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Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

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The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists

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Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Matija Ljubek (YUG)  Vasyl Yurchenko (URS)  Tamás Wichmann (HUN)

Results

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Heats

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Fifteen competitors were entered. Held on July 29, 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. Ivan Patzaichin  Romania 4:13.09 QS
2. Tamás Wichmann  Hungary 4:14.87 QS
3. Matija Ljubek  Yugoslavia 4:15.14 QS
4. Roland Iche  France 4:20.13 QR
5. Ulrich Eicke  West Germany 4:28.66 QR
6. Pietro Bruschi  Italy 4:33.38 QR
7. William Reichenstein  Great Britain 4:49.20 QR
8. Mitsuo Nakanishi  Japan 4:52.59 QR

Heat 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Vasyl Yurchenko  Soviet Union 4:20.44 QS
2. Wilfried Stephan  East Germany 4:25.23 QS
3. Borislav Ananiev  Bulgaria 4:28.18 QS
4. Göran Backlund  Sweden 4:29.36 QR
5. Timo Grönlund  Finland 4:30.93 QR
6. John Edwards  Canada 4:32.67 QR
7. Angus Morrison  United States 4:35.77 QR

Repechages

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Held on July 29, the top three finisher in each repechage advanced to the semifinals.

Repechage 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Roland Iche  France 4:15.51 QS
2. Angus Morrison  United States 4:18.11 QS
3. Pietro Bruschi  Italy 4:19.11 QS
4. Timo Grönlund  Finland 4:19.71
5. Mitsuo Nakanishi  Japan 4:40.96

Repechage2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Ulrich Eicke  West Germany 4:12.00 QS
2. John Edwards  Canada 4:14.47 QS
3. Göran Backlund  Sweden 4:28.18 QS
4. William Reichenstein  Great Britain 4:37.47

Semifinals

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Taking place on July 31, the top three finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Borislav Ananiev  Bulgaria 4:13.39 QF
2. Ivan Patzaichin  Romania 4:15.21 QF
3. Ulrich Eicke  West Germany 4:16.69 QF
4. Pietro Bruschi  Italy 4:21.88

Semifinal 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Vasyl Yurchenko  Soviet Union 4:12.00 QF
2. Matija Ljubek  Yugoslavia 4:19.99 QF
3. John Edwards  Canada 4:21.89 QF
4. Angus Morrison  United States 4:25.83

Semifinal 3

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Tamás Wichmann  Hungary 4:17.32 QF
2. Roland Iche  France 4:18.30 QF
3. Wilfried Stephan  East Germany 4:18.99 QF
4. Göran Backlund  Sweden 4:20.93

Final

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The final took place on July 31.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matija Ljubek  Yugoslavia 4:09.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vasyl Yurchenko  Soviet Union 4:12.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tamás Wichmann  Hungary 4:14.11
4. Borislav Ananiev  Bulgaria 4:14.41
5. Ivan Patzaichin  Romania 4:15.08
6. Roland Iche  France 4:18.23
7. Wilfried Stephan  East Germany 4:22.43
8. Ulrich Eicke  West Germany 4:22.77
9. John Edwards  Canada 4:30.55

Ljubek, fourth at the halfway mark, was the only finalist to paddle the second half of the race faster than the first.

References

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