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)