Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres

These are the results of the men's K-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks. The heats and the final took place on Saturday, August 8.

Fifteen canoeists from 15 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)	Helmut Cämmerer (GER)	Jaap Kraaier (NED)

Heats

The 15 competitors first raced in two heats. The top four finishers in both heats moved directly to the final.

Heat 1

Place	Canoeist	Time	Qual.
1	Jaap Kraaier (NED)	4:36.5	QF
2	Joel Ramqvist (SWE)	4:38.8	QF
3	Henri Eberhardt (FRA)	4:41.1	QF
4	Ivar Iversen (NOR)	4:44.3	QF
5	Elio Sasso Sant (ITA)	4:50.2
6	Hans Potthof (SUI)	4:50.9
7	Emil Šmatlák (TCH)	4:54.1
8	Péter Szittya (HUN)	5:08.7

Heat 2

Place	Canoeist	Time	Qual.
1	Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)	4:25.2	QF
2	Helmut Cämmerer (GER)	4:27.2	QF
3	Ernest Riedel (USA)	4:40.8	QF
4	Birger Johansson (FIN)	4:47.0	QF
5	Henri Honsia (BEL)	4:51.1
6	Poul Larsen (DEN)	4:56.0
7	Frank Amyot (CAN)	5:17.0

Final

Place	Canoeist	Time
1	Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)	4:22.9
2	Helmut Cämmerer (GER)	4:25.6
3	Jaap Kraaier (NED)	4:35.1
4	Ernest Riedel (USA)	4:38.1
5	Joel Ramqvist (SWE)	4:39.5
6	Henri Eberhardt (FRA)	4:41.2
7	Birger Johansson (FIN)	4:42.2
8	Ivar Iversen (NOR)	4:44.2

The final took place in a heavy downpour that included thunder and lightning.

References

• 1936 Summer Olympics Official Report Volume 2. p. 1022.
• 1936 Sports Reference.com K-1 1000 m results - accessed September 1, 2008.
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Singles 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 471.