Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres

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The men's C-1 500 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 the Soviet Union.svg  Sergei Postrekhin  (URS)Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Lyubomir Lyubenov  (BUL)Flag of East Germany.svg  Olaf Heukrodt  (GDR)

Results

Heats

Twelve competitors were entered, but one withdrew. Held on July 30, the top three finishers in each heat moved on to the final with the others were relegated to the semifinal.

Heat 1
1.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergei Postrekhin  (URS)1:54.13QF
2.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Lipat Varabiev  (ROU)1:55.74QF
3.Flag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Wichmann  (HUN)1:56.15QF
4.Flag of Finland.svg  Timo Grönlund  (FIN)1:56.49QS
5.Flag of Sweden.svg  Thomas Falk  (SWE)1:59.07QS
6.Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Matija Ljubek  (YUG)2:01.20QS
Heat 2
1.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Lyubomir Lyubenov  (BUL)1:54.31QF
2.Flag of East Germany.svg  Olaf Heukrodt  (GDR)1:55.37QF
3.Flag of Poland.svg  Marek Łbik  (POL)1:55.60QF
4.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Radomír Blažík  (TCH)1:56.41QS
5.Olympic flag.svg  William Reichenstein  (GBR)2:09.37QS
-Olympic flag.svg  Franck Lambert  (FRA)Did not start

Semifinal

A semifinal was held on August 1 with the top three finishers advancing to the final.

Semifinal
1.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Radomír Blažík  (TCH)1:56.51QF
2.Flag of Finland.svg  Timo Grönlund  (FIN)1:57.92QF
3.Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Matija Ljubek  (YUG)1:58.25QF
4.Flag of Sweden.svg  Thomas Falk  (SWE)1:59.94
5.Olympic flag.svg  William Reichenstein  (GBR)2:09.86

Final

The final took place on August 1.

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergei Postrekhin  (URS)1:53.37
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Lyubomir Lyubenov  (BUL)1:53.49
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of East Germany.svg  Olaf Heukrodt  (GDR)1:54.38
4.Flag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Wichmann  (HUN)1:54.58
5.Flag of Poland.svg  Marek Łbik  (POL)1:55.90
6.Flag of Finland.svg  Timo Grönlund  (FIN)1:55.94
7.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Lipat Varabiev  (ROU)1:56.80
8.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Radomír Blažík  (TCH)1:56.83
9.Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Matija Ljubek  (YUG)2:03.43

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