Men's K1 1000m semi-finals (1st 3 in each heat to final):

Heat 1:

1 K Holmann (Nor) 3:36.42, 2 T Brabants (Gbr) 3:37.20, 3 M Kolganov (Isr) 3:37.43, 4 R Kokeny (Hun) 3:39.45, 5 C Robinson (AUS) 3:40.74, 6 V Mizeras (Lit) 3:41.96, 7 H Helde (Est) 3:43.49, 8 S Sergin (Kaz) 3:47.63, 9 G Mawer (Irl) 3:50.36.

Heat 2:

1 P Merkov (Bul) 3:38.21, 2 T Tranum-Jensen (Den) 3:38.86, 3 E Merchan (Spa) 3:40.26, 4 A van Coller (Rsa) 3:41.72, 5 R Kuzel (Svk) 3:43.20, 6 J Eriksson (Swe) 3:43.35, 7 A Ryahov (Uzb) 3:44.10, 8 R Glazewski (Pol) 3:46.76, 9 V Tereshchenko (Ukr) 3:46.83.

Heat 3:

1 J Andres Correa (Arg) 3:37.97, 2 P Lubac (Fra) 3:38.15, 3 J Majocchi (Ita) 3:39.15, 4 V Grushikhin (Arm) 3:41.14, 5 B Maesen (Bel) 3:43.14, 6 R Zaruba (Cze) 3:44.34, 7 M Baban (Rom) 3:47.21, 8 A Hermann Bachmann (Swi) 3:47.47. L Liwowski (Ger) disqualified.

Men's C1 1000m semi-final (1st 3 to final):

1 M Opalev (Rus) 4:01.22, 2 J Klementjevs (Lat) 4:01.30, 3 E le Leuch (Fra) 4:02.03, 4 G Zala (Hun) 4:03.22, 5 F Huidu (Rom) 4:03.91, 6 J Manuel Crespo (Spa) 4:04.04, 7 K Nurmaganbetov (Kaz) 4:05.20, 8 N Bouhalov (Bul) 4:05.23. A Kiligkaridis (Gre) DNS

Men's K2 1000m semi-final (1st 3 to final):

1 Russia (E Salakhov & O Gorobii) 3:17.11, 2 Norway (E Veraas Larsen & N Olav Fjeldheim) 3:17.28, 3 Poland (M Twardowski & A Wysocki) 3:18.02, 4 Denmark (P Madsen & J Staal) 3:18.20, 5 Great Britain (P Darby-Dowman & R Sabberton) 3:19.82, 6 Brazil (C Campos & S Cuattrin) 3:22.4, 7 Israel (R Zur & R Yellin) 3:22.63, 8 Czech Republic (J Soucek & J Andrlik) 3:24.86, 9 Australia (B Morton & L Young) 3:25.04

Men's K4 1000m semi-final (1st 3 to final):

1 Bulgaria 3:01.05, (M Kazanov/P Merkov/I Iordanov/P Sibinkitch), 2 Sweden 3:02.61 (A Gustafsson/N Persson/E Lindeberg/J Fager), 3 Yugoslavia 3:02.71 (I Kovacic/S Vujanic/J Soti/D Zoric), 4 Czech Republic 3:02.85 (K Lestina/P Hottmar/P Holubar/J Polivka), 5 France 3:03.70 (F Gauthier/M Boccon/P Lubac/S Gourichon), 6 Romania 3:05.10 (S Petcu/M Sirbu/N Romica Serban/V Curuzan), 7 Australia 3:05.52 (R Chaffer/S Suska/P Scott/C McFadzean)

Men's C2 1000m pairs semi-final (1st 3 to final):

1 Germany (S Utess & L Kober) 3:43.03, 2 Canada (A Buday & T Buday) 3:44.35, Mexico (R Ferrer & A Romero) 3:44.35, 4 Britain (A Train & S Train) 3:45.62, 5 Slovakia (J Kubica & M Ostrcil) 3:45.63, 6 Ukraine (R Bundz & L Kamlochuk) 3:47.29, 7 Kazakhstan (Z Satubaldin & K Negodyayev) 3:48.75, 8 Czech Republic (P Prochazka & J Brecka) 3:51.01.

Women's K4 500m semi-final (1st 3 to final):

1 Ukraine 1:37.70 (H Balabanova/N Fiklisova/M Ralcheva/O Cherevatova), 2 Russia 1:38.26 (N Goulii/E Tissina/O Tichtchenko/G Poryvaeva), 3 Canada 1:38.34 (M-Josee Gibeau-Ouimet/C Lightbound/J Rivard/K Jain), 4 Australia 1:38.58 (S Oates-Wilding/A Simper/K Randle/Y Nossiter).

AFP