Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres


These are the results of the men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.

Medalists

Heats

The 19 competitors first raced in three heats. The first-place finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final, and the remaining 16 canoers moved on to the two semifinal races. The heats were raced on August 23.
HeatPlaceAthleteCountryTimeNotes
11Andreas Dittmer3:52.922QF
12Stanimir Atanasov3:55.590QS
13Marián Ostrčil3:56.962QS
14Dagnis Vinogradovs3:57.070QS
15Jonnathan Tafra4:04.402QS
16Jing Ying4:05.874QS
17Emanuel Horvaticek4:27.662QS
21David Cal3:50.091QF
22Stephen Giles3:52.451QS
23Andreas Kiligkaridis3:53.723QS
24Mitică Pricop4:00.559QS
25Aliaksandr Zhukouski4:02.159QS
26Darwin Correa4:27.115QS
31Konstantin Fomichev3.48.690QF
32Martin Doktor3:49.029QS
33Karel Aguilar Chacon3:54.250QS
34Attila Vajda3:57.290QS
35Kaissar Nurmaganbetov4:00.486QS
36Yuriy Cheban4:00.637QS

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals advanced to the finals, joining the three canoers who had moved directly from the heats. All other canoers were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 25.
Cheban was disqualified for not appearing in boat control after the race.

Final

The final was raced on August 27.
Dittmer got off to a quick lead, but Cal took the lead in an early surge to open a one-second gap at the 500 meter mark. The German tried to close the gap to the Spaniard, but Cal held on to win the gold.