| Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Slalom | ||
| C-1 | men | |
| C-2 | men | |
| K-1 | men | women |
Sprint | ||
| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 500 m | women | |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 500 m | women | |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-4 1000 m | men | |
These are the results of the men's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics . The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course. The venue for the 1972 Olympic competition was in Augsburg.
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
 Siegbert Horn (GDR) |  Norbert Sattler (AUT) | Harald Gimpel (GDR) |
The 37 competitors each took two runs through the whitewater slalom course on August 28. The best time of the two runs counted for the event.
| Rank | Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Points | Total | Time | Points | Total | Total | ||
| | Siegbert Horn (GDR) | 263.20 | 100 | 363.20 | 258.56 | 10 | 268.56 | 268.56 |
| | Norbert Sattler (AUT) | 260.76 | 10 | 270.76 | 261.31 | 40 | 301.31 | 270.76 |
| | Harald Gimpel (GDR) | 268.11 | 30 | 298.11 | 257.95 | 20 | 277.95 | 277.95 |
| 4 |  Ulrich Peters (FRG) | 252.82 | 30 | 282.82 | 263.10 | 30 | 293.10 | 282.82 |
| 5 | Alfred Baum (FRG) | 258.01 | 30 | 288.01 | 270.72 | 120 | 390.72 | 288.01 |
| 6 |  Marián Havlíček (TCH) | 261.69 | 140 | 401.69 | 249.56 | 40 | 289.56 | 289.56 |
| 7 |  Eric Evans (USA) | 266.34 | 30 | 296.34 | 259.15 | 40 | 299.15 | 299.15 |
| 8 | Jürgen Bremer (GDR) | 268.50 | 140 | 408.50 | 263.15 | 40 | 303.15 | 303.15 |
| 9 |  Milan Spasovski (YUG) | 286.71 | 20 | 306.71 | 274.15 | 80 | 354.15 | 306.71 |
| 10 | Kurt Presslmayr (AUT) | 272.10 | 50 | 322.10 | 291.36 | 20 | 311.36 | 311.36 |
| 11 |  Patrick Maccari (FRA) | 261.40 | 50 | 311.40 | 249.10 | 120 | 369.10 | 311.40 |
| 12 |  Roberto D'Angelo (ITA) | 270.44 | 110 | 380.44 | 284.21 | 30 | 314.21 | 314.21 |
| 13 |  Edi Heiz (SUI) | 260.67 | 70 | 330.67 | 256.74 | 60 | 316.74 | 316.74 |
| 14 |  Jerzy Stanuch (POL) | 277.09 | 40 | 317.09 | 270.52 | 210 | 480.52 | 317.09 |
| 15 | Hans Schlecht (AUT) | 269.19 | 110 | 379.19 | 279.60 | 40 | 319.60 | 319.60 |
| 16 | Éric Koechlin (FRA) | 279.17 | 90 | 369.17 | 280.87 | 50 | 330.87 | 330.87 |
| 17 | Mario Di Stazio (ITA) | 286.04 | 50 | 336.04 | 302.13 | 80 | 382.13 | 336.04 |
| 18 | Giuseppe D'Angelo (ITA) | 295.03 | 120 | 415.03 | 307.49 | 30 | 337.49 | 337.49 |
| 19 | John Holland (USA) | 265.19 | 80 | 345.19 | 277.82 | 60 | 337.82 | 337.82 |
| 20 | Vlastimil Ouředník (TCH) | 268.10 | 70 | 338.10 | 285.92 | 160 | 445.92 | 338.10 |
| 21 | Alain Colombe (FRA) | 319.52 | 120 | 439.52 | 289.54 | 50 | 339.54 | 339.54 |
| 22 |  David Mitchell (GBR) | 283.02 | 60 | 343.02 | 300.52 | 60 | 360.52 | 343.02 |
| 23 | Wojciech Gawroński (POL) | 293.10 | 50 | 343.10 | 295.11 | 60 | 355.11 | 343.10 |
| 24 |  Gerard Collins (IRL) | 322.13 | 200 | 522.13 | 297.95 | 50 | 347.95 | 347.95 |
| 25 | Dubravko Mataković (YUG) | 283.26 | 100 | 383.26 | 311.06 | 40 | 351.06 | 351.06 |
| 26 | Jürgen Gerlach (FRG) | 251.10 | 110 | 361.10 | 282.41 | 80 | 362.41 | 361.10 |
| 27 | Peter Bäni (SUI) | 277.41 | 100 | 377.41 | 277.41 | 150 | 427.41 | 377.41 |
| 28 | Sandy Campbell (USA) | 280.62 | 220 | 500.62 | 311.99 | 70 | 381.99 | 381.99 |
| 29 | Zlatan Ibrahimbegović (YUG) | 277.81 | 150 | 427.81 | 250.07 | 140 | 390.07 | 390.07 |
| 30 | John MacLeod (GBR) | 287.85 | 160 | 443.85 | 278.99 | 120 | 398.99 | 398.99 |
| 31 |  Gogi Naskidashvili (URS) | 369.60 | 110 | 479.60 | 314.36 | 90 | 404.36 | 404.36 |
| 32 | Raymond Calverley (GBR) | 280.85 | 180 | 460.85 | 280.80 | 130 | 410.80 | 410.80 |
| 33 | Hanspeter Hasler (SUI) | 323.95 | 100 | 423.95 | 304.68 | 140 | 444.68 | 423.95 |
| 34 |  Eric Munshaw (CAN) | 304.08 | 130 | 434.08 | 396.60 | 140 | 536.60 | 434.08 |
| 35 | Heinz Poenn (CAN) | 309.91 | 160 | 469.91 | 319.28 | 140 | 459.28 | 459.28 |
| 36 |  Shoken Okada (JPN) | 366.78 | 130 | 496.78 | – | – | – | 496.78 |
| 37 | Hermann Kerckhoff (CAN) | 290.54 | 350 | 640.54 | 305.46 | 290 | 595.46 | 595.46 |
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