Canoeing at the 1968 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 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.

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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 Hungary.svg  Tibor Tatai  (HUN)Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Detlef Lewe  (FRG)Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vitaly Galkov  (URS)

Results

Heats

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

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1. Ivan Patzaichin Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:28.3QF
2. Ove Emanuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:32.4QF
3. Christopher Hook Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:34.9QF
4. Vitaly Galkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:35.4QS
5. Boris Lyubenov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria 4:36.2QS
6. Félipe Ojeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:47.3QS

Heat 2

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1. Detlef Lewe Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 4:24.5QF
2. Tibor Tatai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:25.5QF
3. Jiří Čtvrtečka Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 4:28.3QF
4. Andreas Weigand Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:30.0QS
5. Tetsumasa Yamaguchi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:33.3QS
- Jürgen Harpke Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany Did not start

In the official report, Emanuelsson's first name is listed as Sten.

Semifinal

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.

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1. Vitaly Galkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:34.17QF
2. Boris Lyubenov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria 4:35.82QF
3. Andreas Weigand Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:37.11QF
4. Félipe Ojeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:43.20
5. Tetsumasa Yamaguchi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:54.61

Final

The final took place on October 25.

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tibor Tatai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:36.14
Silver medal icon.svg Detlef Lewe Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 4:38.31
Bronze medal icon.svg Vitaly Galkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:40.42
4. Jiří Čtvrtečka Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 4:40.74
5. Boris Lyubenov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria 4:43.43
6. Ove Emanuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:45.80
7. Ivan Patzaichin Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:49.32
8. Andreas Weigand Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:50.42
9. Christopher Hook Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:55.88

Tatai qualified as a reserve for the Hungarian team, but won decisively after driving the other finalists to exhaustion.

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