Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's slalom K-1

Men's slalom K-1 at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	Minden Wild Water Preserve
Dates	July 18–19
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Winning time	87.14
Medalists
Michal Smolen   United States   Pedro da Silva   Brazil   Ben Hayward   Canada

Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games
Slalom
C-1		men		women
C-2		men
K-1		men		women
Sprint
C-1 200 m		men		women
C-1 1000 m		men
C-2 1000 m		men
K-1 200 m		men		women
K-1 500 m				women
K-1 1000 m		men
K-2 200 m		men
K-2 500 m				women
K-2 1000 m		men
K-4 500 m				women
K-4 1000 m		men

The men's slalom K-1 canoeing event at the 2015 Pan American Games will be held between the 18 and 19 of July at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in Minden Hills.^[1][2] At the Pan American Sports Organization's 2013 general assembly in Jamaica, canoe slalom competitions were added to the program. This will be the first time slalom has been staged at the Pan American Games. Furthermore, women will also compete in canoe races for the first time ever in both disciplines.^[3] The winners of the four canoe slalom competitions (besides the C-1 women event, which is not an Olympic event) will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the host nation of the Olympics (Brazil) wins the event, the runner up will qualify instead.^[4]

Schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the event:^[5]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Date	Time	Round
July 18, 2015	11:11	Heats
July 19, 2015	11:09	Semi-final
July 19, 2015	13:49	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Nation	Heat 1			Heat 2			Best	Notes
			Time	Pen.	Total	Time	Pen.	Total
1	Pedro da Silva	Brazil	83.15	0	83.15	83.83	52	135.83	83.15	Q
2	Ben Hayward	Canada	86.14	2	88.14	84.85	2	86.85	86.85	Q
3	Michal Smolen	United States	84.91	100	184.91	92.54	4	96.54	96.54	Q
4	Alexis Perez	Venezuela	95.40	4	99.40	96.75	0	96.75	96.75	Q
5	Geronimo Cortez	Argentina	95.26	6	101.26	88.79	10	98.79	98.79	Q
6	Arnaldo Cespedes Perez	Costa Rica	106.17	60	166.17	101.14	0	101.14	101.14	Q
7	Breiner Matiz	Colombia	119.95	6	125.95	108.31	0	108.31	108.31	Q
8	Andres Sierra	Mexico	109.24	4	113.24	112.64	0	112.64	112.64
9	Andraz Echeverria	Chile	128.83	4	132.83	119.01	2	121.01	121.01

Semifinal

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Pen.	Total	Notes
1	Ben Hayward	Canada	86.83	0	86.83	Q
2	Pedro da Silva	Brazil	88.67	0	88.67	Q
3	Michal Smolen	United States	89.49	0	89.49	Q
4	Geronimo Cortez	Argentina	95.77	2	97.77	Q
5	Alexis Perez	Venezuela	98.41	4	102.41	Q
6	Arnaldo Cespedes Perez	Costa Rica	110.42	6	116.42	Q
7	Breiner Matiz	Colombia	114.04	6	120.04

Final

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Pen.	Total	Notes
	Michal Smolen	United States	87.14	0	87.14
	Pedro da Silva	Brazil	87.02	2	89.02
	Ben Hayward	Canada	88.76	4	92.76
4	Alexis Perez	Venezuela	96.38	2	98.38
5	Arnaldo Cespedes Perez	Costa Rica	104.98	2	106.98
6	Geronimo Cortez	Argentina	102.66	6	108.66

References

1. Campbell, Wayne (26 October 2012). "Groundbreaking held for Welland International Flatwater Centre". Welland Tribune. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
2. "Welland Pan Am Flatwater Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
3. "Canoe Slalom and Canoe Women events added to Pan-American Games in 2015". http://www.canoeicf.com/. International Canoe Federation. February 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2014. External link in |website= (help)
4. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Canoe Slalom" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
5. "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2014.