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

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  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  David Cal (ESP)   Andreas Dittmer (GER)   Attila Vajda (HUN)

Results

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Heats

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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.

Heat 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Andreas Dittmer   Germany 3:52.922 QF
2 Stanimir Atanasov   Bulgaria 3:55.590 QS
3 Marián Ostrčil   Slovakia 3:56.962 QS
4 Dagnis Vinogradovs   Latvia 3:57.070 QS
5 Jonnathan Tafra   Chile 4:04.402 QS
6 Jing Ying   China 4:05.874 QS
7 Emanuel Horvaticek   Croatia 4:27.662 QS

Heat 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 David Cal   Spain 3:50.091 QF
2 Stephen Giles   Canada 3:52.451 QS
3 Andreas Kiligkaridis   Greece 3:53.723 QS
4 Mitică Pricop   Romania 4:00.559 QS
5 Aliaksandr Zhukouski   Belarus 4:02.159 QS
6 Darwin Correa   Uruguay 4:27.115 QS

Heat 3

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Konstantin Fomichev   Russia 3.48.690 QF
2 Martin Doktor   Czech Republic 3:49.029 QS
3 Karel Aguilar Chacon   Cuba 3:54.250 QS
4 Attila Vajda   Hungary 3:57.290 QS
5 Kaissar Nurmaganbetov   Kazakhstan 4:00.486 QS
6 Yuriy Cheban   Ukraine 4:00.637 QS

Semifinals

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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.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Martin Doktor   Czech Republic 3:51.812 QF
2. Attila Vajda   Hungary 3:52.236 QF
3. Marián Ostrčil   Slovakia 3:53.820 QF
4. Andreas Kiligkaridis   Greece 3:55.608
5. Mitică Pricop   Romania 3:59.640
6. Jing Ying   China 4:00.684
7. Darwin Correa   Uruguay 4:22.096
8. Jonnathan Tafra   Chile 4:22.644

Semifinal 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Stephen Giles   Canada 3:51.720 QF
2. Karel Aguilar Chacon   Cuba 3:52.260 QF
3. Dagnis Vinogradovs   Latvia 3:53.656 QF
4. Aliaksandr Zhukouski   Belarus 3:55.456
5. Kaissar Nurmaganbetov   Kazakhstan 3:57.804
6. Stanimir Atanasov   Bulgaria 4:05.664
7. Emanuel Horvaticek   Croatia 4:24.604
8. Yuriy Cheban   Ukraine DSQ

Cheban was disqualified for not appearing in boat control after the race.

Final

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
  David Cal   Spain 3:46.201
  Andreas Dittmer   Germany 3:46.721
  Attila Vajda   Hungary 3:49.025
4. Martin Doktor   Czech Republic 3:50.405
5. Stephen Giles   Canada 3:51.457
6. Dagnis Vinogradovs   Latvia 3:53.537
7. Marián Ostrčil   Slovakia 3:54.629
8. Karel Aguilar Chacon   Cuba 3:54.957
9. Konstantin Fomichev   Russia 3:55.773

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. Also, the top four finishers of this event would win gold in this event between 1996 and 2008 (Cal - this event, Dittmer - 2000, Doktor - 1996, and Vajda - 2008).

References

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