The men's canoe sprint C-1 1000 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 15 and 16 August at Lagoa Stadium. The medals were presented by Tony Estanguet, IOC member, France and István Vaskuti, First Vice President of the ICF.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top boats from each heat advance to the "A" final, and the remaining boats advance to the semifinals. The top two boats in each semifinal and the next overall best boat advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00) Date Time RoundMonday, 15 August 2016 8:0010:30 HeatsSemifinalsTuesday, 16 August 2016 9:00 Finals

Results

Heats First boat progresses to A final and the remaining boats are qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Sebastian Brendel3:58.044FA2Tomasz Kaczor3:59.928SF3Henrik Vasbányai4:01.953SF4Dagnis Iljins4:11.766SF5Vincent Farkas4:12.295SF6Martin Marinov4:33.166SF7Mussa Chamaune5:00.454SF

Heat 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Isaquias Queiroz3:59.615FA2Martin Fuksa4:01.492SF3Ilia Shtokalov4:02.626SF4Carlo Tacchini4:04.697SF5Adrien Bart4:10.043SF6Buly Da Conceição Triste4:54.516SF

Heat 3 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Serghei Tarnovschi4:05.193FA2Gerasim Kochnev4:08.127SF3Mark Oldershaw4:13.600SF4Pavlo Altukhov4:19.361SF5Angel Kodinov4:27.904SF6Timur Khaidarov5:30.030SF

Semifinals The fastest two canoeists in each semifinal, and the overall next best time qualify for the 'A' final. The next four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Ilia Shtokalov3:58.259FA2Pavlo Altukhov3:58.574FA3Gerasim Kochnev3:59.489FA4Tomasz Kaczor3:59.836FB5Adrien Bart4:08.593FB6Dagnis Iljins4:20.181FB7Martin Marinov4:24.723FB8Timur Khaidarov5:33.919

Semifinal 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Martin Fuksa4:01.793FA2Carlo Tacchini4:02.461FA3Henrik Vasbányai4:03.113FB4Mark Oldershaw4:03.493FB5Vincent Farkas4:19.084FB6Angel Kodinov4:30.574FB7Buly Da Conceição Triste4:46.3968Mussa Chamaune5:07.281

Finals

Final B RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Tomasz Kaczor3:59.3502Adrien Bart4:00.9113Vincent Farkas4:04.0134Mark Oldershaw4:06.9725Dagnis Iljins4:10.0846Angel Kodinov4:10.1027Martin Marinov4:15.524Henrik VasbányaiDSQ

Final A RankCanoerCountryTimeNotesSebastian Brendel3:56.926Isaquias Queiroz3:58.529Ilia Shtokalov 4:00.9634Pavlo Altukhov4:01.5875Martin Fuksa 4:03.3226Gerasim Kochnev 4:04.2057Carlo Tacchini 4:15.368Serghei Tarnovschi4:00.852 (DSQ)*

Serghei Tarnovschi finished third, but was suspended and stripped of his bronze medal due to a failed doping test.

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