Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres


These are the results of the men's C-1 500 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 24.
HeatPlaceAthleteCountryTimeNotes
11Andreas Dittmer1:49.146QF
12Martin Marinov1:49.698QS
13Aldo Pruna Diaz1:50.246QS
14Aliaksandr Zhukouski1:50.378QS
15Andreas Kiligkaridis1:53.662QS
16Yuriy Cheban2:00.238QS
17Darwin Correa2:02.014QS
21Maxim Opalev1:48.144QF
22Dagnis Vinogradovs1:50.776QS
23Florin Georgian Mironcic1:51.568QS
24Wang Bing1:51.920QS
25Emanuel Horvaticek1:55.528QS
26Kaissar Nurmaganbetov1:55.636QS
31David Cal1:48.397QF
32Martin Doktor1:49.557QS
33Richard Dalton1:50.005QS
34Márton Joób1:51.025QS
35Stanimir Atanasov1:52.917QS
36Marián Ostrčil1:58.357QS

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the final, joining the three first-place finishers from the initial heats. Fourth place and higher competitors were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26.

Final

The final was raced on August 28.
Dittmar learned his lesson from the previous day in letting Cal get out to far ahead in the C-1 1000 m event by staying close to the Spaniard through the entire race before winning his third Olympic gold medal.