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

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Canoeing at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Sprint
C-1 500 mmen
C-1 1000 mmen
C-2 500 mmen
C-2 1000 mmen
K-1 500 mmenwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-2 500 mmenwomen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-4 1000 mmen

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

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

Results

Heats

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

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

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

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

Repechage 1

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

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

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

Semifinal 1

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

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

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

The final took place on July 31.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matija Ljubek  Yugoslavia 4:09.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vasyl Yurchenko  Soviet Union 4:12.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

Olympic canoeing champions in men's C-1 1000 m
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