Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

Andrei Igorov, Jürgen Eschert and Yevgeny Penyayev on the podium
Canoeing at the
1964 Summer Olympics
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 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan.

The preliminary heats were held on 20 October 1964; 11 competitors entered and were split into two heats of 6 and 5 canoeists. The top three placers in each heat advanced to the final, while the remaining five entrants had to compete in a semifinal held the next day. The 2 slowest canoeists were eliminated in the semifinal on 21 October, with the top 3 joining the initial 6 finalists. The final was held on 22 October, following the 2 individual kayaking event finals but preceding the 4 pairs and fours events.

Medallists

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Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Jürgen Eschert (EUA)  Andrei Igorov (ROU)  Yevgeny Penyayev (URS)

Results

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Heats

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Top three in each heat move on to final, all others relegated to semifinal.

Heat 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Yevgeny Penyayev  Soviet Union 4:41.06 QF
2. Andras Toro  Hungary 4:42.31 QF
3. Bogdan Ivanov  Bulgaria 4:48.39 QF
4. Paul Stahl  Canada 5:08.28 QS
5. Dennis van Valkenburgh  United States 5:12.63 QS
6. Fred Wasmer  Australia 5:26.80 QS

Heat 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Jürgen Eschert  United Team of Germany 4:36.92 QF
2. Andrei Igorov  Romania 4:39.57 QF
3. Ove Emanuelsson  Sweden 4:46.73 QF
4. Shoji Yoshio  Japan 5:05.11 QS
5. Jan Jiran  Czechoslovakia 5:18.33 QS

Semifinal

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Only the five canoeists who had not advanced during the first round competed in the semifinal. The top three of these five received another chance, moving on to the final. The other two were eliminated.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Paul Stahl  Canada 4:55.79 QF
2. Jan Jiran  Czechoslovakia 4:58.59 QF
3. Dennis van Valkenburgh  United States 5:00.34 QF
4. Shoji Yoshio  Japan 5:00.88
5. Fred Wasmer  Australia 5:16.40

Final

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jürgen Eschert  United Team of Germany 4:35.14
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andrei Igorov  Romania 4:37.89
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yevgeny Penyayev  Soviet Union 4:38.31
4. Andras Toro  Hungary 4:39.95
5. Ove Emanuelsson  Sweden 4:42.70
6. Bogdan Ivanov  Bulgaria 4:44.76
7. Paul Stahl  Canada 5:04:79
8. Dennis van Valkenburgh  United States 5:12.55
9. Jan Jiran  Czechoslovakia 5:40.00

References

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