Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan.

Andrei Igorov, Jürgen Eschert and Yevgeny Penyayev on the podium

The preliminary heats were held on 20 October 1964; 11 competitors entered and were split into two heats of 6 and 5 canoeists. The top three placers in each heat advanced to the final, while the remaining five entrants had to compete in a semifinal held the next day. The 2 slowest canoeists were eliminated in the semifinal on 21 October, with the top 3 joining the initial 6 finalists. The final was held on 22 October, following the 2 individual kayaking event finals but preceding the 4 pairs and fours events.

Medallists

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  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  Jürgen Eschert (EUA)   Andrei Igorov (ROU)   Yevgeny Penyayev (URS)

Results

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Heats

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Top three in each heat move on to final, all others relegated to semifinal.

Heat 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Yevgeny Penyayev   Soviet Union 4:41.06 QF
2. Andras Toro   Hungary 4:42.31 QF
3. Bogdan Ivanov   Bulgaria 4:48.39 QF
4. Paul Stahl   Canada 5:08.28 QS
5. Dennis van Valkenburgh   United States 5:12.63 QS
6. Fred Wasmer   Australia 5:26.80 QS

Heat 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Jürgen Eschert   United Team of Germany 4:36.92 QF
2. Andrei Igorov   Romania 4:39.57 QF
3. Ove Emanuelsson   Sweden 4:46.73 QF
4. Shoji Yoshio   Japan 5:05.11 QS
5. Jan Jiran   Czechoslovakia 5:18.33 QS

Semifinal

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Only the five canoeists who had not advanced during the first round competed in the semifinal. The top three of these five received another chance, moving on to the final. The other two were eliminated.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Paul Stahl   Canada 4:55.79 QF
2. Jan Jiran   Czechoslovakia 4:58.59 QF
3. Dennis van Valkenburgh   United States 5:00.34 QF
4. Shoji Yoshio   Japan 5:00.88
5. Fred Wasmer   Australia 5:16.40

Final

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
  Jürgen Eschert   United Team of Germany 4:35.14
  Andrei Igorov   Romania 4:37.89
  Yevgeny Penyayev   Soviet Union 4:38.31
4. Andras Toro   Hungary 4:39.95
5. Ove Emanuelsson   Sweden 4:42.70
6. Bogdan Ivanov   Bulgaria 4:44.76
7. Paul Stahl   Canada 5:04:79
8. Dennis van Valkenburgh   United States 5:12.55
9. Jan Jiran   Czechoslovakia 5:40.00

References

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