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.

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Medallists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Lyubomir Lyubenov  (BUL)Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergei Postrekhin  (URS)Flag of East Germany.svg  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
1.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Lipat Varabiev  (ROU)4:06.13QF
2.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Lyubomir Lyubenov  (BUL)4:06.82QF
3.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergei Postrekhin  (URS)4:07.39QF
4.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Libor Dvořák  (TCH)4:07.85QS
5.Flag of Finland.svg  Timo Grönlund  (FIN)4:11.11QS
6.Olympic flag.svg  William Reichenstein  (GBR)4:28.18QS
-Olympic flag.svg  Hans Christian Lassen  (DEN)DISQ
Heat 2
1.Flag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Wichmann  (HUN)4:02.79QF
2.Flag of East Germany.svg  Eckhard Leue  (GDR)4:04.09QF
3.Flag of Sweden.svg  Thomas Falk  (SWE)4:04.97QF
4.Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Matija Ljubek  (YUG)4:05.21QS
5.Flag of Poland.svg  Marek Łbik  (POL)4:13.34QS
-Olympic flag.svg  Pierre Langlois  (FRA)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
1.Flag of Finland.svg  Timo Grönlund  (FIN)4:19.82QF
2.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Libor Dvořák  (TCH)4:20.15QF
3.Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Matija Ljubek  (YUG)4:20.51QF
4.Flag of Poland.svg  Marek Łbik  (POL)4:20.87
5.Olympic flag.svg  William Reichenstein  (GBR)4:29.72

Final

The final took place on August 2.

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Lyubomir Lyubenov  (BUL)4:12.38
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergei Postrekhin  (URS)4:13.53
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of East Germany.svg  Eckhard Leue  (GDR)4:15.02
4.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Libor Dvořák  (TCH)4:15.25
5.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Lipat Varabiev  (ROU)4:16.68
6.Flag of Finland.svg  Timo Grönlund  (FIN)4:17.37
7.Flag of Sweden.svg  Thomas Falk  (SWE)4:20.66
8.Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Matija Ljubek  (YUG)4:22.40
9.Flag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Wichmann  (HUN)4:45.30

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