Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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C-1 1000 m | men | |
C-2 1000 m | men | |
K-1 500 m | women | |
K-1 1000 m | men | |
K-2 500 m | women | |
K-2 1000 m | men | |
K-4 1000 m | men | |
The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. Heat times were given in tenths of a second (0.1) while the semifinal and final events were given in hundredths of a second (0.01) in the official report.
Medallists
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Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Twelve competitors were entered, but eleven took part. Held on October 22, the top three in each heat move on to final with the others relegated to the semifinal.
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
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1. | Ivan Patzaichin | ![]() |
4:28.3 | QF |
2. | Ove Emanuelsson | ![]() |
4:32.4 | QF |
3. | Christopher Hook | ![]() |
4:34.9 | QF |
4. | Vitaly Galkov | ![]() |
4:35.4 | QS |
5. | Boris Lyubenov | ![]() |
4:36.2 | QS |
6. | Félipe Ojeda | ![]() |
4:47.3 | QS |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
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1. | Detlef Lewe | ![]() |
4:24.5 | QF |
2. | Tibor Tatai | ![]() |
4:25.5 | QF |
3. | Jiří Čtvrtečka | ![]() |
4:28.3 | QF |
4. | Andreas Weigand | ![]() |
4:30.0 | QS |
5. | Tetsumasa Yamaguchi | ![]() |
4:33.3 | QS |
- | Jürgen Harpke | ![]() |
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In the official report, Emanuelsson's first name is listed as Sten.
Semifinal
[edit]Only the five canoeists who did not advance from the first round competed in the semifinal. Taking place on October 24, the top three finishers advanced to the final.
Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
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1. | Vitaly Galkov | ![]() |
4:34.17 | QF |
2. | Boris Lyubenov | ![]() |
4:35.82 | QF |
3. | Andreas Weigand | ![]() |
4:37.11 | QF |
4. | Félipe Ojeda | ![]() |
4:43.20 | |
5. | Tetsumasa Yamaguchi | ![]() |
4:54.61 |
Final
[edit]The final took place on October 25.
Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
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Tibor Tatai | ![]() |
4:36.14 | |
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Detlef Lewe | ![]() |
4:38.31 | |
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Vitaly Galkov | ![]() |
4:40.42 | |
4. | Jiří Čtvrtečka | ![]() |
4:40.74 | |
5. | Boris Lyubenov | ![]() |
4:43.43 | |
6. | Ove Emanuelsson | ![]() |
4:45.80 | |
7. | Ivan Patzaichin | ![]() |
4:49.32 | |
8. | Andreas Weigand | ![]() |
4:50.42 | |
9. | Christopher Hook | ![]() |
4:55.88 |
Tatai qualified as a reserve for the Hungarian team, but won decisively after driving the other finalists to exhaustion.
References
[edit]- 1968 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3, Part 2. p. 616. (in English and French)
- Sports-reference.com 1968 C-1 1000 m results.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Singles 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 480.