These are the results of the men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze
Results Heats The 19 competitors first raced in three heats. The first-place finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final, and the remaining 16 canoers moved on to the two semifinal races. The heats were raced on August 23. Heat 1
Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1Andreas Dittmer 3:52.922 QF2Stanimir Atanasov 3:55.590 QS3Marián Ostrčil 3:56.962 QS4Dagnis Vinogradovs 3:57.070 QS5Jonnathan Tafra 4:04.402 QS6Jing Ying 4:05.874 QS7Emanuel Horvaticek 4:27.662 QS Heat 2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1David Cal 3:50.091 QF2Stephen Giles 3:52.451 QS3Andreas Kiligkaridis 3:53.723 QS4Mitică Pricop 4:00.559 QS5Aliaksandr Zhukouski 4:02.159 QS6Darwin Correa 4:27.115 QS Heat 3 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1Konstantin Fomichev 3.48.690 QF2Martin Doktor 3:49.029 QS3Karel Aguilar Chacon 3:54.250 QS4Attila Vajda 3:57.290 QS5Kaissar Nurmaganbetov 4:00.486 QS6Yuriy Cheban 4:00.637 QS
Semifinals The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals advanced to the finals, joining the three canoers who had moved directly from the heats. All other canoers were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 25.
Semifinal 1 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Martin Doktor 3:51.812 QF2.Attila Vajda 3:52.236 QF3.Marián Ostrčil 3:53.820 QF4.Andreas Kiligkaridis 3:55.6085.Mitică Pricop 3:59.6406.Jing Ying 4:00.6847.Darwin Correa 4:22.0968.Jonnathan Tafra 4:22.644
Semifinal 2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Stephen Giles 3:51.720 QF2.Karel Aguilar Chacon 3:52.260 QF3.Dagnis Vinogradovs 3:53.656 QF4.Aliaksandr Zhukouski 3:55.4565.Kaissar Nurmaganbetov 3:57.8046.Stanimir Atanasov 4:05.6647.Emanuel Horvaticek 4:24.6048.Yuriy Cheban DSQ
Cheban was disqualified for not appearing in boat control after the race.
Final Rank Canoer Country Time NotesDavid Cal 3:46.201Andreas Dittmer 3:46.721Attila Vajda 3:49.0254.Martin Doktor 3:50.4055.Stephen Giles 3:51.4576.Dagnis Vinogradovs 3:53.5377.Marián Ostrčil 3:54.6298.Karel Aguilar Chacon 3:54.9579.Konstantin Fomichev 3:55.773
Dittmer got off to a quick lead, but Cal took the lead in an early surge to open a one-second gap at the 500 meter mark. The German tried to close the gap to the Spaniard, but Cal held on to win the gold. Also, the top four finishers of this event would win gold in this event between 1996 and 2008 (Cal - this event, Dittmer - 2000, Doktor - 1996, and Vajda - 2008).
References 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results Sports-reference.com 2004 C-1 1000 m results. Yahoo! Sports Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe/Kayak 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. 481.