The men's C-1 500 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.
Medallists edit
 Gold
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 Silver
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 Bronze
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 Martin Doktor (CZE)
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 Slavomír Kňazovický (SVK)
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 Imre Pulai (HUN)
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Results edit
Heats edit
17 competitors were entered. The top two finishers in each heat moved on to the final with the others were relegated to the semifinals.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Martin Doktor (CZE) |
1:52.907 | QF |
| 2. | Slavomír Kňazovický (SVK) |
1:52.971 | QF |
| 3. |  Steve Giles (CAN) |
1:53.803 | QS |
| 4. |  Michał Śliwiński (UKR) |
1:54.283 | QS |
| 5. |  Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL) |
1:54.727 | QS |
| 6. |  Konstantin Negodyayev (KAZ) |
1:55.859 | QS |
| 7. |  Jim Terrell (USA) |
1:57.295 | QS |
| 8. |  José Manuel Crespo (ESP) |
1:57.915 | QS |
| 9. |  Andrei Placinta (MDA) |
1:59.423 | QS |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. |  Thomas Zereske (GER) |
1:53.840 | QF |
| 2. | Imre Pulai (HUN) |
1:54.244 | QF |
| 3. |  Éric le Leuch (FRA) |
1:54.544 | QS |
| 4. |  Christian Frederiksen (DEN) |
1:55.056 | QS |
| 5. |  Florin Huidu (ROU) |
1:58.140 | QS |
| 6. |  Dražen Funtak (CRO) |
2:00.076 | QS |
| 7. |  Silvestre Pereira (POR) |
2:01.576 | QS |
| 8. |  Yevgeny Astanin (UZB) |
2:02.532 | QS |
Semifinals edit
Two semifinals were held with the top two finishers of each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advancing to the final.
| Semifinal 1 | |||
| 1. | Michał Śliwiński (UKR) |
1:52.093 | QF |
| 2. | Konstantin Negodyayev (KAZ) |
1:52.423 | QF |
| 3. | Éric le Leuch (FRA) |
1:53.305 | |
| 4. | José Manuel Crespo (ESP) |
1:54.121 | |
| 5. | Florin Huidu (ROU) |
1:56.733 | |
| 6. | Andrei Placinta (MDA) |
1:57.457 | |
| 7. | Silvestre Pereira (POR) |
1:57.949 | |
| Semifinal 2 | |||
| 1. | Steve Giles (CAN) |
1:51.614 | QF |
| 2. | Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL) |
1:51.914 | QF |
| 3. | Christian Frederiksen (DEN) |
1:52.174 | QF |
| 4. | Jim Terrell (USA) |
1:54.086 | |
| 5. | Dražen Funtak (CRO) |
1:58.570 | |
| 6. | Yevgeny Astanin (UZB) |
1:59.042 | |
Final edit
The final took place on August 4.
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Martin Doktor (CZE) |
1:49.934 |
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Slavomír Kňazovický (SVK) |
1:50.510 |
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Imre Pulai (HUN) |
1:50.758 |
| 4. | Michał Śliwiński (UKR) |
1:51.714 |
| 5. | Thomas Zereske (GER) |
1:52.358 |
| 6. | Christian Frederiksen (DEN) |
1:52.846 |
| 7. | Konstantin Negodyayev (KAZ) |
1:53.158 |
| 8. | Steve Giles (CAN) |
1:53.326 |
| - | Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL) |
DISQ |
Doktor won his second gold medal by making his move at the 350 meter mark. Defending Olympic champion Bukhalov's disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.
References edit
- 1996 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. p. 171. (in English and French)
- Sports-reference.com 1996 C-1 500 m results.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 479.