Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

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Canoeing at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1men
C-2men
K-1menwomen
Sprint
C-1 1000 mmen
C-2 1000 mmen
K-1 500 mwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-2 500 mwomen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-4 1000 mmen

The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists[edit]

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)  Tamás Wichmann (HUN)  Detlef Lewe (FRG)

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Thirteen competitors were entered. Held on September 5, the top three in each heat move on to final with the others were relegated to the semifinal. Ivan Patzaichin broke his paddle and placed last in his heat. Yet he managed to finish the race, paddling with a peace of wood that he removed from the floor of his canoe, and was included to the repechage.[1][2]

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Tamás Wichmann  Hungary 4:29.01 QF
2. Boris Lyubenov  Bulgaria 4:32.03 QF
3. Jerzy Opara  Poland 4:32.39 QF
4. Roberto Altamirano  Mexico 4:34.52 QS
5. András Törő  United States 4:39.92 QS
6. Jiří Čtvrtečka  Czechoslovakia 4:54.56 QS
7. John Wood  Canada 4:56.70 QS

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Detlef Lewe  West Germany 4:31.79 QF
2. Vasiliy Yurchenko  Soviet Union 4:33.34 QF
3. Dirk Weise  East Germany 4:41.04 QF
4. Jean-François Millot  France 4:52.30 QS
5. Tetsumasa Yamaguchi  Japan 4:53.66 QS
6. Ivan Patzaichin  Romania 6:34.65 QS

Semifinal[edit]

Only the seven canoeists who did not advance from the first round competed in the semifinal. Taking place on September 8, the top three finishers advanced to the final.[3]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Ivan Patzaichin  Romania 4:11.90 QF
2. Jiří Čtvrtečka  Czechoslovakia 4:14.99 QF
3. Roberto Altamirano  Mexico 4:15.24 QF
4. Jean-François Millot  France 4:20.70
5. John Wood  Canada 4:24.40
6. András Törő  United States 4:25.23
7. Tetsumasa Yamaguchi  Japan 4:36.34

Final[edit]

The final took place on September 9.[3]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ivan Patzaichin  Romania 4:08.94
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tamás Wichmann  Hungary 4:12.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Detlef Lewe  West Germany 4:13.63
4. Dirk Weise  East Germany 4:14.38
5. Vasiliy Yurchenko  Soviet Union 4:14.43
6. Boris Lyubenov  Bulgaria 4:14.65
7. Jiří Čtvrtečka  Czechoslovakia 4:14.98
8. Roberto Altamirano  Mexico 4:20.39
9. Jerzy Opara  Poland 4:21.05

References[edit]

  1. ^ Canoeing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Men's Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres Round One. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Sergei Glebov (21 December 2014) Адмирал золотой флотилии. Как русский стал лучшим спортсменом Румынии XX века. eurosport.ru
  3. ^ a b Sports-reference.com 1972 C-1 1000 m results. sports-reference.com

External links[edit]

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