Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres
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| Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
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| K-1 | men | women | ||
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| C-1 1000 m | men | |||
| C-2 1000 m | men | |||
| K-1 500 m | women | |||
| K-1 1000 m | men | |||
| K-2 500 m | women | |||
| K-2 1000 m | men | |||
| K-4 1000 m | men | |||
The Men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
Medallists
 Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
 Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) |
 Tamás Wichmann (HUN) |
 Detlef Lewe (FRG) |
Results
Heats
Thirteen competitors were entered. Held on September 5, the top three in each heat move on to final with the others were relegated to the semifinal.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Tamás Wichmann (HUN) |
4:29.01 | QF |
| 2. |  Boris Lyubenov (BUL) |
4:32.03 | QF |
| 3. |  Jerzy Opara (POL) |
4:32.39 | QF |
| 4. |  Roberto Altamirano (MEX) |
4:34.52 | QS |
| 5. |  András Törő (USA) |
4:39.92 | QS |
| 6. |  Jiří Čtvrtečka (TCH) |
4:54.56 | QS |
| 7. |  John Wood (CAN) |
4:56.70 | QS |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Detlef Lewe (FRG) |
4:31.79 | QF |
| 2. |  Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS) |
4:33.34 | QF |
| 3. |  Dirk Weise (GDR) |
4:41.04 | QF |
| 4. |  Jean-François Millot (FRA) |
4:52.30 | QS |
| 5. |  Tetsumasa Yamaguchi (JPN) |
4:53.66 | QS |
| 6. | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) |
6:34.65 | QS |
Semifinal
Only the seven canoeists who did not advance from the first round competed in the semifinal. Taking place on September 8, the top three finishers advanced to the final.
- Semifinal
| 1. | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) |
4:11.90 | QF |
| 2. | Jiří Čtvrtečka (TCH) |
4:14.99 | QF |
| 3. | Roberto Altamirano (MEX) |
4:15.24 | QF |
| 4. | Jean-François Millot (FRA) |
4:20.70 | |
| 5. | John Wood (CAN) |
4:24.40 | |
| 6. | András Törő (USA) |
4:25.23 | |
| 7. | Tetsumasa Yamaguchi (JPN) |
4:36.34 |
Final
The final took place on September 9.
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Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) |
4:08.94 |
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Tamás Wichmann (HUN) |
4:12.42 |
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Detlef Lewe (FRG) |
4:13.63 |
| 4. | Dirk Weise (GDR) |
4:14.38 |
| 5. | Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS) |
4:14.43 |
| 6. | Boris Lyubenov (BUL) |
4:14.65 |
| 7. | Jiří Čtvrtečka (TCH) |
4:14.98 |
| 8. | Roberto Altamirano (MEX) |
4:20.39 |
| 9. | Jerzy Opara (POL) |
4:21.05 |
References
- 1972 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. p. 493. (English), (French), & (German)
- Sports-reference.com 1972 C-1 1000 m results.
