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

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

Results

Heats

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 ore 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
1. Tamás Wichmann (HUN)4:29.01QF
2. Boris Lyubenov (BUL)4:32.03QF
3. Jerzy Opara (POL)4:32.39QF
4. Roberto Altamirano (MEX)4:34.52QS
5. András Törő (USA)4:39.92QS
6. Jiří Čtvrtečka (TCH)4:54.56QS
7. John Wood (CAN)4:56.70QS
Heat 2
1. Detlef Lewe (FRG)4:31.79QF
2. Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS)4:33.34QF
3. Dirk Weise (GDR)4:41.04QF
4. Jean-François Millot (FRA)4:52.30QS
5. Tetsumasa Yamaguchi (JPN)4:53.66QS
6. Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)6:34.65QS

Semifinal

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]

Semifinal
1. Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)4:11.90QF
2. Jiří Čtvrtečka (TCH)4:14.99QF
3. Roberto Altamirano (MEX)4:15.24QF
4. Jean-François Millot (FRA)4:20.70
5. John Wood (CAN)4:24.40
6. András Törő (USA)4:25.23
7. Tetsumasa Yamaguchi (JPN)4:36.34

Final

The final took place on September 9.[3]

 Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)4:08.94
 Tamás Wichmann (HUN)4:12.42
 Detlef Lewe (FRG)4:13.63
4. Dirk Weise (GDR)4:14.38
5. Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS)4:14.43
6. Boris Lyubenov (BUL)4:14.65
7. Jiří Čtvrtečka (TCH)4:14.98
8. Roberto Altamirano (MEX)4:20.39
9. Jerzy Opara (POL)4:21.05

References

  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. 1 2 Sports-reference.com 1972 C-1 1000 m results. sports-reference.com
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