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
1.	Jörg Schmidt (GDR)	4:06.18	QS
2.	Eric Jamieson (GBR)	4:06.88	QS
3.	Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)	4:09.57	QS
4.	Peter Páleš (TCH)	4:11.88	QR
5.	Jan Pinczura (POL)	4:14.10	QR
6.	Bruce Merritt (USA)	4:17.73	QR
7.	Timo Grönlund (FIN)	4:24.69	QR
Heat 2
1.	Ivans Klementyev (URS)	4:05.02	QS
2.	Larry Cain (CAN)	4:09.50	QS
3.	Aurel Macarencu (ROU)	4:09.71	QS
4.	Ivan Šabjan (YUG)	4:11.54	QR
5.	Imre Pulai (HUN)	4:12.18	QR
6.	Francisco López (ESP)	4:16.02	QR
7.	Hiroyuki Izumi (JPN)	4:40.34	QR
8.	Jang Yeong-Cheol (KOR)	4:47.95	QR

Repechages

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

Repechage 1
1.	Peter Páleš (TCH)	4:17.83	QS
2.	Imre Pulai (HUN)	4:20.50	QS
3.	Bruce Merritt (USA)	4:41.75	QS
4.	Hiroyuki Izumi (JPN)	5:00.98
Repechage 2
1.	Ivan Šabjan (YUG)	4:20.82	QS
2.	Francisco López (ESP)	4:22.34	QS
3.	Jan Pinczura (POL)	4:24.10	QS
4.	Timo Grönlund (FIN)	4:26.80
5.	Jang Yeong-Cheol (KOR)	4:43.95

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1
1.	Aurel Macarencu (ROU)	4:07.69	QF
2.	Jörg Schmidt (GDR)	4:08.17	QF
3.	Ivan Šabjan (YUG)	4:08.75	QF
4.	Bruce Merritt (USA)	4:16.51
Semifinal 2
1.	Ivans Klementyev (URS)	4:05.06	QF
2.	Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)	4:07.23	QF
3.	Imre Pulai (HUN)	4:10.79	QF
4.	Francisco López (ESP)	4:16.90
Semifinal 3
1.	Larry Cain (CAN)	4:07.47	QF
2.	Peter Páleš (TCH)	4:08.84	QF
3.	Eric Jamieson (GBR)	4:13.44	QF
-	Jan Pinczura (POL)	DISQ

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

Final

The final took place on October 1.

	Ivans Klementyev (URS)	4:12.78
	Jörg Schmidt (GDR)	4:15.83
	Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)	4:18.94
4.	Larry Cain (CAN)	4:20.70
5.	Aurel Macarencu (ROU)	4:21.72
6.	Imre Pulai (HUN)	4:21.86
7.	Peter Páleš (TCH)	4:22.14
8.	Ivan Šabjan (YUG)	4:24.67
9.	Eric Jamieson (GBR)	4:39.60

References

• 1988 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 2. pp. 344–5. (in English and French)
• Sports-reference.com 1988 C-1 1000 m results.