Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ivans Klementyev (URS)	Jörg Schmidt (GDR)	Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Fifteen competitors were entered. Held on September 27, the top three finishers in each heat moved on to the semifinals with the others relegated to the repechages.

Heat 1[edit]

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1.	Jörg Schmidt	East Germany	4:06.18	QS
2.	Eric Jamieson	Great Britain	4:06.88	QS
3.	Nikolay Bukhalov	Bulgaria	4:09.57	QS
4.	Peter Páleš	Czechoslovakia	4:11.88	QR
5.	Jan Pinczura	Poland	4:14.10	QR
6.	Bruce Merritt	United States	4:17.73	QR
7.	Timo Grönlund	Finland	4:24.69	QR

Heat 2[edit]

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1.	Ivans Klementyev	Soviet Union	4:05.02	QS
2.	Larry Cain	Canada	4:09.50	QS
3.	Aurel Macarencu	Romania	4:09.71	QS
4.	Ivan Šabjan	Yugoslavia	4:11.54	QR
5.	Imre Pulai	Hungary	4:12.18	QR
6.	Francisco López	Spain	4:16.02	QR
7.	Hiroyuki Izumi	Japan	4:40.34	QR
8.	Jang Yeong-Cheol	South Korea	4:47.95	QR

Repechages[edit]

Held on September 27, the top three finishers in each repechage moved on to the semifinals.

Repechage 1[edit]

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1.	Peter Páleš	Czechoslovakia	4:17.83	QS
2.	Imre Pulai	Hungary	4:20.50	QS
3.	Bruce Merritt	United States	4:41.75	QS
4.	Hiroyuki Izumi	Japan	5:00.98

Repechage 2[edit]

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1.	Ivan Šabjan	Yugoslavia	4:20.82	QS
2.	Francisco López	Spain	4:22.34	QS
3.	Jan Pinczura	Poland	4:24.10	QS
4.	Timo Grönlund	Finland	4:26.80
5.	Jang Yeong-Cheol	South Korea	4:43.95

Semifinals[edit]

Taking place on September 29, the top three finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1.	Aurel Macarencu	Romania	4:07.69	QF
2.	Jörg Schmidt	East Germany	4:08.17	QF
3.	Ivan Šabjan	Yugoslavia	4:08.75	QF
4.	Bruce Merritt	United States	4:16.51

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1.	Ivans Klementyev	Soviet Union	4:05.06	QF
2.	Nikolay Bukhalov	Bulgaria	4:07.23	QF
3.	Imre Pulai	Hungary	4:10.79	QF
4.	Francisco López	Spain	4:16.90

Semifinal 3[edit]

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1.	Larry Cain	Canada	4:07.47	QF
2.	Peter Páleš	Czechoslovakia	4:08.84	QF
3.	Eric Jamieson	Great Britain	4:13.44	QF
-	Jan Pinczura	Poland	DISQ

Pinczura's disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.

Final[edit]

The final took place on October 1.

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time
	Ivans Klementyev	Soviet Union	4:12.78
	Jörg Schmidt	East Germany	4:15.83
	Nikolay Bukhalov	Bulgaria	4:18.94
4.	Larry Cain	Canada	4:20.70
5.	Aurel Macarencu	Romania	4:21.72
6.	Imre Pulai	Hungary	4:21.86
7.	Peter Páleš	Czechoslovakia	4:22.14
8.	Ivan Šabjan	Yugoslavia	4:24.67
9.	Eric Jamieson	Great Britain	4:39.60