Canoeing at the 1992 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 1992 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists

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  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)   Ivans Klementyev (LAT)   György Zala (HUN)

Results

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Heats

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19 competitors were entered. The top three finishers in each heat moved on to the semifinals with the others relegated to the repechages.

Heat 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Matthias Röder   Germany 4:02.57 QS
2. Pascal Sylvoz   France 4:03.39 QS
3. Ivans Klementyev   Latvia 4:03.82 QS
4. Victor Partnoi   Romania 4:04.64 QR
5. Jan Bartůněk   Czechoslovakia 4:15.61 QR
6. Tomasz Darski   Poland 4:23.21 QR
7. Park Chang-Gyu   South Korea 4:23.93 QR

Heat 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Steve Giles   Canada 4:03.34 QS
2. Nikolay Bukhalov   Bulgaria 4:03.36 QS
3. Aleksandr Kostoglod   Unified Team 4:04.99 QS
4. Peter Liljedahl   Sweden 4:05.08 QR
5. Vlado Poslek   Croatia 4:09.77 QR
6. Fred Spaulding   United States 4:10.24 QR

Heat 3

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. György Zala   Hungary 4:06.43 QS
2. Andrew Train   Great Britain 4:07.44 QS
3. José Alfredo Bea   Spain 4:09.18 QS
4. Armando Silega   Cuba 4:10.76 QR
5. Tiit Tikerpe   Estonia 4:14.73 QR
6. José Martínez   Mexico 4:18.70 QR

Repechages

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The top four finishers in each repechage and the fastest fifth-place finisher moved on to the semifinals.

Repechage 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Victor Partnoi   Romania 4:02.67 QS
2. Fred Spaulding   United States 4:04.39 QS
3. Armando Silega   Cuba 4:04.43 QS
4. Vlado Poslek   Croatia 4:05.86 QS
5. Park Chang-Gyu   South Korea 4:06.53 QS

Repechage 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Jan Bartůněk   Czechoslovakia 4:02.48 QS
2. Peter Liljedahl   Sweden 4:03.44 QS
3. Tiit Tikerpe   Estonia 4:05.05 QS
4. José Martínez   Mexico 4:06.73 QS
5. Tomasz Darski   Poland 4:11.11

Semifinals

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The top four finishers in each semifinal and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Matthias Röder   Germany 4:02.94 QF
2. Nikolay Bukhalov   Bulgaria 4:03.46 QF
3. Ivans Klementyev   Latvia 4:04.12 QF
4. György Zala   Hungary 4:05.29 QF
5. Victor Partnoi   Romania 4:06.58 QF
6. José Martínez   Mexico 4:07.78
7. Armando Silega   Cuba 4:25.54
8. José Alfredo Bea   Spain 4:25.63
- Peter Liljedahl   Sweden 4:06.63 DISQ

Semifinal 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Pascal Sylvoz   France 4:06.83 QF
2. Steve Giles   Canada 4:08.05 QF
3. Jan Bartůněk   Czechoslovakia 4:08.44 QF
4. Andrew Train   Great Britain 4:09.94 QF
5. Aleksandr Kostoglod   Unified Team 4:10.10
6. Fred Spaulding   United States 4:13.83
7. Vlado Poslek   Croatia 4:16.99
8. Park Chang-Gyu   South Korea 4:29.23
- Tiit Tikerpe   Estonia 4:13.31 DISQ

Neither Liljedahl nor Tikerpe's disqualifications were disclosed in the official report.

Final

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The final took place on August 8.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
  Nikolay Bukhalov   Bulgaria 4:05.92
  Ivans Klementyev   Latvia 4:06.60
  György Zala   Hungary 4:07.35
4. Matthias Röder   Germany 4:08.96
5. Pascal Sylvoz   France 4:09.82
6. Andrew Train   Great Britain 4:12.58
7. Victor Partnoi   Romania 4:14.57
8. Jan Bartůněk   Czechoslovakia 4:15.25
9. Steve Giles   Canada 4:17.12

Bukhalov used the same tactics to defeat Klementjevs like he did Michał Śliwiński in the C-1 500 m event the previous day. Bukhalov led from start to finish while Klemenjevs moved from fifth to second in the last 250 meters.

References

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