Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

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These are the results of the men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.

Medalists[edit]

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 David Cal (ESP)  Andreas Dittmer (GER)  Attila Vajda (HUN)

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The 19 competitors first raced in three heats. The first-place finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final, and the remaining 16 canoers moved on to the two semifinal races. The heats were raced on August 23.

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Andreas Dittmer  Germany 3:52.922 QF
2 Stanimir Atanasov  Bulgaria 3:55.590 QS
3 Marián Ostrčil  Slovakia 3:56.962 QS
4 Dagnis Vinogradovs  Latvia 3:57.070 QS
5 Jonnathan Tafra  Chile 4:04.402 QS
6 Jing Ying  China 4:05.874 QS
7 Emanuel Horvaticek  Croatia 4:27.662 QS

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 David Cal  Spain 3:50.091 QF
2 Stephen Giles  Canada 3:52.451 QS
3 Andreas Kiligkaridis  Greece 3:53.723 QS
4 Mitică Pricop  Romania 4:00.559 QS
5 Aliaksandr Zhukouski  Belarus 4:02.159 QS
6 Darwin Correa  Uruguay 4:27.115 QS

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Konstantin Fomichev  Russia 3.48.690 QF
2 Martin Doktor  Czech Republic 3:49.029 QS
3 Karel Aguilar Chacon  Cuba 3:54.250 QS
4 Attila Vajda  Hungary 3:57.290 QS
5 Kaissar Nurmaganbetov  Kazakhstan 4:00.486 QS
6 Yuriy Cheban  Ukraine 4:00.637 QS

Semifinals[edit]

The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals advanced to the finals, joining the three canoers who had moved directly from the heats. All other canoers were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 25.

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Martin Doktor  Czech Republic 3:51.812 QF
2. Attila Vajda  Hungary 3:52.236 QF
3. Marián Ostrčil  Slovakia 3:53.820 QF
4. Andreas Kiligkaridis  Greece 3:55.608
5. Mitică Pricop  Romania 3:59.640
6. Jing Ying  China 4:00.684
7. Darwin Correa  Uruguay 4:22.096
8. Jonnathan Tafra  Chile 4:22.644

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Stephen Giles  Canada 3:51.720 QF
2. Karel Aguilar Chacon  Cuba 3:52.260 QF
3. Dagnis Vinogradovs  Latvia 3:53.656 QF
4. Aliaksandr Zhukouski  Belarus 3:55.456
5. Kaissar Nurmaganbetov  Kazakhstan 3:57.804
6. Stanimir Atanasov  Bulgaria 4:05.664
7. Emanuel Horvaticek  Croatia 4:24.604
8. Yuriy Cheban  Ukraine DSQ

Cheban was disqualified for not appearing in boat control after the race.

Final[edit]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Cal  Spain 3:46.201
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andreas Dittmer  Germany 3:46.721
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Attila Vajda  Hungary 3:49.025
4. Martin Doktor  Czech Republic 3:50.405
5. Stephen Giles  Canada 3:51.457
6. Dagnis Vinogradovs  Latvia 3:53.537
7. Marián Ostrčil  Slovakia 3:54.629
8. Karel Aguilar Chacon  Cuba 3:54.957
9. Konstantin Fomichev  Russia 3:55.773

Dittmer got off to a quick lead, but Cal took the lead in an early surge to open a one-second gap at the 500 meter mark. The German tried to close the gap to the Spaniard, but Cal held on to win the gold. Also, the top four finishers of this event would win gold in this event between 1996 and 2008 (Cal - this event, Dittmer - 2000, Doktor - 1996, and Vajda - 2008).

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