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

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1. Lipat Varabiev Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:06.13QF
2. Lyubomir Lyubenov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:06.82QF
3. Sergei Postrekhin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:07.39QF
4. Libor Dvořák Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 4:07.85QS
5. Timo Grönlund Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:11.11QS
6. William Reichenstein Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 4:28.18QS
- Hans Christian Lassen Olympic flag.svg  Denmark DISQ

Heat 2

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1. Tamás Wichmann Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:02.79QF
2. Eckhard Leue Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:04.09QF
3. Thomas Falk Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:04.97QF
4. Matija Ljubek Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 4:05.21QS
5. Marek Łbik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:13.34QS
- Pierre Langlois Olympic flag.svg  France 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

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1. Timo Grönlund Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:19.82QF
2. Libor Dvořák Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 4:20.15QF
3. Matija Ljubek Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 4:20.51QF
4. Marek Łbik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:20.87
5. William Reichenstein Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 4:29.72

Final

The final took place on August 2.

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

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