Following are the semifinal results of men's kayak single (K1) 500m at Beijing Olympics held in Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Thursday:
Semifinal 1
1. van Koeverden Adam, Canada, 1 minute 42.438 seconds
2. Anton Ryakhov, Russia, 1:42.968
3. Ken Wallace, Australia, 1:43.340
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, Mexico, 1:48.333
8. Jorge Garcia, Cuba, 1:49.077
9. Assane Dame Fall, Senegal, 2:04.633
Semifinal 2
1. Steven Ferguson, New Zealand, 1:42.238
2. Anders Gustafsson, Sweden, 1:42.409
3. Tim Brabants, Britain, 1:42.530
4. Michele Zerial, Italy, 1:42.931
5. Marek Twardowski, Poland, 1:43.733
6. Jonas Ems, Germany, 1:44.717
7. Miguel Antonio Correa, Argentina, 1:46.422
8. Pan Yao, China, 1:55.242
Semifinal 3
1. Stejepan Janic, Croatia, 1:41.689
2. Eirik Larsen, Norway, 1:41.927
3. Akos Wereckei, Hungary, 1:42.155
4. Michael Kolganov, Israel, 1:43.145
5. Amaud Hybois, France, 1:43.559
6. Kasper Bleibach, Denmark, 1:45.418
7. Dmitriy Torlopov, Kazakhstan, 1:47.573
8. Phone Myint Tayzar, Myanmar, 1:55.300
9. Gomes da Silva Alcino, S. Tome&Principe, 2:06.288 Note: The top three go to final and the rest out.
(Xinhua News Agency August 21, 2008)