Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists Gold Silver Bronze

Results

Heats Thirteen competitors were entered with one withdrawal and one disqualification. Held on July 31, 1980, the top three finishers in each heat moved on to the final with the others relegated to the semifinal.

Heat 1 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Lipat Varabiev 4:06.13 QF2.Lyubomir Lyubenov 4:06.82 QF3.Sergei Postrekhin 4:07.39 QF4.Libor Dvořák 4:07.85 QS5.Timo Grönlund 4:11.11 QS6.William Reichenstein 4:28.18 QS -Hans Christian Lassen DISQ

Heat 2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Tamás Wichmann 4:02.79 QF2.Eckhard Leue 4:04.09 QF3.Thomas Falk 4:04.97 QF4.Matija Ljubek 4:05.21 QS5.Marek Łbik 4:13.34 QS -Pierre Langlois Did not start

Lassen's disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.

Semifinal Taking place on August 2, the top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Timo Grönlund 4:19.82 QF2.Libor Dvořák 4:20.15 QF3.Matija Ljubek 4:20.51 QF4.Marek Łbik 4:20.87 5.William Reichenstein 4:29.72

Final The final took place on August 2.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes Lyubomir Lyubenov 4:12.38Sergei Postrekhin 4:13.53Eckhard Leue 4:15.024.Libor Dvořák 4:15.255.Lipat Varabiev 4:16.686.Timo Grönlund 4:17.377.Thomas Falk 4:20.668.Matija Ljubek 4:22.409.Tamás Wichmann 4:45.30

References 1980 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. p. 191. Sports-reference.com 1980 C-1 1000 m results.