Men's K1 kayak singles 500m (1st 6 in each heat and next 3 fastest to semi-finals):

Heat 1:

1 A Vereckei (Hun) 1:42.08, 2 I Wynne (Gbr) 1:42.77, 3 O Filipovic (Yug) 1:43.09, 4 R Erban (Svk) 1:43.10, 5 A Scaduto (Ita) 1:43.28, 6 A Svensson (Swe) 1:43.34, 7 A Duonela (Lit) 1:43.87, 8 R Caumo (Bra) 1:49.95

Heat 2:

1 P Merkov (Bul) 1:40.22, 2 M Kolganov (Isr) 1:40.27, 3 J Gonzalez (Spa) 1:40.76, 4 L Liwowski (Ger) 1:41.09, 5 A van Coller (Rsa) 1:41.80, 6 P Hottmar (Cze) 1:44.39, 7 S Sergin (Kaz) 1:47.25

Heat 3:

1 G Kotowicz (Pol) 1:40.20, 2 K Holmann (Nor) 1:40.99, 3 N Baggaley (Aus) 1:41.85, 4 V Grouchikhine (Arm) 1:42.43, 5 M Apostol (Can) 1:42.56, 6 A Ryahov (Uzb) 1:42.69, 7 H Helde (Est) 1:42.77, 8 N Eivazi Khiarak (Iri) 1:49.30

Heat 4:

1 J Andres Correa (Arg) 1:41.55, 2 K Latvamaki (Fin) 1:42.53, 3 G Magyar (Rom) 1:42.73, 4 S Jorgensen (USA) 1:44.18, 5 A Tichtchenko (Rus) 1:44.70, 6 S-Ho Nam (Kor) 1:45.16, 7 A Hermann Bachmann (Swi) 1:45.18, 8 G Mawer (Irl) 1:49.70.

Men's C1 singles 500m (1st 3 in each heat and next fastest to final):

Heat 1:

1 M Opalev (Rus) 1min 51.04secs, 2 G Kolonics (Hun) 1mins 51.49secs, 3 S Knazovicky (Svk) 1:52.14, 4 F Huidu (Rom) 1:53.07, 5 JM Crespo (Spa) 1:53.86, 6 C Frederiksen (Nor) 1:54.36, 7 A Maseikov (Blr) 1:54.46, 8 K Nurmaganbetov (Kaz) 1:55.42, 9 J Malloch (USA) 1:58.93.

Heat 2:

1 A Dittmer (Ger) 1:50.34, 2 L Frank Balceiro (Cub) 1:51.91, 3 N Bouhalov (Bul) 1:51.99, 4 M Boilard (Can) 1:52.76, 5 M Slivinskyy (Ukr) 1:53.68, 6 E le Leuch (Fra) 1:53.93, 7 A Kiligkaridis (Gre) 1:57.85, 8 M Gajownik (Pol) 2:04.70. DQ: M Doktor (CZE).

Men's K2 kayak pairs 500m (winners and next 6 fastest to final):

Heat 1:

1 Germany (R Rauhe & T Wieskoetter) 1:30.50 Q, 2 Poland (M Twardowski & A Wysocki) 1:32.35, 3 Great Britain (P Darby-Dowman & R Sabberton) 1:32.78, 4 USA (P Newton & A Perez) 1:33.64, 5 Israel (R Yellin & R Zur) 1:34.77, 6 Russia (A Ivanik & R Zaroubin) 1:35.21, 7 Brazil (C Campos & S Cuattrin) 1:35.66

Heat 2:

1 Hungary (Z Kammerer & B Storcz) 1:31.14, 2 Slovakia (M Riszdorfer & J Baca) 1:32.02, 3 France (B Amir-Tahmasseb & P Aubertin) 1:32.90, 4 Romania (V Curuzan Corneli & N Romica Serban) 1:33.18, 5 Czech Republic (P Holubar & R Zaruba) 1:33.49, 6 Bulgaria (M Kazanov & P Sibinkitch) 1:33.68.

Heat 3:

1 Sweden (H Nilsson & M Oscarsson) 1:30.05, 2 Australia (A Trim & D Collins) 1:30.39, 3 Italy (A Rossi & B Bonomi) 1:32.19, 4 Denmark (P Madsen & J Staal) 1:32.61, 5 Lithuania (E Balciunas & A Duonela) 1:32.93, 6 Norway (N Olav Fjeldheim & E Veraas Larsen) 1:35.61.

Women's K1 kayak singles 500m (1st 3 in each heat and next fastest to final):

Heat 1:

1 C Brunet (Can) 1:51.55, 2 A Olsson (Swe) 1:52.78, 3 E Urbanczyk (Pol) 1:53.20, 4 S Toma (Rom) 1:54.73, 5 M Mucke (Ger) 1:54.87, 6 M Erbanova (Svk) 1:55.78, 7 U Profanter (Aut) 1:56.11, 8 A Hemmings (Gbr) 1:59.19, 9 I Osypenko (Ukr) 2:02.71

Heat 2:

1 J Idem Guerrini (Ita) 1:49.88, 2 R Koban (Hun) 1:50.77, 3 R Nortje (Rsa) 1:51.04, 4 K Borchert (Aus) 1:52.18, 5 N Janic (Yug) 1:54.39, 6 K Colin (USA) 1:55.37, 7 T Portela (Spa) 1:59.15, 8 S Maruyama (Jpn) 2:00.83.

Men's C2 500m heats

Race 1: 1 D Jedraszko & P Baraszkiewicz (Pol) 1min:41.511secs, 2 S Dmytro & S Klymnyuk (Ukr) 1:42.903, 3 T Zereske & C Gille (Ger) 1:43.233, 4 J Brecka & P Prochazka (Cze) 1:44.175, 5 D Mascato & J Alfredo Bea (Spa) 1:44.973, 6 N Ljubek & D Funtak (Cro) 1:45.567, 7 R Ferrer & A Romero (Mex) 1:45.927, 8 A Buday & T Buday (Can) 1:46.557.

Race 2: 1 F Popescu & M Pricop (Rom) 1min:41.904secs, I Rojas & L Periera (Cub) 1:42.180, 3 F Novak & I Pulai (Hun) 1:42.816, 4 Z Satubaldin & K Negodyayev (Kaz) 1:45.810, 5 A Train & S Train (Gbr) 1:46.986, 6 A Kostoglod & A Kovalev (Rus) 1:47.682, 7 J Kubica & M Ostrcil (Svk) 1:47.934.

Women's K2 500m heats

Race 1: 1 G Fischer & K Wagner (Ger) 1min:42.557secs 2 A Pastuszka & B Sokolowska (Pol) 1:42.905, 3 I Ericsson & Anna Olsson (Swe) 1:45.491, 4 M Isabel Garcia & S & B Sanchez 1:45.527, 5 K Colin & Tamara Jenkins (USA) 1:47.735, 6 L Carmi, L Peisakhovitch (Isr) 1:48.647, 7 E Bet & Svetlana Vakula (Blr) 1:55.757.

Race 2: 1 K Kovacs & S Szabo (Hun) 1min:42.298secs, 2 RA Ionita & M Limbau (Rom) 1:43.204, 3 C Brunet & K Furneaux (Can) 1:44.476, 4 K Borchert & A Wood (Aus) 1:45.250, 5 H Balabanova & Nataliya Fiklisova (Ukr) 1:46.942, 6 N Goulii & E Tissina (Rus) 1:47.356.

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