | Marko Novaković | Serbia | 35.212 | Q |
| 3 | Miklós Dudás | Hungary | 35.323 | Q |
| 4 | Yevgeny Salakhov | Russia | 35.652 | Q |
| 5 | Maxime Richard | Belgium | 36.125 | Q |
| 6 | Tim Hornsby | United States | 36.560 | q |
| 7 | Mostafa Mansour | Egypt | 40.507 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Saúl Craviotto | Spain | 35.552 | Q |
| 2 | Maxime Beaumont | France | 35.571 | Q |
| 3 | Kasper Bleibach | Denmark | 36.610 | Q |
| 4 | Ronald Rauhe | Germany | 36.817 | Q |
| 5 | Zhou Yubo | China | 38.316 | Q |
| 6 | Joshua Utanga | Cook Islands | 38.966 | |

### Semifinals

The fastest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final. The slowest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mark de Jonge | Canada | 35.595 | Q |
| 2 | Saúl Craviotto | Spain | 35.597 | Q |
| 3 | Marko Novaković | Serbia | 36.293 | Q |
| 4 | Yevgeny Salakhov | Russia | 36.312 | Q |
| 5 | Kasper Bleibach | Denmark | 36.667 | |
| 6 | César de Cesare | Ecuador | 36.975 | |
| 7 | Momotaro Matsushita | Japan | 37.201 | |
| 8 | Zhou Yubo | China | 39.042 | |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ed McKeever | Great Britain | 35.619 | Q |
| 2 | Maxime Beaumont | France | 35.814 | Q |
| 3 | Miklós Dudás | Hungary | 35.993 | Q |
| 4 | Ronald Rauhe | Germany | 36.183 | Q |
| 5 | Egidijus Balčiūnas | Lithuania | 36.495 | |
| 6 | Piotr Siemionowski | Poland | 36.507 | |
| 7 | Maxime Richard | Belgium | 37.029 | |
| 8 | Tim Hornsby | United States | 37.660 | |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kasper Bleibach | Denmark | 37.802 |
| 2 | Egidijus Balčiūnas | Lithuania | 37.995 |
| 3 | Momotaro Matsushita | Japan | 38.040 |
| 4 | César de Cesare | Ecuador | 38.075 |
| 5 | Maxime Richard | Belgium | 38.435 |
| 6 | Piotr Siemionowski | Poland | 38.585 |
| 7 | Tim Hornsby | United States | 39.370 |
| 8 | Zhou Yubo | China | 40.157 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ed McKeever | Great Britain | 36.246 |
| | Saúl Craviotto | Spain | 36.540 |
| | Mark de Jonge | Canada | 36.657 |
| 4 | Maxime Beaumont | France | 36.688 |
| 5 | Yevgeny Salakhov | Russia | 36.825 |
| 6 | Miklós Dudás | Hungary | 36.830 |
| 7 | Marko Novaković | Serbia | 37.094 |
| 8 | Ronald Rauhe | Germany | 37.553 |
