Canoeing at the 1988 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 1988 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists Gold Silver Bronze

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 Notes1.Jörg Schmidt 4:06.18 QS2.Eric Jamieson 4:06.88 QS3.Nikolay Bukhalov 4:09.57 QS4.Peter Páleš 4:11.88 QR5.Jan Pinczura 4:14.10 QR6.Bruce Merritt 4:17.73 QR7.Timo Grönlund 4:24.69 QR

Heat 2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Ivans Klementyev 4:05.02 QS2.Larry Cain 4:09.50 QS3.Aurel Macarencu 4:09.71 QS4.Ivan Šabjan 4:11.54 QR5.Imre Pulai 4:12.18 QR6.Francisco López 4:16.02 QR7.Hiroyuki Izumi 4:40.34 QR8.Jang Yeong-Cheol 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 Notes1.Peter Páleš 4:17.83 QS2.Imre Pulai 4:20.50 QS3.Bruce Merritt 4:41.75 QS4.Hiroyuki Izumi 5:00.98

Repechage 2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Ivan Šabjan 4:20.82 QS2.Francisco López 4:22.34 QS3.Jan Pinczura 4:24.10 QS4.Timo Grönlund 4:26.80 5.Jang Yeong-Cheol 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 Notes1.Aurel Macarencu 4:07.69 QF2.Jörg Schmidt 4:08.17 QF3.Ivan Šabjan 4:08.75 QF4.Bruce Merritt 4:16.51

Semifinal 2 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Ivans Klementyev 4:05.06 QF2.Nikolay Bukhalov 4:07.23 QF3.Imre Pulai 4:10.79 QF4.Francisco López 4:16.90

Semifinal 3 Rank Canoer Country Time Notes1.Larry Cain 4:07.47 QF2.Peter Páleš 4:08.84 QF3.Eric Jamieson 4:13.44 QF -Jan Pinczura DISQ

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

Final The final took place on October 1.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes Ivans Klementyev 4:12.78Jörg Schmidt 4:15.83Nikolay Bukhalov 4:18.944.Larry Cain 4:20.705.Aurel Macarencu 4:21.726.Imre Pulai 4:21.867.Peter Páleš 4:22.148.Ivan Šabjan 4:24.679.Eric Jamieson 4:39.60

References 1988 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 2. pp. 344–5. Sports-reference.com 1988 C-1 1000 m results.