Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

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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

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

Results

Heats

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

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

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

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

Repechage 1

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

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

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

Semifinal 1

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

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

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

The final took place on October 1.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ivans Klementyev  Soviet Union 4:12.78
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jörg Schmidt  East Germany 4:15.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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