The men's C-1 500 metres event was an open-style, individual canoe

Canoe

A canoe or Canadian canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over A canoe (North American English) or Canadian...

ing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre for the sprint events and the Whitewater Stadium in Penrith for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines. The repechage rounds that ran from the 1960 to the 1996 Games were eliminated in the sprint events while...

 program.

Medallists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
György Kolonics György Kolonics György Kolonics , nicknamed Kolo, was a Hungarian sprint canoer who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics... ,	Maxim Opalev Maxim Opalev Maxim Alexandrovich Opalev is an athlete from Russia, who competes in sprint canoeing. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he has won a complete set of medals in the C-1 500 m event .... ,	Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer is a German sprint canoer. The dominant sprint canoer of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals.Dittmer won his first world championship medal - a bronze - at Paris in 1991 as a member of Germany's C-4 500 m crew... ,

Heats

18 competitors were entered on September 27. The top three finishers in both heats moved on to the final. Fourth through seventh-place finishers and the fastest eighth-place finisher advanced to the semifinal.

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Maxim Opalev Maxim Opalev Maxim Alexandrovich Opalev is an athlete from Russia, who competes in sprint canoeing. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he has won a complete set of medals in the C-1 500 m event ....		1:51.048	QF
2	György Kolonics György Kolonics György Kolonics , nicknamed Kolo, was a Hungarian sprint canoer who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics...		1:51.492	QF
3	Slavomír Kňazovický Slavomír Knazovický Slavomír Kňazovický is a Czechoslovak-Slovak sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver in the C-1 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996....		1:52.146	QF
4	Florin Huidu Florin Huidu Florin Huidu is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-1 500 m event. Four years later in Sydney, Huidu was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000...		1:53.076	QS
5	José Manuel Crespo José Manuel Crespo José Manuel Crespo is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals both of the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events. Four years later in Sydney, Crespo was eliminated in the semifinals of the...		1:53.862	QS
6	Christian Frederiksen Christian Frederiksen Christian Frederiksen is a Danish-born, Norwegian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s...		1:54.366	QS
7	Aleksandr Maseykov		1:54.468	SQ
8	Kaysar Nurmaganbetov		1:55.422	SQ
9	Jordan Malloch Jordan Malloch Jordan Malloch is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. He was eliminated in the heats of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Four years later in Athens, Malloch was eliminated in the semifinals of the both the C-2 500 m...		1:58.938

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer is a German sprint canoer. The dominant sprint canoer of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals.Dittmer won his first world championship medal - a bronze - at Paris in 1991 as a member of Germany's C-4 500 m crew...		1:50.340	QF
2	Martin Doktor Martin Doktor Martin Doktor is the Czech Republic's best-known sprint canoer. He was double Olympic champion in the Canadian canoe C-1 discipline at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...		1:51.174	QF
3	Ledis Balceiro Ledis Balceiro Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s....		1:51.918	QF
4	Nikolay Bukhalov Nikolay Bukhalov Nikolay Petkov Bukhalov is Bulgaria's most successful ever sprint canoer. He competed mostly in the Canadian canoe C-1 event though he did win world championship medals in the C-4 events....		1:51.996	QS
5	Maxime Boilard		1:52.764	QS
6	Michał Śliwiński		1:53.682	QS
7	Éric le Leuch Éric le Leuch Éric le Leuch is a French sprint canoer who competed from 1995 to 2000. He won a bronze medal in the C-4 200 m event at the 1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg....		1:53.934	SQ
8	Andreas Kilingaridis Andreas Kilingaridis Andreas Kilingaridis is a Russian-born Greek sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. He was eliminated in the heats of the C-1 500 m event while being disqualified in the C-1 1000 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...		1:57.858
9	Michał Gajownik		2:04.704

