Canoeing at the 1980 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 1980 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Lyubomir Lyubenov (BUL)  Sergei Postrekhin (URS)  Eckhard Leue (GDR)

Results

Heats

Thirteen competitors were entered with one withdrawal and one disqualification. Held on July 31, 1980, the top three finishers in each heat moved on to the final with the others relegated to the semifinal.

Heat 1

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Lipat Varabiev  Romania 4:06.13 QF
2. Lyubomir Lyubenov  Bulgaria 4:06.82 QF
3. Sergei Postrekhin  Soviet Union 4:07.39 QF
4. Libor Dvořák  Czechoslovakia 4:07.85 QS
5. Timo Grönlund  Finland 4:11.11 QS
6. William Reichenstein  Great Britain 4:28.18 QS
- Hans Christian Lassen  Denmark DISQ

Heat 2

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Tamás Wichmann  Hungary 4:02.79 QF
2. Eckhard Leue  East Germany 4:04.09 QF
3. Thomas Falk  Sweden 4:04.97 QF
4. Matija Ljubek  Yugoslavia 4:05.21 QS
5. Marek Łbik  Poland 4:13.34 QS
- Pierre Langlois  France Did not start

Lassen's disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.

Semifinal

Taking place on August 2, the top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Timo Grönlund  Finland 4:19.82 QF
2. Libor Dvořák  Czechoslovakia 4:20.15 QF
3. Matija Ljubek  Yugoslavia 4:20.51 QF
4. Marek Łbik  Poland 4:20.87
5. William Reichenstein  Great Britain 4:29.72

Final

The final took place on August 2.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lyubomir Lyubenov  Bulgaria 4:12.38
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergei Postrekhin  Soviet Union 4:13.53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eckhard Leue  East Germany 4:15.02
4. Libor Dvořák  Czechoslovakia 4:15.25
5. Lipat Varabiev  Romania 4:16.68
6. Timo Grönlund  Finland 4:17.37
7. Thomas Falk  Sweden 4:20.66
8. Matija Ljubek  Yugoslavia 4:22.40
9. Tamás Wichmann  Hungary 4:45.30

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