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

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

Results

Heats

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

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

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

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

Repechage 1

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

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

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

Semifinal 1

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

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

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

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