These are the results of the men's C-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze
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 24. HeatPlaceAthlete CountryTimeNotes11Andreas Dittmer 1:49.146 QF12Martin Marinov 1:49.698 QS13Aldo Pruna Diaz 1:50.246 QS14Aliaksandr Zhukouski 1:50.378 QS15Andreas Kiligkaridis 1:53.662 QS16Yuriy Cheban 2:00.238 QS17Darwin Correa 2:02.014 QS21Maxim Opalev 1:48.144 QF22Dagnis Vinogradovs 1:50.776 QS23Florin Georgian Mironcic 1:51.568 QS24Wang Bing 1:51.920 QS25Emanuel Horvaticek 1:55.528 QS26Kaissar Nurmaganbetov 1:55.636 QS31David Cal 1:48.397 QF32Martin Doktor 1:49.557 QS33Richard Dalton 1:50.005 QS34Márton Joób 1:51.025 QS35Stanimir Atanasov 1:52.917 QS36Marián Ostrčil 1:58.357 QS
Semifinals The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the final, joining the three first-place finishers from the initial heats. Fourth place and higher competitors were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26. Semifinal 11. 1:50.253 QF2. 1:50.813 QF3. 1:51.649 QF4. 1:53.2295. 1:53.3336. 1:53.3857. 1:53.7938. 1:53.957Semifinal 21. 1:50.563 QF2. 1:50.631 QF3. 1:51.027 QF4. 1:51.2195. 1:52.5116. 1:52.8717. 1:58.7278. 2:06.347
Final The final was raced on August 28. 1:46.383 1:46.723 1:47.7674. 1:47.9035. 1:47.9996. 1:48.1037. 1:48.1958. 1:49.7599. 1:49.903
Dittmar learned his lesson from the previous day in letting Cal get out to far ahead in the C-1 1000 m event by staying close to the Spaniard through the entire race before winning his third Olympic gold medal.
References 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results Sports-reference.com 2004 C-1 500 m results. Yahoo! Sports Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe/Kayak Results Wallcehinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 479.