Men's K1 500m semi-final (first 3 in each heat to final):

Heat 1:

1 A Vereckei (Hun) 1:39.57, 2 K Holmann (Nor) 1:39.96, 3 M Kolganov (Isr) 1:40.42, 4 G Magyar (Rom) 1:41.48, 5 P Hottmar (Cze) 1:41.92, 6 A Scaduto (Ita) 1:43.43, 7 M Apostol (Can) 1:43.44, 8 S Jorgensen (USA) 1:44.18, 9 H Helde (Est) 1:45.91

Heat 2:

1 P Merkov (Bul) 1:40.00, 2 A Duonela (Lit) 1:40.36, 3 A van Coller (Rsa) 1:40.65, 4 N Baggaley (Aus) 1:40.88, 5 K Latvamaki (Fin) 1:41.64, 6 R Erban (Svk) 1:42.30, 7 V Grouchikhine (Arm) 1:42.62, 8 O Filipovic (Yug) 1:43.43, 9 N Sung-Ho (Kor) 1:46.00

Heat 3:

1 L Liwowski (Ger) 1:40.58, 2 J Gonzalez (Spa) 1:41.16, 3 G Kotowicz (Pol) 1:41.19, 4 I Wynne (Gbr) 1:41.48, 5 A Tichtchenko (Rus) 1:42.54, 6 J Andres Correa (Arg) 1:42.76, 7 A Svensson (Swe)1:43.07, 8 A Ryahov (Uzb)1:43.29, 9 A Hermann Bachmann (Swi)1:45.86.

Men's C1 500m semi-final (First 3 to final):

Heat 1:

1 M Boilard (Can) 1:52.07, 2 N Bouhalov (Bul) 1:52.37, 3 M Slivinskyy (Ukr) 1:52.46, 4 F Huidu (Rom) 1:53.27, 5 C Frederiksen (Nor) 1:53.66, 6 K Nurmaganbetov (Kaz) 1:54.46, 7 J Manuel Crespo (Spa) 1:54.76, 8 A Maseikov (Blr) 1:55.03, 9 E le Leuch (Fra) 1:56.90.

Women's K1 500m semi-final (1st 3 to final):

1 K Borchert (Aus) 1:53.07, 2 N Janic (Yug) 1:55.48, 3 U Profanter (Aut) 1:55.62, 4 M Mucke (Ger) 1:55.79, 5 S Toma (Rom) 1:56.31, 6 K Colin (USA) 1:57.00, 7 T Portela (Spa) 1:58.93, 8 M Erbanova (Svk) 1:59.47, 9 A Hemmings (Gbr) 1:59.66.

Men's K2 500m semi-finals (1st 3 to final):

Heat 1:

1 Australia (A Trim & D Collins) 1:31.47, 2 Bulgaria (P Sibinkitch & M Kazanov) 1:31.91, 3 France (B Amir-Tahmasseb & P Aubertin) 1:32.59, 4 Denmark (P Madsen & J Staal) 1:32.86, 5 Russia (R Zaroubin & A Ivanik) 1:32.96, 6 Romania (V Curuzan Corneli & N Romica Serban) 1:32.97, 7 Great Britain (P Darby-Dowman & R Sabberton)1:33.17, 8 Israel (Rami Zurn & R Yellin) 1:34.24.

Heat 2: 1 Italy (A Rossi & B Bonomi) 1:29.88, 2 Poland (M Twardowski & A Wysocki) 1:30.02, 3 USA (P Newton & A Perez) 1:31.08, 4 Slovakia (J Baca & M Riszdorfer) 1:31.48, 5 Lithuania (E Balciunas & A Duonela) 1:32.08, 6 Czech Republic (R Zaruba & P Holubar) 1:33.05, 7 Norway (E Veraas Larsen & N Olav Fjeldheim) 1:34.71, 8 Brazil (S Cuattrin & C Campos) 1:34.86.

Men's C2 500m semi-final (1st 3 to final):

1 Russia (A Kovalev & A Kostoglod) 1:44.98, 2 Spain (D Mascato & J Alfredo Bea) 1:45.67, 3 Kazakhstan (Z Satubaldin & K Negodyayev) 1:45.80, 4 Czech Republic (P Prochazka & J Brecka) 1:46.01, 5 Mexico (J Ramon Ferrer Cruz & J Romero) 1:46.81, 6 Croatia (N Ljubek & D Funtak) 1:46.95, 7 Canada (A Buday & T Buday) 1:47.52, 8 Slovakia (J Kubica & M Ostrcil) 1:48.74, 9 Great Britain (A Train & S Train) 1:49.93.

Women's K2 500m semi-final (1st 3 to final):

1 Australia (A Wood & K Borchert) 1:44.68, 2 Spain (M Isabel Garcia Suarez & B Sanchez) 1:45.14, 3 Russia (N Goulii & E Tissina) 1:46.55, 4 Ukraine (G Balabanova & N Fiklisova) 1:47.37, 5 Israel (L Carmi & L Peisakhovitch) 1:48.12, 6 USA (T Jenkins & K Colin) 1:48.30, 7 Belarus (E Bet & S Vakula) 1:49.75.

AFP