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 Silver Bronze

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 Notes1.Ivan Patzaichin 4:13.09 QS2.Tamás Wichmann 4:14.87 QS3.Matija Ljubek 4:15.14 QS4.Roland Iche 4:20.13 QR5.Ulrich Eicke 4:28.66 QR6.Pietro Bruschi 4:33.38 QR7.William Reichenstein 4:49.20 QR8.Mitsuo Nakanishi 4:52.59 QR Heat 2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Vasyl Yurchenko 4:20.44 QS2.Wilfried Stephan 4:25.23 QS3.Borislav Ananiev 4:28.18 QS4.Göran Backlund 4:29.36 QR5.Timo Grönlund 4:30.93 QR6.John Edwards 4:32.67 QR7.Angus Morrison 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 Notes1.Roland Iche 4:15.51 QS2.Angus Morrison 4:18.11 QS3.Pietro Bruschi 4:19.11 QS4.Timo Grönlund 4:19.71 5.Mitsuo Nakanishi 4:40.96 Repechage2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Ulrich Eicke 4:12.00 QS2.John Edwards 4:14.47 QS3.Göran Backlund 4:28.18 QS4.William Reichenstein 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 Notes1.Borislav Ananiev 4:13.39 QF2.Ivan Patzaichin 4:15.21 QF3.Ulrich Eicke 4:16.69 QF4.Pietro Bruschi 4:21.88 Semifinal 2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Vasyl Yurchenko 4:12.00 QF2.Matija Ljubek 4:19.99 QF3.John Edwards 4:21.89 QF4.Angus Morrison 4:25.83

Semifinal 3 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Tamás Wichmann 4:17.32 QF2.Roland Iche 4:18.30 QF3.Wilfried Stephan 4:18.99 QF4.Göran Backlund 4:20.93

Final The final took place on July 31.

Rank Canoer Country Time NotesMatija Ljubek 4:09.51Vasyl Yurchenko 4:12.57Tamás Wichmann 4:14.114.Borislav Ananiev 4:14.415.Ivan Patzaichin 4:15.086.Roland Iche 4:18.237.Wilfried Stephan 4:22.438.Ulrich Eicke 4:22.779.John Edwards 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 1976 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. p. 184. Sports-reference.com 1976 C-1 1000 m 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. 480.