MEN'S SENIOR
K-1
500m
  Kayak Singles
 
No Trophy
 
Recordi500m
2022
1:37.7
CANADA
Simon McTavish
 
  Year   Time First Place Second Place Third Place
 
  1977   No Time Reed Oldershaw Scott Oldershaw S. Kelly
        CANADA CANADA UNITED STATES
                   
  North American Championships dissolved. Pan American Championships begin.
                   
  1978   1:50.8 M. Janic G. Csapo J. Marrero
        YUGOSLAVIA HUNGARY CUBA
  1979   1:58.1 Terry White T. Denko Greg Barton
        UNITED STATES HUNGARY UNITED STATES
  1980   1:49.5 E. Kaleklev Greg Barton I. Manev
        NORWAY UNITED STATES BULGARIA
  1981   1:57.12 D. Schurrenberger Donald Brien M. Marcheco
        UNITED STATES CANADA CUBA
  1982   1:51.8 R. Cunill J. Hernandez Preston Fisk
        CUBA CUBA CANADA
  1983   1:50.43 Jeff Houser Allan Thomson Bill Trayling
        CANADA CANADA CANADA
  1984   Championships suspended for Olympic Games, Los Angeles, USA
                   
  1985   1:56.72 Greg Barton Terry White Marcello Cravero
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES ARGENTINA
  1986   1:48.62 Greg Barton Terry White Atilio Vazquez
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES ARGENTINA
  1987   Pan American Games in Indianapolis, USA
                   
  1988   1:46.584 Renn Crichlow Carl Beaumier Jim Schreiner
        CANADA CANADA UNITED STATES
                   
  1989-1999 Canada did not attend 1989/1999. Championships not held 1990-1998
                   
  2000   1:43.67     Krassimir Borissov
        ARGENTINA UNITED STATES CANADA
  2001         Steve Jorens
                CANADA
  2002   1:43.043 Lansy Martinez Sebastian Cuattrin Mark De Jonge
        CUBA BRAZIL CANADA
  2003   Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
                   
  2004   1:43.950 Sebastian Cuattrin Ryan Cuthbert Juan Berguero
        BRAZIL CANADA ARGENTINA
  2005   1:38.799 Adam Van Koeverden Miguel Correa Edson Silva
        CANADA ARGENTINA BRAZIL
  2006   1:40.06 Angus Mortimer Carlos Campos Miguel Correa
        CANADA BRAZIL ARGENTINA
  2007   Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
                   
  2008   1:39.986 Morgan House Miguel Correa Manuel Cortina
        UNITED STATES ARGENTINA MEXICO
  2009   1:52.81 Edson Silva Manuel Cortina Daniel Dal Bo
        BRAZIL MEXICO ARGENTINA
  2010     Angus Mortimer    
        CANADA        
  2011   Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico
                   
  2012     No Canadians    
                   
  2013     No Canadians    
                   
  2014   1:43.76 Jordan Silva Vagner Souta Reinier Jiminez
        MEXICO BRAZIL CUBA
  2015   Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada
                   
  2016   1:47.05 Omar De Andres Chris Miller Sebastian Romero
        ARGENTINA UNITED STATES URUGUAY
  2017   1:45.09 Manuel Lascano Vagner Souta Christian Guerrero
        ARGENTINA BRAZIL DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  2018   1:41.802 Juan Caceres Jarret Kenke Sebastian Delgado
        ARGENTINA CANADA URUGUAY
  2019   Pan American Games in Lima, Peru
                   
  2020-2021 No Championships
                   
  2022   1:37.7 Simon McTavish Matias Otero Vagner Souta
        CANADA URUGUAY BRAZIL
  2023   Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile
                   
  2024   1:37.939 Gonzalo Carreras Aaron Small Sebastian Alveal
        ARGENTINA UNITED STATES CHILE