Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres

The men's C-1 500 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists Gold Silver Bronze

Results

Heats 17 competitors were entered. The top two finishers in each heat moved on to the final with the others were relegated to the semifinals.

Heat 11. 1:52.907 QF2. 1:52.971 QF3. 1:53.803 QS4. 1:54.283 QS5. 1:54.727 QS6. 1:55.859 QS7. 1:57.295 QS8. 1:57.915 QS9. 1:59.423 QSHeat 21. 1:53.840 QF2. 1:54.244 QF3. 1:54.544 QS4. 1:55.056 QS5. 1:58.140 QS6. 2:00.076 QS7. 2:01.576 QS8. 2:02.532 QS

Semifinals Two semifinals were held with the top two finishers of each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advancing to the final.

Semifinal 11. 1:52.093 QF2. 1:52.423 QF3. 1:53.305 4. 1:54.121 5. 1:56.733 6. 1:57.457 7. 1:57.949 Semifinal 21. 1:51.614 QF2. 1:51.914 QF3. 1:52.174 QF4. 1:54.086 5. 1:58.570 6. 1:59.042

Final The final took place on August 4.

1:49.934 1:50.510 1:50.7584. 1:51.7145. 1:52.3586. 1:52.8467. 1:53.1588. 1:53.326 - DISQ

Doktor won his second gold medal by making his move at the 350 meter mark. Defending Olympic champion Bukhalov's disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.

References 1996 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. p. 171. Sports-reference.com 1996 C-1 500 m results. Wallechinsky, 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.