Canoeing at the 1988 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 1988 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists edit

  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  Ivans Klementyev (URS)   Jörg Schmidt (GDR)   Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)

Results edit

Heats edit

Fifteen competitors were entered. Held on September 27, the top three finishers in each heat moved on to the semifinals with the others relegated to the repechages.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Jörg Schmidt   East Germany 4:06.18 QS
2. Eric Jamieson   Great Britain 4:06.88 QS
3. Nikolay Bukhalov   Bulgaria 4:09.57 QS
4. Peter Páleš   Czechoslovakia 4:11.88 QR
5. Jan Pinczura   Poland 4:14.10 QR
6. Bruce Merritt   United States 4:17.73 QR
7. Timo Grönlund   Finland 4:24.69 QR

Heat 2 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Ivans Klementyev   Soviet Union 4:05.02 QS
2. Larry Cain   Canada 4:09.50 QS
3. Aurel Macarencu   Romania 4:09.71 QS
4. Ivan Šabjan   Yugoslavia 4:11.54 QR
5. Imre Pulai   Hungary 4:12.18 QR
6. Francisco López   Spain 4:16.02 QR
7. Hiroyuki Izumi   Japan 4:40.34 QR
8. Jang Yeong-Cheol   South Korea 4:47.95 QR

Repechages edit

Held on September 27, the top three finishers in each repechage moved on to the semifinals.

Repechage 1 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Peter Páleš   Czechoslovakia 4:17.83 QS
2. Imre Pulai   Hungary 4:20.50 QS
3. Bruce Merritt   United States 4:41.75 QS
4. Hiroyuki Izumi   Japan 5:00.98

Repechage 2 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Ivan Šabjan   Yugoslavia 4:20.82 QS
2. Francisco López   Spain 4:22.34 QS
3. Jan Pinczura   Poland 4:24.10 QS
4. Timo Grönlund   Finland 4:26.80
5. Jang Yeong-Cheol   South Korea 4:43.95

Semifinals edit

Taking place on September 29, the top three finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Aurel Macarencu   Romania 4:07.69 QF
2. Jörg Schmidt   East Germany 4:08.17 QF
3. Ivan Šabjan   Yugoslavia 4:08.75 QF
4. Bruce Merritt   United States 4:16.51

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Ivans Klementyev   Soviet Union 4:05.06 QF
2. Nikolay Bukhalov   Bulgaria 4:07.23 QF
3. Imre Pulai   Hungary 4:10.79 QF
4. Francisco López   Spain 4:16.90

Semifinal 3 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Larry Cain   Canada 4:07.47 QF
2. Peter Páleš   Czechoslovakia 4:08.84 QF
3. Eric Jamieson   Great Britain 4:13.44 QF
- Jan Pinczura   Poland DISQ

Pinczura's disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.

Final edit

The final took place on October 1.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
  Ivans Klementyev   Soviet Union 4:12.78
  Jörg Schmidt   East Germany 4:15.83
  Nikolay Bukhalov   Bulgaria 4:18.94
4. Larry Cain   Canada 4:20.70
5. Aurel Macarencu   Romania 4:21.72
6. Imre Pulai   Hungary 4:21.86
7. Peter Páleš   Czechoslovakia 4:22.14
8. Ivan Šabjan   Yugoslavia 4:24.67
9. Eric Jamieson   Great Britain 4:39.60

References edit