Overall Results Heats

Heats Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Place	Time	Qual.
1	Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer is a German sprint canoer. The dominant sprint canoer of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals.Dittmer won his first world championship medal - a bronze - at Paris in 1991 as a member of Germany's C-4 500 m crew...		2	1	1:50.340	QF
2	Maxim Opalev Maxim Opalev Maxim Alexandrovich Opalev is an athlete from Russia, who competes in sprint canoeing. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he has won a complete set of medals in the C-1 500 m event ....		1	1	1:51.048	QF
3	Martin Doktor Martin Doktor Martin Doktor is the Czech Republic's best-known sprint canoer. He was double Olympic champion in the Canadian canoe C-1 discipline at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...		2	2	1:51.174	QF
4	György Kolonics György Kolonics György Kolonics , nicknamed Kolo, was a Hungarian sprint canoer who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics...		1	2	1:51.492	QF
5	Ledis Balceiro Ledis Balceiro Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s....		2	3	1:51.918	QF
6	Nikolay Bukhalov Nikolay Bukhalov Nikolay Petkov Bukhalov is Bulgaria's most successful ever sprint canoer. He competed mostly in the Canadian canoe C-1 event though he did win world championship medals in the C-4 events....		2	4	1:51.996	QS
7	Slavomír Kňazovický Slavomír Knazovický Slavomír Kňazovický is a Czechoslovak-Slovak sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver in the C-1 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996....		1	3	1:52.146	QF
8	Maxime Boilard		2	5	1:52.764	QS
9	Florin Huidu Florin Huidu Florin Huidu is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-1 500 m event. Four years later in Sydney, Huidu was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000...		1	4	1:53.076	QS
10	Michał Śliwiński		2	6	1:53.682	QS
11	José Manuel Crespo José Manuel Crespo José Manuel Crespo is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals both of the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events. Four years later in Sydney, Crespo was eliminated in the semifinals of the...		1	5	1:53.862	QS
12	Éric le Leuch Éric le Leuch Éric le Leuch is a French sprint canoer who competed from 1995 to 2000. He won a bronze medal in the C-4 200 m event at the 1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg....		2	7	1:53.934	QS
13	Christian Frederiksen Christian Frederiksen Christian Frederiksen is a Danish-born, Norwegian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s...		1	6	1:54.366	QS
14	Aleksandr Maseykov		1	7	1:54.468	SQ
15	Kaysar Nurmaganbetov		1	8	1:55.422	SQ
16	Andreas Kilingaridis Andreas Kilingaridis Andreas Kilingaridis is a Russian-born Greek sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. He was eliminated in the heats of the C-1 500 m event while being disqualified in the C-1 1000 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...		2	8	1:57.858
17	Jordan Malloch Jordan Malloch Jordan Malloch is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. He was eliminated in the heats of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Four years later in Athens, Malloch was eliminated in the semifinals of the both the C-2 500 m...		1	9	1:58.938
18	Michał Gajownik		2	9	2:04.704

Semifinal

A semifinal was held on September 29 with the top three finishers advancing to the final.

Heat 1 of 1 Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Maxime Boilard		1:52.071	QF
2	Nikolay Bukhalov Nikolay Bukhalov Nikolay Petkov Bukhalov is Bulgaria's most successful ever sprint canoer. He competed mostly in the Canadian canoe C-1 event though he did win world championship medals in the C-4 events....		1:52.371	QF
3	Michał Śliwiński		1:52.461	QF
4	Florin Huidu Florin Huidu Florin Huidu is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-1 500 m event. Four years later in Sydney, Huidu was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000...		1:53.277
5	Christian Frederiksen Christian Frederiksen Christian Frederiksen is a Danish-born, Norwegian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s...		1:53.661
6	Kaysar Nurmaganbetov		1:54.465
7	José Manuel Crespo José Manuel Crespo José Manuel Crespo is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals both of the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events. Four years later in Sydney, Crespo was eliminated in the semifinals of the...		1:54.765
8	Aleksandr Maseykov		1:55.035
9	Éric le Leuch Éric le Leuch Éric le Leuch is a French sprint canoer who competed from 1995 to 2000. He won a bronze medal in the C-4 200 m event at the 1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg....		1:56.907

Final

The final took place on October 1.

Heat 1 of 1 Date: Sunday 1 October 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	György Kolonics György Kolonics György Kolonics , nicknamed Kolo, was a Hungarian sprint canoer who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics...		2:24.813
2	Maxim Opalev Maxim Opalev Maxim Alexandrovich Opalev is an athlete from Russia, who competes in sprint canoeing. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he has won a complete set of medals in the C-1 500 m event ....		2:25.809
3	Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer is a German sprint canoer. The dominant sprint canoer of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals.Dittmer won his first world championship medal - a bronze - at Paris in 1991 as a member of Germany's C-4 500 m crew...		2:27.591
4	Maxime Boilard		2:29.259
5	Slavomír Kňazovický Slavomír Knazovický Slavomír Kňazovický is a Czechoslovak-Slovak sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver in the C-1 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996....		2:29.613
6	Ledis Balceiro Ledis Balceiro Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s....		2:32.229
7	Michał Śliwiński		2:33.129
8	Martin Doktor Martin Doktor Martin Doktor is the Czech Republic's best-known sprint canoer. He was double Olympic champion in the Canadian canoe C-1 discipline at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...		2:37.467
9	Nikolay Bukhalov Nikolay Bukhalov Nikolay Petkov Bukhalov is Bulgaria's most successful ever sprint canoer. He competed mostly in the Canadian canoe C-1 event though he did win world championship medals in the C-4 events....		2:44.829

Kolonics, initially a C-2 canoer, moved to C-1 500 m when he and his partner Csaba Horváth

Csaba Horváth

Csaba Horváth is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won two medals with teammate György Kolonics...

 failed to qualify in the Hungarian Olympic trials. His prior success in this event was a silver at the 1993 world championships

1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark for the third time. The Danish city had hosted the event previously in 1950 and 1970....

, but he was able to upset then two-time

1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Szeged, Hungary.The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian and nine kayak events. Women competed in eight events, all in kayak....

 defending event world champion

1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Milan, Italy at the Idroscalo.The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian and nine kayak events. Women competed in eight events, all kayak....

 Opalev (The Russian has won this event world championship five times as of 2008.) in the final. Before his 2008 death, Kolonics would win two more world championship silvers in the event, earning them in 2001 and 2002.