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Canoeing at the 1972 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 1972 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists

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  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)   Tamás Wichmann (HUN)   Detlef Lewe (FRG)

Results

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Heats

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Thirteen competitors were entered. Held on September 5, the top three in each heat move on to final with the others were relegated to the semifinal. Ivan Patzaichin broke his paddle and placed last in his heat. Yet he managed to finish the race, paddling with a peace of wood that he removed from the floor of his canoe, and was included to the repechage.[1][2]

Heat 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Tamás Wichmann   Hungary 4:29.01 QF
2. Boris Lyubenov   Bulgaria 4:32.03 QF
3. Jerzy Opara   Poland 4:32.39 QF
4. Roberto Altamirano   Mexico 4:34.52 QS
5. András Törő   United States 4:39.92 QS
6. Jiří Čtvrtečka   Czechoslovakia 4:54.56 QS
7. John Wood   Canada 4:56.70 QS

Heat 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Detlef Lewe   West Germany 4:31.79 QF
2. Vasiliy Yurchenko   Soviet Union 4:33.34 QF
3. Dirk Weise   East Germany 4:41.04 QF
4. Jean-François Millot   France 4:52.30 QS
5. Tetsumasa Yamaguchi   Japan 4:53.66 QS
6. Ivan Patzaichin   Romania 6:34.65 QS

Semifinal

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Only the seven canoeists who did not advance from the first round competed in the semifinal. Taking place on September 8, the top three finishers advanced to the final.[3]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1. Ivan Patzaichin   Romania 4:11.90 QF
2. Jiří Čtvrtečka   Czechoslovakia 4:14.99 QF
3. Roberto Altamirano   Mexico 4:15.24 QF
4. Jean-François Millot   France 4:20.70
5. John Wood   Canada 4:24.40
6. András Törő   United States 4:25.23
7. Tetsumasa Yamaguchi   Japan 4:36.34

Final

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The final took place on September 9.[3]

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
  Ivan Patzaichin   Romania 4:08.94
  Tamás Wichmann   Hungary 4:12.42
  Detlef Lewe   West Germany 4:13.63
4. Dirk Weise   East Germany 4:14.38
5. Vasiliy Yurchenko   Soviet Union 4:14.43
6. Boris Lyubenov   Bulgaria 4:14.65
7. Jiří Čtvrtečka   Czechoslovakia 4:14.98
8. Roberto Altamirano   Mexico 4:20.39
9. Jerzy Opara   Poland 4:21.05

References

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  1. ^ Canoeing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Men's Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres Round One. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Sergei Glebov (21 December 2014) Адмирал золотой флотилии. Как русский стал лучшим спортсменом Румынии XX века. eurosport.ru
  3. ^ a b Sports-reference.com 1972 C-1 1000 m results. sports-reference.com
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