The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
Medallists Gold Silver Bronze
Results
Heats Thirteen competitors were entered. Held on September 5, the top three in each heat move on to final with the others were relegated to the semifinal. Ivan Patzaichin broke his paddle and placed last in his heat. Yet he managed to finish the race, paddling with a peace of wood that he removed from the floor of his canoe, and was included to the repechage.
Heat 1 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Tamás Wichmann 4:29.01 QF2.Boris Lyubenov 4:32.03 QF3.Jerzy Opara 4:32.39 QF4.Roberto Altamirano 4:34.52 QS5.András Törő 4:39.92 QS6.Jiří Čtvrtečka 4:54.56 QS7.John Wood 4:56.70 QS
Heat 2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Detlef Lewe 4:31.79 QF2.Vasiliy Yurchenko 4:33.34 QF3.Dirk Weise 4:41.04 QF4.Jean-François Millot 4:52.30 QS5.Tetsumasa Yamaguchi 4:53.66 QS6.Ivan Patzaichin 6:34.65 QS
Semifinal Only the seven canoeists who did not advance from the first round competed in the semifinal. Taking place on September 8, the top three finishers advanced to the final.
Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Ivan Patzaichin 4:11.90 QF2.Jiří Čtvrtečka 4:14.99 QF3.Roberto Altamirano 4:15.24 QF4.Jean-François Millot 4:20.70 5.John Wood 4:24.40 6.András Törő 4:25.23 7.Tetsumasa Yamaguchi 4:36.34
Final The final took place on September 9.
Rank Canoer Country Time NotesIvan Patzaichin 4:08.94Tamás Wichmann 4:12.42Detlef Lewe 4:13.634.Dirk Weise 4:14.385.Vasiliy Yurchenko 4:14.436.Boris Lyubenov 4:14.657.Jiří Čtvrtečka 4:14.988.Roberto Altamirano 4:20.399.Jerzy Opara 4:21.05
References Sports-reference.com 1972 C-1 1000 m results. sports-reference.com Canoeing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Men's Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres Round One. sports-reference.com Sergei Glebov (21 December 2014) Адмирал золотой флотилии. Как русский стал лучшим спортсменом Румынии XX века. eurosport.ru
External links 1972 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. p. 493.