The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. Heat times were given in tenths of a second (0.1) while the semifinal and final events were given in hundredths of a second (0.01) in the official report.
Medallists edit
 Gold
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 Silver
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 Bronze
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 Tibor Tatai (HUN)
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 Detlef Lewe (FRG)
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 Vitaly Galkov (URS)
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Results edit
Heats edit
Twelve competitors were entered, but eleven took part. Held on October 22, the top three in each heat move on to final with the others relegated to the semifinal.
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ivan Patzaichin |  Romania |
4:28.3 | QF |
| 2. | Ove Emanuelsson |  Sweden |
4:32.4 | QF |
| 3. | Christopher Hook |  Canada |
4:34.9 | QF |
| 4. | Vitaly Galkov | Soviet Union |
4:35.4 | QS |
| 5. | Boris Lyubenov |  Bulgaria |
4:36.2 | QS |
| 6. | Félipe Ojeda |  Mexico |
4:47.3 | QS |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Detlef Lewe | West Germany |
4:24.5 | QF |
| 2. | Tibor Tatai | Hungary |
4:25.5 | QF |
| 3. | Jiří Čtvrtečka |  Czechoslovakia |
4:28.3 | QF |
| 4. | Andreas Weigand |  United States |
4:30.0 | QS |
| 5. | Tetsumasa Yamaguchi |  Japan |
4:33.3 | QS |
| - | Jürgen Harpke | East Germany |
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In the official report, Emanuelsson's first name is listed as Sten.
Semifinal edit
Only the five canoeists who did not advance from the first round competed in the semifinal. Taking place on October 24, the top three finishers advanced to the final.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vitaly Galkov | Soviet Union |
4:34.17 | QF |
| 2. | Boris Lyubenov | Bulgaria |
4:35.82 | QF |
| 3. | Andreas Weigand | United States |
4:37.11 | QF |
| 4. | Félipe Ojeda | Mexico |
4:43.20 | |
| 5. | Tetsumasa Yamaguchi | Japan |
4:54.61 |
Final edit
The final took place on October 25.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
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Tibor Tatai | Hungary |
4:36.14 | |
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Detlef Lewe | West Germany |
4:38.31 | |
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Vitaly Galkov | Soviet Union |
4:40.42 | |
| 4. | Jiří Čtvrtečka | Czechoslovakia |
4:40.74 | |
| 5. | Boris Lyubenov | Bulgaria |
4:43.43 | |
| 6. | Ove Emanuelsson | Sweden |
4:45.80 | |
| 7. | Ivan Patzaichin | Romania |
4:49.32 | |
| 8. | Andreas Weigand | United States |
4:50.42 | |
| 9. | Christopher Hook | Canada |
4:55.88 |
Tatai qualified as a reserve for the Hungarian team, but won decisively after driving the other finalists to exhaustion.
References edit
- 1968 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3, Part 2. p. 616. (in English and French)
- Sports-reference.com 1968 C-1 1000 m results.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Singles 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 480.