| Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
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| Slalom |
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| C-1 | men | |||
| C-2 | men | |||
| K-1 | men | women | ||
| Sprint |
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| C-1 1000 m | men | |||
| C-2 1000 m | men | |||
| K-1 500 m | women | |||
| K-1 1000 m | men | |||
| K-2 500 m | women | |||
| K-2 1000 m | men | |||
| K-4 1000 m | men | |||
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.
Contents |
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ivan Patzaichin Romania (ROU) |
Tamás Wichmann Hungary (HUN) |
Detlef Lewe West Germany (FRG) |
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.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Tamás Wichmann (HUN) | 4:29.01 | QF |
| 2. | Boris Lyubenov (BUL) | 4:32.03 | QF |
| 3. | Jerzy Opara (POL) | 4:32.39 | QF |
| 4. | Roberto Altamirano (MEX) | 4:34.52 | QS |
| 5. | András Törő (USA) | 4:39.92 | QS |
| 6. | Jiří Čtvrtečka (TCH) | 4:54.56 | QS |
| 7. | John Wood (CAN) | 4:56.70 | QS |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Detlef Lewe (FRG) | 4:31.79 | QF |
| 2. | Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS) | 4:33.34 | QF |
| 3. | Dirk Weise (GDR) | 4:41.04 | QF |
| 4. | Jean-François Millot (FRA) | 4:52.30 | QS |
| 5. | Tetsumasa Yamaguchi (JPN) | 4:53.66 | QS |
| 6. | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) | 6:34.65 | QS |
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.
| 1. | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) | 4:11.90 | QF |
| 2. | Jiří Čtvrtečka (TCH) | 4:14.99 | QF |
| 3. | Roberto Altamirano (MEX) | 4:15.24 | QF |
| 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 |
The final took place on September 9.
| 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 |