Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists

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  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  Matija Ljubek (YUG)   Vasyl Yurchenko (URS)   Tamás Wichmann (HUN)

Results

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Heats

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Fifteen competitors were entered. Held on July 29, the top three finishers in each heat moved on to the semifinals with the others relegated to the repechages.

Heat 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Ivan Patzaichin   Romania 4:13.09 QS
2. Tamás Wichmann   Hungary 4:14.87 QS
3. Matija Ljubek   Yugoslavia 4:15.14 QS
4. Roland Iche   France 4:20.13 QR
5. Ulrich Eicke   West Germany 4:28.66 QR
6. Pietro Bruschi   Italy 4:33.38 QR
7. William Reichenstein   Great Britain 4:49.20 QR
8. Mitsuo Nakanishi   Japan 4:52.59 QR

Heat 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Vasyl Yurchenko   Soviet Union 4:20.44 QS
2. Wilfried Stephan   East Germany 4:25.23 QS
3. Borislav Ananiev   Bulgaria 4:28.18 QS
4. Göran Backlund   Sweden 4:29.36 QR
5. Timo Grönlund   Finland 4:30.93 QR
6. John Edwards   Canada 4:32.67 QR
7. Angus Morrison   United States 4:35.77 QR

Repechages

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Held on July 29, the top three finisher in each repechage advanced to the semifinals.

Repechage 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Roland Iche   France 4:15.51 QS
2. Angus Morrison   United States 4:18.11 QS
3. Pietro Bruschi   Italy 4:19.11 QS
4. Timo Grönlund   Finland 4:19.71
5. Mitsuo Nakanishi   Japan 4:40.96

Repechage2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Ulrich Eicke   West Germany 4:12.00 QS
2. John Edwards   Canada 4:14.47 QS
3. Göran Backlund   Sweden 4:28.18 QS
4. William Reichenstein   Great Britain 4:37.47

Semifinals

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Taking place on July 31, the top three finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Borislav Ananiev   Bulgaria 4:13.39 QF
2. Ivan Patzaichin   Romania 4:15.21 QF
3. Ulrich Eicke   West Germany 4:16.69 QF
4. Pietro Bruschi   Italy 4:21.88

Semifinal 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Vasyl Yurchenko   Soviet Union 4:12.00 QF
2. Matija Ljubek   Yugoslavia 4:19.99 QF
3. John Edwards   Canada 4:21.89 QF
4. Angus Morrison   United States 4:25.83

Semifinal 3

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Tamás Wichmann   Hungary 4:17.32 QF
2. Roland Iche   France 4:18.30 QF
3. Wilfried Stephan   East Germany 4:18.99 QF
4. Göran Backlund   Sweden 4:20.93

Final

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The final took place on July 31.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
  Matija Ljubek   Yugoslavia 4:09.51
  Vasyl Yurchenko   Soviet Union 4:12.57
  Tamás Wichmann   Hungary 4:14.11
4. Borislav Ananiev   Bulgaria 4:14.41
5. Ivan Patzaichin   Romania 4:15.08
6. Roland Iche   France 4:18.23
7. Wilfried Stephan   East Germany 4:22.43
8. Ulrich Eicke   West Germany 4:22.77
9. John Edwards   Canada 4:30.55

Ljubek, fourth at the halfway mark, was the only finalist to paddle the second half of the race faster than the first.

References

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